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Archives: Articles

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$45 annual fee proposed to clean Delaware water [video]

Governor Jack Markell unveiled his plan to fund a clean-up of Delaware’s waterways, which includes an annual $45 service fee for re ...

13 years ago

 At Crescent Trail Park, skateboarders take advantage of a small park under the Grays Ferry Road. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Bigger plans for developing both sides of Schuylkill

The area along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia is alive with development. In the last few years new businesses, residences and unive ...

13 years ago

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Butterflies enchant visitors at Philadelphia Flower Show [video]

A first time exhibit at the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show is delighting visitors and sharing critical concerns about one of nature’ ...

13 years ago

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New fee proposed to clean Delaware’s waterways

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Gov. Jack Markell is proposing a new service fee on Delaware households to pay for a plan to clean up Delaw ...

13 years ago

Armed robber goes after West Oak Lane grocery store

Serrata Grocery Store in West Oak Lane was robbed on Feb. 28 at 7:15 p.m. when an unknown male entered the store, 7453 East Walnut Lane, ...

13 years ago

Politics & Policy

Shutdown cost national parks at least $414M

The Obama administration says the government shutdown last fall resulted in nearly 8 million fewer visitors to national parks, costing th ...

13 years ago

 Pro Russian soldiers guard Ukraine's infantry base in Perevalne, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians in Ukraine as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was on his way to Kiev. Tensions remained high in the strategic Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea with troops loyal to Moscow firing warning shots to ward off protesting Ukrainian soldiers. (Sergei Grits/AP Photo)
National Interest

Obama, Ukraine, and Republican amnesia

Boy oh boy, the President of the United States is such a wimp! Russian troops have invaded a nearby sovereign nation, yet all he h ...

13 years ago

 Students using computers at J.S. Jenks in Chestnut Hill. (Courtesy of the Friends of Jenks)
Philly Parenting

Jenks to bolster ‘hands-on’ kindergarten and media learning

John Story Jenks, a K-8 elementary school in Chestnut Hill, is currently fundraising to rework their physical space and create three new ...

13 years ago

Court ruling means no more food at Pa. funerals

Food will no longer be served at central Pennsylvania funeral homes due to a federal appeals court ruling. ...

13 years ago

Performing-arts series closes inaugural season with Germantown show

The Nice and Fresh performing-arts series closed out its inaugural season with three weekend performances at the Philadelphia School of C ...

13 years ago

 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, where he recommended shrinking the Army to its smallest size since the buildup to U.S. involvement in World War II in an effort to balance postwar defense needs with budget realities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

History shows that U.S. military cuts will have grave consequences

The president’s proposed defense budget and the general attitude that we should balance the budget on the back of national security ...

13 years ago

 Shannon Gregor and her son Bryson read to cats at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Kids read to cats in Berks County shelter and everybody wins [video]

Stewart’s nose is a little bit crooked. He used to live in a barn, where he was kicked in the face by a horse. Stewart is th ...

13 years ago

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 A 2012 rendering of Hard Rock's proposal for its casino. The project was later abandoned.(AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Hard Rock renews interest in Atlantic City

Having proposed and then scrapped a plan to build a casino in Atlantic City, the Seminole Indian tribe of Florida appears to be intereste ...

13 years ago

Pa. transportation funding: Too touchy to tout?

A Wall Street Journal editorial last week delivered a harsh sizing-up of Gov. Tom Corbett’s legislative achievements, and in so doi ...

13 years ago

 From left, Carl Nathaniel Smith and Joel Angelo Guerrero in Hedgerow Theatre Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The daffy ‘Mystery of Irma Vep’

Never mind its little quotes from plays by Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and Henrik Ibsen, “The Mystery of Irma Vep” is all fo ...

13 years ago

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