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 Check out Final-ly Friday in Mt. Airy and other family activities going on this weekend. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks, file)
Philly Parenting

6 weekend events for families, from Earth Day celebrations to movies

Here’s a look at what’s going on this weekend. ...

12 years ago

 A Nonsite, Pine Barrens, New Jersey, 1968: Robert Smithson

Earthworks artist Robert Smithson’ New Jersey work on exhibit

Last fall, a groundbreaking exhibition at Princeton University Art Museum, ...

12 years ago

Winter price spikes drive 50K Pa. electric customers back to local suppliers

Electricity customers in Pennsylvania on variable rate plans suffered from sticker shock this winter when temperatures plunged and prices ...

12 years ago

 Alex Stanku manages the auctions at Material Culture in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. (Shai Ben-Yaacov/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Busy week for a Philadelphia auction floor manager

Alex Stanku manages the auctions at Material Culture in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadel ...

12 years ago

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 Martin Luther King High principal William Wade hands 'We Could Be King' posters around MLK's campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Local reaction to MLK High School football doc shows real life played better than Hollywood

Football players from arch-rival high schools must play on the same team after school district finances force it to downsize. The merged ...

12 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Wolf admits part of jobs plan plagiarized

If there’s one issue you’d expect the Tom Wolf campaign to have a thoughtful and original position paper on, it would be jobs ...

12 years ago

 (Cartoon by Rob Tornoe)

Christie’s not so good chance to become president



Boy, Chris Christie has had a rough couple of months. Although he insists “there’s no baggage here” when talking ...

12 years ago

 Two bald eagles perch in a tree at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

From near extinction to internet sensation: the remarkable comeback of Pennsylvania’s bald eagles

A look at the budding bald eagle obsession in Pennsylvania. For decades, Pennsylvania’s bald eagles and those around the co ...

12 years ago

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Lifestyle

Wharton expert: New FCC open-Internet rules won’t touch Comcast — for now

A new set of proposed open Internet rules from the head of the Federal Communications Commission could alter the way traffic flows online ...

12 years ago

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 Matthew Tarekegan, a fifth grader at St. Francis de Salles, rehearses with the Play On, Philly! orchestra. The students are learning a remix of West Side Story Mambo composed by high school students. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly high school students re-imagine ‘West Side Story’ ‘Mambo’ using mobile app

The elementary school musicians at Saint Francis DeSales in West Philadelphia get excited when they get to perform “Mambo” fr ...

12 years ago

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 Don Giovanni is haunted by the ghost of the Commendatore in

Weekly Entertainment Guide – ‘Don Giovanni,’ ‘This is the Week,’ and Spring Festivals!

From Don Juan to Don Quixote, World Dance Day performances, concerts and festivals; there is something for everyone on the Entertainment ...

12 years ago

 Detail from the cover of the annual 'New Jersey Kids Count' report. (Phil Gregory/for NewsWorks)

More N.J. kids living in poverty, annual report finds

The annual Kids Count report finds the number of children li ...

12 years ago

Chris Christie

Governor Christie says he would have stopped lane closings

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he would have stopped aides from blocking George Washington Bridge traffic if he had known about the ...

12 years ago

 Having secured the latest Pixies release, the author's son, Jack, combs through the vinyl selections at Main Street Music. (Amy Z. Quinn/for NewsWorks)

Record Store Day dispatch: The kids are alright — with vinyl

Raising a son, you learn to expect the unexpected, to embrace the random. Still, this recent statement threw me for a minute:  < ...

12 years ago

 Pennsylvania State Sen. John Rafferty (at podium) and other officials call for permanent reforms at the Delaware River Port Authority. (Dave Davies/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Call for permanent reform of DRPA

A group of Pennsylvania and New Jersey state officials gathered at the Delaware River in Camden Thursday to say they’re drafting la ...

12 years ago

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