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The Shale Game Part 4: Social services
Thousands of people have flooded rural areas to work for drilling companies — but with more people comes greater need for publi ...
15 years ago
Longshoremen shut down East Coast ports
Work stoppage over change of site for unloading Del Monte pineapples is case of ‘sour grapes,’ port manager charges. W ...
15 years ago
Del. libraries to receive $2.8 million
Thanks to the stimulus money, every library in Delaware will get much-needed funding for things like computers, learning labs and better ...
15 years ago
Cultural organizations vie for $50,000 prize
The top prize in a software company’s contest is a contract for a mobile phone application. The University of Pennsylvania Museum o ...
15 years ago
Delaware Senator Kaufman delivers farewell address
Senator Ted Kaufman says goodbye to the Senate just one month before he will be replaced in a special election. Speaking on the Se ...
15 years ago
Project H.O.M.E. develops new housing
Philadelphia dwelling will accommodate veterans, the mentally challenged and low-income residents. Mayor Nutter hails it as model for the ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia Water Department wants dogs to speak, speak
Utility wants to draft canines to bring attention to problem of waste infiltrating city’s water supply. The Philadelphia Wat ...
15 years ago
Onorato closing in on Corbett in Governor’s race
The Democrat still trails Corbett in the race for Pennsylvania Governor. A new poll shows the race for Pennsylvania Governor is sh ...
15 years ago
A look back on the formation of the Marcellus Shale gas play, and the development of the gas industry in Pennsylvania ...
15 years ago
Some fresh water disappears down a hole in ‘fracking’
The natural gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, injects fresh water deep into a hole in the earth. ...
15 years ago
Christie wants teachers to prove their worth through student performance
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is proposing an overhaul to the state’s education system based on data-driven system that would ...
15 years ago
Is air quality the next big worry over natural gas drilling?
In 2007 Stephanie Hallowich bought land in Washington County, Pennsylvania, to build her dream home. It was going to be that perfect plac ...
15 years ago