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Things To Do
Community
March 19 - 25, 2020

Art, music, movies and resources online for parents and kids in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

This week’s edition is obviously altered as we band together to come to terms with the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Community

Jersey Shore restaurant offers ‘pay-what-you-can’ menu

A restaurant that fed its community during the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy is back at it for the coronavirus pandemic.

7 years ago

Wildwoods
Down the Shore
Community

Mayors consider only year-round resident access to Wildwoods

The municipalities that make up the Wildwood are considering taking extraordinary measures to keep non-year-round residents off the barrier island amid the pandemic.

7 years ago

Sarah Anne Hughes (Spotlight PA)
Community
Spotlight PA

Funeral directors in Pennsylvania brace for grief as coronavirus limits services, viewings

In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, funeral directors across Pennsylvania are being urged to postpone funerals and cancel public viewings.

7 years ago

File photo (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Money

Treasury proposal: Deliver $500B to Americans starting April

The Treasury Department said Wednesday it wants to dedicate $500 billion to start issuing direct payments to Americans by early next mont ...

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw talks about the murder charges against Hassan Elliott, accused in the shooting death of police Cpl. James O’Connor. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Police arrest 21-year-old in connection with fatal shooting of Philly SWAT officer

Cpl. James O’Connor was shot twice while police served an arrest warrant in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Health

Coronavirus update: Philly enters ‘rapid growth stage’ of pandemic; Pa.’s first death

Pennsylvania reported its first COVID-19-related death Wednesday, a person from Northampton County.

7 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Coronavirus revealed our systemic weaknesses. Bike infrastructure is one.

In the age of the coronavirus pandemic, biking infrastructure is critical for Philadelphia residents to travel safely and maintain social distancing.

7 years ago

A man walks his dog on a mostly empty street before the start of a 10 p.m. curfew in Hoboken, N.J., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Health

‘It is a beast’: N.J. coronavirus cases jump to 427 as testing ramps up

The number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey jumped to 427 on Wednesday, including five deaths, Gov. Phil Murphy said.

7 years ago

Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health

Unexpected upside to coronavirus shutdown? Cleaner air.

“It’s significant for reducing asthma exacerbation, heart disease and heart attacks,” said Marilyn Howarth of UPenn’s Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology.

7 years ago

Magdaleno Corona puts on gloves at his fruit stand in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Philadelphia struggles to make coronavirus info quickly available in Spanish

In Philadelphia, where 23% of residents speak a language besides English at home, the city has not been translating information for these communities as updates happen.

7 years ago

Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Money

Coronavirus cash: Is now the time to ‘go big’ with a basic income relief package?

Coronavirus has brought the idea of unconditional cash transfers, a policy being experimented with in Philly, to the national stage.

7 years ago

An employee of the Department of General Services Division of Consolidated Laboratories' Virginia Public Health Labratory adds chemicals in the second step of testing a sample for the Coronavirus at the lab in Richmond, Va. on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. ( Joe Mahoney/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Health

Coronavirus cases now confirmed in all three Delaware counties

Delaware has 25 cases of coronavirus: 20 cases in New Castle County, 3 in Kent County and 2 in Sussex County.

7 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Education

Philly schools forbid graded ‘remote instruction’ during shutdown for equity concerns

Because the district cannot ensure equal access to technology among students, it’s barring individual schools from providing mandated, graded instruction.

7 years ago

Vehicles enter the United States as a minivan drives to Canada in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit, Monday, March 16, 2020. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is closing his country's borders to anyone not a citizen or a permanent resident or American amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Politics & Policy

U.S., Canada to close border to nonessential travel

Trump made the announcement on Twitter, saying the decision would not affect the flow of trade between the countries.

7 years ago

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