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Nicole Marquis, restaurant owner and co-founder of the Save Philly Restaurants coalition, and Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, president and owner of Centennial Pharmacy, worked together to provide vaccine doses to food industry workers. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Employment
Food & Drink
Public Health

After a ‘long, difficult journey,’ vaccines provide hope to Philly restaurant workers

A coalition of restaurant owners has organized a series of mass vaccination events for industry workers who are happy for relief after a rollercoaster year.

5 years ago

Bartender Kelsey Drozda makes a drink behind the bar at the Riverside Caf
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. to bring back bar service, expand indoor dining capacity

Effective Sunday, April 4, restaurants may resume bar service, and indoor dining capacity will be raised to 75% for restaurants that undergo the self-certification process.

5 years ago

“Lehigh Times” is one of 45 local news websites run in Pennsylvania by Metric Media, which has been found to fail basic journalistic standards for trustworthiness and credibility, according a new report. (Screenshot)
Media
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Partisan Pa. websites masquerading as local news threaten trust in journalism, new report finds

Both Republican and Democratic groups are seeking to exploit the growing void in local news through outlets that fail basic journalistic standards, according to a report.

5 years ago

An illustration of a person watching extremists online
NPR
National
Public Safety

What do domestic extremists and ISIS have in common? A social media strategy

People who stormed the Capitol were radicalized by what they consumed online and in social media. That should sound familiar: Ten years ago, ISIS used a similar strategy.

5 years ago

Journalist Maria Hinojosa and David Luis “Suave” Gonalez (Photo by Julieta Martinelli/Futuro Studios)
Radio Times
Incarceration
Sports

Regional Roundup – 03/15/21

This week; Pa. school's get an influx of cash from the federal stimulus bill, a new podcast about incarceration and journalism, and what's new in Philly sports?

Air Date: March 22, 2021 10:00 am

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Phyllis Jones-Carter outside A Part of Me Boutique
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Economy
Philadelphia

More Black-owned businesses survived Philly’s lockdown than researchers expected

Forty-five of the 594 Black-owned Philly businesses listed in a local directory in 2020 have since closed, either temporarily or permanently — a decline of about 8%.

5 years ago

A tiny tile rowhome
Housing
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

A tiny tile rowhome appears in South Philly’s ‘electric’ art alley

The dollhouse-sized artwork, by an anonymous creator, is just down the block from several vibrant, large-scale murals.

5 years ago

A makeshift memorial in downtown Louisville, Ky., for Breonna Taylor in September 2020. Taylor was killed a year ago in her home during a botched narcotics raid carried out by Louisville police.
NPR
Policing
Social Justice

A year after Breonna Taylor’s killing, family says there’s ‘no accountability’

Taylor was shot and killed in her apartment by Louisville police last March. "I can't believe it's a year later and we're still just asking people to do the right thing."

5 years ago

Electric Time technician Dan LaMoore lights up a two-dial Howard Post Clock, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, March 14, 2021, when clocks are set ahead one hour. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
National

No need to lose sleep over shift to daylight saving time

The annual shift comes at 2 a.m. local time Sunday in most of the United States.

5 years ago

Firefighter coats are lined up, with an ambulance in the background
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

‘The volunteer model in Pa. just doesn’t work’: COVID-related recruitment issues put suburban firefighting in the crosshairs

Volunteer shortages have caused fire companies in some counties to merge. In Montgomery County, the Ogontz Fire Company faces closure.

5 years ago

People congregate at Somerset Street and Kensington Avenue on April 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Public Health
Public Safety
Transportation

SEPTA to temporarily close Kensington’s Somerset Station over safety issues

Located in an area hard hit by Philadelphia’s opioid crisis, the MFL station’s elevators were destroyed by urine and needles, SEPTA officials said.

5 years ago

Visitors in the Eastern State Penitentiary courtyard wearing face masks.
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Public Health

Eastern State Penitentiary reopens following monthslong closure

Eastern State Penitentiary and other cultural institutions were forced to close under a citywide mandate amid Philly’s rising COVID-19 cases.

5 years ago

Delaware Blue Coats lost the G-League championship game in Orlando, Florida 97-78 on March 11, 2021. (Blue Coats/Twitter)
Delaware
Sports

Delaware Blue Coats fall in G-League championship, but high hopes for future in Wilmington

It wasn’t the ending the Blue Coats hoped for, but the team hopes making it to the championship will help draw more fans to home games in Wilmington.

5 years ago

Cyclists and joggers use Martin Luther King Drive on March 11, 2021, which has been closed to traffic since the start of the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Drawn by sun and an open street, Philly welcomes spring on MLK Drive

As the skies brighten and the air warms, MLK Drive welcomes cyclists, runners, and walkers back to a car-free place to move.

5 years ago

Fashion District Philadelphia (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

When you gotta go, this is where to find free bathrooms in Center City

During the pandemic, options have gotten more scarce.

5 years ago

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