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Seeking a Solution for Stray Dogs and Cats in Delaware County
Delaware County has no countywide animal shelter, so there’s no place for strays found out on the street, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Not that…
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Infrastructure Funds Will Speed Up Cleanup of Darby’s Clearview Landfill
An EPA cleanup of the Clearview landfill that is located in Darby Township and Southwest Philadelphia will get a funding assist from the infrastructure law President…
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No Balloons, But Delaware County’s Health Department Will Open in January
Delaware County’s new health department is getting ready for a soft launch in January, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. A final presentation to Pennsylvania officials…
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Connection Interrupted. Looking at Internet Connectivity Across Delco
We’re all used to having mostly reliable, fast, and wide-reaching internet service. But there are still parts of Delaware County where that simply isn’t true.…
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County Park in Marple Receives Support in Informal WHYY Facebook Survey
A proposed county park at the former Don Guanella School in Marple Township could face delays if the $21 million eminent domain offer from Delaware County…
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Borrowing a Cup of Sugar Is Just the Beginning for Buy Nothing Lansdowne
Lansdowne is the local home of a national campaign that’s catching fire—the Buy Nothing Project, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Buy Nothing Lansdowne has only…
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Pa. House Halts PennDOT Toll Idea Proposed to Fund Nine Area Bridges in Need of Repairs
A PennDOT plan to add tolls on nine bridges to finance their repairs was halted on Tuesday by the state House, which passed a bill…
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Swarthmore College Students Hope to Reduce Gun Violence With Database
With a goal of reducing gun violence, Swarthmore College students and faculty have created Delaware County’s first interactive homicide database, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The…
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A New Park in Media Will Honor Borough’s Historic Black Heritage
A new park, Heritage, will be dedicated Nov. 6 in Media Borough to the lives and history of Black families who have lived in the…
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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Funds Penn State Study of Spotted Lanternfly on Cabernet Franc Grapes
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has approved a grant for Penn State to study the effects of the spotted lanternfly on cabernet franc, the grape variety…
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Delaware County Council Makes It Official: Prison Will No Longer Be Private
Delaware County Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to de-privatize the George W. Hill Correctional Facility, and end its contract with GEO Group, writes Kenny Cooper…
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Does the Delco Bubble Exist? It’s a Matter of Perspective
There is, some say, a Delco Bubble, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Urban Dictionary defines it as “a fictional bubble that some believe surrounds Delaware…
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Career Corner: New Children’s Book Normalizes Non-gendered Careers
Despite messages parents may share with their own children about the ability to be anything you want, what is depicted by other parts of the…
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One of the World’s Largest Collections of Vintage Electronic Music Gear is in Montco
One of the largest collections of vintage music gear saved as part of the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project is housed in a warehouse…
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Battery Powered Buses Need Major Jolt to Keep Up With Expectations
Nearly a year and a half after SEPTA rolled out its fleet of battery powered buses — each costing nearly a million dollars — each,…
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PA Distribution of State Education Aid Among Most Regressive in Nation
Pennsylvania state funding of K-12 public education aid is among the lowest in the nation. Worse, its distribution has been ranked one of the most…
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All Politics Is Local But Pennsylvania Takes Local Government to Extreme
Pennsylvania is among the top three states in the nation with the amount of local government within its borders. Only Texas and Illinois are ahead…
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Too Much of a Good Thing? Media Borough Overdevelopment Worries Some
Media still feels like the small town it always was, a place where neighbors know neighbors, writes Kenny Cooper for whyy.org. But now Media is…
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