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15 years ago
Philadelphia’s vast tracts of vacant land and abandoned buildings – about 40,000 properties by one count – are costing the city a ...
15 years ago
The story behind Pa.’s spying on activists
The ACLU has called on Pennsylvania governor-elect Tom Corbett to promise not to spy on activist groups. The spy controversy erupted in S ...
15 years ago
An underground explosion in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood sent manhole covers flying into the air this morning, CBS Philly ...
15 years ago
Local arts project wins prestigious prize
Last weekend the Philadelphia non-profit Fresh Artists was awarded the Purpose Prize, a $50,000 award given to a senior citizen contrib ...
15 years ago
Jo Ann Allen serves up all the news you need on today’s Morning Edition, starting now. On the docket for today: This weekend ...
15 years ago
Donna Reed Miller to chair police misconduct hearings
Are police getting out of hand? The councilwoman for Germant ...
15 years ago
Local DA office opens on Ogontz
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Monday officially ...
15 years ago
Reducing medical packaging’s carbon footprint
Many medical devices come wrapped in sterile packaging. As a result, hospitals are one of the biggest contributors to landfills ...
15 years ago
A Lone Star convert to Philly’s charm
A little more than a decade ago, I moved to Philadelphia. If you had told me then that I would still be here now, I can’t say that I wo ...
15 years ago
Riding to rebuild the Valley Green Inn sheds
Nearly 50 horseback riders from Philadelphia’s Northwest section and beyond strolled through Fairmount Park Sunday to raise money t ...
15 years ago
EMAN to boost fundraising efforts
(This is a correct version. An earlier story misstated the reason for the fine against EMAN) The board of East Mount Airy ...
15 years ago
A fallen police officer is honored with a fresh new mural three decades after being killed in the line of duty. More than 50 ...
15 years ago
Evans’ love of Phila. may cost him
Dwight Evans has spent many years in Harrisburg with his hands on the lever ...
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