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Just days before America’s 250th birthday, 63 people from 17 countries stood at Valley Forge and became United States citizens, the same ground where George Washington’s Continental Army endured one of the darkest winters of the Revolution. The new citizens, ranging in age from 18 to 87, took...

Summer heat stepped aside for something far more dangerous over the weekend, as strong storms rolled through the Philadelphia region, soaking the ground and setting off a flash‑flood threat. Overnight, those same conditions turned tragic at Marsh Creek State Park in Chester County, where emergency crews recovered the b

Penang may be gone from Bethesda, but we had dinner there last night… just not in Maryland. We stopped by the Philadelphia, PA location in Chinatown, and it immediately brought back memories of the restaurant that was once a Bethesda favorite. What many people may not realize is that Penang actually began in New York C

Summer means one thing for Philadelphia-area food lovers: getting your hands dirty in a field and walking away with a haul of fruit picked at peak ripeness. Emily Kovach rounds up four regional farms for Grid, where visitors can do just that, proving once again that nothing from a grocery store shelf compares to produc

Some of Delaware County’s most historic dining spots don’t look like museums. They look like burger counters, pizza shops, diners, seafood taverns, family restaurants, and neighborhood bars. The history isn’t on a plaque. It’s in the griddle marks, the regulars’ orders, and the recipes that haven’t changed in...

An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing weapons charges after allegedly displaying a shotgun during an argument in North Wildwood on Saturday. Police were called to Surf Avenue after reports of a verbal dispute involving a firearm. According to investigators, Noah Linderman, 18, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, retrieved

BALTIMORE, Md. — Meteorologists issued a flood watch for several counties in central and northeast Maryland on Sunday afternoon, warning that heavy rainfall from incoming thunderstorms could trigger flash flooding in urban areas. The National Weather Service placed Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Cecil, and Harford counties,

Five people were arrested for failure to disperse after a protest in Philadelphia's Washington Square tried to set a large American flag on fire, police said. Around 25 protesters gathered at the southeast sidewalk of the Center City and began to hold a demonstration. At some point, a "protester "a protest leader place

Morning light breaks across Nottingham County Park in uneven patches. It catches first on the greenish stone outcrops, then on the pale grasses and twisted pitch pines that rise from the serpentine barrens. The ground underfoot feels different here—thin, mineral-rich, and stubborn. A breeze moves across the open landsc

Fire crews said the rescue happened around 10 p.m. as three people were swimming on paddleboards in the reservoir. The search for the third person lasted throughout the night.