There's a new way to hop between Jersey Shore drinking destinations between Wildwood and Cape May this summer. Coastal Cruiser, a new weekend shuttle service operated by Metropolis Passenger Logistics, …
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For fifth straight year, women-owned businesses in Manayunk team up to collect donations of period products
by myphillyconnection 16 viewsFor a fifth straight March, shops around Manayunk are displaying small, pink crates to collect donations of menstrual and maternal care products — from tampons and pads to diapers and …
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SEPTA fully reopens Ardmore Station after six years of renovations
by myphillyconnection 20 viewsSEPTA fully reopened its Ardmore Station Monday morning, concluding a six-year renovation project that added a new parking lot, waiting area, restrooms and several accessibility upgrades. The $59 million project …
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ICE agents expected to be deployed at Philly airport amid TSA staff shortages
by myphillyconnection 19 viewsThe Trump administration plans to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at airports around the country Monday, more than five weeks into a partial government shutdown that has led …
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For first time in 50 years, Camden had no homicides over the winter
by myphillyconnection 17 viewsCamden just made it through the winter with no homicides, a benchmark the city has not hit since the 1970s. The encouraging milestone is the latest in a larger downward …
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Mayor Parker proposes raising rideshare tax to $1 per trip to fund public schools
by myphillyconnection 18 viewsMayor Cherelle Parker said she would increase the rideshare tax in her budget proposal from 20 cents to $1 per trip to alleviate the school district's $300 million structural deficit. …
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Pa. senators mull tax cuts for organ donors and inheritance beneficiaries
by myphillyconnection 21 viewsTwo bills that would cut taxes for Pennsylvanians in two very different circumstances advanced through a state Senate panel this week. One would allow living organ donors to deduct costs …
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N.J. files lawsuit to block ICE detention center in Roxbury Township
by myphillyconnection 21 viewsNew Jersey has sued the Trump administration over its plans to convert an abandoned industrial warehouse in Roxbury Township into a mass immigrant detention center. MORE: Future of Sesame Place …
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Ex-Philadelphia prison guard pleads guilty to pepper-spraying 5 inmates
by myphillyconnection 22 viewsA former Philadelphia prison guard pleaded guilty Thursday to pepper-spraying five subdued inmates at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Holmesburg in 2023. Christopher Knight, 47, of Philadelphia, was charged with civil …
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Man who decapitated seagull in North Wildwood got ‘slap on the wrist,’ animal advocates say
by myphillyconnection 20 viewsAn animal rights organization says it is "profoundly disappointed" with the resolution of a case against a man who decapitated a seagull at Morey's Piers in North Wildwood two years …