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Post announces annual essay winners

The Clarendon VFW and AMVETS Post 314 are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Marshall Larsen Scholarship. Meea Irwin and Julia Schultz, both of Warren Area High School, and Emma Jameson of Eisenhower Middle High School have been selected to receive the scholarship in ...

U.S. Brig Niagara sets sail for Erie from Maine

ERIE — The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has announced that the U.S. Brig Niagara is officially underway. At daybreak on Saturday, June 6, the Commonwealth’s flagship cast off her lines at Bristol Marine’s Sample’s Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, marking the successful completion of her year-long, $6.9 million restoration and refit to ensure the Niagara is structurally sound and fit to sail for decades to come. The vessel is currently navigating the 2,000-nautical-mile transit via the North Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence Seaway. She is scheduled ...

Lt. Gov. Davis says administration will ‘halt’ ICE facility plans

During a speech at an annual gathering of progressives last week in Philadelphia, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis assured attendees that a pair of proposed ICE detention centers would not be built. “We're going to use our power to halt the plans for the proposed ICE warehouse detention centers in Berks and Schuylkill counties from moving forward,” Davis said. “Because our immigrant communities shouldn't have to live in fear - fear of going to work, seeking medical care, picking up their kids from school.” His remarks were made at Netroots Nation’s annual conference on Friday ...

Setting an agenda

Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity outlined her vision for the commonwealth's future during a campaign stop in Warren County, focusing on economic development, energy policy, data centers and rural health care. The Republican governor candidate stopped in Warren County for an oil and ...

Young’s actions ‘intimidated’ owner of property

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect court documentation by Michelle Grubbs. Court records filed in Warren County Common Pleas Court have brought attention to a property dispute involving Sheffield Township code enforcement, the transfer of family-owned property and allegations made by Michelle Grubbs regarding the circumstances surrounding that transfer. The case involves Shawn Young and Grubbs, who is also acting as an heir to the Estate of Cheryl L. Scuteri. The allegations contained in the filings remain disputed, and no court has issued findings on the ...

Senator proposes reopening state grant program to fire equipment purchases

One of the region’s former state senators is proposing opening up a state grant program to the purchase of fire trucks and firefighting equipment. The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program is a Commonwealth grant program administered by the Office of the Budget for the design, ...