A woman shot and killed a man who police say she knew after he broke into her Crescentville apartment on Wednesday.
The woman shot the man in her second-floor apartment on the 4600 block of Castor Avenue around 5 a.m., Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters on the scene. Neither person has been identified.
First responders found a masked man, 29, in the bedroom, where he was unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head. The man was pronounced dead at the scene around 5:30 a.m., Small said.
When first responders removed the man’s mask to render medical aid, the woman, who police believe to be in her 20s, said she recognized the man and knew him.
The woman is cooperating with investigators, who said they believe the man was shot after breaking into the woman’s apartment.
“She heard someone breaking windows to the apartment, and then she encountered this male inside of the property,” Small said. “He was wearing a mask covering his face, and she fired one or two shots, striking this male in the head.”
Neither the NFL nor Brian Dawkins gave President Donald Trump’s administration approval to post game footage of the former Eagles player on social media. But the Department of Homeland Security posted a montage of Dawkins to promote its immigration policies anyway.
The NFL asked DHS on Monday to take down the post, in which the agency responds to news about immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border with a video of an edited NFL broadcast featuring Dawkins’ iconic walkout entrance. The video uses copyrighted NFL material and Dawkins’ likeness, and the band Korn’s “Blind” can be heard in the background.
When asked if DHS would comply with the request, a department spokesperson responded with a meme photo of Bugs Bunny saying, “no,” posted to social media by DHS general counsel James Percival.
But is the government allowed to use copyrighted material without permission? In the case of the Dawkins video, it likely can, said Guy Rub, a Temple University law professor and intellectual property expert, who said the NFL footage and Dawkins’ likeness could fall under “fair use.”
Under the fair use doctrine, copyrighted material can be used without permission when the material is used in a “transformative” way to add new meaning or messaging, Rub said.
“There is a pretty good argument to say that this is transformative use. It takes the underlying footage and uses it for a new purpose — it’s not trying to compete with the NFL when they posted it. They are giving it new meaning, a new context under this framework,” Rub said, who noted he did not endorse the Trump administration’s messaging.
A major factor in fair use is whether the copyrighted material is being reused to make money. DHS was tying the footage to political speech, which is protected under the First Amendment, Rub said. It just happens that the government was the one making the political statement in this case.
The Dawkins dustup is the latest controversy in the Trump administration’s use of copyrighted material in its meme-centric, Gen Z-inspired postings on social media, often deploying beloved cartoon characters and pop music to amplify Trump campaign slogans or immigration messaging.
Trump has drawn the ire of musicians for years for using music in videos and campaign events without permission since the 2016 election. But in his second term, Trump’s federal agencies have opened the floodgates with their takes on pop culture references.
So much so that companies like the one behind Pokémon, the hit children’s anime and video games, objected to the White House’s use of its cartoon creatures. Musicians from Tom Petty (through his estate) to Sabrina Carpenter have requested the removal of their songs from posts.
It can be hard to enforce these rules on the federal government, Rub said, but some do succeed, as was the case with the firm that owns the rights to Vince Guaraldi’s “O Tannenbaum” from A Charlie Brown Christmas, which settled with the Trump administration for $20,000 for a copyright violation.
However, collecting money, called “damages,” is the only recourse. Courts cannot force an injunction on the federal government, due in part to “sovereign immunity” — the government cannot be sued in its own court without consenting to it, Rub said.
The NFL is likely not looking for damages in the DHS case, as it would be a very small sum for the 30 seconds of NFL footage repurposed for the meme, Rub said. But Dawkins might have a stronger case for “false endorsement,” as the post could be taken to mean Dawkins supports the Trump administration’s messaging. Still, Rub said, false endorsement protections are usually applied only to those whose likeness or trademark has been used commercially. The DHS post would likely fall under noncommercial political speech.
“It’s part of the U.S.’s commitment to free speech,” Rub said. ”Free speech sometimes helps causes that you like, and sometimes it’s ones that you don’t. That’s part of free speech.”
The NFL asked the Department of Homeland Security to take down a social media post featuring Eagles legend Brian Dawkins to promote the immigration enforcement efforts of President Donald Trump’s administration.
