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Heat Health Emergency July

Hot weather has Philly in a heat health emergency through Wednesday night

Chinese Lantern Festival and Kidchella: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide

Juneteenth holiday affects options for cooling off in Philly on Wednesday

Philly heat wave

As Philly prepares for its first heat wave of the year, here's where to stay cool

Philly pool cooling centers

Philadelphia set to open 25 public pools next week, just in time for the first heat wave of the season

Philly Pools Opening Dates

A polar plunge and Girl Scout Cookie beer pairings: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide Philly Phreeze

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Kelly Pool polar plunge returns to raise money for lifeguard recruitment

Philly phreeze lifeguards

Most drownings among young children occur in backyard pools; here's how to keep them safe as they swim

11 Philly public pools open this week; here's when all city pools will open

Swimming Pools Open

To prevent skin cancer, free sunscreen is available at 46 Pennsylvania state parks this summer

Sunscreen State Parks

Temple offers college credit to lifeguards who work at city pools this summer

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Philadelphia police to deploy more officers near recreation centers this summer to combat crime

Philly Police Rec Centers

Philly expands lifeguard training hours in push for new recruits to staff city pools

Philly pools lifeguard training

Iceless curling and Bierfest 'beerlesque': Your weekend guide to things to do in Philly

things to do bierfest beerlesque

Family-Friendly

Dive into a frigid pool in Fairmount Park to support Philly's lifeguards

Philly Pools Lifeguards

Philly offering $1,000 bonuses to recruit more summer lifeguards

Lifeguard financial bonuses

Heat waves can be dangerous for seniors and children; here's how to prevent dehydration, heat stroke

Philly heat wave

Philadelphia recruits future lifeguards at summer pop-up pool events for teens

Philly Lifeguard Shortage

14 more city public pools scheduled to open this week

Philly pools open 2022

Philadelphia needs more lifeguards to open all its pools this summer

Lifeguards Needed 2022

Exhibit at Fairmount Water Works explores legacy of racial discrimination in public pools

Pool exhibit Fairmount Water Works

Here's when every Philly public pool is scheduled to close this month

Philadelphia pools closing dates summer 2021

WATCH: Sixers' Andre Drummond leaps into pool to save 2-year-old son

Andre Drummond Pool Son

Lifeguard shortage to keep one-third of Philly's public pools closed this summer

Philadelphia pool opening dates

More Pennsylvania state parks offering free sunscreen to help prevent skin cancer this summer

Sunscreen

Delayed drownings are rare but it's important to recognize the signs

Delayed Drowning Signs

Driven by swimming pool popularity, chlorine is latest shortage item during the pandemic

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6-year-old boy from Philadelphia drowns in pool at Wildwood hotel

Beachside Resort Wildwood NJ

Free sunscreen available at some pools, beaches in Pennsylvania state parks

sunscreen dispenser state parks

8-year-old among three family members found dead in New Jersey home's backyard pool

Pool deaths New Jersey

Public and private swimming pools in New Jersey can reopen on June 22

New Jersey swimming pools

Is it safe to go to the shore this summer?

COVID-19 Beach Safety

Philadelphia pools won't open this summer amid COVID-19 crisis

Philly COVID-19 Pools

Boy drowns at Delaware County swim club in what police call 'pool hopping' accident

Folcroft Swim Club boy drowned

Lokal Hotel with salt water pool opens in Cape May, New Jersey

Lokal Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey

Parks and Recreation

Philly's public pools will all be open by July 2 — check the schedule for the one in your neighborhood

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Lt. Gov. John Fetterman opens pool at Lieutenant Governor's mansion to public for summer swimming

John Fetterman Lieutenant Governor Pool

Daybreaker pool party happening at Vesper Dayclub in Northern Liberties

Vesper Dayclub in Northern Liberties

Fitness Alive to debut new Center City pool with free classes for kids and adults

fitness alive lap pool

Philly cracking down – yet again – on weekend revelers at Devil's Pool

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Tropicana Atlantic City to debut new pools, restaurants in Chelsea Tower

Pool at Chelsea Hotel

Spa party includes pool workouts with Aqua Vida

Aqua Vida

Philly announces 2017 opening dates for public pools

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