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A newly printed version of the book by Mary E. Marcy, illustrated with woodcuts by Wharton Esherick, stands beside a 1922 first edition. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Woodblock prints from first steps of Wharton Esherick’s career published again

The first carved woodblock prints by Wharton Esherick, an artist who was a major figure in American crafts, have just been republished. T ...

10 years ago

Students arrive on the first day of school in Philadelphia. The city opened three new public high schools in an effort to show the troubled district is still trying to innovate despite the specter of massive layoffs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How much does Pennsylvania spend on public schools, and how are costs shared?

Pennsylvania’s system for distributing its state education aid has been rated by some surveys as one of the most regressive in the ...

10 years ago

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 Scranton City Hall. The city’s non-uniform and police pension funds are expected to run out of money within three years; it’s firefighters' retirement fund, within two years after that. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Capitol recap: how would pensioners be treated in a municipal bankruptcy?

Short answer: it depends on the judge. Some legal scholars have long held that a bankruptcy judge can cut pension benefits because ...

10 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

Rivers, industry and cars: a historian looks at river towns along lower Schuylkill

Historian and blogger Michael Tolle recently moved away from his home of 36 years near the Schuylkill River valley, but that doesn’t me ...

11 years ago

Eighteen cities are eligible for the two additional CRIZ designations planned currently.  Lancaster (pictured) and Bethlehem already have CRIZ designations. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

What is a City Revitalization and Improvement Zone?

One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: the City Revitalization & Improvem ...

11 years ago

Map of the state of Pennsylvania showing county boundaries and names, county seats and rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Why does Pa. have so many local governments?

Seeking a better understanding of Pennsylvania’s issues and proposed solutions? S ...

11 years ago

 The Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

State lawmakers face hurdles to expanding economic development program for cities

State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...

11 years ago

 Workers keep a careful watch on the open hearth furnaces at the Bethlehem Steel Co. plant. (Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
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Community

Bethlehem then and now, from steel town to arts community

On a recent summer evening, hundreds of people - lawn chairs and blankets in tow flocked to SteelStacks, a premiere arts campus at the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant

11 years ago

Mercy Douglass' graduating class of 1960 (Photo courtesy of Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing)
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Health

Paying tribute to the women who helped integrate Pennsylvania’s health care system

Alumnae from the Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing returned to Philadelphia recently to remember their time together in the 1940s and 50s. ...

11 years ago

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 Longwood Gardens presents 'A Longwood Christmas' through January 12 on Route 1, Kennett Square, Pa.   (Image courtesy of Longwood Gardens)
Arts & Entertainment

Weekly Entertainment Guide – ‘A Longwood Christmas,’ ‘Tributaries,’ and ‘Aladdin’

Looking for something to do this holiday season? WHYY’s Robin Bloom has some recommendations on what’s happening in the Phila ...

12 years ago

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