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Tidal flooding in West Wildwood in late January 2016. (North Wildwood Police Department)
Down the Shore
Environment
Insurance
New Jersey

FEMA delays flood insurance hike until 2021

New Jersey residents will have a reprieve before flood insurance premiums will likely rise.

7 years ago

Delaware Shakespeare actor Wilfredo Amill plays the part of Romeo during a performance of Romeo & Juliet held at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Social Justice

Shakespeare performance behind bars provides mental escape in Del. prison

Fifty people incarcerated at the maximum-security facility got a private afternoon performance of the Bard’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

7 years ago

Listen 4:48
Handlers listen intently during the herding group competition at the National Dog Show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 17, 2018. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Things To Do
Community Events
November 14 - 20, 2019

National Dog Show, holiday lights, and weather-proof date nights in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

You’ll find ideas for weather-proof dates, details on final fall fests, the National Dog Show, the Penn Museum’s reopening celebration, and more in this week’s "Things To Do."

7 years ago

Listen 4:33
One of the 14 bullet holes that damaged the Foreman home is in the second floor bedroom. (Layla A. Jones / Billy Penn)
The Why
Changing Communities
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

After Philly police standoff, an uncommon fix for a sadly common problem

Three months after a police standoff left homes riddled with bullet holes in Philly, the city fixed them for free — an unprecedented move in a city wracked by gun violence.

Air Date: November 13, 2019

Listen 13:30
About 200 journalists attended the Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit on Nov. 8, 2019 (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Here’s a list of resources to include when reporting on gun violence in Philly

Have one to add? Let us know.

7 years ago

Emily Cutaiar, 8,  (left) and her sister Jessica, 9, know not to drink water from the tap in their Sellersville home. Their well was found to be contaminated with PFAS. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania

DEP names Bergey’s Tires as source of PFAS contamination in Bucks County private wells

The Pa. DEP determined Bergey’s was the source and “potentially responsible entity” of the contamination involved 14 private wells in Bucks County.

7 years ago

In this historical photo from May 31, 1889, survivors stand by homes destroyed when the South Fork Dam collapsed in Johnstown, Pa. As officials prepare to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the enormous Johnstown Flood of 1889 that killed 2,209 people, new research has helped explain why the deluge was so deadly. (AP Photo)
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Report flags 145 of Pennsylvania’s dams as dangerous

Pennsylvania is home to a lot of old dams—many of which are privately owned. The state agency that regulates those dams says it has serious concerns about 145 of them.

7 years ago

A portrait of Marian Anderson by artist Jeffery McNutt. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Inside the historic home of Philly’s ‘most famous’ classical singer, Marian Anderson

Because she was Black, the contralto gained international renown before she was recognized in her hometown.

7 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Business
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

$10,000 challenge: If Wawa gets more Twitter followers than Sheetz, Philabundance wins

A Philly-area businessman is putting his money where his convenience story loyalty is.

7 years ago

Aliyah, 8 and father, Kalif Troy, of West Philadelphia, participate in a play date with the Fathering Circle on Saturday, October 12, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Home & Family
Kids

Rethinking fatherhood, one day at a time

The men of The Fathering Circle are taking on #MeToo and their own fathers to reckon with their past and reimagine parenting.

7 years ago

Bishops sing during an opening hymn at the start of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall General Assembly at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.  (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Religion
Social Justice

Catholic bishops’ agenda: immigrants, gun deaths, sex abuse

US Catholic bishops received a challenging to-do list Monday as they opened their national assembly

7 years ago

In this July 26, 1939, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles owner and head coach Bert Bell talks to his squad as his son, Bert Bell Jr. sits on a players lap, in Philadelphia. Bell, who later became the league's commissioner, created the NFL draft as a way to assist teams who couldn't attract top talent in the free-for-all system that had been in place. (AP Photo/File)
The Why
Philadelphia
Sports

Meet the power couple that created the Philadelphia Eagles

Bert Bell gets all the credit for founding the Eagles, but it was really a team effort.

Air Date: November 11, 2019

Listen 14:18
Bill Golderer inside the Arch Street Presbyterian Church. (Justin James Muir)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

Can this charismatic pastor rally Philly around its most intractable problem?

Inside Bill Golderer’s big, bold — and, dare we say, revolutionary — idea for tackling poverty in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Stony Brook defensive lineman Casey Williams hugs his mother, Zina Williams, while surrounded by friends and family after his team defeated Villanova on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Sports
Broke in Philly

The excruciating challenge of being a high school athlete without enough to eat

Food insecurity causes drastic and unhealthy coping solutions for many high school athletes in and around Philly. But many have overcome its consequences.

7 years ago

Active school shooter drills
NPR
K-12
Mental Health
National

Experts worry active shooter drills in schools could be traumatic for students

A regular drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S. has ramped up pressure on education and law enforcement officials to do all they can to prevent the next attack.

7 years ago

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