For Its 20th Year, Two New Shows At Eastern State Penitentiary
Officials says the Eastern State Penitentiary historic site has become a national destination site, and they are celebrating with two new attractions.
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Officials says the Eastern State Penitentiary historic site has become a national destination site, and they are celebrating with two new attractions.
Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the Delaware Valley are still without power after the storm's passage -- and it could be a few days before many folks are back on line.
The Yardley Inn was surrounded by an "aqua-dike," a water-filled canvas tube which kept the Delaware River's water away from the historic property.
Main Street is open now, along with most businesses in Manayunk. But along the low-lying stretch near Shurs Lane, there was the sound of workers shoveling mud and generators powering pumps draining flooded basements.
If you are one of the unlucky ones whose property was affected, what do you do?
The first full-size grocery store in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia opened Friday morning, and shoppers took advantage of grand opening specials to prepare for Hurricane Irene.
Federal authorities conducted random bus inspections Thursday afternoon in Philadelphia, near the on-ramp of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
The electric utility Peco has activated its emergency response center in case the wind and rain of Hurricane Irene create power issues in the Philadelphia area.
There have been more than a dozen itinerary changes for cruise ships in the Caribbean this week, and more are likely to come as Irene moves up the east coast.
Berthed on the Camden waterfront, the most decorated battleship in US naval history took one across the bow in Gov. Christie's state budget.
Pennsylvania's wine kiosk program appears to be on life support after another major outlet has pulled the plug on its participation.
A behavioral health center in North Philadelphia has a new look, thanks to a new initiative by the Mural Arts Program.
Verizon workers may soon return to their jobs.
"We have not seen any data that can support or deny claims that rates of STDs have increased in communities where there is an influx of workers associated with Marcellus Shale drilling," says the director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health.
State gaming regulators will continue talking with officials from the Parx Casino in Bensalem, in an effort to eliminate the problem of gamblers leaving children in cars in the parking lot of the casino.
