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Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.WEATHERWarm, then rain, then cold. It's going to be pleasant today (high around 62) with some rain later. The cold comes in tomorrow morning.CLICK HERE to check your local forecast.NEWS

A recent $42 million acquisition signals a change of direction for an area commercial real estate developer.

Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.WEATHERFoggy and frosty this morning then a bit of a repeat of Sunday. Expect the high to hit about 54 degrees.CLICK HERE to check your local forecast.EAGLES

It's not just the lackluster or more recently unacceptable performance of too many of our elected officials in Harrisburg. It's not just the serial scandals that have forced some to resign and landed others in jail.It's also the naked self-interest that are often at the heart of all of the above.

Goal: $50,000Given Today: $200Given to date: $1,725CHESTER >> The Salvation Army/Daily Times Merry Christmas is now firmly into four-figure territory but still has a ways to go to reach its $50,000 goal. The latest donors to the fund supplying area families with toys and food baskets for the Christmas season are:.

RIDLEY PARK >> The 2018 preliminary budget shows no tax increase, holding the tax rate at 8.14 mills or $814 for each $100,000 of assessed valuation. Estimated expenditures for next year are $6,484,000. No fees have been set for sewer or trash services as yet. The budget will remain open for public inspection until final adoption on Dec.

The campaign for one of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats is starting to heat up and likely will be in the national spotlight during what undoubtedly will be an overheated 2018 mid-year election.Pouring a little gas on the fire will be the Senate's passage of a massive tax cut bill in the wee hours Saturday morning.

SPRINGFIELD >> Sunday was packed with exciting events: holiday festivities, the super moon and the Eagles seeking win number 11. None of that stopped about 50 social activists who gathered on Sproul Road outside the office of U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, R-7, to protest the GOP-supported tax bill.Once again a coalition, spearheaded by Delco PA Indivisible, assembled with number of Indivisible organizations including Upper Darby, H-CAN, Main Line South PA, and PA District 7-Citizens for Equality Action Network.

FLAT EARTHDoes anyone else who didn't feel the earthquake Thursday feel like they were ripped off?ANGRY RESIDENT OF EARTHALL SHOOK UPRegarding the earthquake: Every so often mother earth, our land lady, reminds us that we are all just renters here. We don't own the planet, she does.

Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.WEATHERMight be a little rain today with mostly cloudy skies throughout the day. Expect the high to be in the low 50s.CLICK HERE to check your local forecast.