A DHS spokesperson said it used Dawkins in its post because “DHS is playing lockdown defense at the border.” On Monday, the NFL said it requested that DHS remove the post from its social media accounts.
“We have requested DHS take down the video,” Brian McCarthy, a spokesperson for the NFL, said.
Dawkins, who played for the Eagles from 1996 to 2008, was known for leading the team onto the field before games in a menacing “Weapon X” entrance, in which he would run on his hands and feet like X-Men character Wolverine, ready to eviscerate the opposing team’s offense.
In a video shared on social media Monday afternoon, Dawkins said he did not authorize the Trump administration to use his highlights to promote their immigration agenda.
“I did not give permission for my name, image, and likeness to be used by anybody, all right? By anybody,” Dawkins said.
The video of Dawkins’ entrance implied DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would take aggressive action against the migrant caravan. DHS said it has been trackingthe group of about 600 people since it left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Sept. 20.
Former NFL player Brian Dawkins delivers a speech during an induction ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.David Richard
Dawkins is not the first ex-NFL star to be featured in the Trump administration’s increasingly meme-centered presence on social media. The White House’s official X account posted a highlight reel in March of bone-crushing tackles in NFL history, including Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown’s hit against rookie Reggie Bush, edited to include footage of real drone strikes conducted by the U.S. military in Iran.
The Dawkins social media post follows the White House’s use of taxpayer funds to air a television ad centering Trump before the midterms. The ad that aired in at least two NFL game broadcasts on Sunday, according to CNN, features Donald Trump walking through a hallway declaring “this is the final battle.” At the end of the commercial, a disclosure reads “Paid for by the U.S. Government,” which drew criticism from both sides of the aisle.
Sen. Andy Kim (D., N.J.) questioned how much taxpayer money was spent on the ad on Sunday. “Trump has overseen the most corrupt administration in modern history, making billions of dollars for him and his friends, while your costs go up,” he said in a social media post.
Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) in an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation said no public official should spend public money on private ads for themselves. “The White House sees differently, but you can’t spend money to promote yourself.”
Atlantic City’s top cannabis official is facing federal charges for a scheme to solicit cash bribes from a dispensary owner in exchange for fast-tracking their license and avoiding city fees.
Kashawn “Kash” McKinley, 42, commonly referred to as “A.C.’s Weed Czar” for his role overseeing the city’s legalmarijuana industry, was charged with honest services fraud and two counts of soliciting bribes, U.S. Attorney in New Jersey Robert Frazer announced Thursday.
In a statement, Atlantic City officials said that Mayor Marty Small Sr. had been apprised of the case and that McKinley had been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the case. Small “believes in the justice system, and Kashawn McKinley is innocent until proven guilty, like any other American,” according to the statement, which said the mayor promised transparency around the proceedings.
A public defender assigned to McKinley declined to comment.
As the director of Atlantic City’s constituent services, McKinley solicited more than $20,000 in cash and marijuana from the cannabis business owner, according to federal prosecutors.In exchange, McKinley assisted the owner, who was not identified by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in opening a dispensary and resolving certain fees owed to Atlantic City.
The would-be dispensary owner contacted McKinley in late 2022 for guidance on opening a cannabis business in Atlantic City, prosecutors said. At McKinley’s direction, the duo first met in a parking lot of a defunct Atlantic City restaurant where McKinley told the owner that in exchange for $20,000, he could “help” resolve any issues with opening the dispensary in town, according to prosecutors.
“We all need to eat,” McKinley allegedly told the dispensary owner at the time.
The dispensary owner would go on to pay McKinley the $20,000 over the next few months in two installments. Soon after, the owner’s license was approved by the local oversight board, where McKinley is a member.
Two years after opening, the dispensary owner contacted McKinley in 2025 about the more than $25,000 in fees and taxes the owner owed to Atlantic City for operating the dispensary.
Prosecutors say that McKinley’s solution to the fees was to reclassify the dispensary from a standard mercantile license down to a “micro” license, which would result in the business needing to pay only $2,500 in annual fees and taxes.
As part of the reclassification scheme, prosecutors say, McKinley allegedly directed the dispensary owner to orchestrate the assault of a person who McKinley said was “disrespecting” another public official. When McKinley was later shown what prosecutors say appeared to be a photograph of the injured victim, McKinley allegedly “expressed pleasure” and assured the dispensary owner that they “don’t have to worry about nothing” in relation to the disputed city fees.
