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Giant recognized for selling Pennsylvania-produced milk
It's not that Giant Food Stores has a problem with out-of-state cows, per se. "No, absolutely not," assured Chris Brand, spokesman for the Carlisle, Cumberland County, grocery store chain. It's just, he said, that Giant thinks Pennsylvania cows are...
Tags: Giant Food, LLC, Agriculture, Weis Markets Incorporated, Cumberland County
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Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks
Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...
Tags: Smyth County, Culpeper County, Albemarle County, King William County, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Habitat work underway on Pa. State Game Lands
Lehigh Valley WildJerry Feaser of the Pennsylvanai Game Commission reports the following: As Pennsylvania hunters and trappers begin purchasing their 2011-12 licenses (as of Monday, June 11), Pennsylvania Game Commission teams of land managers, foresters and Food and Cover... -
Sound the retreat, coastal dwellers
Sea level around the Chesapeake Bay is rising. Larger-than-ever storm surges are a certainty. Land is sinking further. The time has come to plan an orderly human retreat from more development along the watershed's low-lying edges.
The science that...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Tropical Storms, Water, Natural Resources
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Prosecutor says supes can't reimburse themselves
Who's on Team Gloucester?An independent prosecutor concluded that four previously indicted Gloucester County supervisors would have a conflict of interest if they voted to reimburse themselves thousands of dollars of legal fees accrued last year while fighting 14 misdemeanor...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Values, Justice System, Calendars, Days, and Months, Ethics
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Tidewater Treasures
Special to the SunCradled by the Potomac River to the north, the Rappahannock to the south and the lower Chesapeake Bay to the east, Virginia's Northern Neck has long been isolated by geography and its largely agricultural and maritime economy. Change has been slow in...Tags: U.S. Army, Wetlands, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tourism and Leisure
Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Oct 10, 2012
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Jun 12, 2012
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Feb 13, 2012
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May 28, 2009
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Jun 14, 2000
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