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Mail-in ballot
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to cover cost of stamps for ballots in election

Wolf's top elections official, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, said paying for the postage is a way to make voting more accessible, safer and easier during the pandemic.

6 years ago

Crowds were sparse Thursday on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, where masks are required this summer. (Courtesy of Ken Heverin)
Community

Rehoboth Beach area reeling from ‘jaw-dropping’ decline in visitors

Delaware’s beach towns normally overflow with weekly renters and other visitors who sunbathe, shop and party. Not this year.

6 years ago

Passengers boards a Casco Bay Lines ferry bound for Peaks Island, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Portland, Maine.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Community

Game On: NHL restart a small step toward return to normalcy

Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault hopes the return of hockey can represent one small step in a return to normalcy.

6 years ago

12th Annual Beer Summit takes place by Zoom. (Courtesy of Rev. David Brown)
Community

The protests and the pandemic: Philly’s 12th annual Beer Summit tackles a country in crisis

Rev. David Brown, who moderated the 12th annual Beer Summit, reflects on the conversation that occurred hours after Congressman John Lewis was laid to rest.

6 years ago

Qiana Ortiz, a mom and a customer service representative of a home improvement store, is concerned about virtual school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools are going all virtual. Some working parents feel left out.

The Philadelphia School Board abandoned its original plan to start with some in-person learning. Some low-income parents say their views were ignored.

6 years ago

South Seaside Park
Down the Shore
Community

Rip current risk increases this weekend as Hurricane Isaias tracks northward

Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore will likely face dangerous rip currents this weekend and early next week as Hurricane Isaias tracks northward, forecasters say. 

6 years ago

Tidal flooding like this in Dewey Beach, Del. will become more common with sea-level rise, scientists warn. (Randall Chase/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Rising seas puts hundreds of Superfund sites at risk, study says

More than 200 current and potential Superfund sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are at risk of flooding in the next 20 years due to sea-level rise.

6 years ago

A medical worker collects a sample after a patient self-administered a COVID-19 nasal swab test at a Walgreens pharmacy, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Jump in positive cases sets off ‘alarms’

Airbnb announced Friday that it had suspended or removed 35 listings across New Jersey as part of a crackdown on house parties during the pandemic.

6 years ago

(Cape May County COVID Recovery Task Force)
Down the Shore
Health

Cape May County’s ‘Safely Together’ campaign accelerates

Cape May County's "Safely Together" public health campaign is entering a second phase amid the traditional peak of the Jersey Shore tourism season. 

6 years ago

(Dan Gleiter/PennLive for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Minority-owned small businesses were largely shut out of Pa.’s first coronavirus loan program

State officials are trying again, this time with a grant program targeted at the smallest and most vulnerable operations.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his face mask during a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis hearing, Friday, July 31, 2020 on 
Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available

Fauci's public message in recent days has been that Americans can't afford a devil-may-care attitude toward COVID-19 and need to double down on basic measures.

6 years ago

(Screenshot via NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Massive Chester County apartment fire displaces 100 people, injures at least 7

The fire started at the Ashwood Apartments on 782 Worth Road shortly before 7:45 p.m. Thursday night.

6 years ago

ArtsQuest President and CEO Kassie Hilgert stands on the SteelStacks campus, which sits at the base of the former blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Arts & Entertainment

Musikfest returns to Bethlehem as a 10-day hybrid of live and streaming concerts

As one of the largest free music festivals in the country, Musikfest attempts to recreate the street fair feel at home.

6 years ago

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A photo of the Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) headquarters in North Philadelphia. (Courtesy of APM)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

We know how to solve Philly’s housing crisis. We just need to do it.

Government must act — and provide support for housing if we don’t want to see homeless encampments take over our public spaces.

6 years ago

Walt Rice, Connie Vazquez and pastor Edward Johnson
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Spurred by faith and finances, Philly private schools embrace in-person learning

Public schools may be having second thoughts, but Philly’s private schools say they’re ready to open the doors this fall.

6 years ago

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