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Education

Summer school looks different for teachers and students in Delaware’s Indian River School District

Teachers at the Indian River School District are getting an up-close look at the effects that the coronavirus has had on their students during summer school.

5 years ago

A rendering of the Beury development project
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Promised jobs, North Philly community backs Beury redevelopment on N. Broad

The community benefits agreement marks a first for Shift Capital.

5 years ago

Students settle in at their desks
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: No mask mandate for schools in the fall

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy says he is “comfortable” with not implementing a mask mandate for schools this fall.

5 years ago

A small plane makes an emergency landing on an Ocean City bridge.
Community

Small plane makes emergency landing on bridge in Ocean City, New Jersey

There was no immediate word on what caused the plane to make the emergency landing on the 9th Street Bridge.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney holds a newly signed copy of SB 15, with onlookers behind him
Politics & Policy

Gov. Carney officially sets Delaware on path to $15 minimum wage

After years of debate, Delaware’s minimum wage is finally on its way to $15 an hour.

5 years ago

A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Community

Need a Lyft? Shared rides return to Philly on ride-hailing platform

The ride-hailing company had halted the popular, money-saving option due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks from a podium at the White House briefing room
Health

With pandemic worsening in U.S., surgeon general worried about what lies ahead

Noting that nearly all COVID deaths now are among people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted a worrisome picture.

5 years ago

An illustration features the Pennsylvania Capitol Building and a web of emergency contracts.
Politics & Policy

Pa. requested $340 million in emergency contracts in 2020 with little oversight

Pennsylvania agencies turned to the emergency procurement process that avoids public scrutiny 483 times last year. In years prior, they made on average 135 requests annually.

5 years ago

Transit security officers work on the platform of the Girard stop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA extends its $1.5M contract for security guards on Market-Frankford Line

The agency will keep 60 unarmed guards, posted between 15th Street Station and Frankford Transportation Center, beyond the planned 90-day term.

5 years ago

Desks are spaced out in a classroom
Education

Delaware attempts to lighten load of ‘invisible backpack’ many children bring to school

Delaware will require psychologists, counselors, or social workers in every elementary school. The Colonial School District is ahead of the curve.

5 years ago

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Anthony Panara and Charlene Delia hold up a key to their pretzel shop; a closeup of a soft pretzel
Community

A 90-year-old Philly pretzel company is opening a gluten-free bakeshop in Oaklyn

Camden County’s A&A Soft Pretzels created a gluten-free recipe during the pandemic. Now, fourth-generation owners are opening the company’s first storefront after 92 years.

5 years ago

Residents attend an outdoor event with picnic tables
Community

A coloring book to inspire solutions for cooling Philly’s hotter neighborhoods

Artists hope their collaboration with North Philly residents can get people to care about urban heat. The book is their conversation starter.

5 years ago

Paula Paul (left) and Frances Upshaw stand in Fernhill Park
Courts & Law

EPA takes up environmental justice complaint against Philly’s permit for SEPTA power plant in Nicetown

Critics say the EPA doesn’t adequately enforce civil rights complaints. Biden vowed change, and the agency is pursuing a case on the natural gas power plant.

5 years ago

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Weather

Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows climate action as death toll surpasses 180

“It is shocking — I would almost say that the German language barely has words for the devastation that has been wreaked,” Merkel said at a news conference.

5 years ago

Housing activists erect a
Politics & Policy

Explainer: Will Pennsylvania evictions spike despite rental help?

As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they face eviction in the next two months. Here’s the situation in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

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