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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 4:33Philly 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 4:12Make 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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