Laura Benshoff
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What your city can learn from the cost of water in Coatesville, Pa.
Rising administration costs and dwindling coffers mean cities across Pennsylvania are looking for quick cash. Selling off a big as ...
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ListenVillanova, Princeton to arm campus security forces
In the wake of high-profile campus shootings, some Delaware Valley schools are beefing up security. ...
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ListenA life-saving drug, no prescription necessary, in MontCo, Pa.
Opiate-related deaths are on the rise in the region, with Montgomery County seeing 31 in the first quarter of 2015. To stem the ri ...
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Chesco family receives $100,000 for son with cerebral palsy after pope’s blessing
For one Chester County family, Pope Francis’ blessing has extended well past his time in Philadelphia. The Keating family wa ...
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Judge approves charter cut, more funds for Chester schools. But can he do that?
After two months of negotiations and hearings, Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney has approved a drastic plan to rework the Chester Upland ...
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ListenFaith leaders ask officials to close Berks detention center
Unitarian ministers from around Pennsylvania clustered outside the regional Immigration and Customs Enforcement office at 16th and Callow ...
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Chester schools to seek special funding from Pa., cut charter fees
In the midst of hearings to determine the fate of Chester Upland, arguably Pennsylvania’s most financially distressed school distri ...
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Adding up the impact of the papal visit on Pa. ‘burbs: A plus or a minus?
Officials are still calculating the total cost of the pontiff’s visit — but many Philadelphia suburbs have tallied up tens of ...
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Rose Tree Media district weighs proposal to release unpopular superintendent
Rose Tree Media School District in Delaware County has made headlines this year over the rancor between parents and Superintendent ...
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‘What are you going to do?’ Living the words behind St. Katharine Drexel
A false alarm. After his visit to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia, many speculated that Pope Francis woul ...
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Center City hunkers down the day before Pope Francis’ arrival
Call it the calm before the storm. As Pope Francis tooled around New York City in the now ubiquitous Fiat, a large section of Phil ...
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Pa. suburbs travel refresher for the papal weekend
Is this a papal visit or a national disaster? With roads closed and National Guard on hand, the Delaware Valley is bracing travel snafus ...
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