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Diversity in environmentalism was the focus of a Saturday event hosted by the Awbury Arboretum. There, Awbury board member Gina Thomas ex ...

Of New Jersey’s 600 or so school districts, 410 have opted to switch their elections to November under a new law Gov. Chris Christi ...

A restoration project in the heart of Laurel Hill Cemetery that was more than 30 years in the making is among the winners of this year ...

A parade will slow traffic in Philadelphia’s Chinatown today. The fourth annual Hoyu Folk Culture Festival starts at 12th and Vine ...

The Philadelpha Police Department has agreed to look into an East Mt. Airy woman’s claims of police misconduct. Florence Mason rece ...

I’m lucky to have met a lot of people in my role as videographer for NewsWorks.  After interviewing upwards of 200 Philadelphi ...

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week:  Parents at Shawmont Elementary in Roxborough aren’ ...

3:50 p.m. – Protesters, many with their middle fingers raised at police, left the 14th District HQ after reading aloud claims of po ...

Two events highlighting the best of Middle East culture come to Philadelphia today. The Israeli ...

The Philadelphia branch of the NAACP and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun are sponsoring a conference today, Saturday, from noon to 5 ...

The celebrated Catholic leader who died last month destroyed, back in 1994, a list of priests who had been the sub ...

For a woman of tiny stature, Mary Ellen Graham would not initially seem like she packed much power. But when fortitude and heart drives w ...

Every community has them—people who work to make the lives of neighbors better. Sometimes they are part of a volunteer organization, so ...

Every community has local heroes—people who work to make the lives of neighbors better. Sometimes they are part of a volunteer organi ...