Throughout McKinley and the dispensary owner’s exchanges, the weed official would ask for “care packages,” which prosecutors believe to mean bribe payments and samples of weed.
Since McKinley and the owner were able to reclassify the dispensary down to a micro business license in January, the owner was owed a $25,000 refund from Atlantic City for previously paying the standard license fees. McKinley requested half of that refund from the dispensary owner, according to prosecutors. In March, the dispensary owner gave McKinley a $6,000 kickback from the refund, prosecutors said.
McKinley’s fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Each bribery charge carries a 10-year maximum prison sentence and a fine of up to $250,000.
There are signs the Moshannon Valley Processing Center could end up being sold to the federal government, a move critics fear could insulate the center from some state regulation.
In the meantime, county officials approved a controversial extension of the current operating contract Tuesday, ensuring the largest detention center in the northeastern United States can run unimpeded for at least the next six months.
The contract between Clearfield County and Florida-based GEO Group, the for-profit owner of the 1,876-bed facility, was set to expire at the end of September. But Republican Commissioners Tim Winters and John Sobel voted 2-1 against Democratic Commissioner Dave Glass to extend GEO Group and ICE’s contract to operate the Moshannon center.
The vote came at a contentious meeting at which speakers from the audience mostly voiced opposition, questioning why the county had become entangled in federal immigration policy and doubting the true worth and use of the $100,000 payment.
“Blood money!” one person shouted after the vote.
Clearfield’s vote took place as President Donald Trump’s administration quietly mounts a takeover of private detention centers like Moshannon, as it is called, to expand bed capacity to support its mass-deportation goals.
Some local officials and immigration advocates think Moshannon may be next to be sold. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said ICE does not discuss potential facility acquisitions.
“The long-term solicitation process remains ongoing,” a spokesperson said.
Federal ownership could insulate the properties from compliance with certain local and state laws, important to the Trump administration when other expansion plans, like turning empty warehouses into detention centers, bogged down amid community and legal opposition.
Moshannon is a common destination of those arrested for immigration violations in Pennsylvania. An unannounced congressional oversight visit in May found that of the 1,417 adults detained there, roughly 78% lacked serious criminal charges or convictions of violent behavior — a contrast to Trump and his allies’ arguments for increased detention.
ICE agents outside the Delaney Hall migrant detention center in Newark, N.J., in June.LEXI PARRA
Trump’s push for mass detention and deportation
Congress voted in July 2025 to allocate $45 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for immigration detention, more than a decade’s worth of typical funding. At the time, Trump immigration officials touted the funding as a way to treat deportation “like a business,” with acting ICE director Todd Lyons saying he wants to see the deportation system run “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings.”
However, in June, ICE made plans to offload seven of those warehouses, totaling $700 million, by giving them to other agencies or selling them outright, according to the New York Times.
A warehouse purchased by DHS to house an ICE detention center in Surprise. Caitlin O'Hara
GEO Group’s founder and executive chairman, George Foley, said in a May earnings call that the private prison company was “engaged in an active process for the sale” of several facilities to ICE. Foley acknowledged Democratic-led states were considering more active oversight in detention centers, saying, “I think the logical solution to much of that is federal ownership of the facilities.”
GEO Group did not respond to a request for comment.
A detainee sits behind glass in a common area at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in 2023.REUTERS / Quinn Glabicki
The potential sale of Moshannon to ICE
GEO Group has not officially stated its intention to sell Moshannon to ICE. But recent ICE contract bid requests and local dealings with the center’s warden are leading local officials and immigration advocates to suspect a sale.
Earlier this month, ICE requested 10-year contract bids for “turnkey” detention facilities across the country, including in the Philadelphia area. Moshannon is the only private facility in the region that fits that criteria, said Jasmine Rivera, executive director of the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition, which had called on county commissioners to deny a contract extension.
Rivera said the proposal requests include provisions that could lead to the sale of private detention centers to ICE, similar to its dealings with CoreCivic. GEO Group and ICE’s contract extension “is a stopgap measure” so the parties have “the time to finish the land assessment in the sale of Moshannon,” Rivera said.
