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In what would be a first in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School is pushing to take over all traditional K-8 education in its home district in Delaware County.

Five years ago, Philadelphia police found a girl nearly naked in a snowy, abandoned lot. That dark day led to a brighter future for special needs kids.

New Jersey officials announced a commercial travel ban Sunday evening ahead of a storm that is likely to drop several inches of snow and some ice across inland New Jersey.

State transportation officials in Pennsylvania have announced travel restrictions with wintry weather bearing down on the commonwealth.

This is the third year farms have fewer trees to sell because they planted fewer during the recession. Ten and 12-foot trees are the most scarce.

Officials say a clown sign that has smiled on motorists at a now-demolished New Jersey drive-in for two-thirds of a century will be preserved.

International flags flutter at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs.

Lawmakers and the governor opted to create their own exchange because it’s likely to save the commonwealth money.

Any sexual abuse survivor, abused at any time in N.J., can sue their abuser even if previously blocked by statute of limitations, for the next two years.

“Gun Violence: Beyond a Conversation” — an all-day summit at Canaan Baptist Church in Germantown focused on how to build a coalition to prevent more tragedies in Philadelphia

When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hard.

New Jersey is proposing a transfer of $20 million in federal funding to repair and replace Atlantic City infrastructure and public facilities damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

Groups that provide mental health and intellectual disabilities services are lobbying for an additional $84 million in funding.

The mussels, in larvae form, hitched a ride to this country inside the gills of Asian carp that were imported and quickly began reproducing.

The department says some companies may be selling short-term, limited duration plans, while other callers are falsely claiming to be from the state.