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The Pennsylvania Mystery That Still Has No Clear Answer

Next time you go hiking in Bucks County, be sure to pack a hammer and don’t be alarmed if you hear eerie sounds coming from deep inside the woods. No, these noises are not made by humans, animals, or even the movement of trees, but rather by a group of stationary boulders that emit a […]

Bucks County, PA · 6d

Wide Open Country

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Comcast Co-Founder and Cable Television Hall of Famer Dead at 93

Julian Brodsky, who co-founded Comcast more than six decades ago, has died at age 93. The cable company announced today that he died on Nov. 5. Variety reported the news. Julian Brodsky Was a "Mentor and a Friend" Comcast stated that Brodsky was surrounded by his family at the time...

Philadelphia, PA · 2d
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Grace Kelly at 97: Her Philadelphia Story, From East Falls to Monaco

Over Christmas 1955, Prince Rainier III of Monaco asked Grace Kelly to marry him inside a brick Colonial on Henry Avenue in East Falls. It was the house she grew up in, where a linen closet door still carried marks recording her height as a girl. By then, Kelly was...

Philadelphia, PA · 2d
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Thousands expected for 250th anniversary Washington Crossing reenactments

On Christmas Night 1776, Gen. George Washington led approximately 2,400 troops across the Delaware River through sleet and snow to launch a surprise attack at Trenton the following morning. Two hundred and fifty years later, visitors are invited to gather where that extraordinary mission began. Friends of Washington Crossing Park will commemorate the 250th anniversary of Washington’s famous crossing with two reenactments at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County, Pa., on Sunday, Dec. 13, and Friday, Dec. 25.

Bucks County, PA · 18h
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Upper Darby’s ‘King of Vinyl’ Val Shively Gets the Documentary Treatment

Inside his Garrett Road shop, stacked among millions of 45s, sits the life’s work of Val Shively, reports Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. R&B Records holds an estimated four to five million records, and collectors rank it among the world’s great record stores. Now its 82-year-old owner...

Upper Darby, PA · 2d

VISTA.Today

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SALT Performing Arts’ Future Uncertain as West Pikeland Confirms Building Sale

The curtain hasn’t fallen on SALT Performing Arts, but the Chester Springs theater’s future is back to being uncertain. West Pikeland Township supervisors voted to put the municipal building SALT has called home for more than a decade up for bid, writes Brooke Schultz for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Chester Springs, PA · 20h

WFMZ-TV Online

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Reading woman, former model, celebrates 105th birthday

READING, Pa. - It's a celebration more than a century in the making — Ruby Gordon turned 105 Friday. Family and friends threw a party for her at Oak Street Health's Reading center. There were plenty of treats, gifts and even a special proclamation from Mayor Eddie Moran. Gordon...

Reading, PA · 2d

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Why so many historic Philadelphia street lamps are shaped like the letter 'P'

Hundreds of historic lampposts in neighborhoods like Society Hill and Old City curve into an arch resembling a capital "P," carrying fixtures known as "Franklin lights." The design traces back to the 1750s, when Benjamin Franklin set out to improve fragile, soot-covered round glass globes imported from London. Franklin’s four-pane...

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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Philly's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the nation's first, was born out of a department store's promotion

Ellis Gimbel, one of the founders of the former Gimbels Department Store, decided to think outside the box when gearing up for the holidays in 1920, sensing growing competition in Philadelphia's retail space. Instead of confining decorations to her Center City store, Gimbel had 50 employees dress in costumes and...

Philadelphia, PA · 2d

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Cirque du Soleil performers will put on a free show at Philly library Monday, Nov. 9

Cirque du Soleil performers are heading to a Philadelphia library Monday, Nov. 9, for a free holiday storytime and acrobatic performance. The event begins at 1:15 p.m. at Parkway Central Library, where performers will read A Visit from St. Nicholas, the classic poem commonly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." The reading will be followed by a live acrobatic demonstration from the performers.

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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‘Rocky’: 7 Iconic Philadelphia Locations From the Film Franchise

From the museum steps to Rocky's apartment.

Philadelphia, PA · 20h

PA Times

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Books highlighting children of all abilities

Somerton’s Kevin Patrick McCourt is a former live-in caregiver, a job he describes as stressful but one of the best jobs he’s ever had. Earlier this year, looking for some side income, he founded McCourt Family Studios, a children’s book publishing company with a mission and commitment to spotlight children of all abilities to help […]

Philadelphia, PA · 11h

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Art Now Sought for 2026 ‘Scenes of the Schuylkill’ Show

POTTSTOWN PA – Artists are being encouraged to begin offering submissions for the 22nd annual “Scenes of the Schuylkill” juried art show and sale. The event, conducted by the Schuylkill River Greenways (SRG) National Heritage Area, benefits its work in making the river publicly accessible for tourism and recreation. It also serves to visually define the river’s beauty and bounty for local, state, and national audiences.

Montgomery County, PA · 2d

WFMZ-TV Online

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Old-fashioned favorite returns to Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles Saturday

BOYERTOWN, PA. - An old-fashioned favorite, Diner Day, came back to the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles this weekend. Visitors stepped into Fegely's Reading Diner inside the museum to enjoy coffee and pie at the same price it was back in 1938. Attendees spent a nickel for a cup of...

Boyertown, PA · 1d

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Academy museum’s real deficit

When Philadelphia officials argue about what a museum costs the public, a single number can travel farther than the paperwork behind it. At a City Council hearing, speakers cited a $4.4 million shortfall for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Documents later placed the 2025 gap at $960,000. That distance between a hearing figure and a ledger figure is the Academy museum deficit in its most political form: not only red ink, but a fight over which red ink the city is being asked to believe.

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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Philadelphia Shuts Down the Parkway Sunday for Veterans Day Parade, Festival

Philadelphia rolls out its Veterans Day Parade and Festival this Sunday, Nov. 8, with the parade stepping off at noon on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and a festival following at Eakins Oval. The event is billed as a free, family-friendly celebration honoring the men and women who have served the country, and it comes with a long list of street closures and transit detours that will reshape the area around the Parkway for most of the day.

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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Carversville Inn Restoration Wins Preservation Alliance Award

The Carversville Inn, a Bucks County tavern that served ice cream during Prohibition, reopened last May as a boutique hotel after a restoration that tackled structural decay and a floodplain location, writes Hidden City Philadelphia. A Village Tavern Takes Shape. Isaac Pickering built the tavern in 1813 as the first...

Bucks County, PA · 3d

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Raphaël Feuillâtre in a solo recital, Karen Dekker & Tempesta di Mare

Delaware’s tourism slogan is “Endless Discoveries,” and given the number of related events in our column this week, who are we to argue? Whether you like a fine string quartet or a bit of opera, “The First State” has you covered (and makes a great day trip). But for Philadelphians, we also have some excellent options closer to home.

Philadelphia, PA · 23h