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Want to go fishing or boating as restrictions lift? Here’s what you need to know

Starting this weekend, marinas in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all will be allowed to open. Other water-access points will follow next week.

6 years ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
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Philadelphia
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Construction workers report to job sites with masks under hard hats as slowdown looms

An estimated 12,000 people work construction in Philadelphia. These workers returned to new rules and a changed economic landscape on Friday.

6 years ago

Raeanne Auber, of McCandless, Pa. (Photo provided by Auber)
Keystone Crossroads

Unemployed in a ‘black hole’: Pa.’s jobless wait for benefits as pressure, bills mount

More than 1.6 million Pennsylvanians have filed unemployment compensation requests since mid-March. Many say they are stuck in limbo waiting for benefits as bills pile up.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

Philly public pools will not open this summer, because of budget cuts — and virus worries

Residents will have to go without neighborhood swim spots this year.

6 years ago

Chesapeake had a large presence in Bradford County. A billboard touts the gas company’s support of a local hospital. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chesapeake Energy plans to file for bankruptcy, Reuters reports

The company led the land rush into Northeast Pennsylvania at the start of the fracking boom.

6 years ago

A street sweeper works along Kensington Avenue
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Government Accountability
Public Health
Streets & Roads

Coronavirus kills Philly street sweeping expansion

Mayor Kenney has canceled a long-awaited street sweeping program that would have reinstated regular cleaning in neighborhoods. Litter is one of city residents’ top complaints.

6 years ago

Urban Bike Project executive director Laura Wilburn says the newly renovated facility will help the group serve the community better. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health
Transportation

Wilmington free bike project sees big spike during quarantine

With bus service limited in Delaware under COVID-19 restrictions, Wilmington’s Urban Bike Project has seen a 60% surge in interest for its free program.

6 years ago

Seaside Heighs boardwalk (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Health

How the ‘new normal’ might look at a Jersey Shore amusement park this summer

Maria Saltzman, a spokesperson for the Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach in Seaside Heights, offers a glimpse into how boardwalk amusement parks might operate.

6 years ago

wind farm offshore
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey
Sustainability

Surveys set to begin for second wind farm off N.J.

Ocean floor surveying will be getting underway off the southern New Jersey coast as part of a second major offshore wind project planned for New Jersey.

6 years ago

(Jana Shea/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

NWS: Widespread power outages possible at the Jersey Shore with strong wind gusts

Widespread power outages are possible Thursday amid a storm system that will generate strong wind gusts, forecasters warn.

6 years ago

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Things To Do
Community Events
April 30 - May 6, 2020

Museum music, Morris Arboretum at home and dance for all in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The Delaware Valley’s cultural institutions offer new online content including music and dance.

6 years ago

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Plant starters are for sale at Greensgrow Farm in Kensington. (Greensgrow)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors

Make your pandemic garden bloom: Free resources, online supply stores and more

Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency shutdown orders closed garden supply stores in Pa., but there are plenty of safe ways to buy plants and learn how to grow.

6 years ago

File photo. (Justin Auciello/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. will guide municipalities on how to handle beaches this summer, Gov. Murphy says

New Jersey officials will offer guidance to municipalities on how to manage beaches during the upcoming summer months, Gov. Phil Murphy said on Wednesday.

6 years ago

(Instagram/@Phillyis_blind)
Philadelphia
Sex & Relationships
Billy Penn

A dating game inspired by Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ is launching in Philly

Do dates with strangers work on Zoom? We’re about to find out.

6 years ago

Rodriguez Grocery at 9th and Cumberland Streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Economy
Philadelphia

Essential, overlooked and ‘tough’: Philly’s bodegas are fighting for survival

Ubiquitous and necessary, the corner store or bodega is a staple of modern urban life. Now these small businesses face unprecedented headwinds.

6 years ago

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