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Home & Family
Religion

US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus

Celebrating Hanukkah during a pandemic still poses a challenge to some Jewish Americans, for whom the holiday has risen in prominence in part because its social elements.

5 years ago

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Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Wolf announces Pa. indoor dining ban, closure of gyms, theaters for three weeks

Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine have announced new restrictions throughout Pa. to help curb the surge in coronavirus cases.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of Wilmington Blue Rocks)
Delaware
Sports

Wilmington to Washington connection increases with new minor league baseball alignment

Riding Joe Biden’s coattails to D.C., Delaware’s only minor league baseball team, the Wilmington Blue Rocks, has a new parent club: the Washington Nationals.

5 years ago

Upper Tohickon Creek in Bucks County
Environment
Pennsylvania

Technical difficulties, complaints of unfairness at 4th Bucks quarry hearing

The meeting was the latest on a project that would remove 500,000 tons of rock annually from a site along Route 309 in Springfield Township.

5 years ago

Bea is pictured at the Philadelphia Zoo with her herd mate.
Animals
Philadelphia
Preservation

15-month-old giraffe ‘Bea’ joins the herd at Philadelphia Zoo

Bea, a 15-month-old female, arrived at the Philadelphia Zoo on Nov. 20, from Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee.

5 years ago

A
NPR
Homelessness
Income Inequality
National

Unemployment claims jump just before critical aid programs are set to expire

Jobless claims rose sharply last week as critical relief programs, including expanded jobless benefits, are due to expire the day after Christmas.

5 years ago

Philly police investigate after an officer shot a man on Wyoming Avenue
Philadelphia
Policing
NBC10

Philly officer shoots man armed with knife, police say

A Philadelphia police officer shot and critically injured a man who authorities say was armed with a knife in Feltonville.

5 years ago

Dottie Spillane has been living near a creek in Norristown with her husband since the summer. She and her husband use a propane heater to heat their insulated tent as temperatures drop. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Homelessness
Housing
Pennsylvania

With ‘tsunami’ of evictions looming and shelter space scarce, this could be a brutal winter for people without homes

In anticipation, housing support groups are scrambling to set up new systems, including ways for people to stay safe outside in freezing conditions.

5 years ago

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Hanukkah candles
Things To Do
Community Events
December 10 -16, 2020

Hanukkah lights, Charlie Brown’s back and a reimagined ‘Nutcracker’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The outdoors and virtual activities prevail as we head into the holiday season.

5 years ago

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Homes line North Repauno Avenue in Gibbstown
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

Controversial Gibbstown LNG terminal gets final DRBC approval

The vote came after a flood of opposition, including worries that ‘bomb trains’ along the proposed shipping routes could destroy homes and families.

5 years ago

A sign reminds patrons to mask up while inside a Pennsylvania restaurant.
Business
Pennsylvania
WESA

For restaurants, ‘the employment situation is catastrophic’

As of October, the region’s restaurants employed about 57,000 workers, a sharp drop from the more than 88,000 working in those establishments a year ago.

5 years ago

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Income Inequality
Social Justice
Sports
Billy Penn

Eagles give out $460k in social justice grants to Philly nonprofits

In the program’s third year, there were more applications than ever before.

5 years ago

Dr. Guy A. Sims stands in front of some greenery
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Free Library’s first-ever diversity officer is co-author of the famed ‘Brotherman’ comics

Dr. Guy A. Sims is a Philly native and Germantown High grad. His appointment follows staff organizing to fight discrimination at the institution.

5 years ago

A sign at the entrance to a park warns pedestrians about increased risk for the coronavirus in the Ironbound section of Newark
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy says scenario will improve if people take precautions

In sharing modeling used to follow the virus, the governor said a moderate-case scenario can be achieved by mask-wearing, distancing, 'using common sense.'

5 years ago

Philly Boricuas’s mission is to give voice to Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican community and amplify the voices of their families on the island. | La misión de Philly Boricuas es dar voz a la comunidad puertorriqueña de Filadelfia y amplificar las voces de sus familias en la isla. (Photo by Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Bilingual Version

How a young Boricua activista is building political power en Filadelfia

Philly Boricuas is a young organization seeking to build more power for Philadelphia’s growing Puerto Rican community.

5 years ago

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