Greyhound Bus Station Relocation, Families Ditching the Jersey Shore
It’s the Friday news round up! Host Trenae Nuri is joined by Meir Rinde, investigative reporter at Billy Penn, and Erin McCarthy, consumer reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. They discuss how to stay cool during the summer, how travelers are dealing with the new Greyhound Bus stop location, and why some families are getting priced out of Jersey shore vacation home rentals.
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Greyhound’s bus station move leads to dead-end on Cuthbert and crowds of customers on Market
The Philadelphia Fire Department is hiring
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