Sophia Schmidt

East Falls residents say it’s been “a real hardship” since the post office closed after it flooded during Ida. It’s expected to finally reopen later this month.

It has been one year since the remnants of Hurricane Ida battered Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, and Bucks counties with historic rainfall and strong winds.

Site clearing is the latest concern community groups have with the FDR park renovations. Those leading the project say it’s necessary to fix flooding.

The union representing bus drivers and building cleaners was poised to strike, but instead secured “historic” pay increases.

The program helped hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians last season, according to officials. It's open from November through April.

Improvements could include new, raised crosswalks, curb extensions to narrow crossing distances, or new traffic signals.

An update to the FDR Park plan expands natural areas and drops a planned golf driving range. A new tidal wetland is set to break ground soon.

Thousands of PECO customers lose access to A/C or fans each summer when they can’t pay their electric bills. Experts want more limits on shutoffs in a warming world.

Advocates estimate dozens of community gardens are tangled up in private liens. Negotiations and a GoFundMe are afoot.

The city Gas Commission approved a new budget for PGW that includes a small but potentially historic allocation: $500,000 for a geothermal feasibility study.

In party hats, activists pushing for action on climate change rallied at Sen. Bob Casey’s office to support the Inflation Reduction Act.

Philly is one of 14 cities and counties across the country chosen by a federal agency to collect heat data this summer, in an annual citizen science project.