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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board awards $3.3 million in alcohol education grants
In an effort to reduce underage and dangerous alcohol consumption, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has awarded more than $3.3 million to schools and organizations for youth alcohol education programs. This year, of 102 grant applications received, 86 organizations from 41 counties across Pennsylvania were awarded a total of $3,312,205 in grants. The maximum award for each two-year grant is $50,000. Of the grants awarded: ...
Gov. Shapiro accuses Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes"
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes" after the former president called him a "highly overrated Jewish governor."The former president made the comment on his social media site, Truth Social, just after midnight Thursday. Shapiro addressed the Democratic National Convention a few hours earlier."I think it's clear over the last few weeks, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics," Shapiro said. "He's someone who's routinely peddled antisemitic tropes like this."Rabbi Beth Janus is co-president of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia,...
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Medically Tailored Nutrition Improving Health Outcomes, Reducing Costs
A recently released study says Pennsylvania has the potential to realize the second highest level of health care cost savings in the nation if medically tailored meals or MTMs, a proven treatment for reducing hospital admissions, readmissions and ER visits, were accessible for more patients with health issues from diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease to cancer and HIV.
VP Nominee Tim Walz Gets Caught Up in Wawa/Sheetz Debate
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz neatly sidestepped the Wawa-Sheetz debate here in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s decades-long Sheetz or Wawa debate has latched on to Democratic Vice President nominee Tim Walz, writes Bill Shannon for YourErie. Walz, current governor of Minnesota, was having breakfast Monday with Pennsylvania delegates when the...
Library grant funds set to boost Barbours Link Library
Williamsport, Pa. — Thanks to new grant funding, the James V. Brown Library's link library is getting some upgrades. The library recently earned $4,500 in grant funding from the Plunketts Creek Township Foundation Fund at the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania. The funds will be used to enhance the Barbours Link Library and purchase new computers for staff and public use. Funding also will support the purchase of new...
A sunny, rain-free weekend is in store for the mid-Hudson region
The National Weather Service says the mid-Hudson Valley should be looking at a mostly sunny, rain-free weekend from beginning to end. After cooling off for a few days during the week, high temperatures should return to the 80s in most places this weekend. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with high temperatures in the low...
Motorcycle crash leaves one dead
KINGSTON, Pa. — A person was killed after a motorcycle crash late Thursday night in Luzerne County. It happened at Rutter Avenue and the North Cross Valley Expressway ramp in Kingston. The coroner says the person riding the motorcycle was killed. The crash is under investigation. Check back for...
New to the GDS Fair in Newfoundland this year is a Johnny Cash tribute
The Greene-Dreher-Sterling (GDS) Fair in Newfoundland is known as a small country fair, but big on what it offers, Fair President Anne Fox says. The 2024 fair features a Johnny Cash tribute, new to the fair, and many other performers and acts, large and small. ...
Death row inmate from Lackawanna County dies
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — David Chmiel, a death row inmate from Lackawanna County, died of natural causes in state prison on Sunday. Chmiel was convicted of stabbing and killing three people in Throop back in 1983. The 69-year-old had his execution stayed in 2007. Chmiel had two previous murder convictions...
PA Boy Dies Days Before Starting 8th Grade: Officials
A 13-year-old boy passed away less than four days before starting eighth grade, Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School Principal Michael Sokalzuk told Daily Voice on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Jaxon Snyder, of Lewisburg, died after "a brief and unexpected illness," on Monday evening, Aug. 19, Sok…
Totem pole stolen from library in Wayne County
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — A one-of-a-kind totem pole has been a staple outside the Newfoundland Area Public Library along Route 507 since May. On Monday morning, the Library Director, Kristina Russo, noticed it was gone. "At first, I thought, oh, that's weird. Maybe she took it early, but then I...
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