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SEPTA Cuts Hit Sunday, Xfinity Live! Name Change & McGlinchey’s Closes?

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It’s the Friday News Roundup! We’re talking about the first wave of SEPTA service cuts, how Philly is planning to move about in the city and throughout the region with these cuts, Frankford High School reopens after closures due to asbestos, and Xfinity Live! Gets a name change. Host Trenae Nuri is joined by producer Abby Fritz to talk this all out, plus what they found about the mixed messaging around McGlinchey’s future. 

Our Friday news roundups are powered by great local journalism: 

  • SEPTA ambassadors help riders plan for potential cuts
  • Some SEPTA paratransit riders will lose service due to cuts
  • Stacy Garrity is officially running for governor of Pennsylvania
  • Amtrak: SEPTA cuts could affect service all across Pennsylvania
  • Lincoln High can put 900 students in trailers to relieve overcrowding, the city zoning board ruled
  • Philadelphia’s Frankford High School reopens after $30 million asbestos remediation project
  • McGlinchey’s Employees Say the Bar Is Closing Forever (Updated)
  • McGlinchey's owner says he plans to sell the bar, not close
  • Bartram’s Mile Trail Reopened for Public Use.
  • Xfinity Live! gets new name in partnership with Philadelphia-based Stateside Brands

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