Crown News

Last month, troubled homebuilder WCI Communities Inc. sold its high-end, Italian-inspired Tuscany Reserve community off Livingston Road to foreign investors for $65 million.

Only nine municipalities from across McKean County responded to a recent survey to determine recycling and waste priorities as part of an ongoing effort to broaden and enlarge the recycling program in the ...

Sgt. Maj. Malcolm MacWilliam, at left, stands at attention as the defendant during a mock court martial held Sunday as part of the Forbes Encampment on the campus of Dickinson College.

BIKE RACE The opening leg of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling begins at 2 p.m. today at PPL Plaza, Ninth and Hamilton streets, Allentown.

County Landfill plans for last load of waste on May 30 By Tom DiStefano, Clarion News Writer LEEPER - The last load of garbage will be arriving at County Landfill Inc. via The Clarion News Online

Mr. Crown excels in estate planning, counseling and advising on transfer of properties, assets and trusts, interpretation of laws on property rights, taxes, wills and probate. via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

“It is pretty likely it will happen”

's water and sewer systems continue to expand to new parts of the township, and supervisors voted at an April 23 special meeting to approve a change to Phase III and to advertise an ordinance authorizing a loan ... via The Clarion News Online

“Right now we are looking for answers as to what it is going to cost and if any grants will be available to help build what they need”

It's been nearly 18 years since the then-Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources mandated Reading Township's Lauchman's Bottom and Conewago Park Drive have public sewer because of the high number of ... via Evening Sun

The Wildflower Garden Club will sponsor a "Spring Ahead with Flowers, Facts and Food" at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 1. The program will be held at C&A Trees for a donation of $40. Participants will plant a ... via The Derrick

Question: What is a MalletKAT? Answer: a. A rare Australian marsupial. b. A 1920s three-cylinder roadster. via The Morning Call

“Crown's skills and experience in operating successful locals' casinos will enable us to grow the Cannery Casino business further”

Australia's largest casino company, Crown Ltd., said Wednesday it has agreed to buy privately held Cannery Casino Resorts LLC for $1.75 billion, expanding its business in Las Vegas. via The York Daily Record

Crown Limited announced Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Cannery Casino Resorts LLC, including the Meadows Racetrack facility. via WPXI

“The wheels are coming off this marriage.”

And while lack of sex, which one candid parenting book refers to as "coitus nonexistus," brings on sniggers and knowing glances in parenting circles, the subject is far from a laughing matter. via Centre Daily Times

“It's good for the younger generation to see what you're doing, and it helps them to make a better future that they have something to look forward to”

A Lebanon woman is proving you're never too old to be a beauty queen. Doris Ulrich, 70, will be representing Pennsylvania next week in the Ms. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

The township supervisors Thursday evening approved expansion plans for the SYSCO Food Services of Pittsburgh plant that will increase the size of the facility at 1 Whitney Drive by nearly 40 percent. via Butler Eagle

“If it had been all civilians, we would have done it the same way”

I CANT remember when I first realized how bad it was going to get on the Schuylkill Expressway early yesterday morning. via Daily News

A record 72 bicyclists competed for the title King of the Mountain at the annual time trial race Sunday, where more than $8,000 was raised for Habitat for Humanity of Clearfield County. via GantDaily.com

Who's smiling now? While everyone else showed off their vacation photos and tans, you chased your toddlers around your back yard and spent your summer nights awake with a new baby. via The Morning Call

“Uninviting paper-bag lunches, prepared without much thought for the interest of which a variety of food brings to children, should be a thing of the past.”

Even though Lisa Hark spends her days teaching medical students about nutrition, she still faces the same dilemma as the rest of us when making lunches for her kids: Should she pack what is good for them or ... via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“As the colors of leaves change to red, orange and brown, beer colors change as well, to the traditional amber of Oktoberfest beers”

In the autumn of 1810, Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich celebrated with gusto, and so was born the famous Oktoberfest tradition that ... via Pittsburgh Tribune