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 Passersby admire the wooden mural of Manayunk hanging in Bazemore Gallery on Main Street. Check back next week to learn about how the mural got there. (Courtesy of Bazemore Gallery and Framevision Photography)

Top 5 stories to watch for in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come: 1. The playground at McDevitt Recreation Center in East Falls is und ...

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Politics & Policy

Immigration reform’s flaws revealed in the 1986 amnesty

The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) signed into law by President Reagan is often described as a three-legged stool. The th ...

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Expansion approved for North Broad synagogue

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 Jered McLenigan and Dan Kern in the ActII Playhouse production of
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Review: ‘The Woman in Black’ — are you scared yet?

Shouldn’t “The Woman in Black” send chills through you? I thought that’s what this theatrical ghost story was all ...

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 A partial solar eclipse in Vienna, Hungary on January 4, 2011. (Photo: Marco Christian Krenn via Flickr)

A partial solar eclipse will dazzle early risers Sunday

If you’re awake at sunrise Sunday morning, you might want to step outside and look up. That’s because a partial hybrid ...

13 years ago

 Michael Halling as Mr. Darcy and Hannah Kahn as Elizabeth Bennet in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Pride & Prejudice’ sealed with a kiss

Ahhhh, the kiss. The kiss seals the deal for Jon Jory’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” at Bristol Riverside Theatr ...

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Artists rendition

Worlds of iron and Styrofoam: The real surprise about all those planets around other stars

It would have surprising if all the other stars out there were devoid of planets. Why should our sun be so special? But until the mid-199 ...

13 years ago

 On Sunday morning, Nov. 3, 2013, beginning at 2 a.m. we 'fall back' to standard time (Elise Amendola/AP Photo, file)

Daylight savings ends: Set the clocks back one hour tonight

The first Sunday in November marks the end to daylight saving time. Early Sunday morning, Nov. 3, 2013, we ‘fall back’ to sta ...

13 years ago

 A resident sits outside of R & M guest home, a boarding home in Chesilhurst, New Jersey. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

N.J. homes for the mentally ill, homeless likened to Sixties-era psychiatric hospitals

Thousands of people with mental illness today are homeless or languish in prisons. And thousands more live in thinly funded “quasi- ...

13 years ago

  Pedestrians stroll down West Marshall Street, part of the Latino corridor in Norristown, Pa. The collaboration of Norristown police with federal immigration enforcement has resulted in a number of residents being deported. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

Local law enforcement accused of wrongfully targeting immigrants in Philly suburb

Last fall, Norristown residents, working with an immigrant advocacy group from Philadelphia called JUNTOS, began making public accusation ...

13 years ago

Voters sign in before casting their ballots at the Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP file photo)

Local races are the draw in Tuesday’s Pa. election

Tuesday’s election ballot lists only one race for all Pennsylvania voters to decide — the contest for an open seat on the state S ...

13 years ago

 Kristen Conway, assistant manager at the Ogontz Ave. Midas location, is spearheading canned-good collection efforts. (Laura Benshoff/for NewsWorks)

Northwest Philly auto-repair shop collecting canned goods for the needy

A Midas location on the cusp of West Oak Lane is using a classic-car show, community day and food drive to help local families on Thanksg ...

13 years ago

N.J. moves for rehearing of sports gambling case

The state of New Jersey is seeking another opinion in its efforts to get legalized sports gambling in the state. In a court f ...

13 years ago

 Children of all ages will get to enjoy music, storytelling, mask making, face painting, along with more family fun activities at the Penn Museum's Day of the Dead celebration on Saturday, November 2.  (Nathaniel Hamilton/For NewsWorks)

Penn Museum honors Day of the Dead with massive altar dedicated to Mexican artist [photos]

Children of all ages will get to enjoy music, storytelling, mask making, face painting, along with more family fun activities at the Penn ...

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 The stone house standing on the corner of Knox and Coulter Streets was built in 1871 and was owned by Francis and Thomas Cope, members of a prominent family of merchants in Philadelphia. (Neema Roshania/WHYY, file)

Top 5 stories of the week in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come: 1. ...

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