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Things To Do
Community Events
April 15 - 21, 2021

Benefit concert, cheaper eats, and Easttown on HBO in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

April 15-21: The week’s events include drive-in movie screenings, dining at suburban restaurants, and an interactive virtual theater performance.

5 years ago

Listen 4:45
The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue. (NBC10)
Gun Violence
Public Safety
NBC10

Father killed, 6-year-old boy and 2nd man in critical condition, after gunman fires at car in West Philadelphia

The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw confer during a press event at Olney Transportation Center, where a mass shooting occurred on Feb. 17, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

Kenney wants $19M budget boost to curb Philly violence with intervention, job creation, vacant lot cleanup

If approved, the total spending on anti-violence efforts next year would amount to less than 5% of the $727 million Kenney wants to spend on the police department.

5 years ago

File photo: The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association)
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

Upper Bucks residents, developer clash again over proposed Springfield quarry

A report on rock samples submitted for asbestos testing and property values near another H&K Group quarry drew objections.

5 years ago

A PSPCA worker transports Pistachio the dog from a suspected dogfighting ring.
Animals
Crime
Philadelphia

PSPCA rescues 5 dogs from suspected dogfighting ring in North Philly

An early morning investigation into possible arson led to the discovery of five crated dogs, who were rescued from a suspected dogfighting ring.

5 years ago

Rebecca Bryan of Rutgers School of Nursing sits with 86-year-old Turner Pittman
Home & Family
New Jersey
Public Health

J&J ‘pause’ is also halting efforts to vaccinate homebound New Jerseyans

The federal recommendation to pause use of the J&J vaccine came as efforts were ramping up to inoculate N.J.’s more than 11,000 homebound people.

5 years ago

Listen 4:12
Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Penn Museum to repatriate skulls of Black Americans and slaves from Cuba

The Morton Collection of more than 1,000 skulls was assembled by a racist 19th-century scientist. Penn Museum will give them back.

5 years ago

Listen 2:07
Protesters demanding justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed by police near Minneapolis marched through Center City, Philadelphia on April 13, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘Cops are still killing us’: 150 protesters in Philly demand justice for Daunte Wright

Protesters in Philadelphia demanded justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota who police there killed Sunday night.

5 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

More security cameras, gun buybacks, and job trainings: Council unveils anti-violence agenda

City Council rolled out its Violence Prevention and Opportunity Agenda days before Mayor Jim Kenney is slated to propose the city’s next budget.

5 years ago

Oat milk ads cover street art on South Broad Street.
Business
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

After ads disrespect Philly street art, London oat milk brand faces backlash, calls to invest in local creators

Repeating series of the posters, which affect an edgy style, were placed over artists’ work around the city.

5 years ago

(Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Marijuana advocates spar with Delaware medicinal facilities over legalization

Recreational marijuana advocates in Delaware are sparring with medical marijuana companies over the best path for achieving cannabis legalization in the state.

5 years ago

Listen 2:04
Oregano grows at the Ruth Bennett Community Farm in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Income Inequality
Sustainability

An urban farm in Chester embarks on its second year of feeding public housing residents

The commonwealth may be reopening, but some of Chester's most vulnerable families still struggle with food access. An urban farm in Chester is stepping in to help.

5 years ago

The Ummah Shop at the King Of Prussia Mall (Afea Tucker / The Philadelphia Tribune)
Business
Race & Ethnicity
Religion
The Philadelphia Tribune

Muslim specialty store celebrates grand opening in King of Prussia

Just in time for Ramadan, Sharrima Sulaiman officially opened “The Ummah Shop” at the King Of Prussia Mall on Saturday, April 10.

5 years ago

Lang Lang and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Radio Times
Music
New Jersey

Regional Roundup – 04/12/21

This week; the sudden resignation of Camden's mayor, who's on Pennsylvania's judicial election ballot, and Beethoven in Beijing.

Air Date: April 12, 2021

Listen 49:30
Person wearing masks walks by shuttered New Jersey businesses
Business
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

N.J. fund offers loans to Black-owned firms impacted by COVID-19

The Equitable Small Business Initiative is a $5 million (and growing) pot of money used to award loans to businesses owned by people of color impacted by the pandemic.

5 years ago

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