Mt. Airy/Chestnut Hill
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A day at the Phillies ball park with Tony Auth
By Tony Auth
May 14, 2013
Any baseball fan knows a day at the ball park is not just about box scores and home runs. In Philadelphia, there's the smell of roasted peppers, the grooves of buskers and the familiar calls of v... More »
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Knight grant paves way for 'ecoventions' at Schuylkill Center
By Alaina Mabaso for NewsWorks, @AlainaMabaso
May 14, 2013
Three years ago, when an exhaustive 400-page legal document permanently preserved the 340-acre Schuylkill Center for Environment Education property, a single page buried deep in the new rules caught J... More »
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Pew: New assessments redistribute Philly property-tax burden
By Holly Otterbein, @hollyotterbein
May 13, 2013
A Pew Charitable Trusts report found that Philadelphia's new property assessments are completely redistributing the property-tax burden. More »
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Philly's shelter system for battered women to expand
By Holly Otterbein, @hollyotterbein
May 13, 2013
Philadelphia's only emergency shelter for battered women has been forced to turn away thousands of victims because it just didn't have enough room. More »
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Fattah legal fund raises questions
By Dave Davies @DaveDaviesWHYY
May 13, 2013
In the movie "Dumb and Dumber," the numbskulls played Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels find a suitcase of money they know isn't theirs. After getting a fancy hotel suite and buying a Lamborgh... More »
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Weavers Way and W.B. Saul team up to bring composting to NW Philly
By Lane Blackmer for NewsWorks, @MtAiryChestnut
May 13, 2013
Scott Blunk talks about cow poop and veggie-filled mixtures like they're jars of salsa, using adjectives like "zesty," "medium" and "mild." And while this topic exci... More »
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Philly abortion doctor Gosnell faces death penalty for three counts of 1st-degree murder [updated]
By Carolyn Beeler, @carolynbeeler
May 13, 2013
Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell could face the death penalty after his conviction on three counts of first-degree murder for babies delivered alive and then killed in his former West Phila... More »![Philly abortion doctor Gosnell faces death penalty for three counts of 1st-degree murder [updated]](http://www.newsworks.org/components/com_flexicontent/librairies/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/stories/flexicontent/l_gosnellplatex145.jpg&w=145&h=100&aoe=1&q=95)
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String of armed robberies hits East Falls neighborhood
By Matthew Grady for NewsWorks, @MMGrady
May 13, 2013
On Saturday night, an East Falls street was blocked off by police, the scene of the latest in a string of robberies that have taken place in the hillside neighborhood in recent weeks. Police report t... More »
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14th Police District: Where an alleged Mother's Day card theft led to arrest
By Matthew Grady for NewsWorks, @MMGrady
May 13, 2013
This list covers May 3-8, 2013. May 3 12:35 p.m. Theft: 7300 block of Limekiln Pike. Cell phone snatched from complainant's hand. 4:05 p.m. Theft: 5900 block of Germantown Ave. Taken were five... More »
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Tea, roses and love drew moms and their families to Wyck on Mother's Day [gallery]
By Brad Larrison for NewsWorks, @GTownWOLane
May 13, 2013
On Mother's Day afternoon, the Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm opened its Germantown Avenue doors, lawns and gardens to children and families who wanted to give their mom "a truly memor... More »![Tea, roses and love drew moms and their families to Wyck on Mother's Day [gallery]](http://www.newsworks.org/components/com_flexicontent/librairies/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/stories/flexicontent/l_bl_mothersdaywyck-6.jpg&w=145&h=100&aoe=1&q=95)
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