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The bid submitted by Nu-Juice officials to the Philadelphia School District in 2010 for the work with "persistently dangerous" schools such as West Philadelphia High School includes statements that are either incorrect or impossible to confirm.

An iconic Philadelphia area burger chain and its owners are in hot water with the U.S. government for allegedly failing to report more than $15 million in sales to the Internal Revenue Service.

Donald Aikens has been named 2012 Citizen of the Year by Elmer Grange. Each year, Elmer Grange honors a local person, chosen from the area, who has substantially contributed to the good of the community.

For the first time in 60 years, the city is adding white residents more quickly than it is losing them: 3,980, to be exact, as reported in Thursday's Philadelphia Daily News.

The five owners and managers of the Nifty Fifty's restaurant chain have been charged with cheating the IRS out of millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney's office announced on Wednesday.

Then, last December, she took action. "Host a meal in your own home," she wrote in a post on Craigslist.

PHILADELPHIA - Division III Swarthmore College has a new head men's basketball coach.A Landry Kosmalski has taken over the program, replacing Lee Wimberly.

Mulch mindfully. If you have newly planted trees or even old ones, consider mulching them to protect from mowers and weed whackers near their trunks.

A man was seriously injured after the car he was driving exploded today near the entrance to the Atlantic City Expressway.

In a surprise statement, President Daniel H. Weiss notified the college community Tuesday that he will leave Lafayette after this year to fill the presidency at Haverford College in Haverford, Penn.

Bryn Mawr Film Institute 's screens glowed Wednesday night with the debut Tri-College Film Festival, featuring work created by the students at Bryn Mawr Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges.