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Candidate takes town to court over lawn signs
Richard Orloski, a Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Senate, is taking South Whitehall Township to court over an ordinance that restr ...
15 years ago
Court says Nutter can’t eliminate the BRT
The Pa. Supreme Court decided that Philadelphia cannot dismantle the BRT even though voters abolished it in a referendum last year. The c ...
15 years ago
Historic Philly church, once preserved, now faces demolition
The 160-year old Church of the Assumption on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia last year was a target for preservation, but the Philad ...
15 years ago
Philly’s top cop and top prosecutor want to fight crime using Pre-K classrooms
Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and District Attorney Seth Williams highlighted how important early childhood pro ...
15 years ago
Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital’s fate undecided
The future of New Jersey’s Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital is hanging in the balance, and a task force evaluating whether the facilit ...
15 years ago
How will Mastery use $1M from Oprah?
The money will be set aside for now. The charter school operator says it hopes to use them on new schools. A Philadelphia charter ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia targets tax deadbeats
Mayor Nutter stood outside a podiatrist office and threatened to auction the office contents to get money owed to the city. The ci ...
15 years ago