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After Wagenhoffer's church service, a group of L&I inspectors and staffers in matching blue shirts led the casket out of the church in a downpour. (Amy Z. Quinn/ for NewsWorks)

After Wagenhoffer's church service, a group of L&I inspectors and staffers in matching blue shirts led the casket out of the church in a downpour. (Amy Z. Quinn/ for NewsWorks)

Each of the seven people who died as a result of the Market Street collapse had a story. Ron Wagenhoffer's began in Manayunk, in the tight tangle of rowhouse streets near St. Lucy's Church.
Parents, teachers and students at Cook-Wissahickon Elementary School in Roxborough have made several efforts to raise money for the school. (Janis Chakars/for NewsWorks)
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With the doomsday budget here, we have heard a lot about the sorry state of our schools and our government's inability to find stable and adequate funds for them. However, it is important to recognize the achievements of our public schools, so that our city council understands the value of their
(Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)Demolition of the former Ivy Ridge Personal Care Center got underway earlier this month, but stopped abruptly after a city site inspection found asbestos on the site. Several pieces of heavy machinery and a big pile of rocks
On Monday night, graduating seniors took a lap around Germantown High School to kick off the school's final week of existence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)Just after 7 p.m., a cluster of black and green balloons slowly sailed into the evening skies over Germantown. Beneath the floating orbs stood a small bunch of graduating seniors from Germantown High School, who released them
Foreign invaders part III: the honeybee??Last in our series of discussions on beloved garden insects that perhaps don't belong and may be of dubious benefit is the environmental ambassador the honeybee. Much has been made in recent years about our dependence on
Communications Technology High School in Southwest Philadelphia is one of the schools that will not reopen in the fall. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)Philadelphia is trying to find new life for vacant school buildings or ones that soon will be empty.   With 23 schools slated to close, a study by the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design looked at ways to reuse
This Wednesday, the last Germantown High School class will graduate. NewsWorks will be there for the ceremony. (Bas Slabbers/NewsWorks file)Here's a look at what's to come on NewsWorks this week:  1. On Wednesday, Germantown High School's final group of seniors will graduate. After 99 years, the public school is closing for good as part of the Philadelphia
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