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Happy Flower Day Project founder inspires acts of kindness this giving season
Trisha Gallagher, author of “150 Ways to Sprinkle Kindness in Your Community,” has given away 65,000 bouquets of flowers.
4 years ago
Listen 0:00Amazon warehouse workers get to re-do their union vote in Alabama
A U.S. labor-board official is ordering a re-vote after an agency review found Amazon improperly pressured warehouse staff to vote against joining a union.
4 years ago
Oh! Christmas tree? Cardboard display is the talk of a N.J. town
Many in the artsy seaside city love the piece. Others say it looks like a pile of Amazon shipping boxes or a giant cat-scratching post.
4 years ago
Regional Roundup – November 29th
Reforming city government after the guilty verdict in the trial of a local union leader and city councilmember. And, an unusual heart on display at the Mutter Museum.
Air Date: November 29, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:15A rare and magnificent Mandarin duck is paddling around Pennypack Park
Philly birders are aflutter over the rare sight.
4 years ago
Photos: The Philly Zoo is glowing with a million lights for the holidays
The 25-foot pink flamingo tree is back, thanks to the LumiNature exhibit.
4 years ago
If the contested Don Guanella site stays mostly open space, Delco residents have ideas for its use
The county awaits a response from the Philadelphia Archdiocese and Maple Glen Development LLC to see if $21M million is “just compensation.”
4 years ago
SEPTA moving to zero emissions future
SEPTA officials say they can’t go all battery buses for now but are eliminating the remaining all diesel buses for hybrids.
4 years ago
Philly expands winter curfew at several parks because of deer control activities
New hours are at Bartram’s Garden, Cobbs Creek, East and West Fairmount Parks, FDR, Pennypack, and Wissahickon Valley, among others.
4 years ago
Black Friday at Fashion District Philadelphia: Good sales and modest crowds, shoppers say
These holidays could be different even from 2020, but supply chain worries and staff shortages didn’t seem to be a factor as shopping season began.
4 years ago
Philadelphia wants you to recycle your (clean) Amazon boxes
The city of Philadelphia is urging people to get back into recycling and learn the tips and tricks to make the effort worthwhile.
4 years ago
The very Philly reason the day after Thanksgiving is called ‘Black Friday’
Police used it as a way to keep annoying shoppers from flooding the city in the '60s. No, really.
4 years ago
Century-old Jersey Shore boardwalk is undergoing repairs
One of the Jersey Shore’s most popular boardwalks is undergoing repairs designed to better prepare it for summer crowds next year.
4 years ago
How an activist family got a new park built in Logan Square
Logan Square activists succeeded in their efforts to build the newly opened $1 million Winter Street Greenway and Rob Stuart Memorial Dog Park. Here’s how they got it done.
4 years ago
Philly’s traditional Christmas Village shines with a ‘liberating’ new attraction
For the first time, the holiday market at Love Park will feature a dedicated space for small businesses owned by Black and brown Philadelphians.
4 years ago
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