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Cultural carnivals, Aretha tribute, Philly Home Show, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
An Aretha tribute, Kanaval, and Rennie Harris’ “Lifted” are among the weekend events in New Jersey, Philly, and Delaware.
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Listen 5:39Penns Grove hopes to turn vacants into value by auctioning borough-owned properties
The small borough in Salem County, N.J. hopes properties sold at auction will be added back to the tax rolls while generating some money to plan future projects.
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Meet the finalists: What Philly’s 3 superintendent hopefuls said during their job interviews
All three candidates for Philly’s top schools job visited the city this week for their public vetting. A final decision is just around the corner.
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Listen 5:11Ask Governor Murphy: Submit your question
WHYY, WBGO, and WNYC present “Ask Governor Murphy” — a live, monthly call-in show during which Gov. Murphy answers your most pressing questions.
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Captain 1,000: Flyers salute Giroux in potential final days
Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux is set on Thursday to play his 1,000th career game.
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Court orders Jussie Smollett release from jail during appeal
The ruling Wednesday comes after a Cook County judge sentenced Smollett last week to immediately begin serving 150 days in jail for his conviction.
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Brush fires send smoke billowing over National Park, New Jersey and Christiana, Delaware
Chopper 6 was over both fire scenes on Wednesday afternoon.
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Philly leaders say reason for Lamb endorsement is simple: ‘He campaigned’
City party members heard speeches from all three primary candidates. Lamb won the vote ‘overwhelmingly,’ Democratic leader Bob Brady said.
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Philly restaurants express frustration with ‘streetery’ regulations
Streeteries have been a godsend for restaurants during these two last years of the pandemic, but owners aren’t happy with proposed new rules.
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Pa. Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to state’s new legislative maps
Pennsylvania’s highest court has affirmed the state’s new legislative district maps and rejected final legal challenges to them.
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‘One of the last theaters from Hollywood’s Golden Age’: Lansdowne Theater eyes a 2023 return
A Delaware County Council grant and a federal earmark co-introduced by Sen. Bob Casey and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon have boosted revival efforts.
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Ex-athletic trainer claims bias behind her firing from Main Line girls school
A Muslim athletic trainer claims she was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticizing Israel.
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N.J. to study environmental impacts of offshore wind projects
New Jersey officials will commission studies on the environmental impact of offshore wind energy projects on animals as large as whales a ...
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Philly historic sites to donate Saturday proceeds to help children in Ukraine
The African American Museum, Constitution Center, and Betsy Ross House are among those donating 100% of Saturday’s admissions proceeds to help refugee children in Ukraine.
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Fed begins inflation fight with key rate hike, more to come
The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort Wednesday to tame the worst inflation since the 1970s.
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