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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and former president Bill Clinton will be in the region Monday as the primary election campiagns enter their final hours. via The Tribune-Democrat

An April 6 letter by Marjorie Evans of Richland called for Myerstown residents to become more involved in the government of their borough. via The Lebanon Daily News

“If we don't try to look ahead to make something available, all the land is going to be acquired”

KINGSTON TWP. Officials voted Wednesday to approve a compromise between two Back Mountain athletic associations to use the field at Center Street Park. via Times Leader

“We and they know how lucky he is”

Jeremiah James Polka apologized in court Tuesday to a Kiski Township police officer who he knocked unconscious early on July 4 after the officer had seen suspected stolen items in the bed of his truck. via PittsburghLIVE.com

SUNDAY: USA Weekend talks spring cleaning with today's Mr. Clean, Matt Lauer. SUNDAY: Leisure We have 1715 guests online and 2 members online Numerous defendants appeared before Judge William Martin and Judge ... via Indiana Gazette Online

FRIENDS OF THE EASTON FARMERS MARKET will hold a volunteer rally at 7 p.m. next Wednesday at First United Church of Christ, 27 N. Third St. via The Morning Call

Harassment charges will be filed against the juvenile daughter after she allegedly hit and bit her mother. via Evening Sun

“From what I got from coming in here, you guys already voted it down”

Mount Wolf resident Anna Wagner wondered why people bothered to pack the town hall Tuesday night if a proposed merger with East Manchester Township is over. via The York Daily Record

“We do have a serious problem with this garbage situation”

SUNDAY: We have 1755 guests online BLACK LICK -- The Burrell Township board of supervisors has been asked to help curb rampant littering, trash dumping and vandalism on a little-used road at the eastern edge of ... via Indiana Gazette Online

“Our goal is that when a child leaves a classroom for whatever reason, theyre going to continue to receive instruction through the cyberschool”

The Pleasant Valley School District, hit by a growing number of students who leave for online charter schools and take state funding with them, will open its own online school next year. via The Morning Call

The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra and the Camerata Singers will perform the magnificent German Requiem by Johannes Brahms at 8 p.m. March 1 at Bethlehem 's Wesley Church, 2540 Center St. via The Morning Call

The Pennsylvania State Police bomb squad was called to Steelton Wednesday after a suspicious package was found outside the post office. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

“He said it's one of the few places he can go without much restriction”

Burrell Township's supervisors Wednesday said a gate last week was placed across the township's Bells Mills Road without proper approval and asked that it be removed within 72 hours. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Last year Nazareth property owner Joe Wolf poured about $100,000 into restoring one of his buildings, setting the stage for a sidewalk cafe to move in to the 900-square-foot space on Broad Street.

Then parking factored into the equation -- and the deal was off.

The borough's zoning board refused to allow a cafe to occupy Wolf's property unless it had three parking spaces available for every 100 square feet.

''I would have needed 27 parking spaces for a 900-square-foot restaurant,'' said Wolf, who is still unable to fill the renovated building. ''Not even the bank down the street has to provide that many spaces.'' Read more

“We are looking to transform that space.”

A restaurant is planned for 13th and Locust. One of the principals has a criminal record. via Philly.com

The Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank is open every Tuesday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hanover Community Blood Donor Center, 100-B W. Eisenhower Drive, next to American Hobbies. via Evening Sun

Bartender charged A Meyersdale bartender was charged Thursday with corruption of minors and selling or furnishing alcohol to minors after two 20-year-old customers were stopped and charged with underage ... via The Daily American

Several grants were made possible recently through the Growing Greener Project in Pennsylvania. via The Daily Press

“They won't do it as readily as shutting down power to a building.”

Fire departments across Pennsylvania and nationwide have no standard policy for shutting down electrical service at fire scenes, requiring incident commanders and utility workers to make on-the-spot decisions ... via Citizensvoice.com

Recruiters charged after crash Lebanon Daily News Two Pennsylvania National Guard recruiters and a man they were attempting to recruit have been charged in connection with a Nov. via The Lebanon Daily News