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Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Students at Kensington CAPA might stage ‘logout’ protest, principal says

Students at Kensington CAPA started an online petition two weeks ago to demand an alternate schedule, which would reduce class times to 50 minutes instead of 90 minutes.

6 years ago

The Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant is shown in Portage, Mich., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Health

States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

Trucks will roll out Sunday morning as shipping companies UPS and FedEx begin delivering Pfizer’s vaccine to nearly 150 locations.

6 years ago

Isabel poses with a figure of the Virgen de Guadalupe (Virgin Mary). Mexican Catholics are fervently devoted to the Virgen de Guadalupe and celebrate her birthday every December 12th. | Isabel posa con una figura de la Virgen de Guadalupe (Virgen María). Los católicos mexicanos están fervientemente devotos de la Virgen de Guadalupe y celebran su cumpleaños cada 12 de diciembre. (Photo by Eugenio Salas for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Bilingual version

From Virgen of Guadalupe to San Miguel Arcángel, this Mexican entrepreneur sells saints for all

San Miguel Arcángel keeps South Philadelphia prepared for ritual and protected from danger.

6 years ago

Listen 5:42
Isabel poses with a figure of the Virgen de Guadalupe (Virgin Mary). Mexican Catholics are fervently devoted to the Virgen de Guadalupe and celebrate her birthday every December 12th. | Isabel posa con una figura de la Virgen de Guadalupe (Virgen María). Los católicos mexicanos están fervientemente devotos de la Virgen de Guadalupe y celebran su cumpleaños cada 12 de diciembre. (Photo by Eugenio Salas for WHYY)
Community
Version en Español

No es tan sólo una tienda, es La Emperatriz de América

La tienda San Miguel Arcángel mantiene el sur de Filadelfia listo para los ceremoniales y protegido del peligro.

6 years ago

Listen 4:49
Isabel poses with a figure of the Virgen de Guadalupe (Virgin Mary). Mexican Catholics are fervently devoted to the Virgen de Guadalupe and celebrate her birthday every December 12th. | Isabel posa con una figura de la Virgen de Guadalupe (Virgen María). Los católicos mexicanos están fervientemente devotos de la Virgen de Guadalupe y celebran su cumpleaños cada 12 de diciembre. (Photo by Eugenio Salas for WHYY)
Community
English version

From Virgen of Guadalupe to San Miguel Arcángel, this Mexican entrepreneur sells saints for all

San Miguel Arcángel keeps South Philadelphia prepared for ritual and protected from danger.

6 years ago

Listen 4:49
Julie Siglin looks at the sculptures displayed in Wharton Esherick's home studio
Arts & Entertainment

Tiny, hidden Wharton Esherick Museum gets $10M windfall

The tiny, hidden American Craft museum in a forest outside Malvern, Pa., has received a $10 million endowment gift from Windgate Foundation.

6 years ago

This 23-acre farm owned by Suzanne Banyacsky is one of three new additions to the Montgomery County Agricultural Land Preservation Program. (Courtesy of the Montgomery County Planning Commission)
Community

‘Great for the local economy’: Montco permanently preserves three farms

Currently, 175 farms, or about 10,000 acres, are preserved from future development through Montgomery County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program.

6 years ago

A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London
Health

U.S. allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf was in Philadelphia Tuesday to announce that contract tracing app COVID AlertPA is available for download. The app notifies users when they have been in contact with someone who was exposed to the disease. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Judge denies motion to toss Pennsylvania mask mandate

Pennsylvania may continue to enforce its mask mandate and perform contact tracing, a federal judge decided Friday.

6 years ago

Naloxone
Health

Delaware offers naloxone through mail order as overdose deaths climb

In an effort to reverse the state’s overdose death rate that continues to climb, the state is offering to mail out the OD-interrupting drug naloxone.

6 years ago

A bicyclist rides over a new bicycle counter embedded under the surface of Center City bike lane. (DVRPC)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia is counting bicyclists with new tech embedded in the street

Philadelphia has installed permanent bicycle use counters along two heavily used Center City bike lanes.

6 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Philly nonprofit to bail out more than two dozen city prisoners amid COVID-19 outbreak

Nearly 200 people incarcerated in Philadelphia prisons are currently infected with COVID-19. Less than a month ago, that total was just over 20.

6 years ago

A waiter takes the order of customers inside a restaurant
Health

NJ Update: Gov. Murphy hits COVID scofflaws with liquor license suspensions

Ten bars and restaurants across the state were hit with liquor license suspensions that could outlast the worst of the pandemic –– ranging from 10 to 115 days.

6 years ago

People stand in line outside Sayre Health Center for COVID testing a week before Thanksgiving in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Pa. just had the second worst 24-hour COVID spike of the pandemic

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a large jump in new coronavirus cases one day after new restrictions were announced.

6 years ago

Dan Katz is the owner of the West Avenue Grille in Jenkintown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Get used to eating at’ chain restaurants: Suburban owners worry their businesses won’t survive new COVID rules

Small-business owners in Montgomery and Delaware counties prepare for a tough three weeks as more restrictions are set to begin Saturday.

6 years ago

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