Supermarket gift cards available for New Hope, Solebury families in need
Staff and teachers of New Hope-Solebury School District are offering free supermarket gift cards to residents of the community who are struggling during the covid-19 crisis. The NHSESPA support staff union and More...
Gov. Wolf says everyone should wear a mask when leaving home
Governor Tom Wolf on Friday recommended that all Pennsylvanians wear a mask any time they leave their homes. As covid-19 cases steadily rise in the state, Gov. Wolf stressed the need to intensify all measures to More...
University of Pittsburgh covid-19 vaccine shows promise
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists on Thursday announced a potential vaccine against COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered through a fingertip-sized patch, produces More...
New Hope-Solebury Community Association collecting food, material for masks
(L to R) Blake Hayman and Mike Skeuso of the New Hope Eagle Fire Company; Kay McBrideand Dave Hansel of the New Hope-Solebury Community Association (Photo: Carl Glassman) The New Hope Solebury Community Association More...
Pennsylvania unemployment system buckles under deluge of laid off workers
(Photo: Tim Tai) By Rebecca Moss | Spotlight PA Each day last week, Shawn McCreary settled into a new and strange routine. Instead of going to his job in Mechanicsburg as a substitute special education teacher, More...
Pennsylvania extends stay-at-home order until April 30
Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday said that stay-at-home orders in Pennsylvania have been extended until at least April 30, and all schools will remain closed “until further notice.” Non-life-sustaining business More...
Pennsylvania reinforcing health care system, initiating emergency food distribution
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Pennsylvania is acting to reinforce the ranks of frontline health care workers and to initiate an emergency food distribution program for those affected by statewide covid-19 restrictions. In More...
OPINION: Don’t panic about shopping, getting delivery or accepting packages
A scooter driver for a delivery service in Beirut on March 18. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters) By Joseph G. Allen | The Washington Post A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine is making people think More...
Gov. Wolf issues stay-at-home order for 7 counties, including Bucks
By Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Justine McDaniel of the Philadelphia Inquirer | Spotlight PA Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday ordered that schools remain closed until early April and issued a stay-at-home order More...
OPINION – Don’t delay: Make April 28th an all vote-by-mail election
By Skylar D. Hurwitz We must not normalize delaying elections amidst uncertainty. The confusion and concerns around the public health risks of the March 17th special elections across Pennsylvania must not become More...
