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Penn DOT has new snow plowing-equipment it says can make its road clearing efforts more efficient this winter, which begins Thursday. ...

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As a new helmet law takes effect this season on New Jersey slopes, skiers and ski resorts are taking note. The law requires skiers ...

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Delaware’s unemployment rate is down one percent below the national rate for the month of November. That reflects a jobless ...

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New Jersey lawmakers are not expected to enact education reform proposals at next month’s final meeting of the current legislative ...

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Calvin Johns is not your average 14th District police officer

Children’s laughter echoes off the concrete walls of the Philadelphia Police Department’s 14th District headquarters on Haine ...

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New Jersey winemakers say their future may depend on a measure that’s awaiting final legislative approval. The state Senate ...

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