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East Passyunk residents discuss the neighborhood's evolution
By Elizabeth Fiedler, @EAFiedler March 20, 2013More than 20 people from South Philadelphia's East Passyunk and Passyunk Square neighborhoods chatted with us Wednesday afternoon about their community. WHYY Urban Life Correspondent Elizabeth Fi... More »
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Photos document 200 years of Latino history in Philadelphia
By Elisabeth Perez-Luna March 19, 2013About half a million Latinos live in Philadelphia. They don't all come from the same cultures and traditions, but they do share a lot — and it's not just language. A new book, "200 yea... More »
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Superstorm Sandy's underwater mess in Barnegat Bay being cleaned up
By Sandy Levine for NewsWorks March 18, 2013Four and a half months after Superstorm Sandy barreled across the Jersey Shore, a question lingers for millions of people who love to go boating, swimming, surfing, crabbing and fishing here: Will the... More »
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The Philadelphia story before she became Dolley Madison
By Peter Crimmins, @petercrimmins March 15, 2013Dolley Madison — one of America's original first ladies and a Philly girl — has one of best rags-to-riches stories in America. She is the subject of a documentary by the political cable channel C... More »
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Rarely seen 'Ides of March' by Wyeth on temporary display at Brandywine
By Peter Crimmins, @petercrimmins March 15, 2013Sayeth the Soothsayer, "Beware the Ides of March." The famous warning from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" regarding March 15 found its visualization in another masterpiece, An... More »
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Workers at Kensington's St. Francis Inn hope new pope will bring change [video]
By Kimberly Paynter, @Kpaynter March 14, 2013The Catholic Church has chosen a new leader, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of Argentina, the first non-European chosen and the 266th pope is also the first to take the name Francis. In Philadelphia's Ke... More »![Workers at Kensington's St. Francis Inn hope new pope will bring change [video]](http://www.newsworks.org/components/com_flexicontent/librairies/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/stories/flexicontent/l_francis145.jpg&w=145&h=100&aoe=1&q=95)
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Jersey Shore resort towns readying the welcome mats
By Mary Cummings-Jordan, @mcjWHYY March 12, 2013The season for booking a summer rental is in full swing and the Jersey Shore, still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, finds itself under the microscope. More »
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Surprise March snowstorm hits South Jersey
By Alan Tu March 8, 2013Meteorologist say March snowstorms are hard to predict. This was certainly the case overnight. While we knew that Northern Jersey could get the tail of the winter storm in New England, snow also fell ... More »
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Circus feats propel Plymouth Meeting fourth-graders toward life lessons
By Peter Crimmins March 6, 2013"It's really hard because you go a little bit, then you fall," says Clare Robinson, 9. "It's really sad because you keep on falling." More »
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Backlash growing to FEMA's proposed flood maps
By Sandy Levine for NewsWorks March 6, 2013Jersey Shore residents are bracing for a powerful nor'easter today, which is expected to cause coastal flooding and beach erosion. More than four months after Superstorm Sandy, how and where to e... More »
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