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A view of Clementon Amusement Park from up above
Arts & Entertainment

Clementon Park and Splash World hits the auction block

Clementon Park and Splash World — a New Jersey amusement and water park that operated for over 100 years — is going on the auction block Tuesday.

6 years ago

A solar field in Franklin County
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf administration to buy half of state government’s electricity from solar

The projects spread across six counties will add 191 megawatts of solar energy in the state, nearly double how much is produced statewide now.

6 years ago

A person enters the voting booth to cast their ballot
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Ballot questions should be clear, but two written by the Wolf administration don’t pass the test

Two proposals that will be before voters this May have drawn the ire of Republican leaders in the state House and Senate.

6 years ago

Tables are set up inside the FEMA-run coronavirus vaccination site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
Health

Philly is canceling thousands of improperly made vaccine appointments at Convention Center

The problem arose after a QR code intended for people at the Convention Center to make their second-dose appointments was shared widely.

6 years ago

A swan swims in Barnegat Bay in Toms River, N.J.
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

‘Bottom-up’ plan underway to catalogue N.J.’s vulnerable coastal communities

The Department of Environmental Protection is increasingly focusing on the roughly 1,800 miles of tidal marshes, estuaries and back bays of New Jersey’s coastal zone.

6 years ago

Pizza menus litter a South Philadelphia block. (WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Study: No, you aren’t imagining it — pizza menus are Philly’s sidewalk carpet

A study conducted using the Litterati app found 1,000 pieces of advertising litter on the ground. Pizza sellers were the main driver of stray menus documented by researchers.

6 years ago

A health worker assists a resident at Passaic County’s vaccination site
Health
NJ Spotlight

After early stumbles, N.J. hotline delivers more vaccination appointments for seniors

The percentage of New Jerseyans over age 75 — the group most at risk for death from COVID-19 — who have received at least one shot nearly doubled since late February.

6 years ago

The contaminated Bishop Tube former industrial site in Malvern
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Contaminated Chester County site still mired in legal fights over redevelopment plan

An environmental group sued the township in mid-March, saying that its conditional approval of the project endangers public health and violates its own rules.

6 years ago

This rendering shows a newly built condo development in the Graduate Hospital section of Philadelphia. (The Stafford Group/  Gnome Architecture)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

To thrive, Philly needs more housing — not more rules limiting builders

Pro-housing development activists call on the mayor to veto a bill they argue will hamper efforts to address the city’s growing affordability challenge.

6 years ago

Homes on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

More aid is on the way for Philly renters. Here’s what you need to know to apply

The next phase of Philadelphia’s rental assistance program is set to launch by the end of March. Here are the facts you need to apply for help with rent.

6 years ago

I-95 in Wilmington.
Urban Planning

Wilmington lawmakers appeal to feds for I-95 cap to reunite the city

Could having a Delawarean in the White House help create a long-hoped for rooftop park over I-95 through Wilmington? Some city lawmakers hope so.

6 years ago

Police outside a King Soopers grocery store where a mass shooting took place
Courts & Law

Suspect charged after 10 people killed in mass shooting at Colorado grocery store

Authorities said Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was from the Denver suburb of Arvada and that he engaged in a shootout with police inside the Boulder store.

6 years ago

A National Guard member vaccinates someone against COVID-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: FEMA’s Center City site will soon switch to one-shot J&J vaccine

For the next three weeks, the site will finish giving second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but will no longer administer first doses or accept walk-ups.

6 years ago

(NBC10)
Courts & Law
NBC10

Delaware County chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting 2 of his patients

Dr. Ardel Cirio, 61, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with indecent assault after a patient accused him sexually assaulting her.

6 years ago

The exterior of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility as seen through a fence
Courts & Law

Questions swirl after Philly man’s murder on prison grounds; correctional officers call on commissioner to resign

Days after a young man was murdered on prison grounds, Philadelphia’s union for city correctional officers is calling on Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to resign.

6 years ago

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