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Philadelphia

President Obama’s brother-in-law campaigns in West Oak Lane

With just over a month to go until the Presidential election, volunteers at the Obama campaign’s Organizing for America-PA office c ...

14 years ago

Contract impasse will cost some unionized Philadelphia city workers

Since 2009, the union representing Philadelphia’s blue-collar workers has been on the job without a contract. That stalemate ...

14 years ago

With just $200 raised for Frazier statue, Bernard Hopkins sounds a battle cry

Two weeks ago, city officials announced that a statue of Philadelphia’s legendary non-fictional boxer Joe Frazier would soon become ...

14 years ago

Couple arrested in connection with alleged Germantown church break in [Updated]

Philadelphia Police have arrested two adults in connection to a church burglary that unfolded in Germantown on Monday night. At ar ...

14 years ago

Vegetarian soul food filled the menu (and bellies) this weekend in Germantown

For Sunday night’s “Uptown Soul Food Vegetarian Restaurant Pop-Up” event at Wired Beans Café, patrons were welcomed wi ...

14 years ago

NewsWorks Exclusive: Delay possible in plan to demolish historic Roxborough house

A deal could be in the works to avoid, or at least delay for a month, the planned demolition of a 19th-century Roxborough house at the ce ...

14 years ago

A night of conflict, improv and laughter at Manayunk Fringe Festival event

“Shut up and sit down!” It’s hardly the way you’d expect ticket-buyers to speak to each other in the middle ...

14 years ago

Williams appeal continues into second day

In Philadelphia on Monday, a hearing continued in the final appeal for Terry Williams, the man scheduled to be executed early next week f ...

14 years ago

Christian group buys Philadelphia AM station for $8.5 million

A legendary Philadelphia radio station is set to change hands for a surprisingly large price.   An agreement has been ...

14 years ago

5th District: Man robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped on Cresson St.

This list covers Aug. 27 – Sept. 2  Aug. 27 12:00 p.m. Theft. 5xx Jam ...

14 years ago

Mt. Airy Village Fair proves dogs, food and games can block an intersection

For the sixth year, the intersection of Greene Street and Carpenter Lane came alive on Sunday ith what Mt. Airy residents call a true rep ...

14 years ago

Kroc Center offers young musicians a chance to play with the professionals

In an effort to expose more local children to the arts, the Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center joined forces with the New York Sta ...

14 years ago

We’re the real parents, and we won’t back down!

Monday marked the kick off of NBC’s third Education Nation, which is billed as a “year-round initiative to engage the country ...

14 years ago

35th Police District ‘Unity Day’ takes on new meaning amid community support of ousted captain

Accompanied by a beat boxer, MC Babe set the theme of the 35th Police District’s Unity Day to rhythm. “We’re kee ...

14 years ago

Mini restaurant boom underway in Mt. Airy

Get ready to chow down, Mt. Airy! This autumn, seven new food establishments are open or will be open. Most of the new additions will fil ...

14 years ago

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