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Hopefulness in zoning reform | Parkway light sculpture | Logan Circle en Blanc | SEPTA greenwashing

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Algae bloom off Jersey coast has drifted away

It’s gone now, and officials say an algae bloom off the Jersey shore did not pose a health threat. The brown-colored algae w ...

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Panel considers applications to use Susquehanna River water in fracking operations

The panel that oversees water use in the Susquehanna River Basin is taking comments on the latest round of requests from natural gas dril ...

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Plainsboro Library features white-line woodcut print exhibit

This is part of a series from Ilene Dube of The Artful Blogger The recently completed Plainsboro Public Library is in the ...

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Could alcohol-regulation policies tame U.S. obesity epidemic?

What if candy stores were closed on Sundays? What if you needed a license to open a doughnut shop? As America’s weight probl ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Politics – occasionally a laughing matter

You might expect that politicians, all experienced public speakers and presumably likable people, could stand up and get a few laughs fro ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

The vote that wasn’t stolen after all – State Rep. clarifies his story

I can’t tell you the heartbreak I felt yesterday when I got back to my office and found I’d missed a call from State Rep. Ber ...

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Reedy Point Bridge to re-open this fall

“When will Reedy Point Bridge be open?” a NewsWorks Delaware reader wants to know. WHYY’s Mark Eichmann has some answer ...

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Murder, mystery and a muse tied together by a sacred color

WHYY’s Arts & Culture reporter Peter Crimmins has been reading a breezy, comic, farcical novel by Christopher Moore, ...

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Woodbury couple prepares to celebrate 70th wedding anniversary

Bob and Betty Buchanan began dating in 1939. All these years later, they’re married and still living in Woodbury, N.J. Next week, t ...

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Politics & Policy

Romney campaign twists Obama proposal for flexibility on welfare programs

New ads by the Mitt Romney campaign charge that President Barack Obama is gutting welfare reform. The administration has proposed ...

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Fund water-quality tests at N.J. shore, lawmakers urge Congress

Two of New Jersey’s federal lawmakers are urging Congress to approve funding for water-quality programs along the shore. Pre ...

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Young performers entertain crowd at Germantown senior center

Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley residents were all jazzed up Thursday morning for a School of Dance Arts students’ performance c ...

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One year ago today, an earthquake shook the Delaware Valley

A lot has happened since Aug. 23, 2011. Ex-Philly schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman took a buyout, Hurricane Irene wreaked he ...

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