COVID-19
COVID-19: Delaware Organizations Collaborate to Offer Services to Those In Need
The Food Bank of Delaware and The Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health team up to help Delawareans.
[continue reading…]
Topics
COVID-19
COVID-19: Cherry Hill East High School Students Reflect on Milestones Canceled by Pandemic
For three seniors and their teachers, spring concerts and musicals were the culmination of four years’ worth of work, but the coronavirus meant a change in plans.
[continue reading…]
Animals
COVID-19: Main Line Animal Rescue Continues to Shelter and Adopt Animals
During the past several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a way of dealing with the isolation of social distancing, some families have been welcoming new furry friends into their homes.
[continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
COVID-19: Artists Remember Philadelphians Who Have Died Through Portraiture
The Trouble I’ve Seen project strives to remember those lost to the pandemic through art. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
Education: Parents, Teachers Lambast School District Over Reopening Plan at Board of Education Meeting
More than 100 Parents, teachers, principals, and students all spoke against the School District of Philadelphia’s hybrid learning plan for fall. The board voted to delay action on Superintendent Hite’s proposed plan until the next week. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
COVID-19: Reading, PA Youth Program Changes Plans, Still Offers Mentorship
Reading High School graduate Tillman Sims began TLC Fore Reading five years ago with the goal of shaping the minds of young men and women from all walks of life. Using a shared interest in golf as a starting point, Sims’ program introduces inner city students to a larger world outside their neighborhoods. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
COVID-19: Artists and Musicians Kept the Music Going at Delaware County Quarantine Open Mic
Our special reporting on COVID-19 may focus on communities outside Philadelphia because many of our student journalists are now temporarily located outside of the city. Instead, our reporters will cover how the coronavirus is impacting [continue reading…]
COVID-19
COVID-19: How Philadelphia Nonprofits are Adjusting Operations to Offer Services Safely
As food insecurity and financial precarity increase, demand for services are needed now more than ever. Several non-profit organizations have changed their operations so that clients, volunteers, and staff can operate safely and, when it matters, in person. [continue reading…]
Business
COVID-19: How One Delaware Barbershop is Managing its Reopening
At The Unique Touch, haircuts now come with masks and temperature checks. [continue reading…]
Business
Tacony: Tool Library Launches, Offering Affordable Access to Home Improvement
The library will make tools ranging from circular saws to spotlights borrowable for up to one week, for a small fee. [continue reading…]