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Workers help clean Delaware beach after oil spill
Delaware
Environment
Preservation

55 tons of oily debris collected from Delaware beaches

More than 100 people have been working to clean up an 11-mile stretch of beach in Delaware fouled by an oil spill of unknown origin last week.

5 years ago

(Hanbit Kwon for Billy Penn)
Radio Times
Kids
Poetry

Regional Roundup – 10/26/20

This week; the Health Department gives us some trick-or-treating guidelines, voting rights for people with dementia, and poet Airea D. Matthews.

Air Date: October 26, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
Patrick Grubb and Ramona Pellerito outside Saint Monica Parish in South Philly
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Religion

Philly Catholics process pope’s call for legal protections of same-sex unions

Some of the Philly area’s 4 million Catholics say it’s “long overdue,” and a reflection of the church’s teaching on the “dignity of the human person.”

5 years ago

Amede Bennett on their fixer-upper boat
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Float Jawn: This Philly millennial is building a boat to sail around the country

Amede Bennett, who’s using memes to learn about nautical life, wants the vessel to be a space for the Black queer community.

5 years ago

Scene of apartment fire in Camden
New Jersey
Public Safety
NBC10

Man charged in Camden apartment fire that killed 2, injured 9

Brandon Adams, 34, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree felony murder.

5 years ago

Part of the Black Lives Matter sign that was painted in Camden a few days earlier on Oct. 23. (April Saul for WHYY)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Camden celebrates a BLM artwork that had a contentious creation

Organizers of the effort to make the painting on a four-block stretch of Broadway clashed with city leaders. Vehicular traffic already has the paint peeling.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 29, 2018 file photo, a makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the in Pittsburgh.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania
Religion

Attack, then pandemic: Pittsburgh Jewish congregations cope

On Tuesday, as they again mourn those killed on Oct. 27, 2018, they’ll also celebrate the resilience that has enabled them to persevere.

5 years ago

Thousands gather at Lincoln Financial Field for 120th Annual Army-Navy Game on Dec. 14, 2019 in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Military
Sports

Army-Navy game in December moves from Philly to West Point

By playing the game on Army's home field in New York, the entire Brigade of Midshipmen and Corps of Cadets will be able to attend.

5 years ago

Joe Mangino stands on the porch of his home in Beach Haven West, New Jersey
Housing
New Jersey
Public Health

Skipped mortgage payments brought relief to N.J. homeowners, but for some the help is running out

The mortgage forbearance program allows homeowners to skip payments for 90 days, but some are told they have to pay up in a lump sum.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia Eagles players celebrate after a touchdown by Boston Scott during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Sports

Carson Wentz rallies Eagles to 22-21 win over Giants

Wentz threw an 18-yard touchdown pass with 40 seconds remaining and the Philadelphia Eagles overcame an 11-point deficit in the final seven minutes to beat the Giants.

5 years ago

Philly Nigerian Professionals held a solidarity protest on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Oct. 17, 2020, to draw attention to ongoing extrajudicial killings in Nigeria. (Courtesy of Chioma Azi)
International
Social Justice

‘Everything has gone to hell’: Nigerians in Philly connect with protests sweeping their home country

As police violently crack down on protesters in their home country, Nigerians in Philadelphia have joined the movement with demonstrations of their own.

5 years ago

Outside the satellite voting center at Jules E. Mastbaum School in Kensington. (Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Elections
Neighborhoods
Billy Penn

In low-turnout North Philly, voters battle misinformation to get out and vote early

Oct. 27 deadline to request a mail ballot approaches as officials push to spread info about satellite offices.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of PA Winery Association)
Things To Do
Community Events
October 22 - 28, 2020

Pennsylvania Wine Month, fun at the zoo, Philadelphia Film Festival and chrysanthemums abloom in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This week restaurants are the focus along with fall scenery.

5 years ago

Listen 5:05
City officials gather on a basketball court in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood to announce a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s Firearm Preemption Laws
Criminal Justice
Law
Philadelphia

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to city suing state over gun laws

Tamara Russell, aka Revive POC, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see what residents think about the city’s efforts to quell rising gun violence.

5 years ago

Listen 4:32
Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and Police Director Sheilah Coley speak to reporters in the wake of Tuesday's double homicide
Neighborhoods
New Jersey
Public Safety

Teen, brother killed in Trenton shooting as city inches closer to homicide record

Trenton officials decried what they called “senseless violence” after a double shooting claimed the lives of 8-year-old Johnny Perez and 16-year-old Gustavo Perez.

5 years ago

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