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Maine and whoopie pie? Pa. says stick with lobster
BIRD-IN-HAND, Pa. (AP) — An interstate food fight has broken out over the whoopie pie Maine legislators want to designate the creamy cake-like snacks as the state's official treat, with origins dating back to 1925. Hands off, say bakers in...Tags: Pennsylvania, Maine, Pies and Tarts
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Hershey, sheriff hopeful spar over campaign signs
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Candy-maker Hershey says a Pennsylvania sheriff candidate's campaign signs are a tasty case of trademark violation. The chocolate company says Lancaster County sheriff candidate Mark Reese lifted the font for his campaign...Tags: The Hershey Co., Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Companies and Corporations, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County
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Start-up music festival slated for Allentown in June
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGAmong a myriad of summer music festivals comes a new one: a metalcore music festival set for Allentown. The fledgling first-year Pennsylvania Deathbed Festival will feature more than a dozen acts in an all-day show starting 11 a.m. June 29...... -
100-year-old woman remembers Laurel Hill long before it was a park
Daily American Staff WriterLeona Shaffer remembers more than 90 years ago, back when her family ran a farm, raising Jersey and Guernsey cattle and growing and harvesting hay and crops with little mechanical help. Shaffer, who just turned 100, said she was a bit of a tomboy, and...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Travel, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Natural Resource Industry
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UGI agrees to $200,000 fine in Millersville blast
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved a $200,000 settlement with UGI Utilities Friday stemming from a 2011 explosion in Lancaster County that damaged a home and business. In addition to the civil penalty, UGI agreed to change procedures...Tags: UGI Utilities, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Allentown
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Right-to-Know Law facing five-year checkup
It's been five years since Pennsylvania government stepped out of the shadows by rewriting its open records law to give citizens much more access to how governments operate and spend public money. Many people, including me, believe the new Right-to-...Tags: Laws, Career and Workplace, Delaware County, Lawyers, Freedom of Information Laws
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Richard H. Hynicka, 87, formerly of 1003 Orchid Way, Mountville
Richard H. Hynicka, 87, formerly of 1003 Orchid Way, Mountville, died May 2, 2013. He was born on May 13, 1925. He was a resident of the Mennonite Retirement Community, a caring, loving home away from home: Thank You. He was the husband of Anne M....
Tags: Human Interest, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), U.S. Navy, Alzheimer's Association, PTA
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Footage from the farm
Daily American Staff Writer, @damichellegA bill in the Pennsylvania House is designed to deter people from trespassing on farms and filming video, according to one of its sponsors. State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township, said House Bill 683 is a good starting point to talk the...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Carl Walker Metzgar, Humane Society of the United States, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Freedom of the Press
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Ex-husband not bitter, just 'confused' about missing Pa. woman's reappearance
PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — Lee Heist's phone won't stop ringing. Just about every five minutes, it chimes with calls, from New York, from Philadelphia, from Lancaster County, Pa.. They're calling with questions about Brenda Heist - Heist's ex-wife,...Tags: Theft, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Family, Key West, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Authorities: Lititz woman who went missing in 2002 found in Florida
FLORIDA Missing Lititz woman turns self in after 10 years Authorities say a woman who has been missing from Lititz, Lancaster County, since 2002 recently surrendered to a sheriff's deputy in Florida, saying she left her family after a pending divorce....Tags: Theft
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Mayors Pawlowski, Callahan among local contributors to Obama inauguration
Call Washington BureauThe mayors of Allentown and Bethlehem were among the thousands of individuals and corporations who donated a total of $43 million to President Obama's second inauguration. Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski contributed $300 and his wife, Lisa, gave $305....Tags: Chaka Fattah, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), John Callahan, Allentown, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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PA House Democrats talk transportation at America on Wheels Museum
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellThe impressive America on Wheels Museum just off Hamilton Street along the Lehigh River in Allentown served as an appropriate site for a meeting of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on transportation funding -- or the lack thereof...
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