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The very Philly reason the day after Thanksgiving is called ‘Black Friday’
Police used it as a way to keep annoying shoppers from flooding the city in the '60s. No, really.
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Century-old Jersey Shore boardwalk is undergoing repairs
One of the Jersey Shore’s most popular boardwalks is undergoing repairs designed to better prepare it for summer crowds next year.
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How an activist family got a new park built in Logan Square
Logan Square activists succeeded in their efforts to build the newly opened $1 million Winter Street Greenway and Rob Stuart Memorial Dog Park. Here’s how they got it done.
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Philly’s traditional Christmas Village shines with a ‘liberating’ new attraction
For the first time, the holiday market at Love Park will feature a dedicated space for small businesses owned by Black and brown Philadelphians.
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Listen 2:05Many were ‘thankful’ the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade made its return
Thousands of people lined up along the Ben Franklin Parkway to soak in the holiday spirit at the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Black clergy group promises to put pressure on for recreation center redevelopment
The Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity is not happy with the state of disrepair throughout the city's parks and recreational centers.
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Orange construction barrels to be Delaware’s ‘new state flower’ with $1.4B for road projects
The federal highway funding coming to Delaware is about half of what the state spent on road projects in Gov. John Carney’s first term.
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Our national reckoning on race must include environmental justice
Until we recognize the changing climate as a clear and present danger, particularly to communities of color, we won’t pursue necessary systemic change, Samir Nichols writes.
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How Buy Nothing takes giving and receiving to a different, more neighborly level
Online Buy Nothing groups grow more popular by the day. Members say the gift-economy has brought them closer than ever before.
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Listen 4:36Nov. 25- Nov. 28: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.
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South Philadelphia shooting marks city’s 500th homicide
The grim milestone ties the record of the largest number of murders in one year, which was set back in 1990.
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A classic Philly rivalry returns in the city where Thanksgiving football was invented
Northeast and Central high schools have squared off on the holiday for over 125 years.
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Officials pointed to issues they say are fueling the crisis, from a failure on the state level to enact effective gun laws, to residents being too afraid to help police.
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