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Senators Tartaglione and Saval Partner with Student Leaders to Introduce Lifesaving Naloxone-in-Schools Legislation

State Senators Christine M. Tartaglione (D–Philadelphia) and Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) today announced the introduction of Senate Bill 1054, groundbreaking legislation that would require all high schools in Pennsylvania to...

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Celebrates 90 Years with Rare Coin & Currency Treasure Hunt

Stack’s Bowers Galleries, legendary dealer in rare coins, gold and silver bullion, and currency from all countries for over 9 decades, is celebrating this milestone throughout the month of...

Opinion: Local legislators weigh in on Catholic school closings

As I waited for the Archdiocese briefing on the Faith in the Future Plan to begin, which occurred just a few hours prior to...

Port Richmond’s ‘Rocky’

If you notice Michael Avello running down Aramingo Avenue one morning, you might do a double take.That’s because this 45-year-old Port Richmond resident prides himself...

The beginning of the end

Ed Hanway, former chairman and CEO of Cigna and a member of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia blue ribbon commission, offered some sobering statistics in...

Kenzo native’s museum displays his need for speed

People don’t race automobiles like they used to.Nowadays, they drive computer-designed, cookie cutter-styled flying billboards around sanitized, if not boringly circular courses. In the old...

Gault: Paramedic moves are a matter of spite

As a new year begins, the vast majority of Philadelphia Fire Department paramedics will be seeing a change of scenery, according to the head...

2011 in the riverwards

St. Anne’s school final walk through, Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Philadelphia.With the birth of the new year, it’s a good time to reflect...
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