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DeLissio lays out legislative approach
Northwest Philadelphia’s newest state representative-elect stopped by a Wissahickon Neighbors Civic Association meeting Monday nigh ...
15 years ago
Zoning code reform: How it will impact Roxborough
If you get off the regional rail at Roxborough’s Ivy Ridge Station today, you won’t see much in terms of mixed-use developmen ...
15 years ago
Recovery high school proposed in Roxborough
Officials with a local nonprofit spoke to Manayunk residents Monday night about their efforts to open the region’s first high schoo ...
15 years ago
Keeping a tradition alive at Holy Family
The Holy Family Church in Manayunk, which celebrated its 125 anniversary this year, knows how to keep a tradition alive. Even the ...
15 years ago
NewsWorks Mt. Airy launch party is 10 a.m.
Please stop by for NewsWorks’ official launch event for our Chestnut Hill/Mt. Airy news site on Wednesday, Dec 8 at 10 a.m. at Hig ...
15 years ago
Dickensian Christmas – Maxwell Mansion does Victorian right
Diane Richardson, executive director of the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown, could not believe her bad luck last month, as she was ...
15 years ago
Corbett names chief of staff, other aides
Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett has filled several top administration positions. But he still hasn’t named any cabinet ap ...
15 years ago
N.J. teachers union proposes tenure reforms
Just two days before the Senate Education Committee holds a hearing to examine teacher tenure, New Jersey’s largest teachers union ...
15 years ago
Pa. housing effort awaits federal funding
Affordable housing advocates are praising a new Pennsylvania law establishing a fund to help low-income renters and home buyers.But the a ...
15 years ago
Anti-Poverty Network: 2 million in N.J. barely getting by
The economy is causing real hardship for New Jersey residents living in poverty.The Rev. Bruce Davidson with the Anti-Poverty Network of ...
15 years ago