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Nutter appoints Water Department commissioner
Effective Feb. 2, Howard Neukrug is the new commissioner of the Philadelphia Water Department. Mayor Michael Nutter made the announcement ...
15 years ago
Memorial for Cephalon founder at Franklin Institute
After a life spent in New Jersey, Bucks County and Philadelphia, Frank Baldino, Jr. will be memorialized at the Franklin Institute. ...
15 years ago
In wake of Gosnell case, Nutter vows city will be more vigilant
Philadelphia’s mayor is speaking out about the West Philadelphia doctor charged with murder this week for deaths at his a ...
15 years ago
A tale from the Bala Cynwyd Post Office
A friend of NewsWorks shared this story with us. There’s no better way to introduce it than to tell you you’ll appreciate its ...
15 years ago
Jazzy portraits honor Civil War leaders
The sesquicentennial of the Civil War (a.k.a. the 150th anniversary) officially begins April 12th, the day Fort Sumter was attacked in 18 ...
15 years ago
NW Greens’ goals for new council candidates
A grassroots environmental group in the Northwest has a developed a list o ...
15 years ago
A Cornell University professor has an explanation for all the snow the East Coast has seen this winter. Professor Art DeGaetano tells the ...
15 years ago
A look at potential Renaissance Schools
Based on the data from last year’s Renaissance Schools, t ...
15 years ago
South Philadelphia High school student attacked after basketball game
A South Philadelphia High School basketball player says he was jumped by a rival after a game at Overbrook High School. Kyhir Dav ...
15 years ago
The unemployment rate in Delaware ticked up by 0.1 percent in December, to 8.5 percent. That means there were 35,900 unemployed De ...
15 years ago
NJ Assembly takes testimony on end to in-home behavioral health therapy
The Christie administration will give its testimony Monday on its move to end in-home behavioral health therapy. The Assembly Human Servi ...
15 years ago
Columnist recalls Gosnell’s past
We’ve seen what Dr. Kermit Gosnell is. After accounts of illegal abortions, outright murder, STD spreading and out-and-out lights, ...
15 years ago
County cop and K9 partner get national award
A New Castle County Police officer and his canine partner recently received the 2010 Award for Canine Excellence from the American Kennel ...
15 years ago
Sister Mary Scullion ends short Ethics Board tenure
Sister Mary Scullion has resigned from the Philadelphia Board of Ethics. As Shai Ben-Yaacov reports, Scullion has ended her 10-month tenu ...
15 years ago
Burlington County team pulled over by fake cop
A teenage girl in Medford, NJ, was pulled over yesterday by a man pretending to be a police officer. ...
15 years ago