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Open Studio Figure Drawing in the Perkins Center for the Arts building in Collingswood, N.J., which the center recently acquired from borough of Collingswood
Arts & Entertainment

Perkins Center for the Arts buys its building from Collingswood borough

The Center had been leasing its building from the borough for almost 20 years. It also received a $250,000 grant for its Moorestown site.

2 years ago

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Betty Williams in her graduation cap and gown.
Education

69-year-old North Philly Grandmother walks across the stage to earn her high school diploma, more than 50 years later

The former Kensington High School student became the oldest graduate of the school district’s adult diploma program.

2 years ago

Damaged SEPTA trolley.
Courts & Law

SEPTA employee was driving drunk when she crashed into SEPTA trolley in Southwest Philadelphia

Investigators say the driver initially fled the scene, but then allegedly came back to get her belongings from her car.

2 years ago

weather forecast map
Weather
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Tornado Watch in effect due to severe weather threat

Thunderstorms will be capable of producing damaging straight-line winds and localized flash flooding.

2 years ago

Police and rescue workers arrive on the scene of a bus crash
Community

3 passengers dead after charter bus crashes in Pennsylvania, state police say

The bus flipped on its side after colliding with another vehicle on I-81.

2 years ago

Crime tape is seen in the area of a shooting in Philly
Community
6abc

5 teens shot on Philadelphia Parks and Rec playground in East Oak Lane

The victims include one 18-year-old boy, two 17-year-old boys, a 16-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl.

2 years ago

Tim Filasky, director of Public Works & Water Resources in Newark, Del. (left) with Del. Water Operations Superintendent Mark Neimeister with a lead pipe testing example
Community

Newark residents could win a year’s worth of free water if they check for lead pipes

Lead can seep into drinking water through service lines that connect to buildings and homes.

2 years ago

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Players on a field are visible in the background.
Health

Delaware high school athletic trainers freshen up their response skills as student athletes arrive for pre-season practice

Dozens of Delaware athletic trainers prepped for the new season of high school sports with a new training seminar to freshen their skills.

2 years ago

A child walks through a rain tree exhibition
Arts & Entertainment

Easter egg or rabbit hole? Otherworld immersive experience opens in Philly

The new psychedelic immersive playground experience from Ohio has a menacing A.I. dystopia at its center.

2 years ago

Elizabeth Degener standing with customers.
Community

‘The Bread Lady of Cape May’ sells loaves of love

Locals and tourists line up every Monday and Tuesday mornings to buy the wood-fired, clay-oven-baked bread from the “Bread Lady of Cape May.”

2 years ago

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Thousands of people packed Girard Ave. through Spring Garden for the 2nd Street Festival
Arts & Entertainment

2nd Street Festival draws thousands of people to Northern Liberties

Roughly 200 vendors, including 22 food trucks and 55 local artists, were lined up between Girard Avenue to Spring Garden Sunday.

2 years ago

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Community
6abc

Media Theatre in Delaware County showcases winning little league game for community

Win or lose, the town of Media is excited to see their team on the big screen.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Brandon Marsh is helped off the field after an injury during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Philadelphia
Community

Phillies place OF Marsh on 10-day injured list with left knee contusion

Phillies manager Rob Thomson expects Marsh to be sidelined for two to three weeks.

2 years ago

People gather at a gas station during a vigil to memorialize O'Shae Sibley on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Sibley, a gay man, was fatally stabbed at the gas station after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them
Courts & Law

NYC high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of O’Shae Sibley

Sibley's death has sparked outrage and prompted tributes from celebrities including Beyoncé and Spike Lee.

2 years ago

Damaged SEPTA trolley.
Community
6abc

Car crashes into SEPTA trolley in Southwest Philadelphia

Investigators on scene believe the crash happened after a car ran a red light, crashing into the middle of the trolley and knocking it off the tracks.

2 years ago

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