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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied review of a $700,000 predatory lending order against Girard Finance Company of Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission found the company and its owner Thomas Richter targeted minorities for unfair business loans.

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The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans is honored to announce the winners of the Horatio Alger Pennsylvania Scholarship. These scholarships are made possible with generous support from the Neubauer Family Foundation.

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This summer, Harcum College will be offering its annual Summer Advance Program (SA), a 7-week residential program designed to introduce recent high school graduates to the college experience and prepare them for the transition into collegiate academics.

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On Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2, 2013 CEC-Community Education Center, Images of the Motherland-Interactive Theatre and ICPIC-New Africa Center & Museum presents a special FREE ADMISSION public program of educational heritage enrichment.  

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You want honest and well-run elections. This starts by choosing the people who work at your polling place. Elections for Judge of Election and Election Inspector are on the May 21 ballot. You can read about what they do here.

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This year marks the 29th anniversary of the Celebration of Black Writing Festival, one of the oldest Black literary festivals in the country. For nearly three decades, the Celebration has grown from a one-day gathering of authors and literary intellectuals to a weeklong event…

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The Honorable Vincent J. Hughes Senator, 7th Senatorial District in the Pennsylvania will be the Keynote Speaker at the Fourth Saints of Valor Martial Ministry Appreciation Awards Ceremony Dinner hosted by Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church.

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A Philadelphia Office of the Inspector General investigation of 19 Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation contracts has found that 11 prime contractors used JHS and Sons Supply Company to circumvent the City’s antidiscrimination requirements by…

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The Franklin & Marshall College Poll is produced in conjunction with the Philadelphia Daily News, WGAL-TV (South Central PA), Pittsburgh Tribune Review, WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh), WPVI-TV6/ABC (Philadelphia), Times-Shamrock Newspapers, Harrisburg Patriot-News, and Lancaster Newspapers. 

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Orphaned at 18 and left to support and care for his 13-year-old brother, the odds were stacked against Ronald E. Wilson going to college, let alone graduating. So, it is not surprising that Wilson was overwhelmed by emotions upon learning he will be one of 1,934 candidates for graduation at CCP.

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