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Weekly Entertainment Guide – Prom photos and Ice Cream Fest
From Center City to the Jersey Shore, we’ve got your week covered. WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hun ...
14 years ago
Police shoot suspect to end standoff near City Hall
A man has been shot by police, after “firing randomly” near Philadelphia City Hall. Police say the man was firing early ...
14 years ago
Foundation pledges $15M to Philly schools
A Philadelphia charity plans to donate $15 million to the city’s public and private schools in an effort to raise achievement. ...
14 years ago
Man rescued in sand collapse on Delaware beach
Authorities say a man was hospitalized after a sand tunnel he was digging at Rehoboth Beach collapsed on top of him. Warren J ...
14 years ago
It’s hot, but probably not a record-breaker for N.J.
With temperatures expected to hit 100 Saturday, this current heat wave could last through the weekend. Even with all the hot weather this ...
14 years ago
Empowering those with ADHD — and overcoming the stigma — at Philly summit
Families from around the country are gathering in Philadelphia this weekend to work on ways to raise awareness and tweak the image of peo ...
14 years ago
Wired Beans owner: ‘ I want the cafe to be a community place.’
It’s been less than a week since Wired Beans Café opened its second location in Germantown, but already the independent coffee sho ...
14 years ago
5 Things that happened in New Jersey last week
Thousands of people in South Jersey were without power, Gov. Christie called a special legislative session after signing the state budget ...
14 years ago
Resident commends City Councilwoman for bringing stop sign to dangerous corner
“We need a stop sign at the corner of West Rittenhouse and McCallum streets, before someone gets killed.” I had heard ...
14 years ago
Tibetan monks to complete sand mandala at Material Culture today
Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery are creating a “Buddha of Compassion” sand mandala at Material Culture on Wis ...
14 years ago
Key West, Montauk and…Cape May? According to the GAP, the town at the tip of New Jersey is one of three destinati ...
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Mt. Airy native climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 81
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, a man born in 1930 isn’t expected to live to see his 60th birthday. It appe ...
14 years ago
New film ‘Sourlands’ offers look at farming, sustainability in N.J.
Dagnabbit it’s those deer again, spoiling everything. Now they’re totally destroying the Sourland Mountains, the largest cont ...
14 years ago