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Down the Shore
Community

Thousands remain without power at the Shore after severe storms

New Jersey is cleaning up after a Halloween storm packing powerful winds and severe thunderstorms blew across the state, downing trees and power lines.

7 years ago

A new bill from state Sen. Bob Smith establishes ambitious goals for multiplying public charging stations. (Pixbay/NJ Spotlight)
Urban Planning
NJ Spotlight

Picking up the pace on electric vehicles — and charging stations — in N.J.

A new bill sets ambitious goals for multiplying public charging stations and could funnel millions in rebates to motorists.

7 years ago

A Mariner East pipeline valve site on the edge of the Andover development, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, illustrates the pipeline's path through densely-populated southeastern Pennsylvania. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Several Chester, Delaware county residents urge judge to shut down Mariner East pipelines, citing fears of explosion

Industry advocate calls hearings a ‘last-ditch effort’ to stop legally permitted project.

7 years ago

Ray King's artwork illuminates the platform of the revamped 15th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Lights! Elevators! Signs! SEPTA’s 15th Street Station gets $28 million makeover

The $28 million renovation moves the transit agency closer to meeting goals for accessibility and design.

7 years ago

running water in a kitchen sink.
Money
Billy Penn

Philly finally updated its confusing and expensive water bill system

Welcome to the future, Water Revenue Bureau.

7 years ago

A video still shows the 38,000-pound vessel that flew across the Schuylkill River when the third explosion occurred at 4:22 a.m. (Credit: Global News)
Community

Faulty, old pipe caused PES refinery explosion, sending a bus-size piece of debris flying across Schuylkill

A federal investigation blames faulty, old pipe for the explosion and fire at the South Philly refinery. Hydrofluoric acid was released in the blast.

7 years ago

Maurice Boston, a freshman at Ben Franklin H.S., shows his support at a packed meeting discussing the closures of Ben Franklin and Science Leadership Academy high schools because of asbestos remediation at the school district building Monday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Education

Asbestos that closed Philly high schools exposed deep rifts

The fiasco that resulted in 1,000 students from two Philly high schools being out of class for three weeks exposed parents' anxieties about the safety of their schools.

Air Date: October 15, 2019

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(Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Trump Administration officials promise more jobs at Philly Shipyard

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro said two ship repair contracts will revitalize Philly Shipyard

7 years ago

At the School District headquarters on  Monday morning, parents and students at a packed meeting discuss the closures of Ben Franklin and Science Leadership Academy high schools because of asbestos remediation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

After pushback from parents, new options proposed for displaced Ben Franklin, SLA students

Over 1,000 Philly students displaced by building, issues including exposed asbestos, could soon learn where they’ll attend school.

7 years ago

Benjamin Franklin High School located on North Broad Street. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY, file)
Education
Billy Penn

Philly’s $100 million battle to get rid of asbestos and make schools safe

Both schools proposed as alternates for the 1,000 students being relocated by the School District of Philadelphia because of asbestos have also been found to contain asbestos.

7 years ago

lead pipe
Health

While updating water meters, Philadelphia will develop database of city’s lead pipes

As part of its meter upgrade initiative, the Philadelphia Water Department will look for lead service lines inside homes and log the ones it finds.

7 years ago

A crumbling sidewalk on Green Street near 11th (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Money
Billy Penn

Homeowners are on the hook to fix Philly’s ‘disintegrating’ sidewalks

The city, which is being sued by disability advocates, doesn’t track requests for repairs.

7 years ago

A crowded boardwalk in Wildwood
Money

N.J. lawmakers unveil $40M plan to repair Wildwood Boardwalk

The money would come from an unlikely source: the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. An expert called the plan ill-advised.

7 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Offshore wind farm developer secures approval to connect to Oyster Creek

A proposed offshore wind farm could revive the closed Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Ocean County.

7 years ago

A sentimental goodbye note written from the point of view of an old utility pole in South Philly went viral on Twitter and was read around the world. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Viral South Philly utility pole to be reborn as green fuel

Becoming “furniture” or “toothpicks” isn’t in the cards. But the long-serving pole will liely get an afterlife of sorts, a PECO spokesperson said.

7 years ago

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