TODAY’S WORD — CHARITY (CHAR-ih-tee: Aid given to those in need.) Average mark 16 words Time limit 25 minutes Can you find 22 or more words in CHARITY? The list will be published tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S ...

Jim Harrington is the Bay Area News Group's pop music critic for The Mercury News and the East Bay Times. He began writing about the Bay Area music scene in 1992 and became the full-time pop music ...

LOWER POTTSGROVE — It’s a tough budget season this year in the Pottsgrove School District. Facing a $6.4 million deficit between expected revenues and expenditures, the school board, the staff, ...