Darryl C. Murphy
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Community sounds off on N.J. dreadlocks wrestling incident at emergency meeting
The Buena Regional Board of Education called an emergency meeting Wednesday night to discuss "personnel matters."
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Family of South Jersey high school wrestler forced to cut dreadlocks speaks out
Buena Regional High School wrester Andrew Johnson's brother says he believes a white wrestler under similar circumstances probably would not have been put in that situation.
6 years ago
Philly’s dirtiest blocks get surveillance cameras as city steps up fight against illegal dumping
Surveillance cameras are coming to Philadelphia neighborhoods as part of a plan to make illegal dumpers pay for their trashy behavior.
6 years ago
As sports betting begins in Philly, local gamblers relish the convenience
SugarHouse in Fishtown has become the first casino in the Philly area to offer sports betting, which means fewer drives to Delaware or visits to "the corner store" for some.
6 years ago
Valets among the fixes proposed for Italian Market parking nightmare
While parking is only one of a number of issues at play in the creation of the so-called South Philly Market Improvement District, the issue dominated the conversation.
6 years ago
New ‘Safe Corridors’ program brings parent patrols to opioid-plagued Kensington
The Philadelphia Resilience Project’s Safe Corridors initiative intends to make walks back and forth to school safer
6 years ago
Bringing new homes, old convenience back to Sharswood Blumberg
The new development is part of a massive, federally funded undertaking that began in earnest in 2016, when PHA imploded the high-rise towers.
6 years ago
City Council to vote on higher fines for tow trucks
Cleaner, safer roads is the goal of new legislation that would increase the fines levied on negligent Philadelphia tow truck drivers.
6 years ago
Philly developer breaks ground on 26 affordable homes in gentrifying West Poplar
The energy-efficient, 1,300-square-foot homes are already being promoted for sale at $229,999 each.
6 years ago
Brick-and-mortar stores still viable with Philly shoppers
That phenomenon of watching customers check items out in person, only to order them online is a serious challenge for retailers, and it has fed some shake-ups in the industry.
6 years ago
Inmate charged in 2017 Delaware prison riot dies
Kelly Gibbs, one of the 18 inmates charged in connection with the February 2017 prison riot at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware, has died.
6 years ago
The cold can’t stop the Philadelphia tradition of the Thanksgiving Day Parade
The fact that the Thanksgiving Day Parade felt more like the bitter cold Mummers Day Parade didn't stop Alexis McCormick and her family.
6 years ago