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23-year-old Carissa Coolbaugh talks about her experiences as a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipient Dec. 17, 2019, while at her home in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Poorest Pa. families struggle through holidays as cash welfare stuck at 1990 levels

Pennsylvania’s grant amounts have been stagnant since George H.W. Bush was president. Meanwhile, the state is sitting on $400 million in program reserves.

6 years ago

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Marianne Mondt
Keystone Crossroads
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Huntingdon passes LGBTQ anti-discrimination law, a first for rural Pa.

Rural Pa. borough passes ordinance barring discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment and public accommodation.

6 years ago

A new study suggests that one service already in place in many food deserts could help make it easier to access fresh, healthy food: online grocery delivery. The finding lends support to expanding a pilot program that lets people use food stamp benefits to pay for those groceries. (svetikd/Getty Images)
NPR
Economic Development
Food & Drink

How online grocery delivery could help alleviate food deserts

Delivery service could make it easier to access fresh, healthy food in these areas, a study finds. It lends support to a program that lets people pay with food stamps.

6 years ago

Firefighters battle the rowhome blaze in South Philly on Thursday, Dec. 19TWITTER / @PHILLYFIREDEPT
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

South Philly rowhome blaze is the city’s sixth big fire this year

The city’s old infrastructure is ripe for disaster.

6 years ago

Jack Schreppler, the 'disorganizer' of the Hummers parade, stands at the corner of Cass and Cochran in Middletown, Delaware, where the parade began in 1971. (John Mussoni/WHYY)
Delaware

Middletown, Delaware approves new guidelines for controversial parade

Middletown’s new parade rules come after the 2019 New Year’s Day Hummers Parade included a float depicting migrant children in cages at the U.S.-Mexico border.

6 years ago

Firefighters walk through a smoke haze on South Beulah Street, checking on residents near the scene of a 3-alarm fire in the 1400 block of South 8th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety

At least two people presumed dead in South Philadelphia rowhouse fire, search for missing residents continues

A block of South Philadelphia is battling a fire after a rowhouse collapsed in flames.

6 years ago

Chris Cotton and Vernon Keith Ruffin Jr. (Courtesy Vernon Keith Ruffin, Jr.)
Comedy
National
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Eulogies for Chris Cotton, the Philly comedian who died of an embolism

Reflection services are set for Dec. 21.

6 years ago

Starr Cummin Bright, a gunshot survivor, speaks with state Sen. Tom Killion, R-Delaware/Chester, ahead of a panel discussion on Oct. 1, 2019, at the Chadds Ford Township Municipal Building. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Law
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

She was shot by a stranger in Chester County. She thinks a red flag law might have prevented it.

Gun removal laws take effect in three states next month. But those efforts have stalled in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

Image courtesy of Bucks County Playhouse
Things To Do
December 19 - 24, 2019

Holiday music, seasonal celebrations and an NFL showdown in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Things to do this week in N.J., Del. and Pa. include seasonal music, new takes on classic musicals, and the Eagles vs. the Cowboys.

6 years ago

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The effort involves people voluntarily turning in their firearms during times of personal crisis. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Two firearms safety instructors have a plan to prevent suicides among gun owners

The effort involves people voluntarily turning in their firearms during times of personal crisis.

6 years ago

Shipping load containers on the runway at PHL (Courtesy UPS Philadelphia)
Economic Development
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Holiday shipping surge means PHL Airport is bursting at the seams

When a new cargo facility opens in 2021, it could bring billions in new business.

6 years ago

A Jersey Shore community is undertaking an innovation solution to a problem that has long plagued beaches: cigarette butts. (Big Stock photo)
Down the Shore
Environment
Innovation
New Jersey

Shore town joins forces with recycling company to repurpose cigarette butts

A Jersey Shore community is undertaking an innovation solution to a problem that has long plagued beaches: cigarette butts.

6 years ago

The inaugural Barefoot Country Music Fest is set for Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21 on Wildwood's Lincoln Avenue beach. (Public domain image)
Down the Shore
Community Events
New Jersey

Wildwood to host 3-day country music festival on the beach

The inaugural Barefoot Country Music Fest is set for Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21 on Wildwood's Lincoln Avenue beach.

6 years ago

(Bill Streicher/USA TODAY Sports)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Dallas Week: Why Sunday’s Eagles-Cowboys game is such a big deal

If the Birds pull this off, it’s huge.

6 years ago

(Kensington Community Food Co-op/Facebook)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Kensington’s new food co-op could shut down if it doesn’t raise $20k this week

The member-supported grocery store is in dire financial straits.

6 years ago

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