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The Sellers Avenue Bridge in Ridley Park, Pa.,  was closed due to deterioration by Penndot in July, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Closure of small bridge in Delco causing big headache for Ridley Park

Sellers Avenue Bridge closed in July due to deteriorating conditions. The effort to repair it has fueled a dispute among Ridley Park, Amtrak, and PennDOT.

3 years ago

A view of a street with houses lining each side.
Community

COVID-19 rental assistance still available for Camden County residents

$35 million in assistance, which has kept more than 4,000 applicants in their homes, remains available to help those in need.

3 years ago

A sign is posted in New Hope, Pa., upon entering Bucks County from New Jersey, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

Bucks County updates rent relief program, for previous and new applicants

Previous applicants to the BERA program may now be eligible to receive more assistance for any utility bills or rent that they still owe.

3 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, right, shakes hands with Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, after signing legislation into law at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Wolf approved legislation Tuesday to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
WITF

A lawsuit window for Pa. survivors of childhood sexual abuse could open as early as next May

State legislative leaders say they’ll take a procedural vote on the proposal early next year. 2023 primary voters would then get to weigh in.

3 years ago

File photo: Alabama's James Burnip warms up before the College Football Playoff championship football game against Georgia on Jan. 10, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Arts & Entertainment

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by ’26 season

A 12-team, 11-game postseason system to crown a champion could be worth as much as $2 billion in media rights to the conferences that play major college football.

3 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump rallies for Oz, Mastriano in Pa. amid midterm worries

While the former president's endorsed picks won many primaries this summer, many of the candidates he backed were inexperienced and now struggling in their November races.

3 years ago

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
Science

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

NASA has called off its second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak.

3 years ago

Delaware State University
Community
6abc

2 students shot during a robbery on Delaware State University Campus

Delaware State University Police are investigating after 2 students were shot on campus Saturday morning.

3 years ago

Luc Belanjer (seated) with his family and friends on the beach in Wildwood, N.J. They are among the thousands from the Canadian province of Quebec who decided to spend summer vacation in Cape May County. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Community

Canadians returning to Cape May after 2-year COVID hiatus

A vast majority of Cape May County’s Canadian tourism business has returned. Officials hope all of it will recover next year.

3 years ago

A close-up of two different kinds of gun magazines.
Politics & Policy

Delaware offers cash to owners of newly illegal large-capacity gun magazines

Legislators banned magazines that can hold more than 17 rounds in June. There’s a looming lawsuit challenging the new law.

3 years ago

Banksy's rats appeared on street signs in Bristol, England, in the 1990s. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

An unauthorized Banksy retrospective opens in Germantown

“BanksyLand” has about 50 original pieces by the secretive and controversial street artist. Banksy has neither endorsed nor condemned the show.

3 years ago

Shown is the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the Philadelphia skyline as seen from the Cramer Hill Waterfront Park in Camden, N.J., Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
Money

AAA: Gas prices won’t deter travelers during Labor Day holiday

Gas prices in the Philadelphia area are hovering around $4 a gallon. AAA says hundreds of thousands of residents will hit the road regardless.

3 years ago

A playground is visible through the links of a fence.
Education

The abrupt closure of Daroff Charter School in West Philly blindsided parents. Here’s how they’re coping

Philadelphia’s Board of Education voted in April not to renew Daroff and its neighboring sister school Bluford’s charter agreements.

3 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

As New Jersey examines wealth disparities, advocates say reparations should be on the table

The median wealth for white families in New Jersey was $352,000 in 2021. It was only $6,100 for Black families and $7,300 for Latino families.

3 years ago

A view from above of a sprawling building with a pool and green laws, with a beach and ocean in the background.
Courts & Law

Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure

The inventory reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes taken from Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search.

3 years ago

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