Philadelphia
Romney as centrist could pose strong challenge to Obama
President Obama’s campaign team “is afraid of Mitt Romney”. So declared ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia school nurses protest layoffs
Philadelphia school nurses plan to protest a recent round of layoffs at district headquarters Wednesday. They say the cuts have ad ...
14 years ago
Comcast plans to include more in low-cost Internet service
Comcast officials issued a progress report Tuesday on its program to connect low-income families with the Internet. Officials of t ...
14 years ago
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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Joe Frazier’s youngest son: My family didn’t let me say goodbye
When Derek Dennis Frazier looks back on the months last year when liver cancer stole away the life of his father, former heavyweight ...
14 years ago
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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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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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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$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 ...
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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