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Snyder Township Celebrates Founders’ Day

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Snyder Township wasn’t built in a day; it just looks that way. 
Snyder Township is preparing for its annual Founders’ Day celebration this weekend and the festivities include a copper-stealing contest, silent scrap metal auction, and parade of available cousins.
According to Maybelle Carson, Snyder Township historian and owner of the Happy-Latchin’, an exotic clog dancing establishment, the township was […]

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Tags: Culture · History · Local Politics · Mooks · Snyder Township

Lawsuit Averted: State College Sewage Doesn’t Stink

July 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 State College Sewage Treatment and Day Spa
After a sewage line blew raw sewage into homes, State College borough council called in legal experts and health officials to study the problem and avoid any potential lawsuits. Their findings: residents can’t sue State College because the town’s sewage doesn’t stink. And never has.
This finding has also confirmed […]

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Tags: Local Politics · State College

PennRon: State Seeks Help to Spin Deficit

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Creative financing: PennRon gets lessons
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G-Money Rendell and state legislators are hoping some creative financing can make a pending billion-dollar budget deficit disappear and they’re looking toward the artists of creative budgetting for help.
According to state budget officials, former Enron, WorldComm and Countrywide Mortgages officials are looking over the state books, hoping to find new ways to […]

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Tags: Finance · Local Politics · Politics · Rendell