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How you can help TSA employees in Pennsylvania working without pay
Across Pennsylvania, airports, organizations, and businesses are organizing donation drives to help TSA staff who have spent nearly half of the past 175 days with their paychecks held up by government shutdowns.
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Historic Lawrence Park Dinor for sale. What’s next for owner?
The 78-year-old Dinor at 4019 Main St. in Lawrence Park is listed for $285,000 by Howard Hanna.
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Why Philadelphia’s ‘Rocky’ statue is moving, and where it’s going
On March 25, the famous “Rocky” statue that has stood proudly at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps since 2006 will be moved indoors to become part of an upcoming exhibit “Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments.”
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Gettysburg names small business owner Alison Lintal as new mayor
Gettysburg has named a new mayor following the sudden departure, and subsequent arrest, of former Mayor Chad-Alan Carr on child sex crime allegations.
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Who should pay when state police are the local force in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania State Police cover two-thirds of the state’s municipalities that do not have their own police department, putting a statewide agency in charge of local patrols for more than 1,300 localities across the state.
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Longest line at Philly airport? Cheesesteaks, not security
Organizers say they achieved a new Guinness World Record for the longest line of cheesesteak sandwiches, with 1,291 lined up inside a departure hall to mark National Cheesesteak Day. The display far surpassed the previous benchmark of 500 sandwiches.
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Your guide to protesting in Pennsylvania
Here’s what to know about keeping yourself safe while making your voice heard by protesting in Pennsylvania.
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ICE agents arrive at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh airports as TSA workers go unpaid
President Trump has sent in ICE officers to assist at security checkpoints at more than a dozen US airports, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as Transportation Security Administration airport workers remain on the job without pay.
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No, the Adams County, Pa., sheriff did not raid Afroman’s home
In a statement on the sheriff’s official page, Adams County, Pa., sheriff Joshua Fitting shared that his department has received calls in recent days after Joseph Foreman, known as the rapper Afroman, won a trial against a different Adams County sheriff’s office – located not in Pennsylvania, but in Ohio.
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This volunteer firefighter comes from generations of service
Jeff Hawryliw from Harborcreek is a fourth-generation volunteer firefighter at Fairfield Hose Company. He follows in the family business of firefighting and is now the assistant chief.
