City Council is firing the latest salvo in the power struggle with the mayor over how school board members are selected. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.

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City Council is firing the latest salvo in the power struggle with the mayor over how school board members are selected. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.
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Should Philly elect its school board? City Council to hold hearings on concept

Making Philly the cleanest, greenest big city in America was part of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s campaign promise. She says the eclectic, 38-member cabinet she introduced Friday will help make that happen. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports.





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Making Philly the cleanest, greenest big city in America was part of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s campaign promise. She says the eclectic, 38-member cabinet she introduced Friday will help make that happen. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports.
 
 
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Parker carries out campaign promise with introduction of Clean and Green cabinet

Abington Township Police say a domestic dispute Friday morning led to a shooting at a home on the 2500 block of Pershing Avenue near Easton Road. When police arrived, they found an adult inside with a gunshot wound to the leg. 





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Abington Township Police say a domestic dispute Friday morning led to a shooting at a home on the 2500 block of Pershing Avenue near Easton Road. When police arrived, they found an adult inside with a gunshot wound to the leg. 
 
 
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Police: Person shot following domestic dispute in Abington home

Nighttime travel could be tight for the next week along the Vine Street Expressway. PennDOT crews will be sealing cracks in the road surface starting Friday, May 17, from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. There will be lane closures in both directions. The overnight work is scheduled to continue through Thursday, May 23.

It's part of a project to seal cracks in 400 miles of state roads in Philadelphia and Delaware counties.

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Nighttime travel could be tight for the next week along the Vine Street Expressway. PennDOT crews will be sealing cracks in the road surface starting Friday, May 17, from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. There will be lane closures in both directions. The overnight work is scheduled to continue through Thursday, May 23.
It's part of a project to seal cracks in 400 miles of state roads in Philadelphia and Delaware counties.
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Should Philly elect its school board? City Council to hold hearings on concept

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