Danya Henninger

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Danya Henninger (she/her) has been editor at Billy Penn, a Philadelphia local news site owned by WHYY, since January 2018. She is a former food and beer writer with bylines that include Philadelphia Inquirer, All About Beer, Vice and Draft. In 1997, she and husband Mark Henninger cofounded photo-video firm Imagic Digital.

Positive Movement Entertainment is better known as the 'Philly Elmo drumline'

Welcome to Philadelphia, city of ‘implausible sounding things’

A popular Twitter thread helped locals celebrate the idiosyncrasies of the place they know and love.

The $1 million sinkhole on the Schuylkill River Trail is finally getting fixed

Downside: The path is detoured at Chestnut Street for up to three months.

Philly’s coronavirus response

Tracking COVID-19 vaccine in Philly and PA: These charts show the pace of inoculation

Everyone in the city who wants vaccination could potentially get it by the end of July, Health Commissioner Tom Farley said.

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Philly’s coronavirus response

Where the COVID vaccine is being distributed in Philly, mapped

The provider details are for information only — not a representation of where you can make an appointment.

Michael van der Veen speaks about the motion to call witnesses Trump's second impeachment trial

Trump impeachment lawyer from Philly mispronounces ‘Philadelphia’

“Philadelphia lawyer” once indicated wisdom and acumen, but in the 1960s it became a term of ridicule.

Watch the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Super Bowl commercial

Thanks to a Fiverr ad, the Northeast Philly small biz had another moment on the global stage.

Kalaya made 20 giant banh mi as a Super Bowl special

Philly food and drink scene

‘America’s best restaurant’ made 60 feet of sandwiches for the Super Bowl, because Philly

Kalaya’s giant pork belly banh mi special sold out ~super~ fast.

Mayor Jim Kenney and Health Commissioner Tom Farley tour the city's Convention Center clinic handing second doses of COVID-19 vaccine for patients given the first through PFC

Philly’s coronavirus response

Philadelphia Health Department apologizes for bogus vaccine appointment emails from third party

Here are the ways to tell if your Convention Center confirmation is legit, or is a notification Philly Fighting COVID forgot to cancel.

The community COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Pa. Convention Center

Philly’s coronavirus response

City says to re-register if you signed up with Philly Fighting COVID, cut off from vaccines

The Health Department says it’s planning a new mass vaccination clinic.

More than 45 Philly-specific Bernie Sanders mittens memes

Savsies, Gritty, SEPTA — everyone got in on the game. We collected them here for posterity.

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