Changing Communities

It’s a short walk from the municipal building in downtown State College where Ed LeClear works as borough planning director to a two-st ...

Patients using medication-assisted treatments slowly being accepted into group recovery homes.

For many farmers in the state, last month's intense precipitation is part of a pattern of weather changes of which they are trying to adapt.

A mural commemorating children lost to violence was 'memory lane' for the community. Now, the developer promises to replace the neighborhood memorial.

The 10-acre site could begin to sport athletic fields as soon as next summer.

Ashley Hahn checks out the Free Library’s Center for Public Life, a new unit that’s aiming to connect Philadelphians of every stripe through cultural and civic programs.

Inspired by the Pope’s 2015 visit, the event closed down Broad Street from City Hall to Germantown Avenue.

After a deadly clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters on Aug. 12 last year, Charlottesville has become shorthand for racial strife.

In the western tip of the Mojave Desert, a couple of hours north of Los Angeles, a lone McMansion-style villa sits on 10 acres surrounded by a fence.

In addition to improving the facilities’ themselves, Rebuild has been billed as a project that would enhance equity and economic development throughout the city.

Located in the heart of Grays Ferry, Lanier Playground had been closed since 05, but memories of when it brimmed with activity stayed alive in longtime neighborhood residents

Public planning meetings can be contentious, to say the least.

The town that’s home to Penn State is growing. State College borough expects a 20 percent increase in housing units — mostly downtown student rentals. Not everyone is happy.

Home to Penn State University’s main campus, State College and the larger Centre County area have been steadily growing in terms of population and economy.

It aims to protect the vision of Edmund Bacon, the master planner who transformed the neighborhood into one of Philly's wealthiest during the urban-renewal era of '50s-'60s.