Outdoors
Coast Guard urges caution along N.J. Intracoastal Waterway as buoy project begins
Boating New Jersey's Intracoastal Waterway will soon become even safer once the U.S. Coast Guard completes work that is set to begin Monday.
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Popular Delaware beach state park gets historic upgrades
Improvements at the popular Cape Henlopen State Park site help create what organizers call America’s “best WWII museum inside a WWII facility.”
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Summer bike commute: Tips on how to avoid being a sweaty mess
In the summer months, heat can be a deterrent for folks who want to ride their bikes, but don’t want to smell like a teenager who just entered puberty while surrounded by thei
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Survey: Ocean City is New Jersey’s favorite beach
For the 11th consecutive year, the Cape May County municipality has once again taken top honors in a contest that lets people choose their favorite New Jersey beach.
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Inclusive playgrounds give kids with disabilities an equal chance to join the fun
The specially designed Jake’s Place Delran, which opened Tuesday, could be the first of many more to come with the passage of a New Jersey state law.
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Listen 4:38Summer Samaritans: South Jersey kids harvest crops for the hungry
A group of around 60 second graders planted seeds in May, and harvested them today. The food will be donated to Farmers Against Hunger.
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N.J. Senate passes bill exempting disabled veterans from beach buggy permit fees
The bill would still require disabled veterans to abide by permit rules and not operate a beach buggy in municipalities that do not permit beach driving.
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How NaturePHL is prescribing kids (and adults) to get outside
Collaborative program aims to lower childhood obesity rates, stress and more with time outdoors.
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Whether you can hear the sound or not, ‘Mosquito’ sonic devices shouldn’t be in our parks
I was upset to learn that Markward Playground has planted “Mosquitos” — the sonic device that targets young people my age, those 25 and under.
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New farmland preservation saves 9,000+ Delaware acres from development
The total amount of Delaware farmland that can never be built now tops 134,000 acres after the latest round of the state’s preservation program.
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Poison hemlock, a toxic, invasive plant, is popping up more and more in Pennsylvania
According to an April article published by Penn State researcher Jeffrey Graybill, the plant has been aggressively spreading across the state.
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Del. lawmakers approve money for Delaware yard waste site
Popular yard waste site will remain open for Delaware residents despite initial state plans to shut down the Newark area site.
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Young Olympic hopefuls tackle the Schuylkill with 2028 LA games in mind
Philly is hosting one of six Olympic development camps where young athletes are already preparing for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
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Listen 4:05‘They must really hate teens’: Backlash grows against Mosquito devices in Philly parks
Councilmember Helen Gym is on a mission to get the “sonic weapons” taken down.
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As shootings rise, celebrating life with ‘empowering’ water gun fight in Fairmount Park
About 100 people came out Sunday for a water gun fight in Fairmount Park, hosted by a group that hopes to redefine firearms as shootings rise in Philly.
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