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Vineland gets a new football league
TheDailyJournal.com
Jan 30There's a new football team in town. The Vineland Junior Football League officially will kick off its inaugural season later this year when it competes in the Atlantic County Football League. The new squad, to be called the Vineland Blitz, will be open... »
2 Arrested At Occupy Philadelphia Rally
Myfox Philadelphia
Jan 30Police take two people into custody after Occupy Philadelphia protesters knock down a fence at the City Hall construction area the group had camped at before being evicted in November. »
2 arrested at Occupy Philadelphia rally
Courierpostonline.com
Jan 30Police took two people into custody after Occupy Philadelphia protesters knocked down a fence at the City Hall construction area the group had camped at before being evicted in November. A couple hundred people gathered for the protest Sunday night to ... »
Protesters: Two arrested in Occupy event
Philly.Com News
Jan 30Organizers of an Occupy Philadelphia rally and march in Center City said their protest Sunday evening ended in two arrests outside City Hall after participants tore down a construction fence around Dilworth Plaza - the same public space the group occup... »
Occupiers knock down Dilworth fence
Philly.Com News
Jan 30A couple hundred former Occupy Philadelphia participants disrupted traffic outside City Hall during a protest tonight and some of them knocked over the fence around Dilworth Plaza in a brief, failed effort to "retake" it. »
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Saskia Thompson: “I’m not a data geek, I’m a city geek” says City of Philadelphia property data chief [Q&A]
Technically Philly
Feb 03It’s not about the data. It’s about the city. So says Saskia Thompson, who later this month will celebrate one year in her role as the executive director of the newly created City of Philadelphia Office of Property Data. Her job is to square a dozen or... »
Renovations to City Hall Revive Occupy Protests
Around Philly
Jan 30A few months ago, Occupy protesters were booted from City Hall for incoming renovations. At 9:30 this morning, those long-awaited renovations to Dilworth Plaza commenced, but not before Occupiers tried reclaim their space. In a fairly peaceful march th... »
The (Actual) State of the Union at a Glance
Blonde Sagacity
Jan 30¿No Hablo Inglés? No problem! Run for City Council.A would-be candidate in Arizona requests a spot on the ballot even though she doesn't know how to speak English?(source).Occupy Oakland Destroys the City and Then Cry That The Police Were Mean to ThemM... »
300 arrested in daylong Occupy Oakland protests
Startribune.com
Jan 29Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a U.S. flag, as officers earlier fired tear gas to dispers... »
Al Schmidt: new reform GOP city commissioner talks about changing Board of Elections [Q&A]
Technically Philly
Jan 27When Al Schmidt first walked into his first elected public office as a new City Commissioner, he said it was like walking into a time machine. Often criticized for being among the least transparent offices in Philadelphia, the Board of Elections has re... »