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21-year-old in critical condition after being shot on Midvale

A suburban Philadelphia man remains in critical condition after he was shot multiple times during a weekend robbery in East Falls, accord ...

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FEMA, Water Department officials talk flooding in East Germantown

More than 50 residents packed the Waterview Recreation Center in East Germantown last Wednesday night seeking answers from the Philadelph ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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$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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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Police officials report decrease in burglaries, consistency in overall crime in sections of 39th District

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 ...

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