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Teen soccer player on life support following N.J. crash

Authorities say a teenage soccer player who was seriously injured in a multivehicle crash in southern New Jersey remains on life support. ...

12 years ago

 After 2 and-a-half years of construction Dilworth Plaza is reopening this week (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Dilworth Park to reopen this week after multi-year closure

After a three-year wait and a $5 million cost overrun, the $55 million makeover of Dilworth Plaza is finally finished. The plaza west of ...

12 years ago

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 Somewhere at the Jersey Shore in late August 2014. (Photo: JSHN contributor Bill Senck)
Down the Shore

After an unsettled Labor Day, “local summer” to kick off with pleasant conditions

Labor Day beachgoers should expect unsettled conditions, but after the summer unofficially ends, “local summer” will kic ...

12 years ago

 Dawayne Young holds a trophy he received for being the top overall performer at the Next Level Nation Football Camp. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

MLK principal finds ‘nothing there’ in football recruiting investigation

There’s nothing there. That’s the conclusion Martin Luther King High School’s Principal William Wade has reached ...

12 years ago

Barack Obama
National Interest

Judging a man by the color of his suit

You’re on holiday, as am I, so we need not tarry long today. It will take us barely a minute to dispense with Suitgate. Ever ...

12 years ago

Cook-Wissahickon students rally for funding with community, DeLissio

It’s not just the adults who are concerned about the fiscal health of Philadelphia’s public schools. The very youngste ...

12 years ago

 Workers put closed signs on the entrance of the Showboat Casino Hotel, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The show is ending for the Showboat Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The Mardi Gras-themed casino shut down Sunday after 27 years on the Boardwalk. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
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Showboat casino closes in A.C. after 27 years

An icon of the Atlantic City boardwalk is no longer. The Showboat casino closed its doors at 4 p.m. Sunday, the latest sign of distress f ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Harris Steinberg: “With time, comes change”

12 years ago

Teen soccer player on life support following NJ crash

Authorities say a teenage soccer player who was seriously injured in a multivehicle crash in southern New Jersey remains on life support. ...

12 years ago

6 safely rescued from sinking boat off the coast of Sea Girt, N.J.

Six people were rescued after a 25-foot pleasure craft started to sink in waters off the New Jersey coast. Coast Guard and state p ...

12 years ago

Atlantic County woman sentenced to 9 years in fatal highway crash

A woman convicted on several charges stemming from a fatal 2008 crash in Atlantic County has been sentenced to nine years in state prison ...

12 years ago

 Lighting over Asbury Park by Blur Revision Media Design.
Down the Shore

Showers, thunderstorms possible at shore during late afternoon, evening

Showers and thunderstorms could move through the shore area during the late afternoon and evening hours, forecasters say. Some of ...

12 years ago

Authorities: 2 hurt when motorcycle, car collide

Two people were injured when the motorcycle they were riding on and a passenger car collided in southern New Jersey. Authorities s ...

12 years ago

2 men beaten with a hammer in home invasion

Two people are in the hospital after they were struck with a hammer during a home invasion in a Philadelphia suburb. ...

12 years ago

 Grass Cats from North Carolina (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)

Photos of the 2014 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival

South Jersey is genuine farmland and in many ways feels more rural and “southern” than many places south of New Jersey.  ...

12 years ago

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