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Community

Volunteers move food for many refugees from Guanica that choose to remain outdoors for fear of possible aftershocks on their first night after a  6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings, in Guanica, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP Photo)
International

Puerto Ricans left homeless after biggest quake in century

Cars, cots and plastic chairs have became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in the strongest quake to hit Puerto Rico in more than 100 years.

5 years ago

Lobster roll at Oyster House. (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Things To Do
Community Events
January 9 - 15, 2020

Comedy, hip-hop, Broadway in Philly and home improvement in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

With 2020 in full swing, the city and the Delaware Valley is back in action after a post-holiday recovery.

5 years ago

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MATT GOLDBERG (@MAGUSTUS)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Did you miss it? The snow squall in Philly looked really intense

First the alert hit people’s phones. Then the weather itself showed up — and it was fascinating to watch.

5 years ago

Aerial image of the Ocean Avenue Shark River Bridge. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Transportation

Bridge connecting 2 Jersey Shore towns to close until May for emergency repairs

Officials say a bridge that links two Monmouth County municipalities will soon close for emergency repairs. 

5 years ago

Butter and Salmon album cover; Butter and Salmon sidewalk artYOUTUBE / TWITTER
Music
Public Spaces
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Chasing ‘Butter and Salmon’: Elusive street artists are like Philly’s own Banksy

The group (or person?) creates visual art, music and social commentary.

5 years ago

Workers at Why Not Prosper in Germantown are eligible for the program MICHAELA WINBERG / BILLY PENN
Addiction
Higher Education
Billy Penn

Work in addiction recovery? You could get $100K to pay back student loans

A state program is doling out $5 million to encourage professionals to help curb the overdose crisis.

5 years ago

Shovels outside Diston Recreation Center in Tacony in September 2019 JOE O'CONNOR / PARKS & REC
Infrastructure
Neighborhoods
Billy Penn

5 reasons Kenney’s grand Rebuild project might see some big changes

With a new director, the multimillion-dollar initiative is revving up.

5 years ago

(Photo: JSHN contributor Shane Skwarek‎)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Light snow on tap Tuesday night for the Shore

A quick hitting system will deliver light snow to a portion of the Jersey Shore Tuesday night, forecasters say.

5 years ago

A collapsed building with car crushed underneath, following an earthquake in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020.  All the occupants of the home are reported to be uninjured.  A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico, the largest in a series of quakes in recent days, and caused heavy damage in some areas.  (J. Miguel Santiago Twitter via AP)
Public Safety

Puerto Rico hit by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake amid seismic activity

The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along three faults beneath southern PR

5 years ago

Newly placed Christmas trees buried in South Seaside Park dunes amid a nor'easter in 2017. (Image courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Island Beach State Park receives 2,000 Christmas trees: Here’s how it helps the dunes

While their season is now over, Christmas trees will have a second life by helping build up dunes in Ocean County's Island Beach State Park.

5 years ago

A harbor seal has its photo taken at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Brigantine, N.J. The center is tending to the seal brought in with cuts and infection last month from Long Beach Island. (Ben Fogletto/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Radio Times
Behavioral Health
New Jersey

Regional Roundup – 01/06/19

This week: legal hemp in New Jersey, Pennsylvania's plan to serve the mentally ill, and seals are washing ashore (but stay away!)

Air Date: January 6, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz
Sports
Billy Penn

10 great things about the Eagles season that just came to an end

From Jason Kelce in a crop-top to Malcolm Jenkins’ op-eds.

5 years ago

A group of 12 volunteers search for trails in a wooded area a quarter of a mile from Bridgeton City Park where 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez was last seen on Sept. 16, 2019. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

As Dulce Alavez’s family rallies for support, community says, ‘We don’t know what else to do’

Family and supporters of missing 5-year-old Dulce Alavez worry interest in the case is waning in the place most likely to yield clues: the girl’s hometown.

5 years ago

Tricia Reedy Jones (center) is a Partnership Specialist for Philadelphia Regional Census Center. She came to Royersford for a recruitment information session for census takers on Jan. 4, 2020. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Policing

‘I don’t need the job’: Is $27/hr enough to entice workers for census in places like Montco?

A Royersford recruitment event suggested that could be hard. Potential employees asked about aspects of the gig like data and personal security, and ICE.

5 years ago

Seattle Seahawks' Jadeveon Clowney (90) hits Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz (11) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles wonder ‘what if?’ after Wentz knocked out with injury

Carson Wentz waited four years to make his first playoff start. The Eagles' franchise QB took only eight snaps before he ended another postseason on the sidelines.

5 years ago

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