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Latest Stories

COVID-19

COVID-19: LIHEAP Recovery Crisis Program Provides Assistance to Customers Struggling With Utility Bills

September 14, 2020 Solmaira Valerio

LIHEAP is now open and accepting applications until Aug. 31, 2020 or until funds are exhausted

COVID-19

COVID-19: Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery During a Global Pandemic

September 11, 2020 Akilah Lawrence

Two women discuss navigating pregnancy and motherhood while abiding by new hospital policies and social distancing.

Business

COVID-19: How the Catering Industry is Managing to Stay Afloat

September 9, 2020 Jarred Cruz

Owners of Philadelphia-based catering companies Catering By Design and Cescaphe offer insight into how they have been navigating business amid the coronavirus.

Business

COVID-19: Managing Coronavirus Inside an Easton, PA Wawa

September 7, 2020 Tyra Powell

Since the early days of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 shutdown, Wawa convenience stores have been classified as essential businesses, and its employees have been considered essential workers.

COVID-19

COVID-19: High School Graduate Settles For Delayed College Experience Due to Pandemic

September 4, 2020 Adam Crognale

Alicia Cosenza was set to start the musical theatre program at Texas State University, until COVID-19 forced her to change plans. After a long hard-fought year of auditions, Cosenza will take her classes online in the fall of 2020 from her home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Arts and Entertainment

COVID-19: Musicians, Production Pros Struggle Over Future of Live Concerts

September 2, 2020 Michael Vigilante

As social distancing restrictions make large gatherings difficult, people who earn their money working live events worry about what the rest of 2020 and early 2021 hold for them.

Center City

COVID-19: Director of 1918 Influenza Exhibit Talks Coronavirus

August 31, 2020 Miles Wall

A conversation with Robert D. Hicks, who led the development of the Mütter Museum’s Spit Spreads Death exhibit, about how the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic compares to COVID-19, and what we can learn from the past.

Business

South Jersey: Black-owned Businesses Connect With Customers at Black Market SJ

August 26, 2020 Dominque Fowler

Jessica Smith and Barshay Grave organized the event as a way to support the Black community in South Jersey.

Business

COVID-19: Tattoo Parlors Persist Because of Customers

August 24, 2020 Carolyn Potts

Used to dealing with the possible spread of infection, several tattoo parlors in the region have instituted new policies and practices in order to stay open.

Education

Education: After Community Pressure, Colonial School Board Expands Diversity Efforts in District

August 21, 2020 Justin Oakes

Shreya Bhutani, class of 2018, petitioned the Colonial School Board to take action against racism in schools. In response, the district created a new position focused on diversity and inclusion in schools.

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