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 Mt. Airy residents are shown attending a community meeting on Aug. 15. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Community

Medical Marijuna? Yes. This location? No.

On April 25, more than 300 residents of Mt. Airy filled the sanctuary of Oxford Presbyterian Church for a three-hour meeting to hear from ...

9 years ago

South Seaside Park in September 2015
Down the Shore
Community

Hurricane Gert to remain at sea but rip current impact will be felt in N.J.

The second hurricane of the 2017 season will remain far from New Jersey but is set to generate rough ocean conditions, forecasters say. ...

9 years ago

 The scene following the 2013 building collapse at 22nd and Market streets in Center City Philadelphia. (NewsWorks, file)
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Urban Planning

Licenses & Inspections’ unresponsiveness makes Philadelphia less safe

The property code enforcement system is broken. The evidence is out on display for all to see. And it would be imprudent to think the cit ...

9 years ago

Speak Easy
Community

In Camden, a search for hope by candlelight

I go to way too many candlelight vigils. They are the sunset rituals where loved ones gather following a violent death, often held ...

9 years ago

 LAFD photo.
Down the Shore
Community

Beach lifeguard disciplined for using cellphone while on duty

A lifeguard at a Jersey Shore beach has been disciplined after a beachgoer took a photo of him using his cellphone while on duty. ...

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Neighbors in River Wards convene panel of experts over lead poisoning concerns

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Eyes on the Regression Line: Jane Jacobs undergoes a statistic analysis

9 years ago

Alfred Tribble considers filing a lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department after his son was injured by an off-duty police officer in Brewerytown. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Family considering lawsuit in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown incident

The fallout stemming from a rock-throwing incident between neighborhood teens and members of a new gym in Brewerytown resulted ...

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Courting driver fury, group sues PPA to end median parking on Broad

9 years ago

The Spokane Reservation in eastern Washington was hit by a wildfire last year. (Eilis O'Neill/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Washington’s wildfire whipped up dangerous ‘weather’

Wildfires can create atmosphere changes around them — making raging infernos even more unpredictable and dangerous. Western Wash ...

9 years ago

Listen 6:53
A Point Pleasant Borough Fire Rescue boat in the Point Pleasant Canal in 2016. (Courtesy of Kim Ormsby/Point Pleasant Fire Department Station 75)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

First responders rescue several people from capsized boat in canal

No one was injured when a boat overturned and several people were tossed into the water in northern Ocean County late Sunday afternoon. ...

9 years ago

Police and emergency personnel are seen near the scene where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot during a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)
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Community

Domestic violence is a national security issue

A crowded nightclub. An airport terminal. A suburban baseball field. A first-grade classroom. Each has been the ...

9 years ago

 This Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 file photo shows speed cameras aimed at U.S. Route 127, in New Miami, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

New York City reports speed enforcement cameras are ‘very effective’

What can Philadelphia learn from New York’s automated speed enforcement camera program? Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia ...

9 years ago

Down the Shore
Community

Lifeguards find Portuguese Man-O-War in LBI

Lifeguards in Long Beach Island recently discovered a Portuguese Man-O-War washed ashore on a beach. A Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol ...

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

How old is too old to sing in public?

As every Baby Boomer knows, as we grow older we face an ever increasing array of ...

9 years ago

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