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Delaware County purchases Mineral Hill for parkland
Delaware County has bought a large tract of land known for its geological significance, and will be opening it as a park for hikers and e ...
15 years ago
Pa. auditor general continues targeting waste
With the incoming administration open to his ideas, Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner is laying out ways he thinks the state can s ...
15 years ago
Courts weight new arguments in Abu-Jamal case
A federal appeals court in downtown Philadelphia heard arguments Tuesday over the sentencing of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jama ...
15 years ago
EPA subpoenas Halliburton’s fracking recipe
The Environmental Protection Agency has subpoenaed energy company Halliburton for information on its natural gas drilling practices ...
15 years ago
UD Field House gets solar panels
Work is underway on the largest solar panel installation in the state at the University of Delaware. ...
15 years ago
There’s little reason to comment at length about George W. Bush’s newly-published memoir, given the fact that he says vi ...
15 years ago
Phila. plans to convert pier to green space
A former eyesore on the Delaware River is being converted into a beautiful greenspace. The goal is to make it a model to convert ov ...
15 years ago
Students get crash course in Pakistan history, politics
Several hundred students got a lesson that went way beyond the headlines as part of the Rotary Club of Wilmington’s ongoing series ...
15 years ago
Corbett faces tough task of picking a replacement
Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Corbett’s political career received a boost in 1995 when he was appointed attorney general by then ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia pier site to become haven for recreation
Remaking Pier 11 could serve as a model for ridding the Delaware River waterfront of other decaying structures in favor of recreational s ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania lawmakers shut out
About 80 Pennsylvania state representatives showed up for work at the Capitol Monday even though House Democratic leaders have canceled t ...
15 years ago
Green may challenge Nutter in Phila. mayoral election
Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green says he is thinking about challenging incumbent Mayor Michael Nutter in next year’s democra ...
15 years ago