1+ day, 30+ min ago   (391+ words) HARRISBURG, PA — PennDOT is asking Pennsylvania high school students to develop ways to prevent over-height vehicles from striking bridges and tunnels, targeting collisions that have hit more than 600 bridges statewide in recent years and caused traffic disruptions, emergency responses and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (462+ words) SWARTHMORE, PA — The American West will look and sound different at Swarthmore College this fall as Black cowboys, artists, filmmakers, historians and musicians take center stage in a free public series exploring a part of Western history often left outside…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (365+ words) PHILADELPHIA, PA — Ocho Supper Club will take over Scampi’s Queen Village kitchen for four days beginning Sept. 18, giving chef RJ Smith a temporary restaurant platform while Scampi chef Liz Grothe travels in Italy. The Sept. 18-21 pop-up will offer a five-course…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (464+ words) NORTH EAST, MD — Cecil College alumna Micaela Hankins has returned to the institution as an assistant professor of sociology and social work, where she plans to expand its social work presence and student mental-health initiatives after building her academic career…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (361+ words) WEST CHESTER, PA — Helicopters, hands-on STEM activities and conversations with aviation professionals will give young people a closer look at careers in flight and aerospace during Girls in Aviation Day at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center. The museum’s annual…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (526+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service proposed rules Sept. 3 that could force as many as 18,000 tax-exempt private schools to eliminate race-based admissions, scholarships and other programs or risk losing their federal tax exemptions beginning in 2027. The rule represents…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (472+ words) WEST CHESTER, PA — Westtown School has begun construction of a $29 million dining and community center in Westtown Township, advancing the largest capital campaign in its history after completing $10.9 million in athletic improvements and a solar array supplying about 90% of campus…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (406+ words) PHILADELPHIA, PA — Franklin Towne Charter High School and its former chief executive agreed to pay nearly $3.9 million to settle federal claims that the Philadelphia public charter school manipulated a January 2023 admissions lottery to reduce the chances of Black applicants being…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (496+ words) The Department of Labor & Industry’s Bureau of Labor Law Compliance will examine whether covered home care workers are being paid for all hours worked, including legally required overtime. The state began sending notices Wednesday to agencies selected for investigation. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) PITTSBURGH, PA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday on Monday outlined an expanded school-safety and youth outreach effort in Pittsburgh as his office increases scrutiny of social media platforms and prepares new training programs for schools amid concerns about technology’s effects…...