In a Sept. 8 Clearfield County commissioners meeting, Glass told the public he directly asked Moshannon warden Leonard Oddo earlier this year whether the Clearfield detention center could be sold to ICE. Oddo said no, according to Glass. In the first week of September, the commissioner e-mailed Oddo the same question, to which Oddo responded, “‘I’ll have to refer you to GEO corporate on that,’” Glass said.
“I took that as kind of a red flag that there may be some kind of a sale,” Glass said at the meeting.
Moshannon Valley Processing Center, an ICE detention facility operated by the Geo Group, where migrants are housed, in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 24, 2025. REUTERS/Quinn GlabickiREUTERS
What it means for Pennsylvania residents
Having Moshannon fall under federal ownership would mean many of the tax benefits Clearfield County receives for serving as a middleman would cease, Glass said.
“Whatever you think about the facility, having that facility sold to the federal government and losing the tax base on that would be a huge blow,” he said.
Clearfield commissioners have no say in approving the sale if GEO Group and ICE agree to terms.
Due to a now-reversed order that banned federal agencies from contracting with private prisons, GEO Group is contracted through Clearfield County, meaning ICE funding — around $5 million monthly — flows through Clearfield to GEO Group for operating the detention center. Clearfield collects a $200,000 administration fee for its intermediary role.
Winters, who voted to extend the contract, said that current federal immigration policy was “not working,” but that losing a seat at the table with ICE and GEO would leave Clearfield County worse off.
Voting “no” on the contract extension would have eliminated “our communication and our ability to investigate claims,” he said. “Our oversight ability is very small, but we still have it.”
For Rivera, any sale is concerning because ICE could ignore Pennsylvania lawmakers’ attempts to protect public health, environmental and zoning standards, and the safety of those detained, she said.
The newly extended contract will allow ICE to continue paying GEO Group for operating Moshannon through Clearfield County until mid-March 2027. At that point, GEO Group and ICE could approach the county with a new contract, or, as advocates and some local officials fear, federal ownership could come into play.
Philadelphia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport were still experiencing some delays and cancellations Tuesday after an air traffic control equipment issue had grounded all incoming flights the day prior.
As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 90 delays and 30 cancellations in place at Philadelphia’s airport, out of more than 700 scheduled flights, said PHL spokesperson Heather Redfern.
“We remind all passengers with plans to fly today to check with their airlines for the most up-to-date flight information,” Redfern said.
Newark airport has experienced 137 delays and 61 cancellations as of Tuesday afternoon, according to FlightAware data.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the ground stoppage Monday for all flights coming into Philadelphia after the region’s air traffic control center began experiencing issues with radio frequencies. The ground stop was lifted at about 5 p.m. Monday.
Flights into Philadelphia International Airport were grounded for much of the day Monday due to a stop instituted by the Federal Aviation Administration that impacted hundreds of flights in the Northeast in the wake of equipment outages.
Incoming flights were briefly allowed to resume at one point, but were again halted a short time later, according to the FAA’s airspace system status. The ground stop was again lifted at about 5 p.m. Monday.
As of late Monday afternoon, PHL had experienced about 400 delays and 200 cancellations, according to data from flight tracking website FlightAware. Some airlines were allowing their customers to change flights without fees. The FAA advised travelers to check the status of their flights with their airline before heading to the airport.
On Monday night, arrivals and departures at Philadelphia were still delayed by an average of at least two hours, according to Flighty, the popular flight-tracking app.
During the stops, FAA said planes departing from a U.S. airport and heading to PHL should remain on the ground. At times, flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and Bergen County’s Teterboro Airport were also affected.
The ground stop came after a circuit failed at an air traffic control tower in Philadelphia, and officials found that a line from a backup system was cut at a construction site in New Jersey, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said. The technical problems happened at the same FAA facility in Philadelphia that caused numerous disruptions at Newark Liberty International Airport in spring 2025.
“Unfortunately, that circuit failed today,” Bedford said at a Monday news conference. “And when it went to flip into the backup, we discovered that the backup fiber had a break, and that fiber break is probably 13 hours to repair.”
Bedford described the break as “massive,” and said it consisted of about 600 feet of fiber line somewhere between New Brunswick and Newark. It was not immediately clear when the break in the fiber line for the backup occurred, he said.
