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UD gets $1 million for music department
The million dollar donation from Donald Puglisi will be used to fund a variety of things including scholarships, ensembles, guest artists ...
15 years ago
State Trooper punched after issuing ticket
A State Trooper was just doing his job when a routine traffic stop turned violent, according to Delaware State Police. The 26-year ...
15 years ago
What Nutter can do for the city and himself in the second term
Think back over Michael Nutter’s first term as mayor. What’s the big issue he focused on? You probably can’t think of o ...
15 years ago
Ackerman gets one year contract extension
More than two years before her contract was to expire, Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has received a one year extens ...
15 years ago
Millville school simplifying curriculum to improve education
New Jersey’s Lakeside Middle School hasn’t met its state testing benchmark since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed 10 y ...
15 years ago
NJ state workers retired in droves in 2009
Concern about pension and health benefit reforms has caused more public workers in New Jersey to submit their retirement papers. M ...
15 years ago
Portfolio sale involves 30 regional shopping centers
If a $9.4 billion deal goes through, 30 shopping centers in the Delaware Valley area will change hands. Centro Properties Group plans to ...
15 years ago
Markell won’t bust unions to balance budget
Gov. Jack Markell says he is not looking to break up state employee unions in Delaware to address the state’s budget issues. Mar ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania budget proposal will include cutbacks to every agency
Seems Pennsylvania is a shopaholic. Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said today the commonwealth’s budget problems aren’t the r ...
15 years ago
Onion launches local entertainment site today
Hold onto your hats, Feed readers, this is a media-laden post. We’re dropping publication names and the name of publications droppi ...
15 years ago
Fresh Grocer closed with state loan still unpaid
A senior woman stood outside the closed Fresh Grocer on Chelten Ave. Saturday afternoon addressing other would be shoppers who were heade ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania among states considering plastic bag tax
Pennsylvania legislators are considering a two-cent-per-bag tax on plastic bags in stores with more than $1 million in annual sales. ...
15 years ago
Secretaries of Education, Labor visit Community College of Philadelphia
Leaders of community colleges met in Philadelphia with two members of the president’s cabinet to talk about their future. Ed ...
15 years ago
Neighborhoods clash on how to handle youth violence
Some say there’s an ongoing turf war between the youth of Abbotsford Homes and nearby Allegheny. That’s what police believe l ...
15 years ago
Baptist Temple, Philadelphia Main Post Office win Preservation Alliance Awards
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia has announced its 2011 winners. More than 22 historic properties were honored for thei ...
15 years ago