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Pa. Solar for Schools program renewed for third year

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Pennsylvania’s Solar for Schools program has been renewed for a third year, receiving $25 million in this year’s state budget to help schools utilize solar energy and cut costs. State Rep. Elizabeth Fielder (D-Philadelphia), who chairs the House Energy Committee, first introduced the program in 2024. It provides grants through the state Department of Community and Economic Development to lower the price of installing solar energy systems at schools across the state. “Our schools are not exempt from the affordability crisis facing Pennsylvania,” Fielder wrote in a release. ...

Central PA Civil War Round Table to meet Aug. 4

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STATE COLLEGE — The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet on Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, in the Activities Room of the South Hills School of Business & Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College, beginning at 7 p.m. The featured speaker will be Jonathan A. Noyales who will speak on “After I Am Gone, the Battle for General Philip Sheridan’s Legacy & Memory.” Jonathan Noyalas, from Martinsburg, W. Va., holds the Hugh & Virginia McCormick Chair in Civil War History at Shenandoah University and is the director of Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute. He ...

LH Kiwanis hears about city’s zoning ordinance, SALDO updates

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PHOTO PROVIDED The Kiwanis Club of Lock Haven recently heard a presentation from Lock Haven City Planner/Interim Manager Abbey Roberts at its meeting Thursday, July 16. Roberts spoke to the club about the complete update to the city’s zoning and Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance ...

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Good Day and Happy Birthday to Becky Holter, of Howard; Kathy Rupert, of Lock Haven! Quote of the Day “Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.” — W. C. Fields Word of the Day Break a leg — noun phrase — A way to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance. Twisted Racquet-Tears Concert The Twisted Racquet-Tears will host a fundraising concert for Artpost Awareness on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 1-6 p.m., at the Beech Creek Fire Company social hall. Come out to enjoy Country, Gospel and the Classics. The band ...