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 JSHN contributor Kevin Michelson snapped this image at sunset on October 21, 2013.

Gov Christie to tour fire-damaged boardwalk

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to survey ongoing repairs along the Seaside Heights and Seaside Park boardwalk that were damaged by ...

12 years ago

 Yesterday Shawn Wainwright posted this photo to JSHN saying this was the view over the woods behind Silver Ridge apartments in Toms River.

Residents return home after 350 acre blaze contained

Residents forced to evacuate because of a forest fire in New Jersey are back in their homes. State Forest Fire Service spokesman G ...

12 years ago

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As safety bills sit in committee, Delaware school districts make their own improvements

Several school safety initiatives remain idle while Delaware legislators wait to see if adequate funding will be available in the 2015 bu ...

12 years ago

 Lauren Hart helps her son Bek, 3, before heading off to sing the national anthem at a Philadelphia Flyers game.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Buoyed by family at home and on ice, singer Lauren Hart hits high notes for Flyers hockey

Lauren Hart remains a big part of the extended Flyers family at a time when her own family has grown. To her relief, both fit togeth ...

12 years ago

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Digging through the past to set Pennsylvania coal miners’ stories to music

Editor’s note: Philadelphia-area resident Julia Wolfe has been selected to receive the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished musical ...

12 years ago

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Events you’ll love this LOVE Your Park Week

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Bike share behind schedule but will be accessible without credit card

12 years ago

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April 25: Call for DRPA reform | Century 21 coming to Gallery | SEPTA’s $150M ad contract | Nutter on Twitter, litter draws criticism | Reminder: Pa. has most deficient bridges

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PlanPhilly
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City courting industrial tenant for Frankford Arsenal site in Bridesburg

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April 25-27: “Arbrew” Day | Schuylkill star party | Wissahickon East clean-up | Olney Rec clean-up | Schuylkill Banks volunteer open house | Lehigh Ave Arts Festival | Free Delaware River boat rentals

12 years ago

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Waterfront study says $250-million Penn’s Landing investment would return $1.6 billion

12 years ago

Army plan would cut 1,400 guardsmen in Pa.

The U.S. Army will propose shutting down a Pennsylvania National Guard brigade headquarters in Scranton with units based in eastern Penns ...

12 years ago

 Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation has six drill rigs running in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.  This rig is the most recent as of October 2013 in Kingsley, Pa.(Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

Pa. lawmakers take another look at gas-drilling severance tax

Talk of low state revenues is prompting Republicans in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to suggest new taxes could be under consider ...

12 years ago

 The view of storm damage over the Atlantic Coast in Seaside Heights, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)

N.J. towns get break on insurance by exceeding federal flood-control standards

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is encouraging more New Jersey towns to participate in a program that could offer residents a break on their flood ...

12 years ago

 One of two matching tiger statues behind Nassau Hall. (Alan Tu/WHYY)

Princeton University agrees to voluntarily pay town $22 million

Princeton University has agreed to contribute nearly $22 million over the next seven years to the town of Princeton. The deal was ...

12 years ago

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