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 Bellevue School for the Colored, Trenton, N.J. by Wendel A. White

Photographers reinterpret the landscape at Rider University

When we think of the landscape, the first thing that pops to mind may be a J.M.W. Turner painting, a romantic vista of the world 300 year ...

12 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Great pumpkin weather means robust crop, N.J. farmers say

With Halloween about a month away, New Jersey farmers say there should be plenty of pumpkins to mark the occasion. A recent s ...

12 years ago

 Councilman Bill Greenlee (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Measure calls for rent increase warnings in Philadelphia

Landlords who decide to raise the rent would have to give their tenants much more notice if a Philadelphia councilman’s bill become ...

12 years ago

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As red-light camera trial run nears end, N.J. residents divided over continuing it

The five-year New Jersey pilot program that set up cameras in two dozen towns to monitor red lights — and take photos of any violat ...

12 years ago

Delaware students recognized after banned book controversy

Three Delaware students have won cash prizes from the National Coalition Against Censorship. The students in the Cape Henlopen Sch ...

12 years ago

 A resident sits outside of R & M guest home, a boarding home in Chesilhurst, New Jersey. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

Advocates: N.J. measure would expose ‘filthy conditions’ in boarding homes

Legislation pending in the New Jersey Assembly would require offi ...

12 years ago

 Incumbents Chris Coons and John Carney hold comfortable leads in the latest poll. (File/WHYY)

Big leads for Dems in latest Delaware poll

Confirming the conventional wisdom that Delaware is a solidly Democratic state, the latest poll numbers in the state’s Congressiona ...

12 years ago

Cigarette prices in Philadelphia will soon reflect a $2 per pack tax levied by the city to raise money for schools. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly cigarette tax: To pay or dodge?

The long-debated $2-a-pack tax on cigarettes in Philadelphia is set to go into effect as soon as next week. Now, the questions are: Who w ...

12 years ago

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 A 2.5-ton M35 military cargo truck, also known as a deuce and a half, which is similar to the vehicle used by the Mantoloking Police Department. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons' user Nobunaga24)

After Sandy, some N.J. towns use surplus military gear for storm protection

Police departments across the country, including some in this region, are getting free surplus military equipment through a federal initi ...

12 years ago

Tennis great Andre Agassi visits N.J. charter school

A Newark charter school got some star power for its official opening. Former tennis great Andre Agassi was on hand Wednesday for t ...

12 years ago

Two female Pa. inmates commit suicide

A central Pennsylvania coroner says two female inmates at the county prison hanged themselves in their cells within a week of each other. ...

12 years ago

Bordentown to hold its first cranberry festival since losing Ocean Spray

The downtown historic district in Bordentown City was a pleasant place to while away a recent weekday afternoon, with an assortment of sh ...

12 years ago

 Home Depot’s data breach could wind up being among the largest ever for a retailer, but that may not matter to its millions of customers. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Online security: ‘If you think that you’re safe … you’re wrong.’

“If you think that you’re safe, that there’s nothing interesting about you and no one wants your information, you’re wr ...

12 years ago

Webcomic: Running season down the Shore

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12 years ago

 Councilman Jim Kenney hopes the Sept. 11, 2014 incident will be a catalyst for Pennsylvania to expand its hate crime law (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Philly may extend hate crime protections to LGBT community, those with disabilities

Two members of Philadelphia City Council want to make it a hate crime to attack people because of a disability or sexual orientation. ...

12 years ago

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