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PlanPhilly
Community

PGW gets OK to increase rates

PGW customers’ gas bills go up at the end of November. But the rate increase regulators OK’d is much smaller than what PGW asked for.

2 years ago

Vashti DuBois on the porch of Th Colored Girls Museum
PlanPhilly
Community

‘I want her to be wanted’: Zoning decision could jeopardize Philly’s Colored Girls Museum

The museum needs variances to continue operating out of private residence in Germantown.

2 years ago

''Regular Division of the Plane III [Horseman],'' 1957, woodcut. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Front St. Gallery’s M.C. Escher exhibit lets people ‘re-see reality’

“Escher's work teaches you how to re-see reality,” art collector and dealer Rock Walker said.

2 years ago

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NJ/NY Gotham defender Ali Krieger holds the trophy after NJ/NY Gotham defeated OL Reign 2-1 in the NWSL Championship soccer game, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in San Diego.
Community

Ali Krieger, Gotham win NWSL championship after Megan Rapinoe’s career ends with an injury

In the opening minutes, Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch with an apparent Achilles injury in a heartbreaking end to her career.

2 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Kelly Oubre Jr. plays during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Community
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76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. struck, injured by driver in Philadelphia

Police say after the crash, a driver in a silver vehicle fled the scene. An investigation into this incident is still ongoing.

2 years ago

A child feeds a horse
Community

N.J. foundation strives to find homes for abused and discarded standardbred racehorses

Standardbred Retirement Foundation provides new hope for abused and neglected standardbred horses that can’t race any more.

2 years ago

Frank Hughes fixes a piece of adaptive play equipment
Community

Delaware teacher creates ‘bocce ramp’ to support play for students of all abilities

Frank Hughes started with building a catapult in 2012. Since then, he’s built more than 50 devices to help students of all abilities to play.

2 years ago

Swarthmore community members listen together to a podcast episode
Community

Eroded by gentrification, Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood is working to preserve a 100-year history

For newcomers, Saturday’s podcast listening party was a history lesson. But for Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood, storytelling is a way of resisting erasure.

2 years ago

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, hugs a member of the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee member
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood actors union board approves strike-ending deal as leaders tout money gains and AI rights

The three-year contract agreement next goes to a vote from the union's members.

2 years ago

A house
Community

Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain

There are still more than 33,000 homeless veterans in the U.S.

2 years ago

Palestinians mourn for relatives killed in Israeli bombardemnt of the Gaza Strip
Community

Gaza’s main hospital goes dark in intense fighting as Israel’s attacks put it at odds with allies

Doctors at Shifa Hospital say five patients died including a premature baby after the last generator ran out of fuel.

2 years ago

Ted Daeschler looking at Tiktaalik
Arts & Entertainment

How it started, how it’s going: A fish story at Drexel’s Academy of Natural Sciences

The first fish to crawl onto land 375 million years ago was discovered in 2004. It became a media darling. Now, for the first time, you can see it in person.

2 years ago

Ribbon cutting on the bridge
Urban Planning

$71 million Delaware Memorial Bridge resurfacing project finished, all lanes to reopen this month

After two years of disruptions, drivers will soon be able to travel over the newly resurfaced twin spans more smoothly.

2 years ago

Poster for the 2024 Flower Show
Community

‘United by Flowers’: PHS announces theme for 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show

The event will be held from March 2-10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

2 years ago

Daniel McCaffery
Politics & Policy

Expensive judicial races might be here to stay in Pennsylvania after record high court campaign

There was record-breaking spending, national media coverage and the highest turnout for an odd-year election in at least a quarter-century.

2 years ago

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