Verizon said contractors had dug up and cut the cable that runs along the Amtrak rail line in New Jersey. The company said in a statement that its technicians were racing to get the cable fixed.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop showed the need for more funding to modernize infrastructure.
“This is not shocking to us,” Duffy said. “It’s an old system that we’re stuck working with.”
The FAA on Monday also began testing a new computer system that uses AI to help predict schedule conflicts and weather issues, but it did not appear to be linked to the outage because it was only being tested in the Washington, D.C., area.
Inquirer staff writer Robert Moran contributed to this article, which also contains information from the Associated Press.
Football and the Eagles are back, and every week fans will be packed into tailgates, living rooms, and watering holes to watch the Birds’ potential path back to the Super Bowl.
Philly has hundreds of spots to catch a game, from breweries with wall-size projectors to restaurants streaming the broadcast over the bar. Here are some of the top picks — big venues, sports bars, breweries, and restaurants — to help you plan your game day.
Eagles fan Justin Ghee (right) gets in the face of his friend Packers fan Ronald Roberts when the Eagles sacked the Packers quarterback in the first half of the Eagles vs. Packers NFL playoff game. The friends were viewing the game at XFINITY Live! Philadelphia on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Both men are formerly from Philly, attended Howard University and now live in Washington, D.C.Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Big venues, bigger screens
Live! Casino
Right next to the South Philadelphia sports complex is the fairly new Live! Casino and Hotel, with at least two venues located within the casino to watch the games. Take your pick between the 52-foot screen at Sports & Social, or Luk Fu, the casino’s pan-Asian restaurant with game-day specials.
So close to the Linc that you can hear the stadium roar from the patio, Stateside Live! (formerly Xfinity Live!) has a 58-foot screen and dozens of TVs in its bars.
Watch the Eagles play on a massive HD video wall at BetRivers Sportsbook inside Rivers Casino in Fishtown. Game-day beer specials and giveaways will be available, plus each game brings a chance for fans to win tickets to a forthcoming Eagles game.
Craft Hall is a massive beer hall, with family- and pet-friendly fixtures, equipped with two projector screens and several TVs lining the walls playing every Eagles game. Enjoy $5 draft beers and $15 beer pitchers with under-$20 food specials, including wings and pizza.
Classmates from the Philadelphia area attending East Carolina University in North Carolina meet at Founding Fathers on South Street to watch the Eagles. Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Sports bars and breweries
Cavanaugh’s Headhouse & Rittenhouse
Cavanaugh’s sports bars are some of the best venues to be at on game day, with locations in Rittenhouse and Headhouse Square off South Street. The Rittenhouse location will offer Bud Light in $5 cans and in $22 bottle buckets. Headhouse will have $4 draft Michelob Ultras and $20 buckets of Bud Light.
South Street’s premier sports bar with TV-lined walls, an extensive bar-food menu, and a draft beer list that offers popular craft beers and local talent.
Philadelphia’s oldest craft brewery invites you to their Washington Avenue brewery and bar every game day to watch on their wall-size projectors alongside food and drink specials.
📍2118 Washington Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146, 📞 215-337-3103, 🌐 dockstreetbeer.com
Evil Genius Beer Co.
This Fishtown taproom will treat you to Evil Genius’ celebrated classics and latest craft brews while watching the game on a 16-foot screen. Game-day specials include $42 beer towers and $45 Stateside buckets.
📍1727 N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19122, 📞 215-425-6820, 🌐 evilgeniusbeer.com
Lucy’s Bar
This Rittenhouse sports bar has a 16-foot screen and game-day deals, including a $40 appetizer platter stacked with wings, cheese curds, onion rings, and pretzels. Drinks include a $6 citywide (dubbed the “buddy system”) and $10 to $12 cocktails.
Philadelphia’s largest brewery is delivering specials every game day at its Spring Garden Street taproom, including $6 Trash Talks, an IPA made especially for the Eagles season.
A block away from the Girard Avenue BSL station is an Asian-fusion sports bar with a curated craft beer list, several TVs playing the Eagles on game day, and a slew of specials: $1 Jell-O shots, $20 beer pitchers, $10 wings, and more.
