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 Robert Martin and Berta Britz work on a film about people in recovery during a workshop hosted by OC87 Recovery Diaries at WHYY. (Image courtesy of Glenn Holsten)
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Norristown event promotes action plan for recovery from mental illness

Mental health professionals and advocates are increasingly pursuing the idea of “recovery,” which means helping people to liv ...

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 The Dentzel animals can be identified by their 'sweet faces that beckon to you,' according to Dr. Floyd Moreland, who renovated the ride in the 1980s. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Deal to preserve carousel may keep ‘soul of the boardwalk’ in Seaside Heights

There’s now hope that the historic carousel on the Seaside Heights, New Jersey boardwalk may be preserved. A deal in the works coul ...

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Manayunk residents and reporters attended a tour of the new Venice Island Performing Arts Center Wednesday evening. The exterior includes a rock garden and water play area.

Manayunk community gets sneak peek of soon-to-open Venice Island arts center

On Wednesday night, Manayunk residents got a sneak preview at a new performing arts center hailed by city officials as being state-of-the ...

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Second case of chikungunya confirmed in Delaware

A 51-year-old New Castle County woman is Delaware’s second confirmed case of the chikungunya virus. Similar to the first cas ...

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 Estelle Wilson says more students have moved into the neighborhood around 15th and Norris in the 60 years she's lived there. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Temple police expand patrol grid, as students cover more ground

Temple police are patrolling more streets around the university’s North Philadelphia campus. The expanded zone is designed t ...

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 Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah denies any wrongdoing while at the Dilworth Park ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Congressman Fattah denies criminal wrongdoing

A Philadelphia congressman who appears to be in the sights of federal prosecutors is denying all wro ...

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Dilworth Plaza reopened as Dilworth Park Thursday after three years of construction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Dilworth Park, City Hall’s front entrance reopen to public [photos]

A good portion of the renovated Dilworth Park outside Philadelphia City Hall is now open to the public. Pomp and circumstance atte ...

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 Red Clay Superintendent Merv Daugherty speaks during funding announcement (Shana O'Malley/for NewsWorks)

New resources allocated to low-performing schools in Wilmington

Some of Wilmington’s most needy schools will share nearly $6 million in federal and state money to improve academic performance among s ...

12 years ago

2 men found dead, 1 shot, 1 hit with hammer in Northeast Philly

Police say one man was shot to death and another appeared to have been killed with a hammer in a northeast Philadelphia home. Offi ...

12 years ago

Google settles with FTC over in-app charges

The government says Google has agreed to pay full refunds totaling at least $19 million to consumers who were charged for purchases that ...

12 years ago

State troopers help deliver baby on Garden State Parkway

Two state troopers helped a Lakewood couple deliver a baby on the Garden State Parkway. State Police say the women went into labor ...

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 Michael Whitehead from Chester County took the day off work, without pay, to join fast food workers protesting in Philadelphia, September 2014. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Philly fast-food workers stand up — and sit down — for minimum wage hike [photos]

Demanding an increase in the minimum wage, protesters stopped traffic in Center City Philadelphia Thursday. Police took away demonstrator ...

12 years ago

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 The latest SEPTA subway map shows the newly renamed Jefferson Station. (Image courtesy of SEPTA)

Sayonara, Market East station. Jefferson buys name to SEPTA station in five-year deal

Two weeks after the story first broke, SEPTA officially announced the name change of Market East Station to Jefferson Station — aft ...

12 years ago

 After three decades as a dealer at showboat, Neal Koushel is trying to figure out health insurance options for him, his family. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)

In A.C., health care options a mix of confusion and promise for newly unemployed

From cooks to card dealers to servers to cleaners, some 8,000 casino workers are in the process of figuring out next steps after ...

12 years ago

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 Governor Markell's Twitter account tweeted a link to this picture on Thursday. (Twitter photo)

Delaware Governor Markell tweets bondage photo, apologizes

An inadvertent key stroke is being blamed for an odd post on Twitter from Delaware Governor Jack Markell’s official account. ...

12 years ago

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