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Injured firefighter’s condition upgraded
The firefighter injured in an early morning blaze in Roxborough this weekend will soon be out of the intensive care unit.While responding ...
15 years ago
In the long run, cheers on Main Street help
As the first batch of runners sluggishly approached the 20-mile turnaround marker of the Philadelphia Marathon in Manayunk, the energetic ...
15 years ago
Judgment lapse for a Pa. jurist
I knew Ron Castille when he was an assistant district attorney in the 1980’s, and watched him win the DA’s office in 1985 in an amazi ...
15 years ago
Over on Philly Speaks, the Wawa at Germantown Avenue and Allens Lane is being called the “worst Wawa in the world.” That got ...
15 years ago
A whooping cough outbreak at Bryth Athyn Church School has created a demand for the pertussis inoculation among students and faculty at t ...
15 years ago
A homeless man taught me not to delay or over-think when an opportunity for generosity presents itself. Thanksgiving is my favorit ...
15 years ago
You know those movies you’ve seen a billion times before, the ones you have on DVD with key sections of dialogue memorized. The one ...
15 years ago
The run is done. The Philadelphia Marathon took place today under cool, crisp, perfect running weather. Daniel Vassallo, 25, o ...
15 years ago
Anxious parents and overwrought kids
Americans are stressed out – a new national poll from the American Psychological Association confirms what we kind of already kn ...
15 years ago
CHCA considers hyperlocal site
For many readers getting your news from newspapers feels like eating day-old bread. For the Chestnut Hill Community Association that̵ ...
15 years ago
Historic cemetery boasts big names in East Falls
Philadelphia’s underground museum is home to the city’s most prominent heroes, artists and architects. Where can ...
15 years ago
Mt. Airy’s plan for illegal dumping
An East Mount Airy-based volunteer group will likely have to wait several months before it can begin cleaning-up a small plot of wild for ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has admitted dropping cases against 19,000 city criminals was a mistake. This from the Depar ...
15 years ago