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 Investigators at the scene two hours after a man was fatally struck by a SEPTA regional-rail train bound for Norristown. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Man fatally struck by SEPTA regional-rail train in East Falls

A man in his twenties was fatally struck by a train on SEPTA’s Manayunk/Norristown regional-rail line just after 6 a.m. Monday. ...

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 WMAN members and Nolen Properties representatives met again late last week to discuss a development on West Johnson Street. (Queen Muse/for NewsWorks)

W. Johnson St. project faces zoning hearing but Mt. Airy neighbors group still opposed

Members of the West Mt. Airy Neighbors (WMAN) neighborhood group and representatives from real-estate company Nolen Properties continued ...

12 years ago

 On July 15, 2012 off-duty police Officer Marc Brady was struck by a white 2000 Acura near this East Mount Airy intersection. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Testimony about alleged domestic abuse by slain Philadelphia police officer barred from trial

A Philadelphia judge has dealt a bit of a blow to defense attorneys representing an East Germantown man heading to trial for allegedly ki ...

12 years ago

 The Kennett Symphony  performs at the Open Air Theatre stage (photo courtesy of Longwood Gardens)

Longwood Gardens celebrates centennial of Open Air Theatre

In the summer of 1922, John Philip Sousa first strode onto the stage of Longwood Garden’s open air theatre. An elderly, besp ...

12 years ago

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Longwood Gardens doubles size of Meadow Garden

Visitors to Longwood Gardens will experience more of its natural beauty when the newly-expanded Meadow Garden opens to the public on Frid ...

12 years ago

 An abandoned home mars an otherwise tidy suburban street in Collingswood, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

N.J. towns band together to sell off abandoned, foreclosed homes

Officials in a handful of Camden County towns think they may have a solution for the boarded-up facades blighting their neighborhoods blo ...

12 years ago

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 Students from Cook-Wissahickon Elementary School sang songs outside of Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett's office on Thursday to advocate for increased public school funding. (Nathaniel Hamilton/For Newsworks)

3 commonsense solutions to adequately fund public education in Pennsylvania

Just three years ago, before nearly $1 billion in cuts to K-12 public education, the investment that Pennsylvania was making in its publi ...

12 years ago

Traffic moves pass the scene of a serious accident at milepost 71 on the northbound lanes of New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday, June 7, 2014 near Cranbury, N.J. Comedian Tracy Morgan is in critical condition following an early morning accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. The comedian was injured in a crash involving six vehicles that left at least one person dead and several others, including Morgan, with serious injuries.   (AP Photo/David Gard)

Tracy Morgan ‘more responsive’ after surgery

A spokesman for Tracy Morgan says that he remains in critical condition after undergoing surgery on a broken leg and will remain in a New ...

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Politics & Policy

20 years later, memory of a little girl’s shooting still haunts

Nearly 20 years ago this month, my wife started work as a social worker at Children’s Hospital. On the same day, I joined the Edito ...

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Politics & Policy

Obama’s response to surge of illegal immigrants at border? Free lawyers for illegal immigrants!

Because of the Obama administration’s lax enforcement of U.S. immigration laws, its policy of prosecutorial discretion allowing ill ...

12 years ago

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Parks & Rec paves Poquessing Creek Trail

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Hurried negotiations over redevelopment of University City High

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June 9: Dick Elementary’s green schoolyard | Corrective Karabots Pavilion | L+I + OSHA | Grays Ferry Triangle ped plaza | Rehab restart at The Lincoln

12 years ago

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June 9-15: Planning, Historical commission meetings | Rocky | 30th St Craft Market | Lancaster Ave 2nd Friday | Vendys | Stars and Stripes | Wissahickon Fishing

12 years ago

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Deal still in the works after committee approves rezoning of University City High

12 years ago

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