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With senior year in disarray, teens and young adults feel lost. Here’s how to help
For many young people sheltering at home means missing milestones and public recognition of their achievements.
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Some Pa. wine and spirits stores to offer curbside pickup Monday
Pa. residents will have one more way to buy wine and liquor starting Monday. Here’s how to do it and a list of the new curbside pickup locations.
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Everyone wants life to get back to normal, to have their hair cut or get a sunburn at a baseball game, to go to work, and walk shoulder-to-shoulder in a park.
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N.J. marinas can operate only with ‘strict social distancing, sanitization’
As boating season nears in New Jersey, marinas, boatyards, and marine manufactures will be allowed to operate amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Last week’s 140,000 unemployment claims ‘mercifully’ low, but total exceeds 700,000 since mid-March
New filings ramping up faster than even during Great Depression, as residents in all but a few industries stay at home as directed
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Small staff left to maintain Longwood Gardens during shutdown
In a typical year, a staff of hundreds work to keep plants and trees at Longwood Gardens looking beautiful. This year, a small crew is focused on just keeping them alive.
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Listen 0:51Philly folk giant, former radio DJ Gene Shay dies at 85 from the coronavirus
Co-founder of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Shay hosted a weekly show on several stations over a long career. WHYY-FM was his home for about 15 years.
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Volunteers removed nearly 500,000 pieces of debris from N.J. beaches in 2019
According to the Sandy Hook-based organization’s 2019 Beach Sweeps annual report, 10,744 volunteers collected, tallied, and removed debris from New Jersey beaches.
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Stimulus could heighten racial economic inequality, historians warn
Like the New Deal and G.I. Bill before it, the latest federal attempt to juice the economy will play out unevenly.
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Dance, fitness instructors help students adapt their homes to keep moving in quarantine
Dance, sports and fitness instructors are helping their students stay fit in quarantine with Zoom, dining room chairs and prizes to keep them motivated.
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As coronavirus hits Willingboro hard in South Jersey, residents revamp daily life
The predominantly African American suburb has had more cases than much of South Jersey.
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Volunteers needed to translate coronavirus help for Philly area Asian Americans
Organizations that serve Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the Philly region want to connect 10,000 households in Pa. to resources.
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Farmers markets may be your safest bet for food shopping during the coronavirus pandemic
Health experts say the new rules governing Pa. farmers markets have made the open-air grocery destinations safer than other options.
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Grocery workers: ‘We didn’t sign up to be heroes’
The federal government has given little guidance on how grocery stores should operate during the pandemic, leaving a patchwork of protections from businesses and states.
Air Date: April 16, 2020
Listen 14:50Pennsylvania to use liquor stores for online fulfillment
Workers will be back on the job at more than 100 shuttered state-owned liquor stores to help process online orders, Pennsylvania's liquor agency said Thursday.
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