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ACCT Philly urges public to adopt dogs amid severe overcrowding at the shelter
Overcrowding is once again forcing ACCT Philly to make some tough decisions.
8 months ago
Volunteers came back to nonprofits in 2023, after the pandemic tanked participation
A new survey shows 28.3% or 75.8 million people in the U.S. volunteered with a nonprofit between Sept. 2022 and Sept. 2023.
8 months ago
Weitzman Jewish museum names its new CEO from Israel
Dan Tadmor oversaw a $100 million expansion of the ANU museum in Tel Aviv. His job in Philly will be to overhaul the Weitzman.
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Listen 1:08Vare Recreation Center sets a ‘goal for the city’ with grand reopening after $21 million renovation
The renovations brought new indoor gyms to the rec center, which also became the first in the city with fiber-optic high speed internet.
8 months ago
Listen 1:07‘Judgment-free zone’: Delaware rolls out harm reduction vending machines
The five vending machines have free items like opioid overdose medication and pregnancy kits. They’re available 24 hours a day.
8 months ago
Listen 0:59An Israeli muralist has been selected for Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza
Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson, based in Berlin, will design a Holocaust mural for a prominent intersection on the Parkway.
8 months ago
Listen 1:14SEPTA negotiations with city, suburban unions to continue Wednesday
The transit agency is negotiating contracts between TWU Local 234, which represents workers in the city, and SMART Local 1594, which represents workers in the suburbs.
8 months ago
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service established a containment line behind several homes in the area of Bancroft Lane and Cove Court.
8 months ago
Temple deploys AI gun detection system
Temple becomes the first university to deploy ZeroEyes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware.
8 months ago
Listen 1:14While officials say it will likely cost a couple hundred million dollars to plan, Philly could see a billion-dollar return on tourism revenue.
8 months ago
Listen 1:14Court to Pa. counties: Stop counting misdated mail-in ballots, again
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued the latest — and likely final — ruling in the legal fight over mail-in ballots that may impact the results of the U.S. Senate election.
8 months ago
Listen 1:03Officials say 2 taken to hospitals after small plane accident at Doylestown Airport
Police in Bucks County’s Buckingham Township said a single-engine plane had been taking off when it left the runway and hit an unoccupied plane.
8 months ago
North Jersey U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill enters New Jersey governor’s race
Other Democratic candidates include Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, former Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and former Senate President Steve Sweeney.
8 months ago
So beautiful but so terrible: Academy of Natural Sciences traces the ecology of fashion
Clothes from Drexel University’s Fox Collection dress up a cautionary tale about the environmental impact of the fashion industry.
8 months ago
Listen 1:46‘A long time coming’: Philly launches flood alerts for Eastwick neighborhood
Part of ReadyPhiladelphia, the new alert system will provide specific warnings about possible and ongoing flooding in the neighborhood.
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