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For certain this summer with Philly-area music festivals: Welcome America and the Philadelphia Folk Festival will be held in some virtual capacity.

A new PHS initiative, Harvest 2020, is tapping local gardeners to send 5 million pounds of fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables to local food banks.

Manayuank’s Dawson Street Pub installed a hand pump just for that.

More than $50 million in federal funding is coming to Pennsylvania to fight food insecurity during the pandemic.

Up to 100 families who are at risk of losing their homes because of financial hardship caused by the pandemic are targeted to receive emergency, no-strings-attached assistance

The lack of consistent, accurate information from the White House has put further pressure on state leaders to confront what misinformation experts have termed “an infodemic."

Beauty supply and hobby stores were among businesses shut down in late March. They can have limited dealing with customers now, with mixed results so far.

Anyone entering the ocean Tuesday and Wednesday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

With Memorial Day weekend approaching, Pennsylvania officials are asking residents to not visit the Jersey Shore.

The vandalism follows a recent Anti-Defamation League report that found a surge in cases of anti-Semitism in the region.

Pennsylvania is lagging behind other states in helping foster youth during the pandemic, advocates say.

Three women died, and the bar owners were sentenced to house arrest.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday unveiled a three-stage plan for reopening New Jersey's economy amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The situation appears tenuous for many, if not all, Philly restaurants and bars.

This week: Governor Wolf's battle with municipalities disobeying social distancing orders, the nursing home crisis in NJ, and Philly cuts arts funding.