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Chris Matthews gives Temple graduates five points of advice

Philadelphia area native Chris Matthews was presented with an honorary degree at Temple University’s graduation.  Each ...

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Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller endorses Verna Tyner

Philadelphia City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller this week endorsed Verna Tyner in the Eighth District. Miller currently holds thi ...

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High Point office hours

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Bid to lower Philadelphia’s parking tax stuck in neutral

Philadelphia’s parking tax will not reduced for at least a year. Operators of parking facilities in Philadelphia complain th ...

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8th District question: Taking a stand on term limits and DROP

This is the sixth of 10 questions about issues and priorities that NewsWorks asked the seven Democratic candidates running for the Eighth ...

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Donna Reed Miller endorsement of Verna Tyner

May 10, 2011 Today, after months of consideration, I decided to publicly endorse Verna Tyner for the Eighth Council District race ...

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Raising women’s awareness one tea party at a time

They wore hats, pearls and ladylike clothes. Despite that, the Soroptimist Tea was a casual event. The cheery get together on a re ...

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WMAN aims to more than double its membership

  As the fiscal year comes to a close, West Mt. Airy Neighbors (WMAN) is looking to aggressively recruit members for the communit ...

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East Falls Candidates Forum brings out 20 citywide hopefuls

Voters from East Falls Tuesday night got a face to face introduction to a carousel of candidates running for citywide office. Duri ...

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Two decades of marketing paying off for Philadelphia tourism

A new report shows some good news for the tourism business in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia region brought in 37.4 million domest ...

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8th District question: How to improve transparency with publicly funded projects

This is the fifth of 10 questions about issues and priorities that NewsWorks asked the seven Democratic candidates running for the Eighth ...

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Two former police officers sentenced in drug case

Three former police officers from the 39th and 25th districts are being sentenced this month as part of a band of conspirators in an ille ...

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City home values dip just a third of average suburban decline

Things are a little better in the city than the suburbs–at least in terms of falling home prices, according to new numbers from a P ...

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Kathleen Bonanno wins Knight Arts Challenge for Literary Arts Center

Local author and award-winning poet Kathleen Bonanno will soon be able to make her literary arts center a reality. Out of over 1,700 appl ...

15 years ago

Philadelphia teachers picket against proposed budget cuts

The teachers enlisted some parents and students for help on their picket line in the Mayfair neighborhood.   Kindergarten tea ...

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