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Entries from January 2008

Poll: Americans Embrace Change for Other People

January 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments

The rest of the country is letting the country down.
A new poll indicates that Americans want the rest of the country to change to better suit their needs.
According to a Dollopa/Pewp Research Center poll, Americans overwhelmingly want the rest of the country to change economically, politically and spiritually. A total of 89 percent of those […]

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Tags: Culture

HGTV Plans Altoona Version of “Reassign My Real Estate”

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Real Estate Ventures Go Prime Slime
HGTV, or home and garden television, is exploring a pilot television program that will be filmed in Altoona. The proposed show, called Reassign My Real Estate, spotlights agents who buy properties and then quickly assign those property rights to another business or industry.
“It’s really fun to get the surprised look […]

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Tags: Altoona · Entertainment · Finance

Snyder Township ‘Too Olde and Foul’ For Renaissance Faire

January 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Renaissance Faire site committee looking for something “in the 16th century.”
Snyder Township lost out on lucrative shillings and ducats from the Mid-Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and Festival.
Edward E. Brown, III, who is in charge of the faire’s site selection committee and goes by the name Good Sir Robin Bobbin of Bell’s Woods, said that members thought […]

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Tags: Mooks · Snyder Township