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Sheffield playground funding request on agenda

A new playground is coming to Sheffield Township this summer. The Warren County Commissioners are being asked to support the project through an Act 13 Greenway Program grant to help pay for the project. The request will be discussed at the commissioners’ meeting today. Sheffield is asking the county to support an Act 13 Greenway Program application to replace old and outdated playground equipment for 2- to 5-year old children in Memorial Park and to install a new infant/baby swing set. The town is asking for $14,360.22 in Act 13 funding, with a total project cost of $64,360.22 ...

Sounds that ‘uplift’

First Methodist Church invites the community to a special morning of worship and music featuring Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass on Sunday at 10 a.m. The renowned ensemble will participate throughout the entire worship service, presenting beloved hymn classics with a contemporary flair ...

Code Red issued for air quality by state for Thursday

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has declared a statewide Code Red Air Quality Action Day for particulate matter (PM2.5) for Thursday. Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota will be entering Pennsylvania’s northernmost counties and pushing into southern counties Wednesday afternoon into Thursday, creating Code Red concentrations of PM2.5. Residents are strongly encouraged to check www.airnow.gov for current conditions in their area. During Code Red Air Quality Alerts all residents should consider limiting their outdoor activities, and sensitive groups such ...

New York planning less restrictive data center delay

New York state will have a one-year ban on construction of large data centers, but Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order on the issue is less restrictive than legislation passed near the end of the state legislative session. Hochul announced early Tuesday morning that she will sign an executive order enforcing a statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers to give state agencies time to put together rules requiring data centers to pay their fair share of utility costs, protect the environment and provide benefits to host communities. Hochul also wants to repeal sales tax exemptions for ...

The regional power grid manager plans to announce the results of its latest capacity auction late Tuesday, an outcome that will determine a portion of Pennsylvania’s electricity costs beginning in 2028. Ahead of the announcement, energy experts and consumer advocates warned that another ...

Shapiro signs $50.8B state budget amid praise, barbs

Bridging a deficit in part by delaying some payments and reclaiming money from what they called the "couch cushions" of state government, lawmakers on Sunday approved a $50.8 billion budget for 2026-27 that immediately got the signature of Gov. Josh Shapiro. The final product came together ...