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Cheyney University placed on two-year probation
Following a downward trend in enrollment and concerns about mismanaged federal funds, Cheyney University has been placed on watch status ...
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Troubled Colwyn Borough OK’s state plan to institute financial controls
The Colwyn Borough Council has OK’d a state-backed plan to pull the municipality out of financial disarray. At a meeting Mon ...
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Oodles of apples in Delaware Valley this year
You can thank the weather for the sweet stuff in the pie and stuffing you enjoyed this Thanksgiving. Fruit tree specialist at Penn ...
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Pinched by Pa. budget stalemate, Bucks County keeping dollars from state
After nearly five months with no state dollars coming in, Bucks County officials have decided to hold onto funds they would normally send ...
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Headlines spur rush for concealed-carry permits in Bucks, Montco
When headlines in the news make you feel unsafe, you might be tempted to change your behavior. That’s the case in Bucks Coun ...
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ListenMontgomery County gearing up for ‘code blue’ weather
In the basement of the Salvation Army center in Norristown, 30 green cots now occupy a space that was once the swimming pool for a men ...
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Lower Merion police investigation clears itself of racial bias in controversial stop
Lower Merion police say they did not overstep their bounds when they stopped 58-year-old Nathaniel Williams while he was waiting for the ...
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Lehigh Valley ponders welcoming more Syrian refugees
Farouk leans forward at the interview table, hands clasped. The question, what do you miss in Syria, gets a one word answer. ̶ ...
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ListenEXPLAINER: How do Syrian refugees come to Pennsylvania?
With terrorism in the headlines, Syrian refugees escaping a multi-sided civil war have become the political football du jour in the regio ...
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In Montco, SEPTA’s newest station now open for business
If you build it, they will come. At least, that’s the idea behind SEPTA’s first new train station in 18 years. The new ...
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Syrian refugees find suspicion, hope in Allentown
The Lehigh Valley has one of the oldest and largest Syrian communities in the United States, making it an attractive place for refugees f ...
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