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Honoring black Civil War vets buried in neglect, Chester community moves to restore cemetery
Tucked away in wooded no-man’s land between two planned communities in Chester County are the graves of an estimated 150 people, in ...
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ListenSuburban Congressional primary challenger gets GOP committee nod
A primary challenger in a suburban Philadelphia congressional race is winning support in at least one of the five counties represented in ...
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ListenDelaware County transgender man sues Pa. to get Medicaid coverage for surgery
Eleven states require Medicaid to cover ...
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Proposed Lower Bucks hazardous waste plant faces jeers, cheers at public meeting
More than 250 environmentalists, residents of Lower Bucks County and union representatives packed a cavernous conference room in the Buck ...
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Worried time is running out, more Cubans flee to U.S., Southeast Pa.
Cuba is only 90 miles off the coast of the United States, but Danisleydi Martinez Parejo’s journey was a long one. In Octobe ...
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Berks detention center still holding undocumented families, thanks to appeal
Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) revoked the license for a controversial facility where detained undocumen ...
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After nearly 100 recovery homes move in, Bristol Township acts to ‘stay’ their growth
For the last four months, residents of Bristol Township in Lower Bucks County have brought their complaints about what they say is an ons ...
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ListenACLU case in Pennsylvania aims to change how asylum cases are heard in U.S.
The American Civil Liberties Union is fighting to stop the deportation of 29 Central American women and their children from a detention c ...
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As demand for recovery houses rises, Bucks lawmaker seeking Pa. certification
Recovery homes are not new, but their increasing numbers in some parts of the Delaware Valley are, according to a state legislator from L ...
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Chester residents, mayor respond to police involved shooting
Earlier this week, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said he believed the lethal police shooting of a 33-year-old Chester man ...
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With no state budget and much uncertainty, Pa. schools expect ‘convoluted’ budgeting process
This week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a plan to dramatically increase education funding. But heading into 2016-2017 budget nego ...
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ListenFatal shooting by police in Chester justified, says DA
After two days of investigation, authorities have determined the police shooting of an armed man in the city of Chester was justified bec ...
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