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Community media makers in Philly feel ‘rug pulled out’ with proposed FCC rule change
PhillyCAM, which runs the city’s public access channels, celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall, but a proposed federal rule change threatens its funding.
6 years ago
Listen 4:17Art exhibits, a celebration of National Peach Month, the Women’s Theater Festival and the BlackStar Film Festival are among the things to do this weekend.
6 years ago
Listen 5:32Are blue lights a solution to Philly’s opioid epidemic?
Blue lights have been popping up around Philadelphia, even in some Starbucks bathrooms. Are the lights a solution to the opioid crisis or are they making it more dangerous?
Air Date: August 1, 2019
Listen 12:16‘It looks like me:’ New South Philly statue meant to inspire young women and girls
Philly commissioned ‘MVP’ as part of a public art program, and it’s the city’s first statue of an individual African-American girl.
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Western Pa. residents, workers air their responses to U.S. Steel settlement
In June, the county health department announced the draft agreement to resolve multiple air pollution violations at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Plant over the past two years.
6 years ago
Philly’s LGBTQ liaison heading to the national stage with the ACLU
After two years in the Kenney administration, Amber Hikes is departing for New York, to become chief diversity officer for the American Civil Liberties Union.
6 years ago
Listen 5:00Fashion District Philadelphia: Everything that’ll be open at launch of the former Gallery Mall
More than 50 vendors are in the lineup, including a handful of locals.
6 years ago
City emulates Mural Arts’ ‘same-day pay’ work model after seeing big demand
Demand for the work program run by Mural Arts is greater than the slots available. Now, Philly is doubling down on the model with $300k and another pilot.
6 years ago
Small, gelatinous blobs along N.J. beaches are harmless salps, not sea lice
The little gelatinous, translucent blobs now making their annual appearance at New Jersey's beaches are known as salps.
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Golf course is done at FDR Park, but kids program lives on
After almost 80 years in operation, South Philadelphia’s public golf course is set to close for good on Oct. 31. Its demise is among a handful of changes coming to the park.
6 years ago
SEPTA Regional Rail paper Trailpasses will disappear starting in August
SEPTA is phasing out its paper monthly and weekly Trailpasses. All passes will be sold as Key card purchases starting in August. Click for details.
6 years ago
Delaware bans plastic bags for large stores beginning in Jan. 2021
The new law bans plastic bags from stores with more than 7,000 square feet of retail space and chain stores with three or more locations with at least 3,000 square feet each.
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Carneys Point, seeking Dupont cleanup, no longer a meek company town
Advocates claim links between illness and chemical contamination as companies feud over who would pay to clean soil and water.
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Father dies attempting to save son from drowning in ocean
A man died Monday morning after he attempted to save his son from drowning in the ocean off Atlantic City, authorities say.
6 years ago
This week; how the city plans to cool down Philly's hottest neighborhoods, the fight over upgrading Pa.'s voting machines, and the world's biggest instrument in Atlantic City.
Air Date: July 29, 2019 10:00 am
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