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Opinion: Zoning Code Should Protect All Waterways

Philadelphia Zoning Code Should Provide Optimal Protections for All Waterways

October 15, 2012
by Maura McCarthy and John Rollins

Philadelphians Lucky to Have the Wissahickon

Thank Goodness Thursdays: The Wissahickon
October 4, 2012 by Philadelphia Planeto, Philadelphia City Planning Department Staff Blog

Coverage of Police and Rangers Enforcing Park Rules

"Devil's Pool Swimmers Risk Citations in Weekend Crackdown" by Aaron Moselle, Newsworks - July 13, 2012
"At Devil's Pool, it's Swim at Your Own Risk" by Theresa Everline, City Paper - July 26, 2012
"Police Talk Wissahickon Enforcement, Give Out Citations" by Zach Subar, Chestnut Hill Patch - July 27, 2012
"Fighting the Devil: One Philadelphia Police Officer's Personal Mission to Patrol Devil's Pool" by Lane Blackmer, Newsworks - August 3, 2012
"Has the Devil's Pool Trash Situation Been Improved?" Signs Point to Yes" by Zach Subar, Roxborough-Manayunk Patch - August 12, 2012

Preventing and Avoiding Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus

By the Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Fight the Bite to Prevent Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus

Coverage of the "Creek In Crisis" Town Hall Meeting

"A Million Stories" by Theresa Everline, City Paper - April 5, 2012
"Is the Wissahickon Creek Safe Now?" by Kim Surkan, Chestnut Hill Patch - March 31, 2012
"Experts Warn of Threats to Wissahickon Creek" by Wesley Ratko, Chestnut Hill Local - March 30, 2012
"Talking About the Wissahickon's Health at Meeting" by Kim Surkan, Mt. Airy Patch/Roxborough-Manayunk Patch - March 30, 2012
"Climate change may be the new threat to the Wissahickon Creek" by Karl Biemuller, Newsworks - March 30, 2012

Philadelphia Named One of the World's 10 Best Cities for Parks

By Charis Atlas Heelan for Frommer's
http://www.frommers.com/slideshow/index.cfm?p=12&group=335&cat_cd=FAMILY#slide

Schuylkill River Trail Gets A Facelift Along Kelly Drive

January 13, 2012
By Vanessa Martinez for Newsworks
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/component/flexicontent/item/32559-completed-trail-

NewsWorks' Best Photos of 2011 for Northwest Philadelphia

December 29, 2011
By Newsworks
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/neighborhoods/mt-airychestnut-hill-/item/31969-whyy-best-photos-of-2011-for-northwest-philadelphia