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| Old City Apartment Debate, Crop Duster Crash, Mosquito Population Strong |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/23/15 8:47 am | updated: 06/23/15 8:47 am |
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| A committee of the Philadelphia Historical Commission today will weigh in on a developer's plans for a ten-story apartment building in Old City — on the same block as the Betsy Ross House. PMC Property Group wants to turn a parking lot at 218 Arch Street in Old City into a ten-story apartment building with some first-floor retail and two levels of parking underground. Jonathan Farnham, executive director of the Historical Commission, says the project's size poses concern. The... Read More |
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| SUV Crashes into Northeast Home; 7 Injured in Shotgun Shooting; Niagara Spring Water E.Coli Recall |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/22/15 9:43 pm | updated: 06/22/15 9:43 pm |
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| Two people were injured after a SUV slammed through the front door of a brick home in Philadelphia's Rhawnhurt section. It happened around 5:35 p.m. this afternoon at the intersection of Castor Avenue and Loney Street. When police arrived they found a Jeep Cherokee crashed into the front of the building. Two people were taken to Frankford campus of Aria Health for treatment, including a juvenile. It is unclear if they were inside the car or house. The investigation is still trying to... Read More |
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| Escapee DNA Found; Philadelphia Contingent in Rome; Wolf Forms PAC to Push Agenda |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/22/15 11:15 am | updated: 06/22/15 11:15 am |
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Investigators in New York have shifted the search for the two prison escapees, Richard Matt and David Sweat to an area just west of the Clinton Correctional Facility where they escaped from on June 6th. They apparently found some DNA evidence in a Franklin County hunting cabin that was broken into over the weekend.
A Philadelphia contingent is in Rome this week to make final preparations for Pope Francis’s visit to Philly during the World Meeting of Families. The group... Read More |
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| New Emergency Notification System, PATCO Advertising, PA Budget Deadline |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/22/15 8:46 am | updated: 06/22/15 8:46 am |
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| Philadelphia and the four suburban counties are phasing out their current emergency notification system for residents and they're inviting you to sign up for the new system. The City of Philadelphia, along with Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties, are in the process of dropping 'ReadyNotifyPA' and switching to a new system for emergency notification to residents. The one downside to the change is that those who are currently signed up to ReadyNotifyPA need to re-register for the... Read More |
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| SC Gunman Could Face Death Penalty; GW Carver Pool to Reopen; PA Turnpike Bridge Goes "No Cash" |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/19/15 11:52 am | updated: 06/19/15 11:52 am |
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Dylann Storm Roof, the alleged gunman who killed nine people during a shooting spree at Charleston church could get the death penalty. 21 year old Dylann Roof will face a judge today at 2 p.m. for a bond hearing in South Carolina. According to a friend, Roof had told him several weeks ago that black people were taking over the world and that Roof said he had a plan.
Tomorrow, the historic George Washington Carver Community Center pool will host a party and fundraiser to try to... Read More |
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| SRC Replaces Substitute Teachers, Philadelphia Distilling Moving, Northeast Republican Conference |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/19/15 2:16 am | updated: 06/19/15 2:16 am |
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| Some 1,000 substitute teachers in Philadelphia just lost their jobs with the school district. The School Reform Commission voted unanimously to outsource the jobs to a New Jersey company. A $34 million contract was awarded to Source4Teachers of Cherry Hill. The District's chief talent officer Naomi Wyatt says it’s needed because budget cuts and hiring rules have made managing subs so difficult that some 400 classrooms a day don't have teachers. The teachers union called the move part... Read More |
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| SC Shooting Suspect Caught, Victims ID's; Water Main Break, Flooding; Billboard Bill Passes Again |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/18/15 10:21 pm | updated: 06/18/15 10:23 pm |
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| The man wanted for killing nine people inside a Charleston, South Carolina church Wednesday night was captured without incident on Thursday morning. 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof was seen in his car in Shelby, North Carolina almost 250 miles away. Roof is accused of killing six women and three men, including the pastor, at the The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Roof, who is white, spent nearly an hour inside the church before opening fire. He was identified by a childhood... Read More |
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| Woman to be Face of US's New 10; Church Shooting in SC; Pope Urges Climate Awareness |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/18/15 1:30 pm | updated: 06/18/15 1:30 pm |
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A new face is coming to the 10 dollar bill. Alexander Hamilton will be replaced on the US currency with the image of a woman. And you can help the Treasury Department determine which woman it will be. The woman will be a "champion of our inclusive democracy". To nominate someone on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram use #TheNew10. Or the website thenew10.treasury.gov.
A white male in his early 20’s is being... Read More |
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| Poll Shows Wolf Budget Approval, Pope Visit May Close Ben Franklin Bridge, Trails Speed Limit Post |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/18/15 8:43 am | updated: 06/18/15 8:43 am |
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| With the deadline now less than two weeks off, a new Franklin and Marshall College Poll shows most Pennsylvanians continue to support Governor Wolf's budget proposals. The Franklin and Marshall College Poll shows 58 percent of registered Pennsylvania voters support Governor Wolf’s budget proposals, and 39 percent believe Wolf is doing an "excellent" or "good" job. Poll director Terry Madonna says those numbers are unchanged since March, but he says they could go down if the Democratic... Read More |
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| Dalai Lama to Receive Liberty Medal; 4th Suspect ID'd Broomall Break-In; Reward in Haddonfield, NJ |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/17/15 9:10 pm | updated: 06/17/15 9:15 pm |
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| The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia announced today that the 2015 recipient of the Liberty Medal will be the Dalai Lama. President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen likened it to a lifetime achievement award recognizing his decades of work advocating for the people of Tibet and promoting “freedom, compassion, and tolerance worldwide.†The Dalai Lama said, “"I am delighted as a recipient to be in the company of so many other inspirational leaders... I can think of no... Read More |
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