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| Megabus Stops New York City Service; NJ Req. PPE Inventory Reports; 9 More PA Counties Stay-At-Home |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/27/20 3:10 pm | updated: 03/27/20 3:10 pm |
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| Megabus has suspended all service in and out of New York City through Thursday, April 9th. This is due to federal recommendations that anyone traveling from NYC should self-quarantine for 14-days. If you have booked travel on Megabus during this time, you will get a message about rescheduling. They have also updating their rescheduling policy to allow for rebooking at no cost. For more information go to: Read More |
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| Glen Mills Turned into FEMA Site; Temple Lends Liacouras to City; Sea Isle Closes Beach/Promenade |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/27/20 1:00 pm | updated: 03/27/20 1:00 pm |
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| The closed Glen Mills School in Delaware County will be turned into a FEMA medical center to treat coronavirus COVID-19 patients. A Federal Medical Station will be set up in the school's recreation center which is around 86,000 square feet. It will be used for surge capacity. The school also has medical and dental facilities, a generator, and even an airfield on its 800-acre campus. "I'm proud to have led the Congressional effort to ask FEMA to designate Glen Mills Schools as a Federal... Read More |
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| Wawa Stops Made-to-Order in Philadelphia; 50k Laptop Purchase Approved; Fanatics to Make Gowns/Masks |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/26/20 10:29 pm | updated: 03/26/20 10:29 pm |
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| Wawa has announced that they are temporarily suspending in-store made-to-order food at all of its Philadelphia stores. This will go into effect at the company's 42 Philadelphia city stores at 5 a.m. Friday March 27. "Following recent guidance from Philadelphia City officials, beginning March 27th, we are temporarily suspending built-to-order custom food service ordering in our Philadelphia stores. To help offset this temporary change, we are expanding our express offer of both hot and... Read More |
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| REAL ID Deadline Extended 1 Year; Trump Approves NJ Disaster Declaration; SEPTA Trims Regional Rail |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/26/20 3:38 pm | updated: 03/26/20 3:38 pm |
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| The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday, 3/26, that the deadline for obtaining a REAL ID has been postponed by 1-year. The deadline was set for this October. It is now October 1, 2021. You do not have to have a REAL ID compliant identification, but it is required for many things including boarding a commercial flight and entering a federal building. "The federal, state and local response to the spread of the Coronavirus here in the United States necessitates a... Read More |
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| Philadelphia YMCA Lays Off 3,400; Philadelphia Stops Pursuing Hahnemann; Philabundance Temp. Closes |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/26/20 1:43 pm | updated: 03/26/20 1:43 pm |
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| The Greater Philadelphia YMCA has laid off 3,400 workers due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. 700 of those employee were full-time. There are now just 61 employees left working across the organization's 16 branches and 12 early learning centers. They have all taken pay cuts. President and CEO Shaun Elliott has completely cut his pay and his top staff have cut their pay in half. Elliott said that 90% of the YMCA's revenue comes from the gym and child care. The rest ones from... Read More |
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| Major League Baseball Celebrates Opening Day At Home; Watch Philadelphia Phillies #OpeningDayAtHome |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/25/20 10:34 pm | updated: 03/25/20 10:34 pm |
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| Thursday, March 26, would have been Opening Day across Major League Baseball. The Phillies were scheduled to start the season on the road down in Florida against the Miami Marlins. The Home Opener was not set until next Thursday, April 2, against the Milwaukee Brewers. However, you can still enjoy a full slate of memorable MLB and Phillies moments all day Thursday thanks to MLB's "Opening Day At Home". There will be 30 games (a memorable winning game for each team) streamed on Read More |
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| Ocean City, NJ, Boardwalk/Beaches Closed; PA Primary Moving to June 2; Valley Forge Park Closed |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/25/20 10:13 pm | updated: 03/25/20 10:13 pm |
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The mayor of Ocean City, New Jersey, has closed the boardwalk and the beaches until further notice due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. The order is meant to further emphasize social distancing and the Governor's 'stay-at-home' order.
This is Mayor Jay A. Gillian statement:
"The boardwalk and all beaches in Ocean City are closed effective immediately. An administrative order issued by the state last night gives municipalities the discretion to... Read More |
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| Archdiocese of Philadelphia Cancels Mass Through Easter; DRPA Bridges Go Cashless; PA School Bill |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/25/20 3:48 pm | updated: 03/25/20 3:48 pm |
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| The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced on Wednesday, 3/25, that the suspension of the celebration of all public Masses in the Archdiocese will continue until further notice and at least through Easter Sunday, 4/12. This means that all masses during Holy Week and Easter Sunday will not be held publicly. That includes Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil). Palms will still be blessed and made available to the public at a later date. Priests will... Read More |
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| Gov. Wolf Extends Stay-At-Home to Erie, Lehigh and Northampton; PA Gun Shops Open By Appointment |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/25/20 12:55 pm | updated: 03/25/20 12:55 pm |
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| Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has extended 'stay-at-home' orders to additional counties in the commonwealth. On Tuesday, 3/24, Wolf ordered that residents in Erie county 'to stay at home or at their place of residence except as needed to access, support or provide life sustaining business, emergency or government services' starting at 8 p.m. on 3/24. On Wednesday, 3/25, Wolf added Lehigh and Northampton counties to the order starting at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Allegheny, Bucks, Chester,... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Negotiating to Open Hahnemann; Montco Test Site Criteria; Philly Remote Learning |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/24/20 11:50 pm | updated: 03/24/20 11:50 pm |
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| Philadelphia city officials are in negotiations with the owner of the shuttered Hahnemann Hospital to possibly reopen the building. The Center City hospital slowly closed last summer after declaring bankruptcy. When it was running, the hospital could accommodate 400-500 beds, which would be valuable to have available if the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak continues to infect and hospitalize Philadelphians. At this point the negotiations are having a rough time taking off. Mayor Kenney... Read More |
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