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Downingtown mayor has a huge problem with Trump’s tweeted photo
Sometimes, ruin porn is not just ruin porn. While in Chester County on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deci ...
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ListenFitzpatrick, Santarsiero get party nods in contentious Bucks County congressional district
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Pa.-wide ballot question aims to end era of Philly Traffic Court corruption, once and for all
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Race for Pa.’s 8th Congressional District, part 2: Dueling Democrats
Name-calling. Personal attacks. Allegations of illegal campaign activity. The candidates in the race to be the Democratic nominee ...
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Listen6 things you need to know about the only 8th Congressional District primary debate
All five candidates — Republicans and Democrats — for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District seat gathered Thursday at Bucks ...
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Pa.’s largest refugee resettlement agency is shutting down, but pathway to state remains open
In March, the Birmingham Friends Meeting in Chester County was finally ready to welcome two Congolese refugees. “We had so m ...
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Race for the 8th Congressional District, part 1: The Republicans, or what’s in a name?
Right after winning his fourth term in office, Bucks County Republican Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick announced it would be his last. ...
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ListenChester’s nonprofit food market tries to square mission with bottom line
For 12 years, the City of Chester had no supermarket. In an effort to end this so-called “food desert,” a local food bank plu ...
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ListenBased on LGBT rights track record, MontCo Register of Wills endorses Fetterman for US Senate
In 2013, Montgomery County Register of Wills Bruce Hanes garnered headlines for issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples — well be ...
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Pa. district attorneys urge standards to strengthen witness identification process
Give a witness six or eight pictures, one of which may be of someone suspected of committing a crime. Ask the person to select one. ...
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ListenAt the end of March, residents and area officials called for the Navy to lower its threshold for action when it comes to private wells co ...
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After two positive results, Lower Merion schools continue a battery of tests for lead in water
First, a concerning level of lead showed up in a test of water coming out of a single faucet in Penn Wynne Elementary School’s cafe ...
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