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For 104 years, the bell at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in hilly, blue-collar Manayunk has joyfully summoned the faithful to prayer, celebrated marriages, and marked the ends of wars. […]

With the economy still in shambles and voters still in an angry mood, no one running for office this year wants to be seen as a political insider. […]

Mike Horrocks returned to Farrell Stadium on Tuesday, lowered 100 feet by crane and placed on a granite pedestal so that when West Chester University football players emerge from their locker room, they can touch his bronze likeness and honor his legacy. […]

Even more teachers didn't show up for the second day of school than the first, and district officials yesterday began tracking how many of them had sought approval for their absence. […]

"As this memorial moves on toward completion and beyond, their story is not only one we should remember, it is one we cannot afford to forget." […]

The GOP is "slowly but surely being taken over by wackos," Rendell said, drawing laughter and cheers from the crowd. "We're going to turn the reins of Congress over to the people who are more and more dominated by the wacko wing?" […]

On 2nd day, even more teachers are truant Daily News The District's Chief Talent Development Officer Estelle Matthews said that 201 teachers did not report for work yesterday, a number of them not following the proper procedure for an excused absence. There were 171 absences the day before. See also: Hundreds More Phila. Schoolteachers Fail to Show Up K […]

This morning, Stetson Middle School began its new life as a charter school, opening its doors to roughly 700 students from the predominantly Latino community that surrounds the ancient building at B and Allegheny Streets in Kensington. Image:  Image Caption:  ASPIRA Stetson principal Renato Lajara supervises a student retucking his new school uniform before […]

At long last, a new Willard School opens The Notebook blog After decades of community organizing and delays, a new Willard Elementary School welcomed students. See also: New school year, new fancy school building WHYY Back to School for Area Students KYW Gleaming new Willard School a 40-year dream The Inquirer Editorial: Clock is ticking for students The Inq […]

In the world of gaming there are many things that fill us with uncontrollable squealing schoolgirl like glee. For example earning the highscore in a game that has been under ownership for the past three years, but for some reason there is over two decades of calculated hours logged into it. Another Justin Beamer CD […]

Who would have ever thought… […]

Infamous is a fun game if you like the action adventure type, I played it after finishing Batman:Arkam Asylum. The only thing though is that if you've seen a 'Karma' system once then you've seen it hundreds of times. […]

New York Times book critic Janet Maslin calls Isabel Wlkerson’s new nonfiction book—“The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” which documents the 55-year-long migration of black Americans across the United States—”a landmark piece of nonfiction.” Then this, today: “‘The Warmth of Other Suns’ is neither traditional history nor o […]

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MW’s Catholic school tribe returns today following first day of classes. Photos soon. […]

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We can hardly wait! Full report, photos, coming soon! […]

Folks on here may enjoy seeing the faces of folks standing up to natural gas drillers. These are leaders in the Williamsport area that Clean Water Action has found working on the issue of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus formation. read more […]

I came across this letter to the editor in the Inky on Tuesday (emphasis mine): Jim Florio states, "Businesses are deciding . . . higher levels of U.S. unemployment are a necessary and acceptable way to control costs and boost profit." Florio has obviously never run a business. Businesses don't consider the overall employment level when determ […]

Environmentalists call on General Assembly to pass a severance tax like WV’s On behalf of its 185,000 members in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Clean Water Action called on the General Assembly today to impose a volume based 45¢ per thousand cubic feet severance tax on Marcellus Shale gas drillers and earmarking 3¢ of the tax to restore the Department of […]

Given today's article about the private bail industry angling to move their business into Philadelphia, I am bumping back up my post from January of this year. Please, please listen to the NPR series linked at the bottom of the post, if you haven't already. And thanks to the decision-makers - the courts, DA, and Public Defenders - who are pushing b […]

Mayor Nutter spoke at an immigrant rights rally at Welcome Park yesterday organized by the Pennsylvania chapter of the Reform Immigration for America campaign. The rally was intended to show that Philadelphia is a welcoming city to immigrants, in contrast to Arizona, where the anti-immigrant law SB1070 was implemented in part yesterday. WHYY News reported th […]