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Jessica Pointer (L) accepts a gift, a plant stand, from Lisa Ivery (R) on a sunny, fall morning.
Neighborhoods
Pennsylvania
Technology

How Buy Nothing takes giving and receiving to a different, more neighborly level

Online Buy Nothing groups grow more popular by the day. Members say the gift-economy has brought them closer than ever before.

4 years ago

Listen 4:36
'Christmas on the Block'  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Things To Do
Community Events

Busta Rhymes, lit holidays, Christmas Underwater, and more seasonal attractions in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Nov. 25- Nov. 28: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

4 years ago

Philadelphia has topped 500 homicides for the year after a woman was killed on Wednesday night. (6abc)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

South Philadelphia shooting marks city’s 500th homicide

The grim milestone ties the record of the largest number of murders in one year, which was set back in 1990.

4 years ago

Players from Central High's football team in 1967WASKO / PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN VIA TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
History
K-12
Sports
Billy Penn

A classic Philly rivalry returns in the city where Thanksgiving football was invented

Northeast and Central high schools have squared off on the holiday for over 125 years.

4 years ago

Police tape marks off a crime scene near Olney Transportation Center
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘Stop killing our community’: Philly officials address gun violence epidemic as nearly 500 people are murdered

Officials pointed to issues they say are fueling the crisis, from a failure on the state level to enact effective gun laws, to residents being too afraid to help police.

4 years ago

David Beale Jr. (from left), Naeem White, Paul David Beale Sr., Altermese Beale, Carolyn Beale, and Paulette Beale Harris stand in a flower show
Business
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

West Oak Lane flower shop marks 50 years of serving the community

The Ogontz Avenue commercial corridor has changed throughout the years. But as other businesses have closed their doors, the flower shop remains a constant in the community.

4 years ago

Police tape blocks off the scene of a mass shooting in Philly
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philadelphia’s gun violence problem is a moral, economic, racial, and human crisis

Kenyatta Johnson describes Philly’s gun violence problem as a five-alarm emergency devastating our communities, adding that we must do everything within our power to stop it.

4 years ago

People line up for a TSA checkpoint at an airport
National
Travel

On the road again: Travelers emerge in time for Thanksgiving

Many feel emboldened by the fact that nearly 200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated. But it also means brushing aside concerns about a resurgent virus.

4 years ago

Kiki Aranita, Reem Kassis, and Kurt Evans
Radio Times
Food & Drink
Race & Ethnicity

On food: family, community and history

Ahead of Thanksgiving, we talk with a three cooks about food, cooking and eating and how it connects us to family, community and history.

Air Date: November 24, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
An empty infant room at a child care center
Kids
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

A staffing crisis at Pa. child care centers is upending family routines and slowing the economic recovery

The shortages, caused by low wages and razor-thin profit margins, have ripple effects that reach far beyond the classroom and affect everyone.

4 years ago

In front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art dancers perform a portion of the Nutcracker during the 100th Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

Philly announces road closures and route for 2021 Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Thanksgiving Day Parade — the nation’s oldest of its kind — steps off at 9 a.m., with 6abc’s pre-show coverage starting on TV at 8:30 a.m.

4 years ago

Mural Arts Executive Director Jane Golden opens the dedication ceremony for a George Floyd tribute mural in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood. The mural was painted by local artist Randal Whitfield on the wall of Tang Pharmacy at 5th Street and West Olney Avenue
Black Lives Matter
Visual Arts

‘Never Forgotten’: George Floyd mural returns bigger and better after offensive graffiti

Created in partnership with Mural Arts, the 110-foot artwork in Olney is a replacement for a smaller version that was defaced by white supremacist graffiti.

4 years ago

WHERE2GO
Technology
Billy Penn

A new app helps you find free bathrooms around Philly — and see how they’re rated

Where2Go is available for iPhone, with an Android version coming soon.

4 years ago

Chef Jennifer Zavala and her new East Passyunk restaurant, Juana Tamale
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Juana Tamale brings cult-favorite birria tacos to Passyunk Avenue

Expect Mexican comfort food for the whole family from chef Jenn Zavala.

4 years ago

Debris litters the street at a crime scene
NPR
National
Public Safety

What we know about the Waukesha Christmas Parade incident

At least five people are dead and more than 40 others are injured after the driver of a red SUV tore through a crowd of revelers on Sunday.

4 years ago

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