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One of Us: Nicole Cashman

My name is … Nicole Amelia Cashman. Actually, Nicole Amelia Cashman Richards. I almost forgot I was married! I grew up in … East Oak […]

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The Insider’s Guide to Cape Henlopen State Park

Drive time from Center City: 2 hours, 18 minutes Where to start: Go to our nature center first. There are touch tanks with stingrays and […]

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The Insider’s Guide to French Creek State Park

Drive time from Center City: 1 hour, 18 minutes Where to start: Take a tour of Hopewell Furnace, an old iron production site from the […]

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21 Ways to Be One With Nature at a Nearby Park This Summer

Got an itch to get to the great outdoors? You aren’t alone: Around 39 million people visit Pennsylvania state parks each year. (Visits to national […]

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The Insider’s Guide to Marsh Creek State Park

Drive time from Center City: 1 hour Where to start: On the 500-plus-acre lake. There are hundreds of boats to rent — sailboats, paddleboards, kayaks, […]

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The Famous Philadelphia Boys Choir Turns 50

Five decades ago, Philly school district music teacher Robert G. Hamilton took charge of the fledgling All-Philadelphia Elementary School Boys Choir, dressed his young gentlemen […]

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The Re-Re-Re-Re-Rebirth of Atlantic City

John Longacre knows cool. While most developers and real estate investors were running far, far away from the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia, Longacre […]

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Meet “The Philly Godfather,” One of America’s Hottest Sports Betting Experts

Now, he is silent. After two-plus hours of telling stories that seem torn from an Elmore Leonard novel, Stelios “Steve” Maltepes stares straight ahead inside […]

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This Quaker Sex Ed Teacher Says Your Kids Need to Be Porn-Literate

An upbeat Al Vernacchio sits across from me in a hip, plant-filled coffee shop in Haverford. He’s describing the hoops that people had to jump […]

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The Badass Days of Boring Bob Casey

In July of 2016, just as the Democratic National Convention was about to kick off in Philadelphia, a breakfast was held for the Pennsylvania delegates […]