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The Top 50 School Districts 2008

In years past, we’ve focused our rankings on high schools, mainly because only the secondary level provided enough academic performance data to do the job. […]

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Web Original: Happy Labor Day

If your idea of a three-day weekend means more time to shop, some good news: Sales! Our Best Of Philly Outlet Mall winner, the Philadelphia […]

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Web Original: Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe 2008 Preview

"What torments people have to go through when they leave the safety of their homes to become embroiled in mad adventures." — Jose Saramago The […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Hamanassett

28 miles from Philadelphia (40 minutes by car) When innkeepers Ashley and Glenn Mon purchased Hamanassett in 2001, it was, they say, “in shambles.” But […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Bowman’s Hill

38 miles from Philadelphia (50 minutes by car) Compared to many local inns and B&Bs, Bowman’s Hill is just a baby — not a renovated […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Swann House

140 miles from Philadelphia (2 hours and 40 minutes by car) Surrounded by grand Victorian mansions on the oak-lined streets of the historic Dupont Circle […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: The Atlantis Inn

65 miles from Philadelphia (1 hour and 15 minutes by car) After an afternoon spent on the porch watching myriad Lexuses and BMWs drive by […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: The William Page Inn

128 miles from Philadelphia (2 hours and 20 minutes by car) Innkeeper Robert Zuchelli says many of his guests at this four-square cedar-shake-shingled inn come […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: The Inn at Montchanin Village

32 miles from Philadelphia (45 minutes by car) We’ve never strolled through a hotel quite the way we strolled through the Inn at Montchanin Village: […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Cromwell Manor Inn

148 miles from Philadelphia (2 hours and 45 minutes by car) There are a million things to do up in the mighty hills of Cornwall, […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Hambleton Inn

125 miles from Philadelphia (2 hours and 45 minutes by car) The small harbor town of St. Michaels was first settled in the mid-1600s, and […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: The Gables

67 miles from Philadelphia (1 hour and 45 minutes by car) At this lemon-lime-and-raspberry-sherbet-painted B&B a block from the ocean, you sit down to breakfast […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Old Gratitude House

100 miles from Philadelphia (2 hours by car) At Old Gratitude, Mikey and Jamey greet all chicken-neckers — that’s local-speak for out-of-towners — with equal […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Bykenhulle House

160 miles from Philadelphia (3 hours by car) Nestled on a quiet residential street in the Hudson Valley, Bill and Florence Beausoleil’s sprawling white manse […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: King’s Cottage

65 miles from Philadelphia (1 hour and 30 minutes by car) The writers of the tourist tome 1,000 Places to See in the USA and […]