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On Monday, victim compensation funds in Philadelphia, Allentown, Scranton and Pittsburgh will close to applications.

If not for being a woman, her name would be as well known as Franklin, Jefferson, Adams and Washington.

The nonprofit’s many farmers markets around the region are expected to continue as usual.

Registration is now open for the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Tree Philly Fall Yard Tree Giveaway.

The U.S. Census Bureau identified a massive error in data on Philadelphia’s populace in 2017, including aspects of poverty, income, employment, and health insurance.

For the first time, the city has an official count of how many places you can go out to eat.

A man pulled from the ocean off Cape May Thursday afternoon has died, authorities say.

After a Colombian nightclub closed, Sandra Colon hosted her own viejoteca in the living room of her Northeast Philly rowhome.

Philadelphia’s poverty rate, a stark and stubborn indicator of hard times that has long hindered the city’s reputation, dropped to its lowest level since 2008.

Several pantries, soup kitchens, and a women's shelter in New Jersey are the beneficiaries of fresh seafood thanks to a pilot "gleaning" program that began in August.

The city is trying something different: a grant program to support initiatives led by the community, in areas where access to healthy food is most needed.

Mark your calendars for rhapsodies — Bohemian and alternative — plus festivals for music, beer, and arts lovers, and the annual Puerto Rican celebration.

For three days this week, they’re protesting that last year only 44% of Philadelphia homicides were solved.

While economic opportunities will be a key focus, conference organizers are also hoping to reduce the stigma around the usage of medical cannabis.

Officials say New Jersey's flood zone buyout program has closed on its 700th property.