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Villanova celebrates NCAA championship win [photos]
Cheering students flooded the streets on the Villanova campus after the Wildcats defeated North Carolina at the buzzer for the NCAA men ...
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Unregulated and unstoppable, recovery houses proliferating in Lower Bucks
Councilwoman Amber Longhitano spreads a map of Bristol Township over her kitchen counter. It’s marked like a war plan, with pink an ...
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ListenConcerns about drinking water contamination in Bucks, Montco spur calls for stricter standards
When it comes to your drinking water, how much of a hazardous material is too much? Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency ...
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ListenIn Pennsylvania, online voter registration a boon to young voters
In August 2015, Pennsylvania launched an all-online option for voter registration. Perhaps unsurprisingly, young people are taking advant ...
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Bucks County group taps unused church space to shelter homeless
You might have heard about the sharing economy when it comes to rides — Uber, for instance — or vacation rentals such as Airbnb. ...
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Following terror attacks, Pa. lawmakers take another stab at statewide E-Verify law
Recent ISIS-backed terrorist attacks in Brussels attacks provided a jumping-off point for a troika of immigration reform bills introduced ...
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ListenAs EPA delves into long-term health effects of artificial turf, towns continue field installation
At a recent meeting, Phoenixville Area School District board member Joshua Gould grappled with the question of artificial turf. ...
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ListenBucks County officials want to change a Depression-era tax law they say costs them millions
In 1932, the state legislature stepped in, passing the first Pennsylvania law allowing local governments to levy income taxes, the Sterli ...
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First TV ads for congressional seat in Bucks, Montgomery district off and running
In what’s expected to be a hotly contested race, Democrats running for a congressional seat representing Bucks County and a portion ...
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After Ohio win, Kasich gets early face time in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania primary is still six weeks away, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich appeared at a town hall at Villanova University on Wednesday, ...
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ListenAfter prices soar, Bucks group crowdfunding overdose-prevention drug
The Bucks County organization Drug Addiction oVerdose Education has trained about 240 family members of addicts to administer naloxone, a ...
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Boom! Bernie runs ads courting black voters on Philadelphia’s air
Turn your radio dial to 107.9 FM in the Philadelphia area, and you might end up picking up a Bernie Sanders ad, sprinkled in with old sch ...
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