A spokesperson with PennDOT says the impetus for the project is because of the signal timing. “There is over 8,200 vehicles ...

PennDOT will hold an open house for its latest proposal project in New Salem Borough. Republican senator quits over ‘Big ...

Maps within PennDOT’s plans that are available online suggest widening the intersection could require taking private property ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has scheduled an open house for the public to learn about the improvements planned for the New Salem square. It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June ...

Nat Borchers, owner of Back Line Real Estate and former Portland Timbers soccer player, has big plans for the former downtown ...

New Salem withered shortly after Lincoln's 1837 departure as residents picked up and moved when many transplanted their structures in the new county seat of Petersburg.

The tiny central Illinois village of New Salem, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to prepare him to be the Union-saving 16th president as any oth… ...

This year’s Holy Week services come on the heels of a devastating loss for New Salem. The 227-year-old church was destroyed in a fire in January and is now being rebuilt from the ground up.