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A surge in residential trash during the pandemic strained city sanitation crews. The pandemic has abated, yet the workforce hasn’t recovered.

The County Council has entered into a 99-year lease agreement with the Pa. Historical and Museum Commission for the 18th-century structure.

Parts of the Delaware still suffer from low oxygen levels, according to a Univ. of Delaware prof who recently wrote a book on the topic.

“They're in a cell the size of your bathroom and there's no rules, no regulations in place for this [Intensive Management Unit] program,” said Patricia Vickers.

Even as the pandemic eases, the need for food remains as more than 750 cars were expected at a distribution event in Georgetown Tuesday morning.

Philadelphia has thousands of empty houses scattered across the city while more than 47,000 residents remain on the waitlist for federally subsidized housing.

More than 20 people were shot in Philly over the weekend, including a relative of State Sen. Sharif Street. The lawmaker and others say this can’t go on.

A storm damaged sections of the boardwalk near the Convention Center in April 2020. But before that storm hit, city officials had said the walkway was overdue for an overhaul.

The multistate agency tasked with protecting watershed in four states hasn’t received proper funding in years.

Edward Cagney Mathews was escorted out of his home by Mt. Laurel police and then placed into custody.

A program that helps students in southern Delaware catch up on their studies over the summer months is back to meeting in person after going fully remote last year.

When Pennsylvania ended its COVID-19 restrictions, cocktails-to-go became illegal again. “It's going to be a rough summer, but hopefully everybody can survive.”

The Philadelphia startup that tried to bring e-scooters to its hometown is rolling into the bikeshare business.

Farley said he was following standard procedure when he ordered a box of MOVE bombing victims’ bones destroyed without telling the family. Now that practice is under scrutiny.

A former Catholic church at 63rd and Callowhill could meet the wrecking ball as the Boys Latin charter school seeks to clear the way for a new recreation area.