Philadelphia
Philadelphia School budget cuts could mean more kids riding SEPTA
Officials with the School District of Philadelphia told parents at a Mt. Airy middle school slated to move to Roxborough that school buse ...
14 years ago
Manayunk parish community offers alternative to proposed consolidation plan
Parishioners from three of the five Catholic parishes in Manayunk met privately on Sunday evening at St. Mary of the Assumption’s H ...
14 years ago
Roxborough’s Bridge Way School uses art to teach recovery as a series of steps
Amid a collection of scattered aluminum foil boxes, plaster gauze strips and paint, five students crafted animals. At the Bridge W ...
14 years ago
$50 million Dilworth Plaza renovation project begins
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came to Philadelphia Monday to celebrate the start of renovations at Dilworth Plaza. The plaza i ...
14 years ago
Thanks to redistricting chaos, Milton Street may face sheriff’s daughter in state-rep race
Milton Street has had a change of heart. When he told NewsWorks last week that he would seek a state-house seat, it was for the 19 ...
14 years ago
Judge to rule by Monday about evidence in Catholic church sexual abuse trial
Lawyers in the Philadelphia Archdiocese child sexual abuse case faced off in court Monday. The Judge upheld her previous ruling tha ...
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National Penn Bank robbed in Chestnut Hill
The National Penn Bank in Chestnut Hill was robbed this morning shortly before 11: ...
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The inspiration behind Chestnut Hill’s Musehouse
After 13 years teaching English at Cheltenham High School, Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno took an early retirement. For at least seven years sh ...
14 years ago
East Falls resident speaks out against reckless driving along one-way Calumet Bridge
It looked really nice for about a month. Foregoing a vacation, Jim and Sue Park opted to spend last summer at home. A simple ...
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Germantown High football standout Will Parks’ future shifts from Pitt to Arizona
Will Parks, the Germantown High football standout named to the all-state team after helping lead his team to the Public League playoffs l ...
14 years ago
A fresh chapter for the Roxborough Library
Community members began a beautification project for the Roxborough branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia a few months ago—and it& ...
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Drawing from several communities in Northwest Philadelphia, residents and police officials gathered on Thursday for the monthly PSA-1 mee ...
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Philadelphia 76ers give kids a chance to play with the pros
Philadelphia 76ers center Spencer Hawes ran calisthenics drills alongside shooting guard Jodie Meeks at one end of the court, supervised ...
14 years ago
New City Council session, new rules
Philadelphia City Council got back to work last week. The new session comes with new rules, which came with some testy exchanges with the ...
14 years ago