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New Jersey ratepayers will catch a break on electricity prices starting in June

The Philadelphia Tribune 14 Feb 2026
Electricity prices paid by New Jersey households will stay relatively stable starting this summer, with rates falling slightly for the majority of customers in the state ....
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New Jersey’s homeless population is growing. So too are concerns about federal assistance program budgets ...

The Philadelphia Tribune 10 Feb 2026
Homelessness isn’t just a problem in New Jersey cities. It’s impacting many suburban areas as well, but it may be less visible if people without homes congregate in wooded areas and behind shopping centers. Five years ago, 8,097 people were ....
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Camden firefighter dies after falling into Delaware River

The Philadelphia Tribune 10 Feb 2026
A firefighter from the Camden Fire Department died after falling into the icy waters of the Delaware River late Thursday morning ....
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Pa. doctors say mammograms could be used to detect early heart disease in women

The Philadelphia Tribune 09 Feb 2026
Mammograms are routinely recommended starting at age 40 to screen for breast cancer. But health care providers in the region are now using the imaging tests to check for another health risk factor. heart disease ....
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Mother Bethel AME spotlights Black history as ‘52 Weeks of Firsts’ series continues

The Philadelphia Tribune 07 Feb 2026
The Philadelphia Historic District’s “52 Weeks of Firsts” begins its second month of historical highlights with Mother Bethel AME Church, the African Methodist Episcopal congregation created back in 1794 ....
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Wawa Welcome America releases schedule, will include 6 nights of fireworks

The Philadelphia Tribune 07 Feb 2026
Wawa Welcome America is gearing up for America’s semiquincentennial celebrations with 16 days of events this summer ....
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Shapiro calls for $1B investment amid Pennsylvania housing affordability crisis

The Philadelphia Tribune 07 Feb 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wants the state to borrow $1 billion in bonds as part of a broad effort to make housing more affordable across the commonwealth ....
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Arctic temps are returning to Philly. When will the snow finally melt?

The Philadelphia Tribune 07 Feb 2026
Snow, ice and slush are still blocking parking spaces and making some street corners and transit stops treacherous in Philadelphia, nearly two weeks after a winter storm dumped more snow than the city had seen in a decade ....
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Maryland trains now rolling on SEPTA tracks to help reduce overcrowding

The Philadelphia Tribune 05 Feb 2026
Ten trains from the Maryland Area Regional Commuter system, or MARC, are now in SEPTA’s service as part of a lease deal funded by additional state capital funds the transit agency got in November ....
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Philadelphia advocates call on Sheriff Rochelle Bilal to keep ICE out of courthouse

The Philadelphia Tribune 04 Feb 2026
A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups rallied in front of the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, demanding that Sheriff Rochelle Bilal limit arrests by federal immigration enforcement officials outside of the Criminal Justice Center ....
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N.J. election 2026: New state law allows some 17-year-olds to vote in primaries

The Philadelphia Tribune 03 Feb 2026
Saanvi Kulkarni, 17, of Livingston, plans to take full advantage of a new voting law in New Jersey that allows some 17-year-olds to cast ballots in primary elections if they turn 18 before the general election ....
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In parking-starved, icebound South Philly, debate rages over saving spots

The Philadelphia Tribune 03 Feb 2026
If you worked hard to shovel a parking spot in Philly or to find one that wasn’t entombed in snow and ice, are you entitled to it? That’s the eternal question of the “Savesies” debate — ie, the practice of ....
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One year after the Northeast Philly plane crash, ‘eerie,’ ‘devastating’ scene still strong in neighbors’ memories

The Philadelphia Tribune 03 Feb 2026
Kimberly Casasola, a senior clerk at Frank Van’s Auto Tags, had just left work for the day on Jan. 31, 2025, when she got a panicked phone call from one of her two employees still at the office ....
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