The fire that damaged dozens of SEPTA buses at the transit authority's Midvale Depot in North Philly on Thursday morning had a lingering impact on the air quality of the …
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Transportation
Struggling to find parking near the Ocean City boardwalk? This app can help
by myphillyconnection 58 viewsDrivers heading to Ocean City can scout out parking spots with a new app that's now available at the shore town. Municipal leaders unveiled the Ocean City Parking Spot Finder …
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Transportation
SEPTA’s Chestnut Hill Line to shut down until September for bridge repairs
by myphillyconnection 76 viewsService on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East Line will be suspended for nearly three months, beginning next week. No trains will run on the Regional Rail line from Sunday to Tuesday, …
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Food & Restaurants
Nearly 100 bars in Center City will offer $7 cocktails, $6 wine, $5 beer for Sips
by myphillyconnection 55 viewsSpring training for Philly bartenders has officially commenced, thanks to the imminent return of Center City Sips. The seasonal happy hour will be offered at 91 bars and restaurants in …
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Food & Restaurants
TikTokers are ‘drinking around the world’ in Philly – re-creating the unofficial Epcot bar crawl
by myphillyconnection 54 viewsDisney adults have long used the international pavilions of Epcot to "drink around the world" – or patronize the bars of as many countries as possible. Now, some TikTokers are …
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Food & Restaurants
Saturday is National Pretzel Day. Here’s where to get freebies in Philly.
by myphillyconnection 54 viewsWithin months of becoming Pennsylvania's governor in 2003, Ed Rendell declared April 26 National Pretzel Day to honor the snack's historical role in shaping the state's economy. Every year since …
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Technology
SEPTA fixes tech outage that prevented riders from buying tickets or reloading Key cards
by myphillyconnection 72 viewsSEPTA riders spent much of Monday unable to buy train tickets or reload their Key cards because of technical issues that affected the transit authority's website, kiosks and on-board purchasing …
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Technology
Abington School District joins growing push to restrict students’ use of cell phones in class
by myphillyconnection 52 viewsWhen Abington School District students return to class in September, there will be new rules in place preventing them from using their cell phones during the school day. The district …
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Technology
A hollow victory in fight to bring transparency to cops’ use of facial recognition technology
by myphillyconnection 58 viewsFrancisco Arteaga was incarcerated, waiting to appear for a court hearing last fall, when he spotted a huge guy eyeballing him from the other side of the courthouse holding cell. …
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Technology
Plan would power new Microsoft AI data center with electricity from Pa.’s Three Mile Island nuclear reactor
by myphillyconnection 62 viewsOne of the two nuclear reactors at Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania site of a notorious partial meltdown 45 years ago, could be brought back online in the coming years …