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Data centers drive up electric costs around Central Pennsylvania
| December 5, 2025
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation is looking to raise electric rates for residential households by 7% while data centers get a rate decrease.Here’s where to donate food, toiletries, coats & more in York County this holiday season
| December 5, 2025
York County food banks, churches and local businesses are ready for your donations of canned goods, toiletries and gently used winter wear.Quinta Brunson funds free field trips for Philly public schools with newly launched program
| December 5, 2025
“Abbott Elementary” star and Philadelphia native Quinta Brunson launched a new program to provide free field trips to local students. Here’s what you need to know.Eagles’ Jordan Mailata nominated for Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
| December 5, 2025
The award is the league’s most prestigious honor, recognizing players who excel on the field and demonstrate a commitment to making a positive impact beyond the game.Owner announces Snyder of Berlin plant to close; 96 employees affected
| December 5, 2025
The company that purchased the Snyder of Berlin potato chip manufacturing plant in 2024 has notified the state Department of Labor and Industry that it intends to permanently close the Berlin facility in February.How this PA man converts Lake Erie trash into an artist’s masterpiece
| December 5, 2025
North East resident and Erie native Douglas Bailey and his wife, Amy Bailey, have been walking the shorelines of Lake Erie in the Harborcreek and North East areas and removing trash for more than five years.‘Museum within a museum’ coming to Erie’s Hagen History Center in 2026
| December 5, 2025
The new Frank Lloyd Wright Field Office Museum will be anchored by the architect's San Francisco office, which was dismantled, brought to Erie and reassembled in the Hagen History Center's Watson-Curtze Mansion in 2021.PA cancer testing bill hits home for Bucks County’s Farry and family
| December 5, 2025
The legislation ensures Pennsylvania law aligns with a federal recommendation issued in 2024 that will require Affordable Care Act plans to cover follow-up imaging for certain patients beginning in 2026.Utility regulators vote to investigate Pa. American Water’s proposed rate increase
| December 5, 2025
Pennsylvania American Water Co. filed the rate request last month, citing $1.2 billion in ongoing system improvements. The publicly traded company serves about 2.4 million people in 37 counties.Pa. lawmakers received their annual raise. Rank and file members now make $113,000
| December 5, 2025
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Pennsylvania legislators are among the highest paid in the country. The average pay for a state lawmaker nationally is $47,904, but that includes part-time legislatures.Pa. court lifts suspension for York County judge after federal prosecutors drop indictment
| December 5, 2025
A York County judge who was accused of stealing unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to return to the bench after the federal indictment against him was dismissed.12 traditional Pennsylvania Christmas dishes & drinks
| December 5, 2025
This being Pennsylvania, you might not be surprised that nearly half of these traditional Christmas dishes are cookies.
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Data centers drive up electric costs around Central Pennsylvania
| December 5, 2025
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation is looking to raise electric rates for residential households by 7% while data centers get a rate decrease.Quinta Brunson funds free field trips for Philly public schools with newly launched program
| December 5, 2025
“Abbott Elementary” star and Philadelphia native Quinta Brunson launched a new program to provide free field trips to local students. Here’s what you need to know.Owner announces Snyder of Berlin plant to close; 96 employees affected
| December 5, 2025
The company that purchased the Snyder of Berlin potato chip manufacturing plant in 2024 has notified the state Department of Labor and Industry that it intends to permanently close the Berlin facility in February.How this PA man converts Lake Erie trash into an artist’s masterpiece
| December 5, 2025
North East resident and Erie native Douglas Bailey and his wife, Amy Bailey, have been walking the shorelines of Lake Erie in the Harborcreek and North East areas and removing trash for more than five years.Republicans lack plan to despite expiring ACA tax credits
| December 4, 2025
Health care premiums are expected to rise 102% for Pennie customers once ACA tax credits expire at the end of the year.This Erie Santa has been spreading Christmas magic for over 30 years
| December 4, 2025
Spaeder portrayed Santa the first time over 30 years ago at a family party, and he has continued to do so during the holiday season ever since.Piatt Companies breaks ground on Esplanade Project in Pittsburgh
| December 3, 2025
After nearly nine years of planning, persisting through the pandemic, and market challenges, construction will begin on the long-anticipated project that officials hope will transform riverside industrial property with new energy, connectivity and economic opportunity.PA uninsured children hit 153,000 as federal funding cuts loom
| December 3, 2025
A new report shows Pennsylvania is seeing its highest number of uninsured children in a decade.
