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After almost 80 years in operation, South Philadelphia’s public golf course is set to close for good on Oct. 31. Its demise is among a handful of changes coming to the park.

SEPTA is phasing out its paper monthly and weekly Trailpasses. All passes will be sold as Key card purchases starting in August. Click for details.

The new law bans plastic bags from stores with more than 7,000 square feet of retail space and chain stores with three or more locations with at least 3,000 square feet each.

Advocates claim links between illness and chemical contamination as companies feud over who would pay to clean soil and water.

A man died Monday morning after he attempted to save his son from drowning in the ocean off Atlantic City, authorities say.

This week; how the city plans to cool down Philly's hottest neighborhoods, the fight over upgrading Pa.'s voting machines, and the world's biggest instrument in Atlantic City.

Only Positives Co. in West Philly wants to change the negative reputation of the city’s urban areas through streetwear and photography.

After three wars, two marriages, and 30 months as a POW, Walter Dixon says he's proud of his time served in the military. "I'd do it again," he says.

The VOTA! project seeks to increase voter turnout for people of color so they can have their voices accounted for in political decisions directly impacting their communities.

More than 1.7 million people use SNAP in Pennsylvania, according to the administration.

Feltonville native Robert Mendelsohn was 61.

The U.S. Census is conducted every 10 years and counts the total population of people living in the country.

The Play Captains program began with just one adult supervisor in Kensington, but quickly expanded to a team of five in Kensington, and five in West Philadelphia.

The Homeward Initiative, in partnership with local LGBTQ nonprofit Attic Youth Center, will serve queer young people ages 18-24 and will serve roughly a dozen young people.

PJM is the largest grid operator in the U.S. It manages the flow of wholesale electricity in all or part of 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states and D.C.