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Residents in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood have spoken out about plans to expand the use of a treatment facility at 2100 Girard Ave.
Politics & Policy

Debate over Fairmount treatment center draws unhappy neighbors to City Council hearing

The hearing centered on a bill that would prevent the city from entering into a lease on a Fairmount building that residents don’t want being used as a treatment facility.

1 year ago

Beth Stroud sheds a tear
Community

A Methodist pastor was defrocked for telling her Philly congregation of her same-sex relationship. She’s now been reinstated

Beth Stroud was defrocked in 2004, but less than three weeks after the United Methodist Church repealed its anti-LGBTQ bans, she has been reinstated as pastor.

1 year ago

Sign for oysville Youth Development Center
Courts & Law

Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in Pennsylvania’s juvenile facilities

Some attacks were reported to other staffers and were ignored or met with disbelief.

1 year ago

Cory Booker
Courts & Law

Sen. Cory Booker questions U.S. prison labor policies, calls for change

While most incarcerated workers today help maintain correctional facilities, others are leased out to private companies or take part in work-release programs.

1 year ago

Law enforcement stand at the scene of a fatal shooting at Delaware County Linen, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Chester, Pa.
Community

2 dead, 3 injured in shooting at Delaware County Linen in Chester

DA Stollsteimer described the incident as a “workplace shooting” where an employee “took out his anger.”

1 year ago

Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg and Co-Artistic Directors Lindsay Smiling, Morgan Green and Yury Umov.
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater wins a Tony Award

The Regional Theater Award recognizes the company’s unique creative structure and risk-taking productions over the last 45 years.

1 year ago

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Waxahatchee by a tree
Community

Philly Music Fest returns this October with 21 different acts across 7 days

This year’s festival will feature headliners Waxahatchee on Oct. 22 and singer-songwriter Amos Lee on Oct. 24.

1 year ago

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Tree on the park grounds
Urban Planning

From Don Guanella to Delco Woods — to mental health facility? The dispute over Delaware County’s largest park

Delaware County Council is at odds with Marple Township over the county’s attempt to assess a building on the site for possible use as a mental health facility.

1 year ago

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Philadelphia City Hall
Community

Philly could get a consumer protection office inside City Hall

The proposed consumer protection office would help the city hold businesses accountable for unfair or deceptive trade practices.

1 year ago

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A doctor's office. (Martha Dominguez de Gouveia/Unsplash)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmakers OK bill enabling board of political appointees to oversee hospital budgets

The legislation passed the House on a 24-16 vote Tuesday after the medical community dropped its opposition when the bill was amended.

1 year ago

New Jersey State Police
Politics & Policy

New Jersey State Police ‘never meaningfully grappled’ with discriminatory practices, official finds

According to a report by the state’s comptroller office, leaders never tackled data trends indicating "persistent, adverse treatment of racial and ethnic minority motorists."

1 year ago

Bob Menendez
Courts & Law

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

Judge Sidney H. Stein said jurors were trapped in an elevator for several minutes during what was supposed to be a 10-minute afternoon break that lasted almost a half hour.

1 year ago

Joe Biden
Urban Planning

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time.

1 year ago

Inside the Franklin Institute near the Ben Franklin memorial
Community

TED Talks coming to Philly as part of 250th celebration of America’s independence

The speakers series now joins other 2026 events in Philly, including the World Cup, the MLB All-Star contest and March Madness.

1 year ago

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packet of birth control pills
Health
6abc

Pharmacies in New Jersey now allowed to sell birth control without a prescription

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that removes the prescription requirements for products, including pills, patches, rings and injectable contraceptives.

1 year ago

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