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A city street sweeper cleans Chester Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City to require Philly drivers to move cars for street sweeping pilot 2.0

Philly’s seven-month-long experiment with street sweeping proved that regular city cleanings reduced litter on the city’s notoriously filthy streets.

6 years ago

FILE- In this Nov. 8, 2018, file photo model Devon Windsor walks the runway during the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Pier 94 in New York. Victoria's Secret's owner, L Brands, said that the private-equity firm Sycamore Brands will buy 55% of Victoria's Secret for about $525 million. Victoria's Secret will become a private company. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Money

A diminished Victoria’s Secret is sold

The company's owner, L Brands, said that the private-equity firm Sycamore Brands will buy 55% of Victoria's Secret for about $525 million.

6 years ago

(NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Woman dead, three men wounded after shooting near North Philly school

The four victims were on 11th and Thompson streets shortly before 4 p.m. when a gunman opened fire.

6 years ago

Mayor's Reception Room (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Government service is a ministry. Its ministers must be noble.

Rev. Malcolm Byrd — a public theologian who ended a 45-year career in government without scandal — writes about faith, morality and combating corruption.

6 years ago

'Awakened in You,' an exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, celebrates the gift of Dr. Constance E. Clayton, a collector of African American art and former superintendent of Philadelphia public schools. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

PAFA displays Black art collection of Constance Clayton, former Philadelphia school superintendent

Constance Clayton has been collecting African American art for 30 years. She recently gave much of her collection to PAFA in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A street is shown at nighttime, with a few passersby walking by.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Bright lights, big city: How Philly’s new streetlights could make us safer

Philadelphia’s 100,000 streetlamps vary in brightness and intensity, leaving some areas darker, and more dangerous than others.

6 years ago

Streamline is developing a lot on the 1300 block of Germantown Avenue, between Thompson and Master Streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Streamline seeks fresh start on toxic Kensington soil: ‘We’re a different animal’

The Philadelphia developer is seeking approval to build 190 units of housing on an industrial lot with lead and other toxins in soil.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Register of Wills Tracey Gordon is sworn in on Jan. 6, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Money

Think estate planning is only for the rich? You’re wrong.

Philadelphia’s Register of Wills explains how to take control of the estate planning process and ensure your assets go to your family.

6 years ago

Outside Mullingar (courtesy Delaware Theater Company/Matt Urban, NUPOINT Marketing)
Things To Do
Community
February 20 - 26, 2019

African American artistry revealed, French composers at the forefront and a Philly-born hip-hop trio reunited in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

What’s happening in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: African American film pioneer homored, French composers night out and Tony nominated play at DTC

6 years ago

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In December 2018, Katie Brennan, the chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, raises her hand as she is sworn in to testify before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Katie Brennan wants to improve how New Jersey handles sexual assault, harassment cases

“If you’re not able to speak about what has happened to you, you cannot effectively get justice.”

6 years ago


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. (Joseph Darius Jaafari/PA Post)
Money
PA Post

Determining Harrisburg Diocese’s assets will be complicated process under bankruptcy

Facing up to $100 million in claims from victims of sexual abuse, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday.

6 years ago

Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Rivals take pre-debate shots as Bloomberg faces major test

The attacks underscore how seriously Democrats are taking the former New York mayor’s campaign, now that he’s rocketed to double-digit support in national polls.

6 years ago

In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, former state prosecutor Frank Fina walks in the Pennsylvania Capitol after oral arguments before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Sandusky prosecutor and former Penn State lawyer disciplined

Her grand jury appearance led the state Superior Court in 2015 to throw out some charges that Curley and Schultz had faced for their response to complaints about Sandusky.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Jo Anne Hall)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. utility company seeks 8.5 percent rate increase to recoup storm damage costs, support enhancements

An electric utility company that serves more than a million customers in 13 New Jersey counties is seeking a customer rate increase.

6 years ago

Four people experiencing homelessness were found dead inside of a tent in a Delaware woods on Monday. (NBC10)
Community

Delaware shelter operators react to death of four people living in the woods

The Wilmington News Journal reports the deaths may have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from a propane tank used for heat.

6 years ago

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