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 New Jersey Forest Fire Service crews from A7 and B10 divisions conduct
Down the Shore

NWS: Critical fire weather conditions today

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning until 8 p.m. today. Under the current conditions, “any fires that ...

12 years ago

Yardley man accused of painting swastikas on building

Authorities have accused a Pennsylvania man of painting swastikas and curse words on a building in New Jersey. Police have charged ...

12 years ago

 Gov. Christie gives the keynote address to the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce annual Congressional Dinner in Washington, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Gov. Christie warns of crisis — economic, not political

...

12 years ago

Poll: New Jersey not back to normal post-Sandy

A new poll finds that two-thirds of New Jersey residents believe the state is not back to normal 18 months after Superstorm Sandy. ...

12 years ago

 Jason Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, is running for governor of Georgia (Nasser Nasser/AP Photo, file)
National Interest

Selling slavery on a license plate

Jason Carter, a Democrat who aspires this year to win the Georgia gubernatorial job once held by his grandpa Jimmy, was asked on MSNBC th ...

12 years ago

Some N.J. school boards holding elections today

Twenty-six of New Jersey’s 584 school districts are holding elections today, despite a vast majority of them moving to a November v ...

12 years ago

 In February, the Philadelphia Construction Permits by Neighborhood Heat Map looked like it was tracking revitalization and gentrification pretty accurately. (NewsWorks, file art)

Gentrification’s ‘winds of change’ the focus of weekend forum in Germantown

For some Philadelphians, gentrification is a dirty word or — at the very least — an eyebrow raiser. As they watch th ...

12 years ago

 State Rep. Pam DeLissio and challenger David Henderson addressed the East Falls Community Council on Monday. (Matt Grady/WHYY)

State Rep. candidates face off at East Falls civic-group meeting

The incumbent and her challenger squared off on a variety of issues at a candidates’ forum held on Monday night in East Falls. ...

12 years ago

 Sen. Chris Coons leads a group on the American Discovery Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park. (Shana O'Malley/for NewsWorks)

Delaware senator introduces hiking trail legislation at Cape Henlopen

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons visited Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes on Tuesday to announce legislation recognizing the American Discovery Tra ...

12 years ago

 A scene from Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's Romeo and Juliet.
Arts & Entertainment

Love’s labor rewarded as winning poems celebrate Bard’s birth

Today, William Shakespeare would have been 450 years old. Sort of. The actual date of Shakespeare’s birth is not known for c ...

12 years ago

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On the front steps of the Franklin Institute the Titanic was carved out of ice, promoting

Go to the Philadelphia Science Festival and inspire a lifetime of questions and learning

Over the past year and a half, while producing “COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey,” I’ve had the pleasure to speak with many ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

Why did 58k Americans die in the Vietnam War, and 3 million Vietnamese? ‘Embers of War’

The thesis of Fredrik Logevall’s Pulitzer Prize winning history, “Embers of War,” is that the die for the tragedy of th ...

12 years ago

Corbett primary rival Guzzardi envisions winning scenario

The self-professed “nuisance” candidate challenging incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett is reassessing his campaign’s viability ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

April 23: Bard birthday | DRPA power plays | SEPTA repairs ahead | Dragon boat docks | Doris Stahl, urban garden stalwart

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

FORUMS POSTPONED: What is the future for Philly’s closed school buildings? An invitation to have input in the process

12 years ago

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