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The former Hockessin Colored School No. 107 is one of several buildings in northern Delaware would be highlighted under new legislation recognizing the facilities' importance in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. (Courtesy of Friends of Hockessin Colored School)
Delaware
History
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware schoolhouse may get rightful place in Black history

Lawmakers propose turning the site, and two others connected to the landmark Supreme Court desegregation ruling, into National Park Service affiliates.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles lose home opener 37-19 to Rams

After the Eagles (0-2) pulled within one score, Goff’s 28-yard TD pass to Higbee in the fourth iced it for Los Angeles (2-0).

5 years ago

Fran Hunter (left) and Bernie Littman (right) at the Watermark hotel. They performed in a virtual musical, “Ain’t Congregatin’” over Zoom. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Aging
Music
Public Health

Older adults in Philly turn COVID-19 into musical comedy

Residents of a senior living facility in Philadelphia staged a musical revue, on Zoom, of popular songs rewritten for the pandemic.

5 years ago

Listen 3:54
(Flickr Creative Commons/Montgomery County Planning Board)
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The Great Philadelphia Balloon Race, and that time a crash landing ended in a $1,000 robbery

Launched at the Bicentennial, the annual airborne event petered out in the ’90s.

5 years ago

Sha Zhu, of Washington, shows the app WeChat on her phone, which she uses to keep in touch with family and friends in the U.S. and China, Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
International
Media
Philadelphia

How the ban on WeChat would silence interaction by Philly region’s Chinese community

The U.S. government’s prohibition would affect communications with relatives in China, with neighbors here, and with obtaining services, some say.

5 years ago

This summer, Nyzia Easterling, left; and teen census workers, from left to right; Eternity Easterling, 14; Janiayah Williams, 16; and Shayla Ingram, 16; pose for a picture while manning a table in a Camden park to promote census awareness.
Changing Communities
Neighborhoods
New Jersey

Camden teens worked to boost census turnout, but say they got shortchanged

For some of the Camden census workers, the job was at best marred by misunderstandings and at worst, a story of broken promises.

5 years ago

“Night Tours” at Eastern State Penitentiary
Community Events
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Eastern State Penitentiary debuts ‘eerie’ night tours in lieu of Terror Behind the Walls

The historic site is debuting “Night Tours” — a self-guided experience fit for pandemic times.

5 years ago

Rodeph Shalom (Google Maps screenshot)
Public Health
Religion

Different ways local Jewish congregations are celebrating Rosh Hashanah during the pandemic

Some smaller congregations plan to gather in backyards. Many others are holding services virtually.

5 years ago

The Dredge Fullerton, owned and operated by Barnegat Bay Dredging Company, conducts dredging in the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway near Stone Harbor, NJ in September 2020. (Photo by Devin Griffiths/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Down the Shore
Environment
Infrastructure
New Jersey

Another round of Intracoastal Waterway dredging gets underway in N.J.

Another round of dredging around a stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway through New Jersey is underway. 

5 years ago

Forgiven Wine's first offerings: a sparkling rose and a CBD-infused red. (Courtesy Forgiven Wine)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

New Philly label makes sweet, fruity and CBD-infused wine

Forgiven Wine, launched by two women, fills a blind spot in the industry.

5 years ago

Tamika Palmer spoke at the March on Washington last month at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. At left is Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and at right is Rev. Al Sharpton. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
NPR
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Breonna Taylor’s mother: ‘I won’t go away, I’ll still fight’

Tamika Palmer says she wants the officers who killed her daughter to be charged. "Even in the very beginning of this year, she kept saying 2020 was her year," she said.

5 years ago

Stephannia Swain
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

COVID-19 tanked the hotel business. Workers of color are feeling the biggest squeeze

Coronavirus hit the hospitality industry especially hard. Blue-collar, mostly Black and Latino employees face long-term damage to their financial futures.

5 years ago

Listen 4:45
Gov. Phil Murphy was on hand for the ceremony, where he announced that he signed legislation designating the Howell House on Lafayette Street as the official New Jersey Harriet Tubman Museum. (Screenshot)
History
New Jersey

Harriet Tubman Museum in Cape May, N.J. open for visitors

The ribbon-cutting happened 171 years after the Underground Railroad conductor first attempted to escape from slavery. It follows a virtual opening in June.

5 years ago

(NBC10)
New Jersey
Public Safety
NBC10

Gunmen fire shots at Camden officers’ home with baby inside

Police said the gunmen opened fire at the officers’ home on the 2900 block of Clinton Street late Tuesday night.

5 years ago

People have lunch inside a local restaurant on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health

Following certification, Pa. restaurants can increase indoor dining capacity to 50%

Restaurants that want to move to 50% indoor capacity must first go through a self-certification process — which will be available starting Sept. 21.

5 years ago

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