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 Haze over the Philadelphia skyline. (Nat Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Heat creates perfect lab for air-pollution production

The region’s sizzling temperatures are causing more than just general discomfort. It’s also affecting air quality. Southeaste ...

13 years ago

 The Plymouth Fife & Drum Corps drum line performs a percussion number. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Youth fife-and-drum corps from Michigan performs at Historic RittenhouseTown [video]

As part of a five-stop tour of the area this week, the Plymouth Fife & Drum Corps from Michigan performed at Historic RittenhouseTown ...

13 years ago

 (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)

Wilmington 5 year old girl hit by bullet

A five year old Wilmington girl is in stable condition after being shot in the leg outside a home on Pleasant Street Wednesday night. ...

13 years ago

Clownfest to return to Seaside boardwalk

Red noses, floppy shoes and baggy pants are returning to the Jersey shore. An annual clown convention, known as Clownfest, will co ...

13 years ago

 Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke wants to direct $70 million of the sales tax revenue to the schools, and use the rest of it for debt service and the city's chronically underfunded pension system. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Pa. budget secretary questions Clarke’s Philly schools plan

The tug-of-war between the city and the state over how to keep the Philadelphia School District solvent heated up on Wednesday, with City ...

13 years ago

 (Image courtesy of Ron Tinsley.)
Speak Easy

Questions about race and culture fascinating, necessary, not threatening

Seeing everything negatively through the lens of race and culture has taken me years to shed. My experiences as an African American growi ...

13 years ago

 State police say a minivan lost control and flipped over Wednesday night near mile marker 39 in Winslow Township. (Photo courtesy of NBC10)

7 people ejected during rollover on A.C. Expressway

New Jersey State Police say seven people were ejected from a mini-van during an accident tonight on the Atlantic City Expressway. ...

13 years ago

 Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, looks on as Newark Southward Councilman Ras Baraka talks during a news conference, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Why New Jersey’s teachers’ union is on the sidelines in this Senate race

This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. With less than four week ...

13 years ago

 Becki Salmon and her fiance Matt Werner took this engagement photo minutes before Becki jumped in the Wissahickon Creek to save the boy behind her from drowning. (Photo courtesy of Ken Beerger)

Pa. bride-to-be saves child from drowning during engagement shoot

Becki Salmon doesn’t consider herself a hero. As a trained parademic, the Andorra resident says saving a drowning child from ...

13 years ago

 Ela Shah says the roller skates symbolize the fast paced world women now live in. (Image courtesy of Ela Shah)

Ela Shah’s art depicts the struggle of immigrants

This is part of a series from Ilene Dube of The Artful Blogger. The first thing ...

13 years ago

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Construction near 30th Street Station wrapping up this fall

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July 18: PGW fined $500,000 | Lower North’s vacant land future | Philadelphia School Partnerships awards $4.7 million | The Oval, officially open | Elfreth’s Alley archaeology dig

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Hot fun at The Oval

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New trail master plan ranks proposals by priority

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Pa. lawmakers consider tweaking open government records law

The head of Pennsylvania’s open records agency is urging lawmakers to proceed with caution as they consider changes to the measure ...

13 years ago

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