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Akron events mark John Brown’s last year (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)
WEST AKRON — The Akron area was a place that abolitionist John Brown lived in and returned to throughout his life. And now, the city and other organizations are planning events, exhibits and tours to highlight Brown and his local history this year.FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Utilities File Plans to Enhance Energy Efficiency and Conservation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Pennsylvania Power Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company and Metropolitan Edison Company today filed plans that, if approved, will help customers reduce energy demand and consumption.
GOP: Slots idea full of holes (The Columbus Dispatch) Republican senators say they have exposed "fatal flaws" in Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to add electronic slot machines at Ohio's seven horse tracks, including questions about whether the plan is overly generous to track owners.
KD Country: Wounded Warrior Project (KDKA Pittsburgh) The Wounded Warrior Project reaches out to soldiers who return home from foreign wars with physical injuries and painful memories. Supporters and veterans have been marching across Pennsylvania the past two weeks to raise money and awareness.
Tribute to area veterans opens 2-day celebration (The Mercury) POTTSTOWN — A new tradition was born at the annual Pottstown Fourth of July Celebration when the two-day patriotic celebration kicked off Friday evening with the Field of Flags tribute to veterans.
10-song demo in the works for Dan Emrey Band (Lancaster Online) OK, here's what's happening on the local music scene. • The Dan Emrey Band is working on a 10-song demo that Emrey says he hopes to release in early September. The CD will include four original tracks — "I Will," "Blue: The Time of Day," "Black Creek" and "Mind, Body, and Soul." ...
Tributes for July 3 (Greeley Tribune) March 17, 1922 -July 1, 2009Age: 87Residence: Johnstown
Soap Box Derby revived (The Williamsport Sun-Gazette) An event that time may have forgotten - or, at least, may have allowed it to slip from its mind - will make a return to the city next year, when the Williamsport Area Soap Box Derby reignites for the first time in nearly 60 years. Race directors Jim Campbell of Hope Enterprises Inc.
States without budgets as key deadline passes (WKYC Cleveland) SACRAMENTO, CA -- The finances of Ohio and several other states are sinking deeper into chaos as lawmakers struggle to work out budget differences amid a recession.
PG West: Blackhawk's Stefanik puts an exclamation point on high school career in all-star game (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Rushing for more than 100 yards in an all-star football game is not easy at any level. For starters, a running back isn't going to carry the ball as much as he might in a regular-season game.