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Any way you like it

There are Mack & Manco’s people (Ocean City) and there are Sam’s people (Wildwood), and never the twain shall meet, though both types of thin-crust […]

Fun ideas for tantrum-free days

The Shark Park  It’s the best playground at the Jersey Shore. In Brigantine. (Another option: The Longport playground is simpler, but excellently maintained and almost […]

Worth the hour you’ll have to wait before you get back in the water

There’s something wrong about eating a bucket of thick, salted fries in a bikini, but there it is. We’ll get to Jilly’s French Fry Factory […]

When Lee Tabas went public with a letter questioning his brother Robert’s leadership of the family bank in Narberth, he pulled back the veil on a real-life soap opera: a storied, wealthy Main Line family torn asunder by greed, backstabbing and gossip; a colorful patriarch who pitted son against son; and a trail of scandal and lawsuits that has almost everyone not talking to someone else. Meet the Tabases

IT WAS JUST SO … WEIRD. Last fall, a letter flew out over a public relations newswire. A shareholder in Narberth’s Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania […]

The best beaches for everything

For kids  Where 85th meets the beach in Sea Isle, you’ll find a trifecta of kid-pleasers: a great playground, a hot-dog vendor, and a big […]

The best things to do from morning until … next morning

The best way to start a day in Atlantic City is at Stephen Starr’s Teplitzky’s, the sublimely sunny retro-chic diner inside the Chelsea. Get the […]

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.

Just because it’s everywhere doesn’t mean it’s all the same. Here, your best bets for dining in or taking out.

In Sea Isle City  After 127 years, Busch’s Seafood Restaurant — the SIC crab king — has earned its followers. Get the soft-shell crab or […]

Thanks to celebrity anti-vaccine crusaders like Jenny McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children’s Hospital doctor and vaccine inventor Paul Offit gets death threats from parents frantic about autism — and worse. He’s had enough. He’s taking his critics on

A few years ago, Paul Offit found himself in a small room with a bob-haired American mother of three who was so mad at him […]

The best point-and-shoot spots at the shore

1. Overlooking Cove Beach, at the southern end of Cape May’s Promenade, Cove Pavilion offers an endless, uninterrupted shot of the shoreline with a view […]

The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow. Until Then, There’s …

Montego Bay ResortWildwood’s parental lifesaver: $10 buys access to the indoor pool and water park, plus a full bar. Everyone’s happy. (1800 Boardwalk, North Wildwood, […]

For sending to folks back home, for nibbling between meals

Easy winner: the creamy chocolate and vanilla fudges from the plethora of Fudge Kitchens all over the Shore. You can get nuts and marshmallows and […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.

The breakfast (and snack, and dessert) of champions

Cream doughnuts The golden hand-rolled sticky bun (with raisins) is Kohler’s claim to fame in Avalon, but the cream doughnuts — crispy outside, velvety within […]

Our roster of call-the-sitter-type feasts

Atlantic City gets the most press for upscale dining at the Shore (as well it should), but there are nice meals to be had elsewhere. […]

For exercisers, for gluttons,
For observers of both

Ah, the Jersey Boardwalks, where the air is thick with the aromas of fries and funnel cakes, where the super-fit shed their shirts for a […]

Things to do at the beach that in no way involve sand
In your shorts

Because you need to avoid sunstroke, and because the monkeys never fail to entertain: A trip to the Cape May County Zoo is a no-brainer […]

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