Bethlehem area Vo-tech preps for 'senior skip day' amid attendance push
18 May 2012, 10:16 am
Bethlehem area school is pushing attendance to cap solid academic year. Bethlehem area Vocational-Technical School is having its best academic year on record.

area committee move is positive for Caithness
18 May 2012, 5:10 am
LOCAL decision-making is set to return to the Far North following a pledge to create an area committee in Caithness and Sutherland.

area nonprofit groups team up in effort to fight hunger
18 May 2012, 1:57 am
Four area nonprofit groups have joined together to launch the Live Local Give Local campaign in an effort to fight hunger.

Report: Developers to upgrade Citi Field area
17 May 2012, 8:28 pm
The Bloomberg administration has an agreement with a group of developers that includes the owners of the Mets to clean up and develop a blighted neighborhood next to Citi Field.

California area tops for weirdos, paychecks
17 May 2012, 4:23 pm
(Reuters) - The old joke that California's Bay area is just like a bowl of granola because it is full of flakes and nuts may have to be tweaked slightly. A report released on Thursday found that residents of the major cities ringing the San Francisco Bay are tops when it comes to weirdness - and paychecks. The metropolitan area that includes San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont has the highest per ...

AP source: New deal for area near Mets stadium
17 May 2012, 4:15 pm
A new deal between the Bloomberg administration and a group of developers including the owners of the Mets calls for the remediation and redevelopment of a 20-acre area of the blighted Willets Point neighborhood next to Citi Field, adding retail and ultimately new housing in a time frame that extends past an initial proposed 10-year plan, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated ...

Bay area housing market improves in April
17 May 2012, 1:46 pm
The Bay area housing market strengthened last month as sales increased and the region’s median home price rose over the same month a year prior.

Six Chicago-area High School Football Players Nominated for U.S. Army All-American Bowl
17 May 2012, 12:43 pm
Six Chicago-area high school football players have been nominated for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl this year. The students selected are from the greater suburban area; no students from high schools within the city limits were chosen this year. Here is a look at the players who might make an appearance in the January game.

Bay area Man Found Alive One Week After Car Accident
17 May 2012, 12:01 pm
A Bay area man whose car overturned on the highway last week has been found alive, but unconscious, in a wooded area near an off-ramp, a week after his family last heard from him.

Smackdown: Tampa Bay area boasts sandy shores, surrealism
17 May 2012, 7:28 am
Florida has become known for the weird. Highly charged court cases, nudist colonies and a bounty of tanning salons seem to arise in the Sunshine State. And unfortunately, cut-off jeans and flip-flops are not in short supply here.