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Shore’s second season staffing shortage
When college students go back to school and foreign employees head home, who’s minding the store? The main season is over at ...
15 years ago
Pineapple protest on the Delaware River
Longshoremen are angry over a contract dispute with Del Monte. They say 200 of them could lose their jobs down on the docks. Phil ...
15 years ago
Nutter gets booed at Labor Day parade
Three of four city worker unions are on the job without contracts. Mayor Nutter says he’s not surprised. Philadelphia’ ...
15 years ago
Record heat is good news, bad news for mowing
Homeowners sick of cutting the grass have had a nice break. People who make their living mowing lawns are unhappy. Philadelphia j ...
15 years ago
Labor Day is intermission, not start of political season
Pennsylvania’s statewide races have been running intensely for a long while. Labor Day used to be the unofficial start to th ...
15 years ago
Documenting a century through postcards
A local couple has what could be the largest collection of beach postcards in the country, about 3,000. [youtube]http://www.youtu ...
15 years ago
Finding support systems to improve mental health
Mental health experts say the recession has created greater need for services. But – as psychologist Dan Gottlieb suggests, profess ...
15 years ago
The last of the spring stars are now inhabiting the night sky. It seems odd that in the beginning of September we can still see Spring st ...
15 years ago
Fighting recycling tickets pays in Philadelphia
In fact, most of the 10 to 15 percent of non-traffic tickets contested in Philadelphia are reduced or dismissed. Drivers are used ...
15 years ago
Devil’s work near Devil’s Den?
Actor Matthew Broderick is against it. So is historian David McCullough. Will anyone speak up for the proposed casino near the Gettysburg ...
15 years ago
New ct scanners cut radiation, possible cancer risk
Hospitals in the Philadelphia region are replacing older generations of ct scanners with new ones that expose patients to less radiation. ...
15 years ago
State steps up enforcement on gas industry trucks
Roads and bridges and Pennsylvania have taken a hit in the past year from increased truck traffic to and from natural gas drilling wells. ...
15 years ago
PTSD and later dementia may be connected
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD can have severe, long term effects on people’s health, according to a new study. Researchers ...
15 years ago