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Spread Bagelry launches new evening menu at new location
Spread Bagelry is spreading and recently opened a new location in Newtown Square! Patrick Begley with Spread joined us in the PHL17 Kitchen with an exclusive menu for that location. “It’s a bigger location and we feel like there’s a big market in the area that we’re missing, we close at 2:30 every day so […]
Last of the Sea Women
Documentary makers talk with Patrick Stoner about the amazing women who free dive for marine specimens & the threat to the environment they love. WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.
An exclusive look at progress extending the Schuylkill River Trail
The Schuylkill River Trail is about to get longer. The group responsible for developing and maintaining the trail is in the middle of an ambitious project to extend it farther into South Philadelphia.The project's main feature is an elaborate foot bridge over the river that will connect South Philly to Grays Ferry. The Schuylkill River Development Corporation has been designing this project for over a decade, and it will be ready by June 2025."We've been waiting 40 years for this to happen. We thought maybe it was going to happen, but now we're seeing something," said Joseph Syrnick, president of...
Coolest temps of the season in Philadelphia Thursday; frost advisory overnight
After a chilly start to the day, today will only get to the low 60s – it's the chilliest day of fall so far! As of now, Friday morning looks to be the coldest of the season with lows in the 30s and 40s across the Philadelphia region.This weather overnight may be cold enough for patchy frost to form in the coldest areas, and a frost advisory has been issued. The frost advisory is set to expire at 9 a.m. Friday. Friday afternoon will be pleasant with highs climbing to around 70. Then we rebound into the upper 70s by the...
After Nearly 40 Years, Famous Philly Restaurant to Close
One of the best seafood restaurants in Philadelphia, known for its waterfront views is closing. Chart House, along the Delaware River on Columbus Blvd., at the southern end of Philadelphia's Penn's Landing, has announced it will be closing on Nov. 30. Philly's Chart House Announcing its Closing After 38 Years.
What Philly’s growing dry spell has to do with Hurricanes Milton and Helene
With the Gulf of Mexico on simmer, for the people on Florida’s West Coast the reality horror show that is an approaching hurricane is forecast to reach a climax Wednesday night somewhere near the heavily developed Tampa Bay region, with potentially catastrophic results. This, less than two weeks after...
This Famous Philadelphia, PA Pizzeria Is Teaming Up With An Awesome New Jersey Taproom
Some people may disagree, but New Jersey is the pizza capital of the Northeast, if not the entire country. We've got some of the best local mom-and-pop pizzerias that serve up the perfect pie, and when you're at the Shore a boardwalk slice is a must. However, our neighbors in...
SEPTA warns of significant service cuts, fare increases unless additional state funding comes through
State House Transportation Committee Chairman Philadelphia Democrat Ed Neilson says his bill would provide an additional $1.5 billion for mass transit without raising or adding any new taxes.
6th annual Philadelphia Latin American Book Fair kicks off this weekend to finish off Hispanic Heritage Month
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, Taller Puertorriqueño and several area nonprofit organizations are hosting the sixth annual Latin American Book Fair Oct. 11 and 12.
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