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A broodstock trout.  (NJDEP photo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. fall trout season begins

Get your poles and tackle ready. New Jersey’s fall trout season kicked off Tuesday.

6 years ago

A beach in Seaside Heights is completely submerged during the Thursday evening high tide. (Photo courtesy of Penny Ferone/Jersey Shore Hurricane News)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Sustainability

Nor’easter submerges newly replenished N.J. beaches

An ocean storm will continue to meander off the Middle Atlantic coast through Saturday, generating a strong onshore flow that will continue to lash New Jersey beaches.

6 years ago

The UAIDV was located at 225 Chestnut St., the building with arched entrances MARK HENNINGER / IMAGIC DIGITAL
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Why Philly’s robust Native American cultural center abruptly shut down

Before he was killed in a car crash, activist Kyle Shenandoah was working on resurrecting the indigenous peoples hub.

6 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Things To Do
Community Events
October 10 - 16, 2019

Philly OutFest, South Jersey Pumpkin Show, Bilal at City Winery in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Philadelphia, Delaware, and South Jersey host an array of events from The Pumpkin Show to the Philadelphia OutFest to the “Art with Purpose” exhibit.

6 years ago

Listen 4:03
South Seaside Park
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Offshore storm will generate ‘significant’ beach erosion in N.J.

A coastal storm will remain off the New Jersey coast but will still generate gusty winds along the coastline, tidal flooding, and cause "significant" beach erosion.

6 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy speaks about investing in NJ Transit as Kevin Corbett, the agency’s executive director, looks on, March 19, 2019. (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's Office)
New Jersey
Politics
Transportation
NJ Spotlight

One year after major audit, NJ Transit’s to-do list remains long

While the Murphy administration has addressed some of the agency’s issues, a long-term funding solution still needs to be established, among other concerns.

6 years ago

Sam Wachs holds a sign that reads 'Free Hong Kong' at the Sixers pre-season game. (Courtesy of Sam Wachs)
International
Sports

A Sixers fan brought a ‘Free Hong Kong’ sign to Tuesday’s game. Here’s what happened next

Sixers fan Sam Wachs explains why he wanted to “cause a little ruckus” when the Sixers took on a team from China on Tuesday night.

6 years ago

Listen 3:30
This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. (Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo)
National
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How you can help Philadelphia get a fair count in the census

Philadelphia, along with the rest of the country, is about to witness a rare opportunity. No, it’s not the return of Halley’s Comet — that’s in 2061. It’s the U.S. Census!

6 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

N.J. forms panel to oversee Oyster Creek decommissioning operations

A newly established panel will monitor the ongoing decommissioning operations at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, New Jersey officials announced. 

6 years ago

Grain farmer Jesse Poliskiewicz breaks open a pod of soybeans while on his farm Sept. 20, 2019, in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Amid Trump’s trade war, Pa. farmers fight to survive in an uncertain market

In the midst of the second harvest under the trade war, Pa. farmers discuss how the policy affects them and what it takes to survive in an unstable and uncertain market.

6 years ago

Listen 5:06
(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Technology

Say goodbye to dashboard receipts — PPA to install pay-by-plate parking kiosks

The Philadelphia Parking Authority plans to install new solar-powered parking kiosks in Center City next week.

6 years ago

Steven Ruggles, director of the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota, poses next to a Census Bureau poster. (Jim Mone/AP Photo)
National
Broke in Philly

Census errs again, makes mistakes measuring poverty nationwide

In response, a census spokesperson said, “We are confident in the resources we have to conduct the census and continue the work on our ongoing surveys.”

6 years ago

Nuisance tidal flooding in Seaside Park, N.J. (Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Coastal flooding possible during several high tide cycles this week

Forecasters say coastal residents in New Jersey should be ready for potentially several high tide cycles of coastal flooding this week.

6 years ago

Octavia Abney watches her son Dylan, 4, sit on a Philadelphia Police Department motorbike during the Love Peace and Soul Fest block party on Sunday October 5, 2019 at the site of the August Police shooting and stand off in the Nicetown-Tioga section of Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

On a ‘loving and caring’ Nicetown-Tioga block, neighbors come together to heal after trauma

Nicetown-Tioga neighbors never expected a trauma in their community like the police shootout that happened in August. Together, they are moving forward.

6 years ago

Crashed cars with airbags deployed are shown to visitors as part of the display of Toyota Motor Corp.'s safety performance standards, called
PlanPhilly
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Philly cops are getting inside the ‘black box’ of city’s rising traffic fatality problem

Philadelphia police are getting access to the black boxes behind car crashes in the city. The data will help investigators understand why collisions happen.

6 years ago

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