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Send photos of your favorite neighborhood snow scenes to mpinto@whyy.org. Please be sure to include your name and the location of t ...
15 years ago
Cliveden curator prefers books to TV
When he’s not brewing things, Cliveden Curator of History and Fermentation Phillip Seitz enjoys reading about Philadelphia history, ...
15 years ago
N.J. cuts back on in-home therapy for behavioral disorders
In-home behavioral health therapy for about 3,000 New Jersey children will soon end as the state changes the qualifying criteria for in-h ...
15 years ago
Original Apple fonts had Philly-based names
Bet you didn’t know a Narberth native helped design fonts for Apple. Even more interesting: the original fonts almost had Philly-ba ...
15 years ago
Solaris Grille in Chestnut Hill closes
Solaris Grille has closed its doors for good. Owner John Anderson delivered the news via ...
15 years ago
Steele withdraws from RNC race
Michael Steele has withdrawn from the race for chairman of the Republican National Committee. The incumbent, who is the first African Ame ...
15 years ago
Drexel professor envisions neighborhood cell phone tours
A Drexel University professor is combining his anthropology background and digital media skills to help bring history to the 21st century ...
15 years ago
“Fake” medicine nets “real” results
What if doctors could prescribe a placebo without all the ethical ickiness of deceiving their patients? Psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WH ...
15 years ago
Boys Latin CEO: “retaliation will be cause for expulsion”
A stabbing incident this morning in West Philadelphia left seven students injured — six from Boys’ Latin Charter School. BLCS ...
15 years ago
Pushing to get legal marijuana planted in the Garden State
The rules that would govern New Jersey’s medical marijuana program are getting mixed reviews.Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, a Princeton ...
15 years ago
Review of Fourth Amendement rights
Should police be allowed to arrest someone they catch accidentally? And should that evidence be admissible in court? The Constitution Dai ...
15 years ago
Push to get legal marijuana planted in the Garden State
The rules that would govern New Jersey’s medical marijuana program are getting mixed reviews. Princeton Democrat Assemblyman ...
15 years ago
New loans helps Tastykake avoid expiration
A Philadelphia icon is safe for now thanks to some new financing. A new loan package totaling $6.5 million has been put together t ...
15 years ago
Haitian amputees learn to live their former lives
WHYY’s Susan Philips returned to Haiti a few days ago to follow up on her reports from Port-au-Prince last year. The one-year anniv ...
15 years ago
Rendell calls for review of state death penalty
Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell says the state legislature needs to review the death penalty in order for it to be effective. The outgoing governor s ...
15 years ago