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Is your holiday wish to walk around in a town that looks like it’s right out of a Hallmark Christmas movie? If so, there’s a couple spots in New Jersey that may scratch that itch.

Ski resorts across Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains are gearing up for opening day (weather dependent) for the 2023-24 skiing and snowboarding season.

A sarcastic Facebook event was created to celebrate another year of Walmart shoppers “working” at the self-checkout. More than 20,000 shoppers RSVP’d to an unsanctioned Walmart Christmas party invite. There will not be an actual party held at the Ocean County Walmart store but there will be a donation event on Dec. 15.

Law enforcement officials are looking for a man who rides a black bike and slashed at least two people with a machete or large knife in a series of attacks that happened along the Pennypack Trail in Philadelphia since Nov. 22.

Is there anything Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata and the rest of the Philadelphia Eagles’ A Philly Special Christmas crew can’t do with the help of Howie Roseman?

NJ Transit is banning beverages — all of them, even water — throughout its system the next two Saturdays ahead of respective SantaCons in New York City and Hoboken. That means no beverages of any kind, in any type of container, open or closed, will be permitted on trains, buses or light rail vehicles on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16…....

For eight nights in November or December every year, the Jewish holiday Hanukkah is celebrated across the world – bringing friends and family together through tradition to commemorate Judaism’s deep history. 

A man is dead after being shot multiple times throughout his body and head in North Philly on Thursday night, police said.

A University of Pennsylvania alum is threatening to withdraw a $100 million donation to the university’s business school in protest of Penn President Liz Magill’s response to reported antisemitism on campus. 

A verdict was reached on Thursday in the embezzlement trial of former Philadelphia labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.

Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania posted a response online after her comments about on-campus antisemitism before Congress were criticized by Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro and others.

A Montgomery County school bus aide is accused of choking a 6-year-old boy on a school bus.

In the Jewish community Hanukkah is more important than ever this year as it comes exactly two months since Hamas’ attack ignited a war in the Middle East. Those celebrating in Center City Thursday night say they are trying to bring light into dark times. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan spoke with those who observe the holiday.