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| Philadelphia School District Closing Nine Schools? |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/03/11 7:34 am | updated: 11/03/11 7:34 am |
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Philadelphia School District officials on Wednesday recommended closing nine schools and making grade changes at 17 others due to declining enrollment, aging facilities, and a brutal fiscal situation.
But the School Reform Commission signaled that perhaps the changes did not go far enough.
If the SRC adopts the recommendations next year, these would be the first large-scale school closings in the district since 1981.
Each closing would save the district... Read More |
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| November 2 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/02/11 8:19 am | updated: 11/02/11 8:19 am |
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(1961) 50 Years Ago
Singer/songwriter Kathryn Dawn Lang, better known as k.d. lang is born in Edmonton, Alberta,... Read More |
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| Alycia Lane, Larry Mendte Lawsuit to be Held in Philadelphia |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/01/11 6:49 am | updated: 11/01/11 6:49 am |
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Alycia Lane, Larry Mendte and CBS will do battle in a Philadelphia courtroom. That's the word from thee PA Supreme Court, which has ruled that the trial of Alycia Lane's civil suit against CBS and former co-anchor Larry Mendte will remain in Philadelphia.
Lane wanted the case to be tried here. CBS has been fighting through the appeal process to change the venue to New York. CBS argued that Lane's contract contained a clause saying that cases against the network should be heard... Read More |
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| Philadelphia's Top Albums of the Week |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/11 12:28 pm | updated: 10/31/11 12:28 pm |
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This week's top album sales in the Philadelphia area according to Billboard Magazine's November 5, 2011 issue.
1 Adele - 21
Hear it on Isis, Libra, Slick, Skin Radio
2 Tony Bennett - Duets II
Hear it on Martini Lounge Radio
3 Evanescence... Read More |
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| Philadelphia's 30th Street Station Plaza Opens |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/31/11 9:17 am | updated: 10/31/11 9:17 am |
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At noon Wednesday, Philadelphia's "great new public space" outside 30th Street Station gets its official dedication with a grand-opening ceremony….including music, food, fitness demonstrations and street performers.
The new plaza is a project of the University City District, which joined forces with City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, the City Planning Commission and the state Department of Transportation.
University City District's executive director Matt... Read More |
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| Valley Forge Park Deer Cull Starting |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/31/11 9:15 am | updated: 10/31/11 9:15 am |
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Valley Forge Park is set to begin its second annual deer-culling operation, in which U.S. Department of Agriculture marksmen with rifles and night-vision goggles take aim at deer lured to baited sites. Citing safety concerns, the park won't disclose the dates of the shootings, only that they would occur between November and March. Last season, sharpshooters took out 600 deer, and the park aims for 500 this time.
A similar cull will take place in Lower Merion Township in... Read More |
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| The Dream Team Version of Eagles Stampede the Cowboys |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/11 5:47 am | updated: 10/31/11 5:47 am |
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| This is the Eagles team most Philadelphia football fans expected to see from the start of the season. On Sunday night the Birds ran a stampede over the top ranked Dallas defense on their way to a 34 to 7 blowout. Just a few weeks ago, many fans were convinced Andy Reid would be run out of town after the team's slow start. Now Andy is getting high praise for his perfect 13-0 record after bye weeks and the fact that the team is looking like it is beginning to gel as a real force in the... Read More |
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| Deer Kill in Valley Forge to Begin |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/11 5:30 am | updated: 10/31/11 5:30 am |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park will conduct its second annual deer-culling operation. U.S. Department of Agriculture marksmen with rifles and night-vision goggles will reduce the herd by killing deer lured to baited sites.
Last year, sharpshooters killed 600 deer. This year the park's natural-resource department would like to kill 500.
Insurance experts estimate there are 130,000 deer-vehicle collisions annually in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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| Heavy wet snow plus leaves on trees, leaves millions without power |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/30/11 9:23 am | updated: 10/30/11 9:23 am |
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Close to 3 million households have been left without power after yesterday's surprise and unusual early snow. Most trees still have all their leaves, combined with the amount of snow, branches have come down all over the Northeast taking power lines with them.
In PA alone some 423,000 are dark and in NJ 617,000 lost power. Crews are working but it may take days. PECO's customer service message gives an estimate of Oct. 31 by 11 pm for it's customers.
Looks like... Read More |
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| Penn Doctor Regrets Fat Jokes |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/28/11 12:14 pm | updated: 10/28/11 12:14 pm |
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| Have you heard the one about the University of Pennsylvania orthopedic surgeon who does fat jokes about overweight patients? True story. Doctor John Kelly writes a humor column and threw some jokes in that got some hot water with Penn and obesity bias advocates. Dr. Kelly intended no harm when he quipped, "You should worry about performing surgery on the supersized if there is a comma in your patient's body weight." Or if a patient "wears a wristwatch on his finger," or "has more chins than... Read More |
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