Rob Zawatski

'What we have to eliminate is the extremes on both sides and get together and have a normal conversation,' says gun owner Patrick McCarthy.

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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Bucks County takes individual questions after a town-hall style meeting Tuesday night in Bensalem (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

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U.S. Rep. Fitzpatrick emphasizes civil discourse at Bucks County town hall meeting

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick held his first in-person town hall in Bucks County Tuesday evening, urging more civil public discourse. About ...

6 years ago

Caitlin Ferrell, 11, cheers for herself after successfully using a power drill on her soap box derby car. This is her third year racing in the Annual Conshohocken Soap Box Derby which takes place every July 4th. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Taking the wheel, Conshohocken kids continue Fourth of July derby tradition

For many, the Fourth of July holiday conjures familiar images of cookouts, parades, and fireworks. But for some, the Fourth of July is De ...

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Civics on Tap is offered at National Mechanics in Philadelphia. (Rob Zawatski/WHYY)

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A few drinks help the civics lessons go down

A lot of people have been scratching their heads since the presidential election. They have questions about the way government wor ...

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DelCo faithful gather to support sainthood for Bonner’s Fr. Atkinson

Delaware County Catholics gathered together at Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill Tuesday night to sh ...

6 years ago

Relics of Padre Pio on display at the Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia (Rob Zawatski for NewsWorks)

Philadelphia faithful turn out for relics of Padre Pio

Catholics flocked to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia to view the relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. The ...

6 years ago

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Questions at Rep. Boyle town hall friendly to him, tough on president

There wasn’t an empty seat in the house at the First Presbyterian Church in the Flourtown section of Springfield in Montgomery Coun ...

7 years ago

ITWorks graduate Aundre Chambers had to drop out of college because he couldn't afford the tuition. He now works as an IT service desk analyst at WSFS Bank in Wilmington. (Rob Zawatski/WHYY)

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Philly-based tech-training program helps young people overcome cycle of poverty

Many people can’t get a degree because they don’t have money. And they can’t get a job because they don’t ...

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Philly student follows in footsteps of Alice Paul with march for ERA

Anna Holemans is a junior at Friends Select School in Philadelphia. As part of her work to earn a Gold Award, the highest achievement in ...

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Urban Axes in Philadelphia (Rob Zawatski / WHYY)

City folk find their inner lumberjack at Urban Axes in Philadelphia

Inside a converted warehouse, Brian Langan teaches newbies the rules of competitive axe throwing. He works for Urban Axes in Philadelph ...

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Dorcas Reilly in the Campbell's Test Kitchen, 1948. (Image courtesy of Campbell's)

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From Campbell’s test kitchen to America’s tables, N.J. chef’s green bean casserole an enduring favorite

For more than 60 years, this classic six-ingredient casserole proves it’s easy being green. Back in 1955, when Dorcas Reilly of ...

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Republican Strategist Kellyanne Conway, who served as campaign manager for President Elect Donald Trump, approached a stage where she would serve as grand marshall during the holiday parade in her hometown of Hammonton, Nj. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)

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Conway gets warm hometown welcome in South Jersey [photos]

A large crowd of people lined up along Bellevue Avenue in downtown Hammonton, New Jersey to welcome Donald Trump’s campaign manager ...

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