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Earthquake reactions on social media
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Billy Penn

Earthquake reax light up across social media in the Philly region

The shared experience of some mild shaking brought out both useful and entertaining posts online.

1 year ago

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Environment
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Pa. anglers gear up for opening day of trout season

Hundreds of thousands of anglers visit Pennsylvania’s streams and lakes every year to fish for trophy-sized trout.

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Animals
New Jersey

A South Jersey animal shelter is creating a baseball ‘Field of Dreams’ for dogs and cats looking for forever homes

The Burlington County Animal Shelter is holding a baseball-themed adoption event that features a dog-cat contest.

1 year ago

A bottle sits on the Jersey Shore
Environment
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Outdoors
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Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from Jersey Shore

Volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group removed over 175,000 items from the state's coastline last year, including pineapples, tires and leg hair remover.

1 year ago

Pro-bono attorneys Jeff Rosenthal, partner at Blank Rome and JPMorgan Chase's Mary McCullough work together on a pardon in West Philadelphia. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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Why a business coalition wants more employers to overlook criminal records in Philly

Advocates say too much talent is sitting on the sidelines because criminal records are holding some applicants back.

1 year ago

Pipeline contstruction
Energy
Environment
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania

Info about Mariner East-related water testing not public

The Pa. AG had reached a plea deal with Energy Transfer that included free water testing for residents who might have been affected by Mariner East II pipeline construction.

1 year ago

Clarence LeJeune and Milton Creary
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Philadelphia
Sports
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Billy Penn

Welcoming the world to Philly: PHL preps for WWE influx

Philly airport unveils replica ring and championship belts to welcome some of the thousands of wrestling fans arriving for WrestleMania XL.

1 year ago

wrestlemania illustration
Things To Do
Community Events
Dance
Delaware
Movies
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Poetry
Visual Arts

WrestleMania XL, Philly Theatre Week and Dine Latino in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

April 4–7: WrestleMania and Theatre Week in Philly, "Murder on the Nile" in N.J. and a celebration of Black female artists in Delaware are among this weekend’s highlights.

1 year ago

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Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Chester County organizations to host ‘poverty simulation’

The simulation is intended to be a role-playing experience designed to give participants a glimpse of what someone may experience living a month in poverty.

1 year ago

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Di Bruno Bros. storefront
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Di Bruno Bros. secures investment from Brown’s Super Stores

The brand founded in Philly in 1939 enters a new chapter with new financial backing from former mayoral candidate Jeff Brown.

1 year ago

Phillies concession stand
Philadelphia
Sports
6abc

Phillies to offer BOGO hotdogs for 1st time since replacing ‘Dollar Dog Night’

Since many fans were disappointed by the loss of the dollar-dog deal, other eateries around the city have offered up their own deal.

1 year ago

A kitten wrapped in duct tape
Animals
Crime
Pennsylvania

Kitten wrapped in duct tape, other animals rescued from Chester County home; suspect charged

According to the Brandywine Valley SPCA, officials were alerted to a maimed kitten while responding to a call about a stray dog in Coatesville last week.

1 year ago

The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center
Community Events
Environment
Media
Philadelphia

Hundreds of environmental journalists are coming to Philly to learn how to do their jobs better

This year’s Society of Environmental Journalists conference focuses on journalism’s role in democracy, disinformation and activism.

1 year ago

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WWE Monday Night RAW
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Sports

WWE kicks, punches, slams marketing efforts into high gear ahead of WrestleMania in Philly

WrestleMania XL, a two-day event in Philadelphia, is just days away, but WWE’s marketing campaign for its biggest premium live event of the year began months ago.

1 year ago

Philadelphia’s Streets Department demonstrate their mechanical street and sidewalk sweepers
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

Philly street sweeping season begins Monday. Here’s what you need to know

The warning period starts Monday and fines will be issued beginning April 29.

1 year ago

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