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Riders were invited to test drive the Lime scooter at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sustainability
Transportation
Billy Penn

Open to the air and socially distant, e-scooters are trending — but they’re still illegal in Pa.

Detractors include the insurance industry, SEPTA and the Kenney administration.

5 years ago

The Pine Barrens of New Jersey is home to just about as many myths as it is trees. (Grant Hill/ for WHYY)
Radio Times
Environment
New Jersey

Regional Roundup – 09/21/20

This week; the 'millionaires tax' in New Jersey, fire preparedness in the Pine Barrens, city birds go on a night migration.

Air Date: September 21, 2020

Listen 49:49
Student housing is advertised in North Philadelphia
Homelessness
Housing
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Everything you need to know if you’re facing eviction in Pennsylvania

With thousands of renters struggling to make ends meet, Spotlight PA has put together a guide for those facing eviction.

5 years ago

Boone Farm
History
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

‘It’s been there forever’: African American Museum of Bucks County finds a home with its own rich history

The farmhouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has its own rich Black heritage: ties to the Great Migration of the 20th century.

5 years ago

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

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