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City sanitation workers did not make their usual stop on this Kensington block on April 1, 2020. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
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Your trash didn’t get picked up? Expect some delays in Philadelphia

Add trash pickup to your growing list of things disrupted by COVID-19. Philadelphia sanitation workers are calling out of work, creating service delays.

5 years ago

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Coronavirus: What keeps me inspired during my time at home.

Marnie Johnson loves to look out her kitchen window. And it’s what she sees in her yard that keeps her productive and inspired.

5 years ago

Some Pennsylvania short-term rental owners are advertising their spaces as respite from coronavirus. Officials in the Poconos want to shut down the market. (screenshot)
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‘Corona discount’: Gov. Wolf to ban Airbnb after Poconos become per-capita COVID leader

As of Wednesday morning, Monroe County had 236 confirmed cases, the most per capita in Pa., leading the five-county Philadelphia area.

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More than 830,000 Pennsylvanians have abruptly found themselves without a job or income following the statewide shutdown of schools and all but “life-sustaining” businesses — decisions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Laid off workers battle outages, jammed phone lines as Pa. unemployment system buckles from coronavirus surge

Some of the dysfunction stems from a 2016 political spat that led to major layoffs in the division that handles unemployment claims, staffing levels never fully recovered.

5 years ago

Though Monkey and the Elephant in Brewerytown is closed, foster youth are still relying on the program during the lockdown MICHAELA WINBERG / BILLY PENN
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Can videoconferencing replace family visits? Philly foster kids seek comfort, support and housing amid pandemic

The coronavirus shutdown is creating challenges across the child welfare system, with no past practices to review for advice.

5 years ago

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Billy Penn

Philly skyline lights up with giant heart shape

Four Seasons engineers orchestrated most of the design remotely.

5 years ago

Thomas Duliban working on his laptop. (courtesy of author)
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How an extrovert is making the best of the coronavirus lockdown

Thomas Duliban is an extrovert who would rather be traveling than stuck at home. And yet, he’s finding that life indoors isn’t all bad.

5 years ago

Noelia Ramírez and her daughter Carmen Arroyo, a factory worker, picked up boxes of free food during the coronavirus shutdowns that have students out of schools and workers unemployed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Suddenly ‘out of a job’ Philadelphians line up for boxes of free food

The city of Philadelphia and its nonprofit partners are distributing boxes of free food at a growing list of sites located in neighborhoods across the city.

5 years ago

A United Parcel Service driver loads boxes during a delivery, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in downtown Seattle. UPS and other companies have been busy as people staying home under state-wide mandate amidst one of the worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus in the U.S. turn to online shopping to meet their needs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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‘Filthy’ facilities, no masks: Philly UPS workers face down COVID delivery surge

The UPS workers keeping the region stocked with supplies at home say they’re overloaded with delivery orders and laboring in unsanitary conditions.

5 years ago

New public WiFi transmitters have been installed here at the Garfield Park Police Athletic League building and other facilities in New Castle County to provide free internet to residents who don't have access. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
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Drive-in WiFi hotspots offer online access to Delaware’s disconnected

New Castle County is offering WiFi access outside a number of county facilities for people who don’t have an internet connection at home.

5 years ago

(Billy Penn)
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Billy Penn

‘Joel kills’: Hahnemann owner’s Philly home vandalized after coronavirus dispute

The city had considered using the former hospital for overflow space, but the asking price was too high.

5 years ago

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New Jersey

Fire damages ice cream parlor at Long Beach Island amusement park

A fire damaged an ice cream parlor at Long Beach Island's only amusement park Sunday night.

5 years ago

This undated image provided by Sesame Workshop shows Elmo and his parents Louie and Mae. Sesame Workshop announced Monday, March 30, 2020, that Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are featured in some of four new animated public service spots reminding young fans to take care while doing such things as washing hands and sneezing. The content, which will be translated into 19 languages, is part of Sesame Workshop's Caring for Each Other initiative to help families stay physically and mentally healthy during the coronavirus pandemic. (Sesame Workshop via AP)
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Sesame Workshop enlists Elmo, Cookie Monster on hand washing

Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are doing their part to help keep kids safe as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2019, file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse to be resentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Jerry Sandusky's legal effort to have his decadeslong child molestation sentence reduced will be the subject of a hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in a Pennsylvania courtroom. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Regional Roundup – 03/30/20

This week; investigation into Penn State's handling of Sandusky allegations, an update on coronavirus in Philly and NJ, canceling the Olympics.

Air Date: March 30, 2020 10:00 am

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Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee CEO Toshiro Muto attends a news conference after a Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo Monday, March 30, 2020. Tokyo Olympic President Yoshiro Mori said Monday he expects to talk with IOC President Thomas Bach this week about potential dates and other details for the rescheduled games next year. Both Mori and Muto said the the cost of rescheduling will be “massive” - local reports suggest several billion dollars - with most of the expenses borne by Japanese taxpayers. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
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Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in 2021

The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year's games.

5 years ago

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