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  • Cicadas The Shrimp of the Land

    After nearly two decades living under the earth, cicadas are about to shake off the dirt and invade our great outdoors. And they’ll be ripe for your feasting says Isa Betancourt, an entomologist from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel ...

  • Analysis Consequences Of A World Without Newspapers

    , a story surrounding the value of investigative journalism. It features Barbara Laker, part of a reporting team at the Philadelphia Daily News that won a Pulitzer Prize for rooting out corruption. Laker, who continues at the Daily News thinks papers will survive. She joins the producer , director, veteran area broadcaster and Temple Professor Paul Gluck when we look at the consequences of a ...

  • Annual Bike Ride Raises Funds To Preserve Land In Chester County

    – It’s not too late to sign up for a bike ride that raises money to preserve land in Chester County. Every penny raised goes to the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, which has preserved over 10,000 acres in Chester County since the late 1960's, and the ride is all-volunteer. ';It started 11 years ago with 100 riders; we are now up to over 1500 riders,'; ...

  • Bala Cynwyd Library To Official Open Doors After Renovation

    – The newly renovated and expanded Bala Cynwyd library in Lower Merion officially opens its doors to the public Sunday afternoon with a big celebration and lots of ...

  • Author Looks At Meaning Of Being Disabled Strength Of Conviction

    The world might never have heard of Jane Gagliardo but for two things, the bad luck of getting MS and the good, of finding the courage to fight. Sherry Blackman, author ...


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Movie Review

Ulee's Gold

In the opening shots of "Ulee's Gold," we watch the title character, Ulee Jackson (Peter Fonda) carefully going about his job of beekeeping. He does everything tenderly and carefully, and he is alone in his work. Actually, he is alone in more than his work. Life's hardships have toughened him, and made him draw back from human contact. He rarely communicates with his son, Jimmy (Tom Wood), who is ... ...

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  • Positively Philadelphia A Brooklyn Flea Market Hops To Philadelphia

    Brooklyn Flea '; is expanding out of New York for the first time – and it’s coming to Philadelphia! Co-founders Eric Demby and Jonathan Butler are setting up a weekly flea market, ...

  • Phillies Minor League Report Cody Asche Darin Ruf Roman Quinn all struggle Saturday night

    Special section: Top 25 Phillies prospects Rochester third baseman Ray Olmedo mistakenly threw the ball into center field as he was trying to catch center fielder Jermain Mitchell at second base. Mitchell continued to run and made it all the way to home plate to give Lehigh Valley the lead and eventually the victory. Lehigh Valley held a 2-0 lead heading into the sixth thanks to an RBI double ...

  • Burlington County Looking To Make Rt. 130 Safer For Pedestrians

    - Burlington County is hoping to make one of its major highways a little safer for pedestrians with a little help from New Jersey. Route 130 cuts a 22.5 mile path through a dozen towns in the county. Police departments will share in a $225,000 grant to provide more patrols along the highway over the next 18 ...

  • Villanova Graduates Largest Group Of Female Engineering

    – Commencement ceremonies are being held Sunday for Villanova’s graduating class and among them is the university’s largest ever group of female engineering grads. The national average for female engineering grads is 18-percent, but at Villanova, female engineering graduates make up over ...

  • Kevin Riordan Theres a new show in town

    Inside the former Collingswood Theatre, Tom Marchetty and Josh Longsdorf talk about assembling the cast of their new production. "We've got a photographer, a printmaker, a guy who makes portable power systems, and a woman who's got her own clothing line," Marchetty says. "We're looking for innovators," Longsdorf adds. "People who are passionate about ...

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