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Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Radio Times
Philadelphia
Public Health

Regional Roundup – 05/18/20

This week: Governor Wolf's battle with municipalities disobeying social distancing orders, the nursing home crisis in NJ, and Philly cuts arts funding.

Air Date: May 18, 2020 10:00 am

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Booze Fairies delight amid coronavirus quarantine
Food & Drink
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

You’ve been ‘dusted!’: How ‘booze fairies’ are spreading cheer in the tri-state area

The self-declared “booze fairies” are the coronavirus quarantine trend that pays it forward, and it’s growing in the Philadelphia region.

5 years ago

Cindy, Xavier and Dahlia Mondragon
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Kids
Public Health

Is summer camp a go this year? For parents and operators, it’s complicated

Many camps in the region are in limbo, waiting for guidance on how and when they can reopen. Meanwhile, families try to figure out summertime child care.

5 years ago

Ahmaud Arbery shooting protest

Key events in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s death

Some key developments as the Ahmaud Arbery case unfolded based on documents and interviews.

5 years ago

The high-visibility display encircling PECO's headquarters.
Energy
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

PECO adds ‘thank you’ to Crown Lights, says customers don’t have to worry about shutoffs through July

Look up to see a new message of gratitude beamed far and wide.

5 years ago

USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon
Business
Economy
Philadelphia

Post offices, beloved community hubs, fight virus-era threat

Postal Service officials insist they’ll run out of money by September without help. This month, they reported a $4.5 billion loss for the last fiscal quarter.

5 years ago

Smoke rises from the scene of a fire and explosion in Los Angeles on Saturday that injured 11 firefighters.
NPR
National

11 firefighters injured in Los Angeles blaze, explosion

Four firefighters were taken to the burn intensive care unit, while the others were taken to the burn ward.

5 years ago

Gabe Silverman is sheltering at home with his family and this is the first Zoom mitzvah for Temple Shir Tikva, a congregation west of Boston. (The Silvermans)
NPR
Public Health
Religion

For some, Zoom bar and bat mitzvahs highlight ‘most meaningful and memorable moments’

This spring, congregations are reimagining how to celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Rob Grier says if he weren't taking care of him, his dad, Robert Grier Sr., would probably need to be in a nursing home. (Courtesy of Rob Grier)
NPR
Mental Health
Military

Veterans see caregivers as even more crucial in the COVID-19 era

Veterans' homes have been ravaged by the virus. The VA has just announced new rules for its caregivers program, but veterans' groups fear thousands will be left behind.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly Quarantine Bingo: How many boxes can you check off?

Those of us who aren’t essential workers are surviving the stay-at-home order as best we can.

5 years ago

Lacey Woodrow hired the Positive Movement drumline to march down her sister, Berry’s, street in South Philadelphia Friday, the day she had planned to be married. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Events
Public Health
Billy Penn

Wedding canceled by coronavirus, she celebrated with Philly’s Elmo-famous drumline instead

A caring sister brought the whole (masked) PME troupe to dance down Fabric Row.

5 years ago

Traffic jams the Garden State Parkway across the Great Egg Harbor Bay Inlet Bridge near Ocean City, N.J.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation
Travel

Cash toll collection resumes on the Garden State Parkway next week

After nearly two months, cash toll collection will return to the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike next Tuesday, state officials announced. 

5 years ago

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

What lifeguarding at the Jersey Shore might look this summer

With New Jersey beach towns getting ready for the a summer unlike any other, many are wondering: How will lifeguards do their jobs safely?

5 years ago

Scenes from Chambersburg and Franklin County, December 2019. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)

Pa. counties push to reopen with little power to protect businesses ‘caught in the middle’

Despite their frustrations with COVID-19 restrictions, counties in Pennsylvania don’t have much authority to declare themselves open or closed.

5 years ago

Chambersburg, Pa. which has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, is in a county where state lawmakers are pushing for a faster reopening of the economy. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Clash over reopening economy simmers below the surface in rural Pa. COVID hotspot

In parts of rural Pa. there has been growing angst about Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus shutdown plan.

5 years ago

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