Manayunk’s Bayou Bar & Grill has been playing every Eagles game for decades. Enjoy its festive atmosphere, and a weekly Eagles merchandise giveaway all season long.
A Center City open-air beer garden with every Eagles game projected onto a big screen along the wall, accompanied by domestic beers on tap, cocktails, and classic pub grub.
Chinatown’s premier sports bar, Bar-Ly carries a whopping 60 beers on tap with TVs and large screens lining the walls. It gets busy on game day, so call ahead to reserve a table.
Every Eagles game day at the Rook in Manayunk, fans can watch the game while taking advantage of the $12 domestic beer pitchers and a $12 “Philly Special” pulled pork sandwich, with broccoli rabe, roasted long hots, and provolone.
Jaffa Bar will be playing every Eagles game on the bar’s TVs and offering a bevy of game-day specials: $12 black lime pepper wings with herbed labneh; $2 raw bar items (oysters, New Jersey top neck clams, and shrimp cocktail), and $6 french fries with tehina ketchup. Plus, $9 specialty cocktails.
📍1625 N. Howard St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19122, 📞 267-857-9944, 🌐 jaffabarphilly.com
Positano Coast
Aldo Lamberti’s Positano Coast in Old City will offer a rotating menu of specials, with games playing across the bar’s TVs.
Patchwork, nestled inside Rittenhouse’s Hyatt Centric, will play the Eagles games all season long, offering $10 citywide, $11 Super Lyte (Blue Chill), and $13 seasoned crinkle-cut fries.
Two teenagers were wounded Tuesday night in North Philadelphia in what may have been a drive-by shooting, police said.
The 18-year-old and 17-year-old, both male, were found on the 1800 block of North Woodstock Street about 10:30 p.m., when police responded to a report of a shooting in the area.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters one of the victims told officers he believed the incident was a drive-by shooting. Police recovered at least 17 spent shell casings.
The 18-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his abdomen, and the 17-year-old was grazed above his right hip. Both were transported by police to Temple University Hospital and were placed in stable condition.
Police said they did not have a motive for the shootingor a description of any suspects, and detectives are requesting anyone with information to call the department’s anonymous tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).
Parks and Recreation Commissioner Susan Slawson said she approved renovations to FDR Park’s Ashburn Field without required statepermitting because she wanted renovations to be complete by the MLB All-Star Game.
The missingpermit was designed to address erosion control and stormwater release at the site.
“We were mindful of the waterways and natural areas within FDR Park,” Slawson said of the decision. “All erosion and sediment controls were in place during construction, and safety was never an issue.”
Slawson told WHYY last week that approving projects without proper permits is not how the department “typically” handles projects, but she allowed the work to proceed “to accommodate the MLB All-Star Game.”
Typically, state law supersedes city approvals.
The city’s parks department actively manages “the natural areas within FDR[Park]to protect water quality and support healthy natural systems while balancing the park’s important role in active recreation,” Slawson said.
Missing permits
In the lead up to the MLB All-Star Game,which took place in July at Citizens Bank Park, the MLB and the city partnered to renovate the 28-year-oldAshburn Field.
However,as first reported by The Inquirer last month, the Phillies and the city did not receive a required permit from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. The permit was designed to address erosion control and stormwater release at the site.
The Phillies applied for the permit May 13, according to the Department of Environmental Protection’s website. Nearly two weeks later, the department sent the Phillies a letter denying the permit, citing 32 issues the team would need to address before receiving the permit to continue renovations. That letter noted that final plan drawings had not been submitted, other drawings failed to include the project’s boundary, and not all water discharge areas were noted.
A local engineering firm hired by the Phillies responded in June to the May letter.
On July 7, the Department of Environmental Protection sent another letter to the Phillies noting technical deficiencies. It sent another letter July 24, about two weeks after the ribbon cutting, noting an outstanding deficiencyandadvisingthe Phillies to resubmit information in coordination with the Philadelphia Water Department.
What’s next
Bonnie Clark, a spokesperson for the Phillies, said the team metwith the Water Department last week and was continuing to remedy issues to obtain the permit.
The permit is still pending on the Department of Environmental Protection website. DEP spokesperson Robyn Briggs declined to comment on possible enforcement actions or penalties as internal deliberations continue.
