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ABOVE PHOTO: Students rally against proposed reductions in state funding for schools, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, outside City Hall in Philadelphia.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Thanks to a chaotic budget situation, summertime for School District of Philadelphia parents is going to be anything but easy. By Denise Clay To understand just how challenging things have gotten…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tom Corbett  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L.Young It’s a trite but true political aphorism: “Where you stand depends on where you sit,” meaning we tend to see things differently depending on what perspective we see them from. If you’re a Pennsylvania Republican, no matter where you “sit,”…

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Philadelphia research intiative This report finds that Philadelphia’s long tradition of high homeownership is changing. From 2000 to 2012, homeownership declined in this city as well as others across the United States. But the drop has been more pronounced in Philadelphia, with sections of Northeast Philadelphia recording the biggest decreases.  The decline, which has been…

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For City of Philadelphia firemen to get to the fire that killed four children on Fourth of July weekend any faster would have required a cape, city officials said. By Denise Clay One minute. That’s how much time it took for Ladder 4 to get to a fire that ultimately killed four children and left…

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Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center (MRAC) presents its 6th Annual Juried Show for visual artists. Opening reception: Sunday, August 10, 2014 from noon to 3:00 P.M. The public is invited to partake of light refreshments and meet the artists. At 1:30 P.M., juror Moe Brooker will award 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of $250, $100 and $50,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  PA Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille with (r) Sheriff Jewell Williams of Philadelphia City and County.     Lawyers, judges, and community leaders filled the lobby of the Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice at 13th and Filbert Street recently for the building’s official re-dedication ceremony on Thursday.  It was an effort…

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Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Lois Berrian Henderson will take place Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Holy Temple Church Of God In Christ, 334 North 60th Street (60th & Callowhill).  The viewing will start from 4PM to 6PM and the service will start promptly at 6 PM. The repast will also take place at the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Gov. Tom Corbett. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   By Marc Levy and Peter Jackson Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania lawmakers sent Gov. Tom Corbett a $29.1 billion election-year spending plan shortly before Monday’s midnight deadline and after hours of intense partisan debate, but Corbett said he was not ready to sign it. “I will…

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committee of seventy Part two of Groundhog Day… continues to answer the questions that will help understand the situation at Philadelphia’s embattled School District. Will any of these funding ideas get enacted?   It’s hard to predict. Once Council gets back from summer recess in September, everything they do will be with the 2015 races…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Investigators look over the debris of a fallen security door outside a Rita’s Water Ice store in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Investigators tell Philly.com that the metal security door detached and fell on a 3-year-old girl who died. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)   Associated Press  Authorities are investigating…

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