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Food banks in New Jersey are getting $147,000 from the state to help meet an increasing demand for their services. About $30,000 o ...

Youth curfews are popular. In poll after poll, Americans support laws that restrict teenagers’ activities during certain hours of t ...

As the harvest season winds down, in Bucks County, community supported agriculture farms—or CSAs—are going from fad to mature busines ...

A Pennsylvania mental health agency has received more than half a million dollars in grant money from the federal government to expand it ...

Everyone has at least one Halloween costume they remember as being special. Or a jack-o-lantern they carved just right. Maybe a pet they ...

Philadelphia voters will get a half-hour viewing tonight of Independent mayoral candidate Wali Rahman. Also known as Diop Olugbala, Rahma ...

The state Senate Education Committee has approved a measure calling for a limited school vouchers program and charter school changes in P ...

Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to get an endorsement tomorrow from the Transit Workers union. TWU Local 234, SEPTA’s large ...

A program that funded after-school activities for thousands of students in low-income families in New Jersey will be shutting down at the ...

I am a candy corn, candy apple, candy collecting kinda gal. October is the perfect month to indulge those interests. Of course, you can ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to us! Newsworks is celebrating its first birthday on Nov. 15. We’re having a party (or parties), and you get the ...

In what probably comes as a shock to no one, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and Senate President Stephen Sweeney have different opinions about ...

With long-term lane closures in effect for four area bridges, drivers are inclined to speed up and get home faster. The Delaware River Po ...

If it hadn’t been for Hurricane Irene, Boyd Gaming COO Paul Chakmak says the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City would ...

Seven months ago, it was Springtime in Paris…in Philadelphia. The 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show brought hundreds of t ...