The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection unveiled its plans to remediate the contaminated interior of Liberty State Park, 234 acres of parkland that has been long fenced off from the public. David Haymes, director of the DEP’s Division of Enforcement, Technical and Financial Support, said during a public meeting […]
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Jackson He’s adventure as a foreign exchange student started ordinarily enough. A native of Shaoguan, China, a city in the Guangdong Province about 175 miles north of Hong Kong in the south of China, he was sent by his parents to San Diego, where the plan was to have him […]
One of a kind With around five million guestrooms in more than 54,000 hotels, you can’t complain about a lack of places to stay in the US and some of them are truly unbelievable. From former prisons and banks to hotels in museums, all of these places to stay […]
“At a time when New York faces a historic budget deficit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the current online sports wagering structure incentivizes a large segment of New York residents to travel out of state to make online sports wagers or continue to patronize black markets,” Cuomo said. An industry […]
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia today announced the new world-class gaming and entertainment destination located in the Stadium District will open on January 19, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. with a series of reservation-only Preview Days for Live! Rewards Club members. The Preview Days will […]
A patron wearing a mask, plays a slot machine at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Hollywood, Fla. Wilfredo Lee AP Bally’s Corporation, which owns and operates 11 casinos, announced Monday that it is partnering with Penn State alum Ira Lubert to bring a […]
Print this story THE PLANETʼS DENSEST EMBODIMENT of international cooperation lies in the heart of Geneva, in the few square miles around the lake. From the lakeshore, a brief walk through a park will bring a visitor to the Palace of Nations, built in the 1930s as the seat of […]
Public meetings for Liberty State Park go virtual The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has scheduled two public meetings to provide time for in-depth discussion and feedback on the remediation of the interior section of Liberty State Park and the options for active recreation development. The virtual meeting […]
Austin White | The Pueblo Chieftain Normally for their DECA competitions, students at Pueblo East High School and across the state head to an in-person meeting for their presentations and challenges. Obviously 2020 has forced changes with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and those DECA competitions turned into online videos. Despite […]
MARKS • Dennis Washington, an 11-year custodian and bus driver for the Tunica County School District, has long aspired to become an electrician as a way to make additional income. For a few months now, the 50-year-old Tunica native has searched for online certification classes. Not long into his search, his […]
EAGLE, Idaho — The tubing hill at Eagle Island State Park is bigger and better than ever as Gateway Parks took advantage of an early cold spell to make a mountain out of snow. “We were able to open on Thanksgiving Day,” said Ryan Neptune of Gateway Parks. “We have […]
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues […]
Nathan Kalaher, a committee member of Sioux City’s successful bid in 2005 to be awarded an Great Places designation in Iowa, stands Wednesday along the Missouri River riverfront in Sioux City, Iowa. Improvements to the riverfront was one the projects listed in the city’s Great Places application. Tim Hynds, Sioux […]
Cars on the beach at Cape Kiwanda might soon become a thing of the past. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced a new rule proposal Thursday that would limit motorized vehicle access on beaches around the sandstone headland on the north Oregon coast, including at the popular day-use site […]
The pandemic this year has helped reverse a long trend of dwindling interest in hunting as the number of people taking New York state’s mandatory hunting licensing test and license payments nearly tripled, according to an analysis by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. “We’ve had about three decades-plus decline, not […]
As students prepared to head home from Penn State prior to Thanksgiving Break, Nittany Express Inc. launched a new program to make the departure process easier on students and parents. This semester still posed the same travel problems, as well as new ones due to the coronavirus pandemic, to those […]
As students prepared to head home from Penn State prior to Thanksgiving Break, Nittany Express Inc. launched a new program to make the departure process easier on students and parents. This semester still posed the same travel problems, as well as new ones due to the coronavirus pandemic, to those […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – With less than a month until the Jan. 5 Senate runoff election in Georgia, the president paid a visit to the Peach State, some of the candidates faced off in a debate and state officials defended the election process. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments: Trump visits […]
Find all of the most important pandemic education news on Educating N.J., a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators. The number of students, teachers and school staff who have contracted or transmitted the coronavirus at school rose to 285 this week after four new school outbreaks were […]
On Friday, Nov. 27 Maria Lake State Park was offering free admission to visitors and people from all over took advantage. Usually visitors need a parking pass placed on the dashboard of their vehicle in order to enter the park but not on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The Lake Maria […]
A standard nine-month window for campground reservations at Oregon state parks could become a thing of the past. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced a proposed rule change Tuesday, which if approved would give the agency more flexibility in deciding both the campground reservation window and the transaction fees […]
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cyber Monday is here and the sky’s the limit when it comes to savings on flights. The travel experts at CheapOair have advice to help consumers cut through the Cyber Monday clutter to find the best deals and successfully plan their next adventure. Read the Fine […]