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Entries from January 2008

PennDOT to Connect I-99 to State College with Giant Ramp

January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yeee-Haw! Faith Shall Move Mountains, PennDOT Must Improvise
PennDOT workers who have been working feverishly to complete the oft-delayed I-99 project can relax. Engineers for the transportation department have completed a feasibility study that will connect the road on Sky Top with State College using giant ramps.
The plan calls for two ramps–one for south bound traffic […]

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Tags: Penndot · Rendell · State College

Pay As You Go: Pennsylvania Mandates Metered Toilets.

January 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Flush with Cash
The legislature has finally found a way to fund an estimated 1 billion dollar upgrade to the state’s sewage treatment plants.
The Rendell administration has succeeded in pushing through legislation that will require all Pennsylvanian’s to retrofit their toilets with metering devices by 2010. The meters will be used to assess PA residents .05 […]

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Tags: Rendell · State Politics

Amish Diaspora: Snyder Township Too Backwards for Amish

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Amish say township should wake up and join the 18th century.
Citing a lack of sanitation and poor breeding practices, the once thriving Amish community in Snyder Township is dwindling.
Isaiah Yodle, a Snyder Township farmer and elder in the Amish community, said the township’s infrastructure and sanitation is terrible. “If I was to be growing garbage, […]

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Tags: Amish · Mooks · Snyder Township