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An LNG tanker
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Water regulator defends OK of plan to build LNG export terminal in South Jersey

During an online hearing, Delaware River Basin Commission said it sees no reason to change its mind on Gibbstown project.

5 years ago

A Jersey Shore beach scene.
Down the Shore
Economy
New Jersey
Public Health

Murphy: Expect ‘new normal’ at the Jersey Shore by Memorial Day weekend

Murphy said Tuesday that he expects "some semblance" of a new normal at the Jersey Shore by Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start to the summer season.

5 years ago

Officials inspect the demolished MOVE headquarters after the bombing in 1985.
Philadelphia
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

At least 8 Philly councilmembers support a formal MOVE bombing apology

“Apology without action is meaningless,” a MOVE family member responds.

5 years ago

The brick exterior of 6225 Osage Avenue, one of the 36 homes destroyed in the MOVE bombing and newly renovated. (AJR Endeavors)
PlanPhilly
History
Housing
Philadelphia

35 years after MOVE, homes that Philly bombed for sale

Developer AJR Endeavors is wrapping up the rebuild of the block that Philadelphia bombed and allowed to burn in 1985.

5 years ago

Gerald Baker was a big Eagles fan and worked part-time at Lincoln Financial Field. (Courtesy of Tinisha Baker)
Philadelphia
Sports

Gerry Baker, 64, made Eagles games a great day out for fans in Section 109

For Eagles fans in Section 109 at the Linc, game day was not complete without usher Gerry Baker’s “big smile,” handshake and a hearty “Go Birds!”

5 years ago

Listen 3:00
A REAL ID driver’s license sample for Pennsylvania. (PennDOT)
Pennsylvania
Transportation
NBC10

No more DMV! Pa. driver’s license renewals to be done online

Existing photos will be used for all renewals, allowing drivers to avoid having to go to a local Division of Motor Vehicles center.

5 years ago

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Penn Medicine Chaplain Camille Turner has to call her patients to provide comfort, rather than meeting them at their bedsides. (Provided by Camille Turner)
The Why
Public Health
Religion

A chaplain adapts to a lack of embrace

Hospital chaplain Camille Turner says the pandemic has taken away one of her most important tools of the trade: physical touch. Here's how she's adapting to the new normal.

Air Date: May 12, 2020

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Kosher market shooting
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Religion

‘Troubling’ number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Philadelphia region

Pennsylvania and New Jersey both ranked in the top five states that saw anti-Semitic incidents in 2019.

5 years ago

The July Fourth Party on the Parkway — maybe in 2021? J. FUSCO / VISIT PHILLY
Community Events
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

No fireworks? Philly’s July 4th Welcome America festival will take place indoors

There’ll still be a big concert, but people can only attend virtually.

5 years ago

U.S. Air Force flyover
Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey

Jersey Shore on path of N.J. Air National Guard ‘morale boost’ flyover

The New Jersey Air National Guard will conduct a flyover Tuesday to honor COVID-19 frontline workers.

5 years ago

This Tuesday, April 14, 2020 photo, shows the back side of the Lazaretto Quarantine Station that can be from the Delaware River in Tinicum Township, Pa.. The Lazaretto Quarantine Station was built in 1799 and was used as a quarantine station for immigrants and cargo entering the city of Philadelphia by way of the Delaware River. The building now serves as Tinicum Township's administration facility. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Radio Times
History
Public Health

Regional Roundup – 05/11/20

This week; NJ Congressman Andy Kim, the centuries old quarantine station in Pa., tracking coronavirus through wastewater in Delaware.

Air Date: May 11, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
MOVE family
History
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

MOVE 101: Why, 35 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself

How did an attempt to arrest MOVE members turn into a fiery inferno that killed 11 people and destroyed a neighborhood of more than 60 homes?

5 years ago

Larry Skvir volunteers at NJ food bank
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

South Jersey food bank highlights growing demand from the newly unemployed

As jobless claims rise again, food banks expect the high need to persist for months.

5 years ago

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
Housing
National
Race & Ethnicity

US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus

The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced.

5 years ago

Facebook's Local News Membership Accelerators
Media
Philadelphia
Sustainability
Billy Penn

Facebook just gave Philly media $465k to focus on what’ll really save local news: you

This relief money isn’t a bailout. It’s a bet on sustainable futures.

5 years ago

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