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Pennsylvania city blankets streets with security cameras | Durango Herald News
Last updated: October 25, 2009
by Patrick Walters
Associated Press Writer
LANCASTER, Pa
They are using fear to sell the cameras as much as possible, said Charlie Crystle,...
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"Amish" Space Heaters: Will these lower your heating bill? | WCPO Channel 9 in Ohio
October 27, 2009
By John Matarese
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But despite what the ad implies, these are not made by the Amish: They're made in China. If you read the ad carefully, you realize that only the wood mantle is made by Amish craftsmen. Amish have nothing to do with the fireplace itself.
It's really a $250 electric space heater, with a fireplace appearance.
RIVER DREDGE--Editorial--Oldies 1410 WLSH
November 4, 2009
By Mark Marek, host of Air Your Opinion Show
PA. CONTINUES TO BE THE GREAT AMERICAN DUMPING GROUND. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FILL OUR LANDFILLS WITH OUT-OF-STATE GARBAGE. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO IMPORT MILLIONS OF TONS OF FLY ASH. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE TOXIC DUMPS LIKE MCADOO ASSOCIATES. OUR WATER & WILDLIFE CAN BE TAINTED JUST LIKE OTHER STATES. WHY SHOULD OUR AQUIFERS & PHYSICAL HEALTH SUFFER SO THAT PHILLY CONTINUES TO ENJOY ECONOMIC HEALTH & PROSPERITY?
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Area gas prices continue to soar - Standard Speaker
November 2, 2009
By JILL WHALEN (Staff Writer)
Tom Saxon is fuming about what he's paying at the pump.
"It's outrageous," the Hazleton man said as he filled his car's gas tank at the Turkey Hill Minit Market in Humboldt Station on Friday.
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2009 Schuylkill County general election unofficial results - News - Republican Herald
November 4, 2009
Nick Meyer
Tamaqua Area
Director (4 years, vote for 4)
D/R-Rottet 3026
D/R-Rother 2790
D-Perry 1163
D-Swinehart 918
R-Frantz 2431
R-Miller 3272
Referendum: Yes 819, No 714
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Roundup of local races - Standard Speaker
November 3, 2009
(no reporter/s credited)
Tamaqua
Mayor
Christian Morrison (D), incumbent
Richard Hadesty Sr. (R)
Council (three seats)
Micah Gursky (R/D), incumbent
John Trudich Jr. (R), incumbent
David Mace (R)
Thomas McCabe (D)
Justin Startzel (D)
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PPL rate cap lift looms - News - Standard Speaker
November 3, 2009
By Robert Swift (Harrisburg Bureau Chief)
PPL's rate caps come off two months from Monday, yet efforts to put limits on higher electric bills aren't making much headway - partially a result of Pennsylvania's prolonged state budget fight.
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Freeland plant closing will put 200 out of work - News - Republican Herald
November 3, 2009
By JIM DINO and AMANDA CHRISTMAN, staff writers for the Standard Speaker
Garland Commercial Industries, the largest employer in Freeland, Luzerne County, is closing its doors July 1, leaving about 200 people jobless, the company announced Monday.
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Absentee ballots hint at heavy voter turnout - News - Republican Herald
November 2, 2009
BY BRIAN K. SMITH
Turnout may be heavy in Tuesday's general election
Schuylkill County voters will head to the polls and choose sundry county and municipal officers including sheriff, district attorney, mayors, city and borough council members, constables, township supervisors, school directors, tax collectors, auditors and election officials.
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Man gets 12-25 in brutal beating of 71-year-old | Times Leader
October 31, 2009
By Sheena Delazio
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Hazleton's Giacomo Pisciotta took $25 from Harold Filler's home after beating him in January.
They had to sew my ear back on, Filler said of the severe facial injuries he received in the beating."
Pa. renews push for I-80 tolls | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Oct. 30, 2009
By Mark Scolforo, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pennsylvania is making a new push to get federal approval for tolls on Interstate 80, the heavily used route that bisects the state for more than 300 miles, from Ohio to New Jersey.
WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT FUNDING CUTS...... | Editorial | Oldies 1410 WLSH
October 28, 2009
By Mark Marek, host of Air Your Opinion
"WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT FUNDING CUTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES & OTHER GROUPS. STATE LAWMAKERS BLAME THOSE DEEP CUTS ON REVENUE SHORTFALLS. AUDITOR GENERAL JACK WAGNER LAYS BLAME RIGHT BACK ON STATE OFFICIALS."
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Gas pump price spike may not be over yet | theNORTHWESTERN.com
October 28, 2009
By Doug Zellmer
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A gallon on unleaded regular sold for $2.75 a gallon on Wednesday at many Oshkosh gas stations. On Oct. 3, the price was $2.45 a gallon. The average price statewide for a gallon of unleaded regular was a little more than $2.73 Wednesday, while the national average is just over $2.68, according to AAA Wisconsin.
Its a reflection of some positive signs in the economy, Mosher said.
Tamaqua mayoral race could come down to wire
Hadesty Morrison Incumbent Mayor Christian Morrison seeks another four-year term as the borough mayor.
FOSTER TWP. Each year, thousands of people ramble down the dirt road of a backwoods coal patch town and wander through the tiny, weathered, wooden houses that 19th century miners once called their homes.
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Tamaqua council wins bid for dump truck, snow plow - News - Standard Speaker
October 23, 2009
By Tom Ragan
Tamaqua Borough won an online auction this week with an $18,000 bid for a much-needed dump truck and snow plow, council President Micah Gursky said.
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Tamaqua row home blaze ruled arson - News - Standard Speaker
October 23, 2009
(From staff reports)
Tamaqua Fire Department Chief Tom Schlorf said an investigation with a state police fire marshal determined the fire at 132-134-136 Orwigsburg St. was deliberately set.
Three row homes are destroyed after a fire in Tamaqua. Several fire departments were called to Orwigsburg St.
Tamaqua council wins bid for dump truck, snow plow
Tamaqua Borough won an online auction this week with an $18,000 bid for a much-needed dump truck and snow plow, council President Micah Gursky said.
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Tamaqua to bid for dump truck via online auction - News - Republican Herald
October 22, 2009
By Tom Ragan
The borough council this week approved submitting a bid via an online auction for a dump truck.