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A bill to replace traditional snow days with virtual learning passed in the New Jersey state Senate on March 3. If passed into law, online classes would count toward the state's 180-day school year requirement.

The Neshaminy School District’s new elementary school could open as early as next year. And officials will continue to review building needs at other schools.

While some Bucks County students got a slightly longer break, the COVID-19 surge took no time off over the holidays, leading schools to strategize how to deal with possible rising cases when students return this week.

Neshaminy School District’s residents and taxpayers heard about the $43 million Maple Point elementary school project at an Act 34 public hearing earlier this month.

Several school district, including Pennridge and Bensalem Township, are back to mask optional immediately after the state Supreme Court struck down a mask order Friday.

PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield automobile dealership run by the same family for over 50 years has been sold to another family-owned enterprise that operates 10 other locations in New England. McGee Family Dealerships has purchased Flynn Volkswagen Audi BMW on Merrill Road for $3.5 million, according to documents filed at the Berkshire Middle District Registry of Deeds. The dealerships will be renamed Audi Pittsfield, Volkswagen Pittsfield and Berkshire BMW. McGee will run the dealerships under ...

Staying Apart, Together: We never needed snow days more than in 2020 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY © Scott Eisen, Getty Images Dogs play with a frisbee in near white-out conditions on the Boston Common on December 17, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. This week I was greeted with one of my favorite sights outside my window: A sparkling snow-covered landscape. Like so many of you in the Northeast, I got hit with a big pile of snow this week from the winter storm. I still hold onto my...

Youve heard 6abc meteorologists say "right along the I-95 Corridor" when describing storms - Adam Joseph explains why that matters. Dr. Bertrando says he truly believes its one of those small decisions that can have a big impact. "Its one day in an eight or nine month journey that weve all taken together with a lot of negativity and a lot of disruption, and I thought it was a really easy way to do something for the social and emotional health of our children," said Bertrando. Still, does the ad...

Despite virtual learning, some Pennsylvania schools opt for snow day ahead of winter storm: Just be a kid WPVI Replay Video UP NEXT Nearly every school district in the Delaware Valley has a few snow days baked into the calendar just in case Old Man Winter decides to unload on the region during the academic year. But is there ever a real need to cancel classes now that so many students are already learning remotely courtesy of COVID-19? It turns out several of those school distr...