From riverside taverns to Michelin-starred escapes, these 9 dining destinations offer a refreshing break from city life, just a short drive away.

Lance Butler, a senior scientist with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), and his team cultivate up to 50,000 freshwater mussels annually in the Schuylkill, deploying them as tiny but powerful ...

Congressional Republicans say their plan to sell potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land will generate revenue and ease growth pressures in booming ...

The Erie Canal's bicentennial season kicked off in Pittsford on Saturday. It marks the return of Corn Hill Navigation's two ships, Sam Patch and Mary Jemison, to the Erie Canal.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi and Swept Away by Beth O’Leary. Helen Oyeyemi is back ...