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Erie’s $72M lead pipe replacement project is ongoing. How much work has been completed?
The project aims to remove nearly 7,400 potentially-hazardous lead service lines and connections from the city’s system, and more than 5,500 such connections in various parts of the city have been removed and replaced with new lead-free pipe, according to Erie Water Works officials.
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Bucks County names Trumbauersville bridge for Larry York, 20, killed in Vietnam in ’68
The bridge is the 18th to be named for the 136 young Bucks County men who perished in the Vietnam War.
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3 officers killed, 2 wounded in shooting in York County, suspect identified
The man who fatally shot three Pennsylvania officers and injured two before he was killed by police has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, according to a law enforcement official.
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Pa joins northeast state health coalition as CDC shakeups concern experts
Pennsylvania has joined a coalition of northeastern states in an effort to develop public health and immunization guidelines amid concerns about the direction of federal health agencies.
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Man charged with ramming car into FBI gate in Pittsburgh later used Latin phrase about tyrants
A man who rammed a car into an FBI security gate in Pittsburgh and covered it in an American flag later said he did it to “make a statement,” the FBI said.
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Visitors to the Poconos spent almost $5 billion last year on lodging, food, more
According to the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, the region brought in $4.9 billion in visitor spending in 2024, with Monroe County bringing in the most among its neighbors.
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Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’
Though the federal government is the only entity with the jurisdiction to remove people from the U.S., hospitals across the nation sometimes return uninsured noncitizen patients in need of long-term care to their countries of origin.
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Oktoberfest, Pennsylvania-style: German heritage celebrations across the state
Celebrate Pennsylvania’s German heritage and crisp fall brews at a regional Oktoberfest this September and October.
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3 police officers killed and 2 injured in York County shooting
The officers were at the scene, amid rolling farmland, to follow up on a domestic-related investigation that began the previous day.
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Robert Redford’s journey from Bucks County Playhouse to Hollywood legend
Redford, who died on Tuesday at 89, made his Bucks County Playhouse debut in 1959’s “Tiger at the Gate” before returning to New Hope in 1963 to star in Neil Simon’s pre-Broadway production of “Nobody Loves Me.”
