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The Lynard family carries their Christmas tree at Linvilla Orchards in Media, Pennsylvania on Sunday. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Community

You can thank the Great Recession for 2019’s Christmas tree shortage

This is the third year farms have fewer trees to sell because they planted fewer during the recession. Ten and 12-foot trees are the most scarce.

7 years ago

Officials say a clown sign that has smiled on motorists at a now-demolished New Jersey drive-in for two-thirds of a century will be preserved. (Google image)
Down the Shore
Community

Iconic clown sign at now-demolished Shore drive-in to be preserved

Officials say a clown sign that has smiled on motorists at a now-demolished New Jersey drive-in for two-thirds of a century will be preserved.

7 years ago

Director Lynette Faulkner, middle, tries to slow down a student at Valencia Newcomer School between classes, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
Education

Schools teach refugee, migrant kids skills to succeed in U.S.

International flags flutter at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs.

7 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. is a step closer to starting a state-based health insurance exchange

Lawmakers and the governor opted to create their own exchange because it’s likely to save the commonwealth money.

7 years ago

Patrick Hennessy with his pitbull Roxy at his home in Bayville, N.J. (Nicholas Pugliese/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Flood of lawsuits expected as N.J. opens window for sex abuse survivors

Any sexual abuse survivor, abused at any time in N.J., can sue their abuser even if previously blocked by statute of limitations, for the next two years.

7 years ago

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Parkway Northwest High School students Kaila Daniel, left and Makayla Adens, right, during a break out session at a community summit on gun violence. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community

At North Philly community gun violence summit, going ‘beyond a conversation’

“Gun Violence: Beyond a Conversation” — an all-day summit at Canaan Baptist Church in Germantown focused on how to build a coalition to prevent more tragedies in Philadelphia

7 years ago

Victim advocate Jennifer Storm, second left, joins survivors of child sexual abuse including Patty Fortney-Julius, third left, and Mary McHale, second right, waiting for a news conference in the Pennsylvania Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania’s sexual abuse laws leave survivors conflicted

When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hard.

7 years ago

Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

N.J. proposes diverting $20M in Sandy funds to improve Atlantic City infrastructure

New Jersey is proposing a transfer of $20 million in federal funding to repair and replace Atlantic City infrastructure and public facilities damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

7 years ago

Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association CEO Richard Edley speaks at the state Capitol Oct. 24, 2019. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Mental health groups push to restore $84 million in annual funding

Groups that provide mental health and intellectual disabilities services are lobbying for an additional $84 million in funding.

7 years ago

This Nov. 21, 2019 photo shows a dead Chinese pond mussel that was found in a network of ponds in Franklin Township, N.J. Federal wildlife officials and a New Jersey conservation group believe they have successfully wiped out the first known infestation of the Chinese mussels in North America. The mussels have taken over waterways in dozens of European and Asian countries by crowding out native species. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Science

Shell shock: Giant invasive mussels eradicated from U.S. ponds

The mussels, in larvae form, hitched a ride to this country inside the gills of Asian carp that were imported and quickly began reproducing.

7 years ago

File photo: Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Project HOME's St. Elizabeth's Community and Wellness Center in Philadelphia.(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. Insurance Department warns against robocalls claiming to sell health insurance during Affordable Care Act open enrollment

The department says some companies may be selling short-term, limited duration plans, while other callers are falsely claiming to be from the state.

7 years ago

The view from a dorm room on Stockton's Atlantic City campus. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Urban Planning

Atlantic City set to auction off nearly 200 properties

The 194 lots will be auctioned off Dec. 17 at the city’s Convention Center.

7 years ago

Macy's department store in Center City, Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Shopping in Center City is actually thriving amid fears of a ‘retail apocalypse’

Experts point to the success of Center City shops, including longtime staples like Macy’s, as evidence that brick-and-mortar retail is still very much alive.

7 years ago

TikTok has unblocked the video of 17-year-old Feroza Aziz of New Jersey criticizing China's treatment of minority Muslims (https://www.tiktok.com/@getmefamouspartthree/video/6762657542972689670)
Community

TikTok unblocks N.J. teen who posted on China’s Muslims

Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China’s treatment of its Muslim minority.

7 years ago

Excerpt from a data poster on drug overdoses in Delaware (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services)
Health

Delaware partners with Google to make searching for addiction treatment easier

The state says the new collaboration with Google will smooth the internet hunt for information about substance-use treatment and other resources in Delaware.

7 years ago

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