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Historical reenactor embodies history to teach about the life of a slave
It seems that some people were just born to play certain roles. For Keith Henley, it is the role of a slave named Hercules, who wa ...
14 years ago
Food desert, no more | Brewerytown gets a supermarket
It’s been about 15 years since Brewerytown has had a grocery store to call its own. Until just recently, many had tried, and all had fa ...
14 years ago
Early morning water main break in Frankford
Flooding was the result of an early morning water main break along East Pike Street in the Frankford area of Philadelphia. Fire of ...
14 years ago
Voorhees boy creates Facebook community page about stuttering
Saadiq Wicks has been stuttering since he first started talking. But when a peer told him to “sit down and stop talking” he wanted ot ...
14 years ago
Gang violence has Camden, N.J. on track to break homicide record
July 2012 will go down in Camden, New Jersey’s history as the city’s deadliest since September 1949. Thirteen people were killed ...
14 years ago
Crews called to battle blaze at the Gallery
It took about an hour for firefighters to bring an early morning blaze in Center City under control. Firefighters were called out to the ...
14 years ago
Top 5 stories to watch in NW Philly
Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: 1. A public art project on Ridge Avenue in East Falls will be ...
14 years ago
Neighbors walk together in response to recent violence in Mt. Airy
When 23 year-old Nafis Armstead was shot to death< ...
14 years ago
Youth present Camden improvement ideas to Sen. Lautenberg
A group of Camden teenagers went to Washington, D.C., this week to give Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., their ideas about solving poverty ...
14 years ago
Descendants of a Colonial slave convene in Philly
There will be a keynote speaker, presentations about developing small businesses, and exposition tables hawking products and services at ...
14 years ago
Top 9 stories of the week in NW Philly
1. Fattah talks education, job creation and Che ...
14 years ago
‘When it rains, it [really does] pour,’ according to study of extreme weather
If it seems like when it rains, it pours these days, it apparently is more often the case. At least that is the conclusion of a ne ...
14 years ago
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Philadelphia
URGENT: Saturday 8/4/12 1:29 p.m. Powerfu ...
14 years ago