Entering 2025, SEPTA faced a dire fiscal crisis that threatened to slash up to 45% of its service by the start of next year. For the roughly 790,000 people who …
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Atlantic City Expressway to stop accepting cash at tolls on Jan. 4
by myphillyconnection 50 viewsThe Atlantic City Expressway will stop accepting cash at its tolls on Sunday, Jan. 4, and drivers without an E-ZPass will be billed more than double the fare amount per …
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Spring 2025 delivered an unexpected blow to Nick: aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis. What followed were 64 appointments in five months—tests, treatments, and tough consultations. He came away with these hard-earned …
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N.J. gas tax increases Jan. 1. It’s the largest hike since the pandemic
by myphillyconnection 41 viewsNew Jersey's gas tax will rise 4.2 cents per gallon on Jan. 1, the rate driven higher by slightly lower fuel use and a 2024 state law that boosted the …
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Pa. lawmakers are among the highest paid in the U.S. They just got another automatic raise.
by myphillyconnection 50 viewsAn automatic cost of living adjustment bumped state lawmakers' salaries to $113,000 per year, for rank and file members. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Pennsylvania legislators are …
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‘We have to do something’: N.J. lawmakers advance controversial e-bike regulations
by myphillyconnection 63 viewsA Senate panel unanimously advanced legislation Thursday that would expand the definition of motorized bikes, despite staunch opposition from cyclists and hesitation from some of the lawmakers themselves. Sen. Pat …
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Philly youth football players charged with stealing merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Florida
by myphillyconnection 53 viewsEight members of a Philadelphia youth football team were arrested in Florida last weekend for allegedly stealing merchandise valued at $2,296 from a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Davenport. The …
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Dollar General to pay $1.55 million for allegedly overcharging Pa. customers
by myphillyconnection 73 viewsDollar General agreed to pay $1.55 million to Pennsylvania to settle a lawsuit over the company's alleged upcharging. Attorney General Dave Sunday accused the discount chain of repeatedly charging customers …
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Who is moving into Center City’s new apartment buildings? A lot of transplants from other East Coast cities
by myphillyconnection 55 viewsAfter moving to Center City from Cincinnati in 2021 for a new job, Nicole Anderson realized that so much of what she thought she knew about Philadelphia was misinformed. "I …
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Windows at Philly’s federal courthouse broken by vandals, U.S. Marshals say
by myphillyconnection 70 viewsVandals used a cobblestone brick to shatter a pair of windows at Philadelphia's federal courthouse Monday night, investigators say. The U.S. Marshals Service said the vandalism at the James A. …