FDA approves easy-to-use heroin overdose antidote
Friends and family will be able to take the first step to save a loved one from an overdose of heroin or powerful painkillers called opioids.The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an...
View ArticleTesla to appeal changed New Jersey car regulations
Electric-car company Tesla Motors has filed notice it intends to go to court to appeal New Jersey's ruling that would stop it from selling its vehicles in the state within two weeks.The notice, filed...
View ArticleUNION: Many reasons for Berry to look forward to playing in Chicago
CHESTER - Austin Berry has some unfinished business when he heads to Chicago to face his former team. It's not anything of a vengeful nature, though. "A bunch of the guys were sending texts when I got...
View ArticleNorristown man pleads guilty to robbery
COURTHOUSE - A man arrested after a robbery in Norristown in December entered into an open guilty plea with the court on Wednesday.Charles Edward Robinson, 21 of the 2000 block of Hemlock Road,...
View ArticleChildren's artist Ellen Allard to perform and teach at Whitpain synagogue
WHITPAIN - With thousands of years of tradition, philosophy, history and prayer to draw from, Tiferet Bet Israel Synagogue is in the process of growing its early childhood education program into a...
View ArticleCops: Range Rover stolen in Whitemarsh
WHITEMARSH - Police responded to a report of theft of a motor vehicle on the 600 block of Lorine Lane on March 26 at 10:03 a.m.Police met with the victim who said she had parked her 2013 dark grey...
View ArticlePapelbon not the only part of Phillies' bullpen worth worrying about
ARLINGTON, Texas - Jonathan Papelbon infamously said during last year's damning meltdown that "he didn't come here for this."The Phillies could retort that they didn't bring Papelbon here for this -...
View ArticleArea nonprofits meet to boost scouting recruitment in Norristown
NORRISTOWN - Community leaders and law enforcement joined representatives from the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and local non profit organizations at The Centre Theatre...
View ArticlePhotos: Montgomery County Commissioners recognize `Week of the Young Child'
NORRISTOWN - Parents and teachers from Crayon Kids Preschool in Norristown had the chance to meet with the Montgomery County Commissioners Thursday before the commissioners endorsed a petition for...
View ArticleSolar panel installation in Lower Providence to save $2,200 on utility costs
LOWER PROVIDENCE - The solar panel installation on the roof of Building D at the Lower Providence public works complex will save the township about $2,200 a year at current utility rates.Matthew...
View ArticleMontgomery County commissioners vote to dissolve waste authority
NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County Commissioners unanimously voted Thursday to dissolve the Waste System Authority of Eastern Montgomery County and allow municipalities to decide where they would like...
View ArticleWas Daniel Murphy right to put fatherhood ahead of baseball?
NEW YORK - Daniel Murphy is proud he put fatherhood ahead of baseball, and New York Mets manager Terry Collins thinks criticism his second baseman received for taking paternity leave this week was...
View ArticleColonial School District technology students prepare for state competition
WHITEMARSH - As the day of the Technology Student Association (TSA) Pennsylvania State Conference rapidly approaches, middle and high school students in Colonial School District's TSA program are...
View ArticleAs more reactors come online, world plans for inevitable accidents
TOKYO - Three major atomic accidents in 35 years are forcing the world's nuclear industry to stop imagining it can prevent more catastrophes and to focus instead on how to contain them.Of the 176 new...
View ArticleBilly Packer warns college athletes should be careful about unionization
WASHINGTON - College basketball analyst Billy Packer predicts the University of Florida will win the NCAA basketball championship, and he called for a special investigation into "out of control"...
View ArticleMontgomery County applies for grant for alternative-fuel vehicles
NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County commissioners voted Thursday to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that funds half of the price of new vehicles for...
View ArticleLimerick jogger's family reacts to teen driver's sentence
COURTHOUSE - Clinging to a photograph of his beloved daughter, John Pietrafitta's eyes welled with tears as he remembered the woman who had a "heart bigger than life.""She was always willing to help...
View ArticleEven the healthy locked out of 2014 policies now
Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of luck. The policies are going off the market as a...
View ArticleSaturday Final Four preview: Talent sides with Florida, Kentucky
Here's a quick preview of what to expect from Saturday's Final Four games.No. 1 Florida vs. No. 7 Connecticut: (6:09 p.m. ET, TBS): Rematch of UConn's early-December victory in Storrs - Florida hasn't...
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