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Norristown, Pa. in Montgomery County. (Wikimedia Commons)
Community

As Norristown closes parks from dusk to dawn, unhoused people fear arrest

Norristown council voted to close parks from dusk to dawn. Unhoused people fear they can’t sleep in parks, retribution from police.

4 years ago

A person speaks and gestures at the front of a room, where students are sitting before blank easels.
Community

‘Safe place’: Art classes foster healing for Delaware cancer patients, English learners and people living with trauma

The Healing Through the Arts initiative began in 2017 with painting and drawing sessions for people with cancer.

4 years ago

Jace Oliverson, center, father of Little Leaguer Easton Oliverson who was injured, holds Easton's medal, with another son, Brogan Oliverson (6) at his side, taking Easton's place on the championship team from Santa Clara, Utah before a baseball game against Nolensville, Tenn., at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Community

Injured Utah little leaguer recovering, has call with coach

Mark Ence, the manager for Snow Canyon, says the boy has begun walking and walked to the bathroom on his own Friday morning.

4 years ago

Philadelphia is requiring all students and staffers to wear masks for the first 10 days of the 2022-23 school year. (Hannah Beier for Chalkbeat)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia school board gets earful on ‘out of touch’ masking policy

Several parents said the mask mandate was unnecessary and harmful, but one parent called it common sense.

4 years ago

A student and teacher at Philadelphia’s Academy at Palumbo, a school that uses selective admissions. In 2021, the city district changed the system for admissions to the top-tier schools to a lottery process. (Charles Mostroller / The Notebook)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philly boosts Black and Hispanic enrollment in top schools, Chalkbeat analysis shows

Philadelphia’s new lottery admissions system will likely bolster the overall proportion of Black and Hispanic students in the incoming ninth grades.

4 years ago

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Education

Charlene Curtis, trailblazing former Temple basketball coach, dies at 67

Curtis was the head coach at Wake Forest, after head coaching stops at Radford and Temple, where she also was the first African-American head women’s basketball coach.

4 years ago

Broad and Tioga Streets, part of a high-corridor in Philadelphia, one of seven corridors to receive federal funding to improve road safety. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

These 7 Philly streets will be transformed in latest traffic safety push

Improvements could include new, raised crosswalks, curb extensions to narrow crossing distances, or new traffic signals.

4 years ago

File photo: Attorney General William Barr appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Courts & Law

Panel rules Barr’s Justice Department improperly withheld memo in Russia probe

The department had argued the memo represented the private deliberations of its own lawyers before any decision had been formalized, and was therefore exempt from disclosure.

4 years ago

Diane Foley, mother of James Foley (foreground) accompanied by (from left) Paula and Ed Kassig, the parents of Peter Kassig, Marsha Mueller, the mother Kayla Mueller and her sister Lori Lyon, speaks to members of the media after the sentencing of El Shafee Elsheikh at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Courts & Law

Islamic State’s infamous British national gets life term for U.S. hostage deaths

A jury found him guilty of hostage taking resulting in the deaths of Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.

4 years ago

Mastriano speaks and gestures at a podium. Other men stand in the background.
Politics & Policy
WITF

Election deniers in Pennsylvania and other states are running to control voting. Here’s how they’ve fared so far

Across the country, GOP candidates for positions with some role in election administration have embraced the lie that widespread fraud affected the 2020 election.

4 years ago

F.I.S.H. Night at Camden's Adventure Aquarium. (Adventure Aquarium)
Community

Camden’s Adventure Aquarium to host ‘Sensory-Friendly F.I.S.H Night’

Between 5:30 to 8 p.m., the aquarium plans to reduce noise and lower lights to accommodate people with sensory processing disorders.

4 years ago

Tanya Mayeux, who manages the StoopingPHL Instagram account, says her favorite thing she's ever found is a small ship in a glass bottle. (Elizabeth Estrada/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Everything is ‘Free 99’: How a Philly ‘stooping’ account finds new homes for trashed items

“It's kind of empowering to flip items or give them a new life,” said Tanya Mayeux. “I love the idea of keeping whatever we can out of the landfill.”

4 years ago

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Cheryl Lozada (right) with her husband, Tom, and daughter, Leah, on the beach in Wildwood, N.J. on August 10, 2022. Lozada said she and her family have been vacationing here since Leah was a toddler adding that they were going to come regardless of the cost. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Community

Inflation and gas prices aren’t deterring Jersey Shore visitors this summer

Despite high gas prices and inflation, Jersey Shore towns are still seeing crowds so far this summer, and expect that trend to linger the rest of the season.

4 years ago

Listen 4:15
Makoto Hirano uses sketches out the themes of ''The Great American Gunshow'' during an interactive performance in Bloomsburg, Pa. (Elizabeth S. Gorbey)
Arts & Entertainment

The Great American Gunshow investigates the allure of guns

Team Sunshine Performance Corporation has begun a long-term theatrical investigation of America’s conflicted relationship with firearms.

4 years ago

Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen giving his first State of the City address at Camden High School on Aug. 18, 2022. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Camden mayor touts accomplishments and encourages involvement in State of the City address

While celebrating accomplishments during his tenure, Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen encouraged residents to get involved in the city’s comeback.

4 years ago

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