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For a couple of years now, Philadelphia’s annual labor day parade hasn’t been friendly to Mayor Nutter. And at a fire station ...

The rebuilding of one of New Jersey’s most popular boardwalks is now under way. Pilings are being driven 20 feet deep Wednes ...

When Principal Stephen Brandt learned last month that Roxborough High was part of the Philadelphia School District’s Facilities Mas ...

A grass-roots effort is under way to save a distinctive piece of Philadelphia’s history. University of Pennsylvania master ...

Pennsylvania’s chief fiscal watchdog has released a report blasting the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s financial manageme ...

If you’re trying to lose weight, is it better to drink water, or is it OK to drink zero-calorie soda? Temple University rese ...

Want to find out if the restaurant around the corner has a rat problem? Or if the cooks wash their hands? By the end of the year, ...

What better way to spend a warm winter Sunday than riding SEPTA in your underwear? It’s not like there’s an Eagles game to wa ...

It was only New Year’s Eve that the 7-Eleven at 78th and Ogontz aves. in West Oak Lane replaced a front-door window courtesy of a w ...

Two state prisons in western Pennsylvania will be closed by the end of June in an effort to save up to $23 million. The displaced ...

Last year, a judge told Paulsboro, N.J. resident Florence Gruber she has 30 days to get rid of the more than two dozen pigs she kept on h ...

The Philadelphia church building where St. Katharine Drexel was baptized has won a reprieve from demolition. Last year, the city h ...

Chris Christie hates his cover on Time. We asked readers on Facebook wha ...

Nearly two weeks after a cooper hawk was found injured in the busy streets of downtown Wilmington, the bird of prey took his flight back ...

Every time one of these mass shootings happens, I post a link to news articles on Facebook accompanied by my liberal commentary, and with ...