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Urban Planning

Lower North District Plan progresses, support for community pledged

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Zoning board approves 80 apartments and retail at 12th and Chestnut

13 years ago

 Port Richmond resident Frank Stypulkowski rides his bike on the new trail along the Delaware River waterfront. The Port Richmond Trail is a key link in the Circuit, a network of trails in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (Katie Colaneri/WHYY).

New trail connects Philly with wider East Coast network

Cyclists and joggers in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood now have a new path along the Delaware River waterfront. Official ...

13 years ago

Federal agents arrest 27 in Eastern Pa. prescription drug-ring bust

Federal agents have arrested 27 people in connection with a prescription drug ring operating throughout Eastern Pennsylvania.  Offic ...

13 years ago

Christie coattails not sturdy enough for GOP Senate candidates, poiltical analysts say

In the final days before the Nov. 5 election, Gov. Chris Christie is making a series of campaign stops in three districts where Republica ...

13 years ago

International Alzheimer’s project generates local optimism

Scientists have some new clues about what genetic factors may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. And that’s all thanks to te ...

13 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Castille seeks retention on Pa. Supreme Court

Pennsylvania voters face a decision next Tuesday: Do they return Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille to the court for a ...

13 years ago

VIDEO: Fire destroys Normandy Beach home repaired after Superstorm Sandy

A fast moving fire destroyed a single-family dwelling on Normandy Drive in the Normandy Beach section of Brick Township Tuesday afternoon ...

13 years ago

 Volunteers help build a wall at a community garden at Sandy Service Day project in Brick Township (photo by Phil Gregory).

‘Sandy Day of Service’ brings out thousands of volunteers in N.J.

Tuesday was designated as Sandy Service Day in New Jersey, and thousands of volunteers responded to the occasion in hundreds of ways arou ...

13 years ago

 Nathaniel Popkin is the author of a new historical fiction novel
Arts & Entertainment

‘Lion and Leopard’ charts 19th century artistic clash centered at PAFA

On opposite walls in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts historic building on Broad Street, two figures face off in an old, old fig ...

13 years ago

 SEPTA's new iOS app (Todd Vachon, WHYY)

SEPTA releases iPhone app

SEPTA finally has its own mobile phone app.  For now, it only works on iPh ...

13 years ago

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Auditor plans review of $3.4 million paid out in Pa. Lottery dealings

Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog says his office intends to scrutinize state payments made to consultants working on a plan to le ...

13 years ago

 Born and raised in West Oak Lane, first-time director Tommy Oliver speaks with attendees at his movie premiere. (Laura Benshoff/for NewsWorks)

Filmmaker, West Oak Lane native gets standing ovation at Philadelphia premiere

Tommy Oliver’s “1982,” a film “inspired by true events” and set and shot in the West Oak Lane house where t ...

13 years ago

Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary closing

Less than a year-and-a-half after opening, Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary in Georgetown is closing its doors for good.  Safe Hav ...

13 years ago

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 Lisa Stevens in her renovated kitchen, which was damaged during Sandy. (Tracey Samuelson/for NewsWorks)

One year after Sandy, searching for normalcy

Residents on the Jersey Shore are marking the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in different ways. Some are volunteering in a day of c ...

13 years ago

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