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UPDATE: The Garden State Parkway has reopened both northbound and southbound lanes to traffic. Smoke caused by the wildfire at Bass River State Forrest is no longer limiting visibility for drivers, officials said. Heavy smoke from a wildfire in the New Jersey Pinelands on Friday has shut down a 25-mile...

Garden State Parkway reopens to traffic after closing due to wildfire smoke

This Pride Month, people can support LGBTQ organizations by tasting the rainbow at numerous bars in Philadelphia and its suburbs. Cocktails for a Cause, an annual fundraiser hosted by FCM Hospitality, returns this June with a lineup of speciality cocktails that each represent a color on the LGBTQ+ flag. For each drink sold, $1 will be donated to the William Way LGBT Center and The Attic Youth Center, two nonprofits that support the city's queer communities.

During Pride Month, these Philly bars are selling colorful cocktails to support LGBT organizations

Philadelphia will be decked out in rainbow colors Sunday for the city's annual Pride March and Festival. This year, the all-day, outdoor event celebrates "love, light and liberation" for the LGBTQ community and its allies. Galaei, an organization serving Black, Brown and Indigenous queer people, has taken the reins of...

Philly Pride March and Festival: Here's the parade route, road closures and other info you need to know

Two new Philadelphia bars are receiving national recognition as part of Esquire's annual list of the best bars in the U.S., published Thursday. Andra Hem, a Scandinavian-inspired cocktail lounge, and French wine bar Superfolie were named among the 33 best bars. Both are located in Rittenhouse Square; Andra Hem opened at 218 S. 16th St. last November and Superfolie came to 1602 Spruce St. in early March.

Philly's Andra Hem, Superfolie listed among best bars in U.S. by Esquire

Pride Month begins Thursday and during all of June, a litany of special events take place to celebrate and support Philadelphia's LGBTQ community. The weekend of events are centered around the Philadelphia Pride March and Festival, which takes place at Independence Mall and the Gayborhood on Sunday, June 4. Lasting all day and concluding in the same place where Philly's first Pride celebration ended in 1972, the march and festival will focus on inclusion, community and activism.

Check out these Pride Month events happening the first weekend of June in Philly

Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that happened during a brawl on a SEPTA bus last month, injuring two teenagers during the scuffle that was caught on surveillance video. The May 17 shooting happened around noon on a Route 33 bus in the North Philly area...

Video shows brawl on SEPTA bus before shooting of two teens

Three people were injured during a drive-by shooting outside Temple University Hospital early Thursday morning, according to police. The three men were standing on the sidewalk outside the emergency room, on the 3400 block of Germantown Avenue, when they were struck by gunfire around 12:30 a.m., 6ABC reported. An 18-year-old...

Three people injured after 40 shots fired outside Temple University Hospital, police say

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Sick food service employees account for 40% of food poisoning outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed this week. The data comes from a report that reviewed outbreaks recorded by 25 state and local health departments from 2017 through 2019. The most common illnesses were norovirus (47%) and salmonella (18.6%).

Sick restaurant workers account for 40% of food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says

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Delaware County-based Piasecki Aircraft Corp. will take over Lockheed Martin's former Sikorsky helicopter plant in Coatesville, with plans to transform the space into a research and development facility that will employ about 400 workers. The plant at 110 E. Stewart Huston Drive closed last year after Lockheed Martin said it...

Former Sikorsky helicopter plant in Coatesville acquired by Delco aircraft manufacturer Piasecki

Small business owners in Philadelphia can apply to receive $5,000 and services to help their companies grow through a Comcast program aimed at fostering small business development. The 100 recipients of the Comcast RISE grants each also will receive a 30-second television commercial, expert consultations and a technology makeover that...

Philly small business owners can apply for $5,000 grants from Comcast

Summer is basically here, and that means your social calendar is about to get more crowded. The first weekend of June offers a jam-packed preview of seasonal events to come, including the first series of Pride Month programming. Two long-running musical festivals also return to Philadelphia this weekend, both featuring homegrown talent, while an oyster festival will mount its comeback at Liberty Point and rowers gather to test their mettle in a Schuylkill showdown.

Porchfest, Shuckfest and a regatta: Your weekend guide to things to do

As part of a fall national tour, Philadelphians will have the opportunity to gather and watch a 12-foot puppet of a young female Syrian refugee trek across the city and visit its historic institutions. Little Amal, a public art project comprising a massive puppet of a 10-year-old, will visit Philadelphia...

A 12-foot puppet of a young Syrian refugee heads to Philly this fall

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Philly's water safe to drink through at least Monday night after Bucks County chemical leak

UPDATE: Tap water from the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant will remain safe to drink and use at least through 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, according...

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