Market Avenue bridge closed until … when?!; COVID exhibit; Spelling Bee winner

A $149 million reconstruction of the Market Avenue bridge over the Schuylkill River and I-76 will start this month and ultimately shut the highway to automobiles for greater than a yr, beginning in August 2026.

Finally the bridge will get a two-way, concrete-separated bike lane with a bicycle sign gentle on its western finish, however first it’s going to shut the Schuylkill Expressway and trigger a variety of disruption. Proceed studying…

The Mütter Museum’s “Trusted Messengers” exhibit honors healthcare staff, group members and public officers who labored to construct belief within the medical group throughout a time of disaster and uncertainty.

The exhibition is multi function open room, meant for reflection. Its 4 partitions comprise timelines, pictures of healthcare staff, public well being messaging movies and artwork, data on native scientists’ growth of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, and historic objects. Proceed studying…

RECAP: What else occurred?

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• The U.S. Training Division’s Workplace for Civil Rights in Philly is one among seven such places of work to be shut down nationally by the Trump admin. The workplace oversees 5 states and is liable for the enforcement of legal guidelines round discrimination instances primarily based on intercourse and race, in addition to shared ancestry, and people involving disabilities. [Inquirer$]