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Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell talks about summer programs at pools in Philadelphia. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Radio Times
Delaware
Environment
Public Spaces

Regional Roundup – 07/08/19

This week: an update on Philadelphia's pools and parks, a shortage of child abuse investigators in Delaware, and the risk of stormwater surges in the region.

Air Date: July 8, 2019

Listen 48:59
USWNT's Julie Ertz and Carli Lloyd are featured in new muralsINSTAGRAM: @SPRINGARTSPHL AND @NILELIVINGSTON
Public Spaces
Sports
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

2 Philly murals celebrate U.S. Women’s World Cup win

Julie Ertz and Carli Lloyd are now part of the city’s streetscape.

7 years ago

The view of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from the top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation wants you to pick how to spend $1 million

For its 100th birthday, the foundation wants the public to better understand the nonprofit sector’s impact. So it’s asking folks to take part in the process.

7 years ago

Listen 1:32
Patricia Brown speaks at a memorial for her nephew, Curtis Jenkins III, in Haddon Heights, New Jersey on July 7, 2019. Curtis Jenkins III, the son of Camden's City Council President, was killed after being kidnapped last week in Camden. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Before he was kidnapped, murdered, Curtis Jenkins III ‘tried to bring everyone together’

About 200 people gathered at Haddon Heights Junior-Senior High School to celebrate the life of Curtis Jenkins III, who was kidnapped and murdered last week.

7 years ago

Erick Jusino, of Philadelphia leads a chant on the bullhorn at the Philadelphia Union home game against FC Dallas at Talen Energy Stadium, in Chester, Pennsylvania, on April 6, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Sports

Ten years later, is Chester better now with a soccer stadium?

In the decade since the Major League Soccer team first played there, how has this city and the community been affected?

7 years ago

Listen 6:01
Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park has $51 million in deferred maintenance. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
History
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Independence Park is falling apart

The U.S. government isn't paying to keep up the place where it was born — and the city of Philadelphia isn't helping much either.

Air Date: July 8, 2019

Listen 12:27
Taylor Allen (left) riding a quad at Black River Equestrian Farm in Hunterdon County, N.J., in 2006. (Courtesy of Taylor Allen)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Black in Flemington: Was the trauma worth it?

A former WHYY reporter reflects on her experience growing up as a black queer person in Flemington, New Jersey.

7 years ago

NPR
Sports

Four-peat: U.S. Women’s Soccer team wins World Cup title

The U.S. Women's National Team defeated the Netherlands 2-0 to win a record fourth Women's World Cup title.

7 years ago

The Netherlands are the last team standing between the United States and its fourth Women's World Cup. Here, U.S. forward Megan Rapinoe watches her teammates warm up before Tuesday's 2-1 semifinal win over England. (Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
NPR
Sports

World Cup Final: It’s the juggernaut vs. the new kid as U.S. takes on the Netherlands

For two soccer-crazed nations, just one question remains: Will the U.S. continue its march of greatness undaunted, or can the Dutch pull off an upset for the ages?

7 years ago

Former Overbrook High School, Drake University, and NBA standout Lewis Lloyd has died at age 60. (Tribune file photo)
Philadelphia
Sports
The Philadelphia Tribune

Lewis Lloyd, famed Philly basketball standout, dies at 60

Lewis “Black Magic” Lloyd, one of Philadelphia’s most celebrated basketball players, died on Friday. He was 60.

7 years ago

A firefighter walks through the remains of a building after an explosion on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Plantation, Fla. Several people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in the South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.  The restaurant was destroyed, and nearby businesses were damaged. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety

Explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 20, 2 seriously

Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Odubel Herrera arrives at court for a hearing on a domestic violence case in Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies’ Herrera accepts suspension for rest of season

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera has accepted a suspension for the rest of the season under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy.

7 years ago

A worker bolts on a sign changing a block of Broad Street Patti LaBelle Way. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

City misspells Patti LaBelle’s name on honorary street sign

Philadelphia honored singer Patti LaBelle with her very own street earlier this week. Unfortunately, the signs didn't get her name right.

7 years ago

Independence Hall (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philadelphia historic landmark index: A guide to what’s worth your time

Just because Philly has great history doesn’t mean you should visit every site.

7 years ago

Fireworks display
View Finders
Community Events
Music
Philadelphia

Nation’s birthday celebrated by thousands on the Parkway

Thousands flocked to the Parkway to enjoy a free concert and fireworks display for July 4th.

7 years ago

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