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Jack McShea's is a small family run bar in Ardmore. It has been working with its employees to overcome the challenges businesses are facing due to the virus, Covid 19. March 20th 2020. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

‘If it works, it works’: Meet the new crop of Philly restaurants doing takeout and delivery to survive

With dine-in service now illegal, restaurants and bars are adapting to survive. Many have launched takeout businesses overnight.

6 years ago

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(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Kids
Public Health
Billy Penn

Foster kids left in limbo during Philly’s coronavirus lockdown

Courts aren’t holding key hearings, which means everything from safety to family reunification is up in the air.

6 years ago

Judah is a high energy dog, who can't live in a household with other pets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Home & Family
Philadelphia

Quarantine cute: ‘Everybody wants to adopt a dog right now’

There are dogs, cats, and even a few guinea pigs and gerbils immune to COVID-19 that are waiting to be matched with a temporary or forever home.

6 years ago

(photo courtesy Dogfish Head Beer Facebook page)
Delaware
Food & Drink

Dogfish Head pivots from beer to hand sanitizer

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is switching from making beer to cranking out hand sanitizer for the state of Delaware.

6 years ago

The YWCA York closed its child care center operations and has not applied for a waiver from the state. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Home & Family
Kids
Public Health
PA Post

Pa. child care providers dealing with ‘a lot of really, really sleepless nights and hard decisions’

Child care providers across Pa. face a choice in response to the state’s efforts to halt the spread of the coronavirus: Close their doors, or seek permission to stay open.

6 years ago

Bowie Moon Porter drew this rainbow for other kids on the rainbow hunt through Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Home & Family
Kids
Public Health
Billy Penn

Finding fun in quarantined Philly: Neighborhoods band together to create ‘rainbow hunts’ for kids

The bright window drawings are popping up all over the city.

6 years ago

Carts litter the parking lot around 9 a.m. as a shopper heads back to their car with groceries after shopping at the ACME in Bala Cynwyd on March 19th 2020 during the uncertain times that surround the Covid 19 pandemic. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health

Grocery store worries: Low supply, high demand, deep anxiety

Lines around stores, people buying $300 worth of food and other items at a time, cleaned-out shelves … welcome to pandemic shopping.

6 years ago

Kalaya owner Nok Suntaranon (right) hands out donated pizza to community members in need. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economy
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Restaurant workers have each other’s backs as layoffs and confusion abound

One chef offers free, daily ‘family meals’ to industry workers, whose futures are uncertain due to restaurant and bar closures, layoffs and confusion.

6 years ago

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Philly native and 'Prepper Broadcast Network' host James Walton; a local prepper's recent grocery haul COURTESY JAMES WALTON AND SHEENA HAUSER
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Stockpiling for the lockdown? Philly-area preppers were already ready

“Everybody takes advice from us when things like this happen.”

6 years ago

This combination of March 11, 2020 photos made by investigators with the Michigan Attorney General's Office shows a $4.47 shelf price sticker for a gallon of Clorox bleach and $8.99 on a price scanner for the same item at a Menards store in Jackson, Mich. (Michigan Attorney General's Office via AP)
Business
Public Health

$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US

An Associated Press survey of attorneys general or consumer protection agencies nationwide found reports already exceeded 5,000, with hundreds more arriving daily.

6 years ago

Planes at Philadelphia International Airport.
Business
Public Health
Transportation

Thousands facing layoffs as Philadelphia Airport slashes service

Thousands of workers have been laid off at the Philadelphia International Airport. Airlines are seeking bailouts amid the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

People line up for a meal in Pennypacker Park across from the Family Court building on Vine Street. (Emma Lee for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly foundations launch $6.5M COVID-19 emergency fund for local nonprofits

The Philadelphia Foundation and the United Way lead a multi-million dollar effort to release resources for at-risk populations.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Andrea Lawful Sanders)
Food & Drink

How the coronavirus outbreak canceled one tradition and inspired another

Sunday dinners were a tradition for Andrea Lawful-Sanders. But the coronavirus has caused her to cancel the gatherings and think of new ways to build community.

6 years ago

(Photos courtesy of Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Veitch/WHYY)
Mental Health
Public Health

Isolate and chill, fostering pups, and other ways Philly is coping during social distancing

Need ideas on how to keep your mind busy and stay social as places in the region increasingly feel like ghost towns? These people have some suggestions.

6 years ago

People usually eat inside at the Emmanuel Dining Room but the coronavirus crisis has forced them to disperse after getting their meal at the door.  (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Homelessness
Public Health

Homeless shelters in Delaware take steps to mitigate spread of coronavirus

In Delaware, homeless shelters are providing to-go food options among other changes to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among a vulnerable population.

6 years ago

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