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Delaware
Environment
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‘Never saw this coming in a million days’: Picking up the pieces in flood-ravaged section of Wilmington

About 200 people were displaced by Wednesday’s storm. The city and its partners are providing clothes, food and linking them with volunteer repair teams.

4 years ago

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County agencies and partners set up tables along the inside of the center to assist those in need. (Kenny Cooper / WHYY)
Environment
Infrastructure
Public Safety

‘We lost everything’: Montco residents flock to resource center for help recovering from Ida

Forty-six homes are considered destroyed, 269 suffered major damage, and 91 were left with minor damage. A federal disaster declaration is expected soon.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia Parking Authority holding town hall to keep people out of trouble

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is offering some online education to help people avoid breaking parking rules and regulations.

4 years ago

The roof of a shed rests on a railing along the Schuylkill River Trail
Environment
Outdoors
Sustainability

Fully restoring Schuylkill River Trail in Philly post-Ida could take months

A section of the Schuylkill River Trail is still closed, and it’s unclear who will pay to repair and restore lighting, fencing, and other damaged infrastructure.

4 years ago

Philly Truce is an app that connects troubled neighborhoods with trained mediators who can calm disputes before they erupt in violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Public Safety

A festival aims to offer a safe space to decompress from Philly’s violence

Two men trying to abate the crisis using a mobile app are hosting a festival at FDR Park this weekend in hopes of giving residents a safe space to decompress.

4 years ago

This combination of file photos shows Andrea Constand, left, walking to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial June 6, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.; and Bill Cosby, right, arriving for his sexual assault trial June 16, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Books
Public Safety

Andrea Constand writes of Cosby trial, #MeToo in new memoir

Andrea Constand remained something of an enigma over the years her sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby played out in Pennsylvania courts and the public square.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2007, file photo, Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee, center, celebrates his 829th career coaching victory, a new NCAA Division II record, with members of the team after they defeated Wilmington College, 65-60 in overtime, in an NCAA college basketball game in Philadelphia. Magee, who has 1,123 victories over a Basketball Hall of Fame career, will retire at the end of this season.  (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek, File)
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Philadelphia
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1,000-game winner, Hall of Fame coach Herb Magee ready to retire

Herb Magee, the Hall of Famer known as “The Shot Doc” whose 1,123 career wins trail only Duke's Mike Krzyzewski among all active coaches, will retire from Jefferson University

4 years ago

A man walks past the National Constitution Center while wearing a mask
History
Philadelphia

Philly museum to mark Constitution Day with free admission

To mark the U.S. Constitution’s birthday, the National Constitution Center will host a combination of in-person and virtual events on Friday, Sept. 17.

4 years ago

Soldiers hold up candles during a 9/11 anniversary event
History
National

9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves

The 20th anniversary highlights a moment when the immediacy of recent memory starts to blend with the idea that a historic event is slowly becoming a historical one.

4 years ago

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Immigration
Pennsylvania

8,500-plus Afghans have landed at PHL. Where they all end up is still up in the air

The journey here is the first step in a still-evolving process for vetting, supporting, and resettling those who managed to flee life under the Taliban.

4 years ago

Cleanup efforts in Mullica Hill.
Business
Environment
New Jersey

New Jersey’s largest dairy farm nearly destroyed in tornado

An EF3 tornado ripped through Mullica Hill and nearly demolished Wellacrest Farms. More than a dozen cows have died and several more remain missing.

4 years ago

Community fridge in Philly.
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Mutual aid: Philly’s 30 community fridges still need your donations

“In the beginning of the pandemic, it was a lot of people coming together,” said one organizer. “Now I feel like we’re back to pre-pandemic days.”

4 years ago

State School District Superintendent Katrina McCombs and Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen hold the scissors to cut the ribbon on the new Camden High School. Both McCombs and Carstarphen are alumni of the school. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
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K-12
Performing Arts
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Regional Roundup – 9/6/21

Camden schools superintendent talks about the significance of a new high school campus, and we revisit Cam Anthony & Ray Didinger.

Air Date: September 6, 2021 10:00 am

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United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade
NPR
Employment
History

Why we celebrate Labor Day and other facts about the holiday you might not know

Where did this three-day weekend come from anyway?

4 years ago

More than 1,000 janitors with the Service Employees International Union rally and march
NPR
Employment
History

Here are 3 pivotal moments in workers’ history to remember this Labor Day

From a deadly factory fire to a presidential showdown with strikers, these events became central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement and the rights afforded to workers.

4 years ago

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