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In recognition of Women’s History Month, Andrea Lawful-Sanders writes about the women who’ve inspired her journey. (Courtesy of Andrea Lawful-Sanders)
Gender
Race & Ethnicity

The strong Black women who’ve inspired me

In recognition of Women’s History Month, Andrea Lawful-Sanders writes about the women who’ve inspired her journey.

5 years ago

A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was struck in an accidental shooting inside a home in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood. (Screenshot/NBC10 Philadelphia)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Boy, 4, wounded in accidental shooting in Philadelphia

Authorities are questioning a man in what they are calling an accidental shooting that wounded a 4-year-old boy in north Philadelphia.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

From horses to trolleys: How Philly bus routes got their names

Even SEPTA officials didn’t know where the numbers came from.

5 years ago

Big Elk Creek in early spring in Elk Township, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Jerry Monkman
Environment
Outdoors

Pa. completes decade-long land acquisition, creating the biggest state park near Philadelphia

After 11 years of negotiations, Pennsylvania completed the acquisition of over 1,700 acres of land for preservation in southern Chester County.

5 years ago

File photo of minor tidal flooding in Seaside Park. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Coastal flood advisory for N.J. as storm passes offshore

A Coastal Flood Advisory will go into effect for the entire New Jersey coastline between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a National Weather Service bulletin.

5 years ago

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Food & Drink
Gender
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Created at a brewery, this new collective celebrates Philly’s many women makers, artists and leaders

Triple Bottom Womxn’s Collective is hosting dozens of events across the city.

5 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard image
Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey

‘Redundant’ Coast Guard stations in N.J. set to close

Two U.S. Coast Guard stations that patrol waterways in and around New Jersey are set to close by 2021, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security announcement. 

5 years ago

Shaki'ra Wilson Burroughs, backed by her extended family, speaks about the loss of her brother, Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson, during a memorial ceremony on the fifth anniversary of his death. Wilson was shot to death by armed robbers at a video game store. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

‘The man who wore badge 9990’: Philly police honors fifth anniversary of death of Sergeant Robert Wilson III

In 2015, Philly police Sergeant Robert Wilson III attempted to thwart an armed robbery. Five years after his death, his friends and family honor his legacy.

5 years ago

Protesters of Safehouse, the proposed supervised injection clinic in Philadelphia gathered outside Constitution Health Plaza on Saturday. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly’s supervised injection site plan falls apart

Two days after a judge cleared the way for Philly's supervised injection site to open, plans fell apart. Now it's facing more opposition than ever.

Air Date: March 5, 2020

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Teacher Nora Melley in front of the Lincoln High School exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. (The Notebook)
Community Events
K-12
The Notebook

Philly students shine at the Flower Show

Horticulture classes from Lincoln High made an urban garden, complete with a compost heap and worms. Art students also contributed.

5 years ago

A lifeguard protects the beaches at Wildwood.
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Jersey Shore town plans to purchase motel to house lifeguards amid high rental costs

A Jersey Shore town is getting creative in its mission to recruit and retain lifeguards in the face of high housing costs. 

5 years ago

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Things To Do
Community Events
March 5 - 11, 2020

Women’s History Month celebrations, Frank Sinatra’s musical twin and restaurant week in A.C. in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

What’s happening in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: “Sinatra” in Wilmington, Int’l Women’s’ Day celebrations, dinosaur domination and dining for less in A.C.

5 years ago

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The Islamic Cemetery of Delaware. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Delaware
Religion

Delaware’s only Muslim cemetery can resume burials after cease-and-desist order lifted

One father says lifting a cease-and-desist order means his daughter will be buried in the Islamic faith.

5 years ago

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Bridesburg is a proud working-class safe haven in Philadelphia that rarely makes the police blotter. Can it overcome its reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist? (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities

Philly border fight: How a ‘secret’ working-class neighborhood built its own wall

Bridesburg is a working-class safe haven in Philly that rarely makes the police blotter. But it has a reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist.

5 years ago

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In this Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, rows of hand sanitizer are seen empty at a Walgreens in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Fear of the coronavirus has led people to stock up on hand sanitizer, leaving store shelves empty and online retailers with sky-high prices set by those trying to profit on the rush. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, file)
Business
Public Health

Looking for hand sanitizer? Good luck finding it

Sales of hand sanitizers in the U.S. were up 73% in the four weeks ending Feb. 22 compared to the same period a year ago

5 years ago

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