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This Feb. 18, 2022 photo shows the potholed runway at the former Bader Field airport site in Atlantic City N.J. On Tuesday, Dec. 21, the City Council had been set to choose a developer for the site, but canceled the vote after a state official asked them to remove the measure from its agenda. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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New Jersey
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Atlantic City delays choice of developer for airport site

The delay opens the door, or at least buys more time for, a competing proposal by a Philadelphia developer looking to create a water-intensive development.

5 months ago

A scene from the 2020 Mummers Parade
Philadelphia
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Mummers Parade 2023: Philly road closures and parking restrictions

Here's what you need to know about parking restrictions and road closures ahead of the 2023 Mummers Parade.

5 months ago

New EV charging stations in Camden County can charge 2 cars at once, as seen at Camden County College’s William G. Rohrer Center off of Rt. 70 in Cherry Hill, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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New Jersey
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Camden County nearly doubles the capacity of its EV charging network

Camden County upgrades charging stations first installed in 2013, as more people consider electric vehicles. It also added 10 new stations.

5 months ago

A building is shown at Cobbs Creek golf course
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Proposed exemption for Cobbs Creek Golf Course delayed in City Council, amid pushback

The bill would exempt the course from rules meant to prevent erosion. A City Council vote could be delayed by weeks.

5 months ago

Council President Clarke speaks at a podium in City Hall.
Housing
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Philly City Council to consider tax break measure to add more affordable housing

The goal of the measure introduced by Council President Clarke is to preserve and build new affordable housing in parts of Philadelphia.

5 months ago

Hundreds pack Ocean Harbor Restaurant for a community meeting over the Sixers' areana proposal
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‘Hands off Chinatown!’ Hundreds question Sixers’ commitment to community engagement at raucous meeting on arena proposal

Representatives from 76 Devcorp drew Ben Simmons levels of boos from the crowd.

5 months ago

City and elected officials break ground on eight new homes for middle income residents. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY News)
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Philadelphia

New affordable housing units are coming to Grays Ferry and Point Breeze

At least 1,000 new homes will be built, under the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative. The goal is to turn middle income renters into first-time homebuyers.

6 months ago

A view of the Roundhouse, the former headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department, on Dec. 8, 2022. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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‘Wide and varied’ opinions offered of future of Philly’s Roundhouse during months of public input

Many said they wanted to see the complicated history of the city’s former police headquarters recognized in the site’s next life.

6 months ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Hazardous waste storage areas at former refinery site could close within a year

In another sign of transformation at the 1,000-acre site, the last hazardous waste storage areas are expected to formally close within a year.

6 months ago

A SEPTA bus driver navigates through SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot
Pennsylvania
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A look into SEPTA’s new transit systems proposed for the Philadelphia suburbs

SEPTA wants to streamline bus services in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, and implement “microtransit” zones — an on-demand door-to-door transit service.

6 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
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Pa. announces money to help get dirty diesel trucks out of high-traffic communities

Exhaust from diesel trucks can worsen heart and lung issues, and even cause cancer. A new Pa. grant program will help replace them with electric vehicles.

6 months ago

A man looks upward. Behind him are stained glass windows.
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
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Nicetown’s Zion Annex has sat neglected since 2014. An $11 million renovation aims to bring it back to life

Restoring the 111-year-old, stone masonry and stained-glass Annex will bring several new educational, health, arts, technology, and employment opportunities.

6 months ago

A silhouette of someone standing on a sidewalk is clear as traffic in the background going by is blurred.
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
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With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table

PennDOT has committed to studying transit options on Roosevelt Blvd. This means that Philly is one step closer to a new subway line, writes doctoral student Jay Arzu.

6 months ago

People gather around a table in a park.
Neighborhoods
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Friends of Clark Park is collecting community input for a new ‘Master Plan,’ though residents say they don’t want major changes

Many residents say they’d like small changes to make the park more accessible — like new benches, public bathrooms, and an updated playground.

6 months ago

David Adelman, part owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, stands at the corner of 10th and Market streets, across the street from where the team hopes to build a new arena (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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New details emerge about Sixers’ proposal for new arena

The team behind the billion-dollar development led a media tour of the potential footprint of the arena on Friday afternoon.

6 months ago

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