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Point Pleasant Beach, NJ (Google Earth image)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

2 injured in stabbing on N.J. beach

Two men were stabbed on the beach in Point Pleasant Beach on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

6 years ago

Barbara Lovett, Doug Lovett, August Muzzi
Community

Applications set to open for Delaware COVID-19 relief fund

The Division of Small Business will begin accepting applications online starting Tuesday at 10 a.m.

6 years ago

Cha'Ron and his brother Dallas
Community

‘We had lines, mobs’: Labor Day weekend is the busiest of the summer for Seaside Heights

The Jersey Shore town experienced a slow start, but the sunny, warm weather this Labor Day weekend helped to draw people out for one last summer hurrah.

6 years ago

Joe Bernal
Politics & Policy

In battleground states, absentee ballot rejections could triple

An AP analysis found the number of ballots that could go uncounted this year in some key battleground states could be up to three times higher than during the 2016 election.

6 years ago

LaQuicia Charnell at Masked Melanin Market
Community

Camden’s Masked Melanin Market provides a breath of fresh air for Black businesses

Tawanda Jones created an open-air market for Black entrepreneurs in Camden to showcase their wares and support each other while social distancing.

6 years ago

Dee Dunn
Community

Hundreds of workers rally for pandemic protections at Philadelphia City Hall

The group is demanding personal protective equipment, access to COVID-19 testing, hazard pay, no cuts to public services and no more layoffs.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Labor Day bringing Biden to Pa., Harris and Pence to Wis.

Labor Day typically marks the unofficial start to the fall campaign season. But Monday’s events are playing out this year against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Philadelphia University of the Arts
Arts & Entertainment

UArts faculty announce intention to form a labor union

If the unionization effort is successful, it will include both adjunct and full-time faculty across all departments of UArts, estimated to be about 500 people.

6 years ago

QAnon sign at campaign event
Politics & Policy

QAnon conspiracy emerges in some state legislative races

The conspiracy theory is centered on the baseless belief that President Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring.

6 years ago

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more coronavirus aid

As the Senate returns to session, some lawmakers are urging action on proposals that could provide hundreds of billions of additional dollars to states and local governments.

6 years ago

Kids at Today’s Child day care
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. child care advocates fear new Gov. Wolf policy will break the industry

Pennsylvania officials have announced that, starting this month, child care providers will only be paid for current attendance, not pre-pandemic levels.

6 years ago

Labor union members including teachers and librarians joined a solidarity protest for the conditions of sanitation workers in the city of Philadelphia.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

This Labor Day, unions face new pressures and possibilities due to COVID-19

The pandemic has sharpened conversations around workplace safety and workers’ rights, while also casting thousands of Pennsylvanians into financial trouble.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Politics & Policy

Delaware GOP gubernatorial primary draws surge of candidates

Half a dozen Republicans, who hope to unseat Democratic Gov. John Carney, are vying for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the upcoming primary election on Sept. 15.

6 years ago

Protesters lay in the intersection of 15th and JFK
Politics & Policy

Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed

The summer stretch has both galvanized broad public support for the racial justice movement and exposed the obstacles to turning that support into concrete political change.

6 years ago

Water from Absecon Inlet washes over the north end of Atlantic City during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. (Courtesy of the Atlantic County Office of Emergency Management)
Weather

COVID-19 concerns means fleeing a storm at Jersey Shore will be different in 2020

New Jersey emergency officials are making plans to put evacuees in dorms and hotels instead of large gyms. They want shore residents to plan — now.

6 years ago

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