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Affordable housing coming to Carbon County
WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — On Tuesday, close to $900,000 was awarded to our area to build affordable housing in Schuylkill and Carbon Counties. Local lawmakers gathered at Schwab School in Weatherly to give away thousands of dollars in PennHomes funds from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. The new project at the school would cost […]
100 Years Ago: July 24, 2024
100 Years Ago is brought to you by Broome Recycles. 100 years ago today, at 1:45 this afternoon, factory whistles blew throughout the city, to announce the arrival of the Shenandoah – the giant Navy dirigible. Within minutes the giant blimp appeared over the Court Street bridge and slowly passed over the central part of this city as thousands of people watched. One of the crew members is a Binghamton boy, and he dropped letters to his friends as it went over. The dirigible then went on to Endicott before turning south.
Isolated showers and storms mix with partly cloudy skies today
As low pressure approaches the region today, we could see our first rounds of isolated showers and storms by early through mid-morning. However, this afternoon may be more on the spotty side with partly cloudy skies prevailing. Temperatures today are in the mid-80s. TONIGHT:. The cold front associated with the...
Chad Snyder appointed to state board of funeral directors
As a third-generation funeral director, Chad Snyder has a unique perspective of the profession. In 1947, Chad's grandfather, Charles F. Snyder, opened a funeral home in downtown Lancaster, and the business grew to offer locations in Millersville, Willow Street, Lititz and other parts of the county. Chad watched his father, Chip Snyder, run the business after Charles retired, and Chad became the director in 2018. Chad was appointed to the Pennsylvania State Board of Directors earlier this year, and he said he plans to use his experience to bridge the gap between funeral directors and state legislators to benefit Lancaster and communities throughout the state.
Federal dollars driving energy policy in Pennsylvania toward solar, hydrogen
This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. A flurry of recent bipartisan agreements by state lawmakers on energy projects and policies is sending a clear message: Pennsylvania is slowly moving toward clean energy but fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere. The grab bag of initiatives that passed alongside the $47.6...
Rite Aid has closed these 80 stores in Pa. since filing for bankruptcy
It’s no surprise that since Rite Aid started closing hundreds of stores after it filed bankruptcy in October, that many of the locations were in the Keystone State. After all, Pennsylvania is the pharmaceutical company’s home state. If you purchase a product or register for an account through...
NY weather update: The flash flood warning is expected to expire at 2 a.m.
The warning was for Broome County. "The heavy rain has ended. New flooding is no longer expected, but water may continue to flood some areas while streams recede. Please continue to heed remaining road closures," states the National Weather Service. Deciphering advisories, watches, and warnings: Understanding weather alerts. Flash flood...
One of Pa’s ‘most charming small towns’ is ‘buzzing with activity’
Many people seek out small towns as places to live for a variety of factors: Good school systems, cleanliness, affordability, etcetera. And this small town happens to be one of Pennsylvania’s “most charming.”. Betway Insider — which is described by its “Meet the Team” page as “an editorial...
Thousands of Pennsylvania workers are owed money from wage theft cases but the US Labor Department says it can’t find them
In March 2022, a federal court ordered an Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, home-care agency to pay more than $4.5 million in back wages and damages to more than 500 workers after federal investigators showed that the agency had misclassified those workers as independent contractors and failed to pay them overtime. The...
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