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Windmill Windfall to Fund Hoagie Happening

June 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Turn On. Tune Onion. Drop out. 
Some towns are built on factories. Some are built on agriculture. No one doubts that without the hoagie, Tyrone would be a mere tasteless, hold-the-onions blip on the map.
Recognizing that, Tyrone Borough Council, in cooperation with their corporate overlords, Gamesa, will channel funds from the proposed industrial windfarm into “A […]

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Tags: Finance · Food · Tyrone · Windmills

State College Parents Demand Grand Stand

May 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Artists rendering… Mmmm… Renderin’s. 

State College School Board faced the wrath of hundreds of parents who were upset at the price tag of the new concession stand project.
“A quarter of a millions dollars?” said G. Franklin Uppercoat, spokesperson for State College Parents for Exclusivity. “I have seen affordable housing units in State College that cost more […]

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Tags: Finance · Food · State College

Wal-Mart Fatties Revel in Handicapped Status

May 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Get your motor, not your metabolism, runnin’.
After a few attempts, Bart Sharker rolls out of his van, just a few feet from his favorite Wal-Mart. As he waddles toward an awaiting rascal scooter, a broad smile shares his face with dimples and the glaze of a recent donut.
Sharker is just one of the many obese […]

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Tags: Culture · Food · Health