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Meeting agendas for upcoming meetings:
Posted here as soon as available
NE Twp Supervisors meeting 8-17-26
News from elsewhere of local interest:
Sales Are So Low, California Wineries Are Burning Their Vineyards
Students Seek to AI-Proof Their Careers With Trades Over College
Why a single big buyer stops buying fruit

PA Government Standing in the Way of Broadband Expansion

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You may remember back in 2023 when I brought up the issue of Pennsylvania’s so called “broadband deserts.” The term applies to those areas of the state where residents have no easily accessible broadband connection to the internet. The federal government has allocated over $1 billion to PA to expand broadband, yet there hasn’t been […]

You Need to Pay Attention to This Year’s Pennsylvania Elections

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There is a lot going on this year in Pennsylvania’s elections. Locally we have 4 school board seats on the ballot which should be of interest to everyone in North East, but statewide there’s a lot to focus on, too. You will have a vote on whether or not to retain three Supreme Court Justices, […]

President Trump Calls for National Paper Ballot Elections with Voter ID

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In the sidebar of this site, I’ve had these two quotes about voting for at least the last four years: “… one man, one vote, in person, on Election Day, in public, with ironclad voter identification. Absentee ballots should be limited to overseas military personnel only; if you’re out of town or even the country, […]

NE School Board Meeting Runs 3 Hours in Long and Often Contentious Session

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You should have been there. The school board meeting Thursday evening, 2-20-25, covered a wide range of topics and ran over three hours in length. Anyone interested in recent issues and controversies would have found the discussion and comments from the administration, the board and the public enlightening, frustrating and concerning. Hmm … where to […]

Waste Management Automating Thousands of Jobs

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If you, like many of us in North East, had problems with Waste Management recently and for those of you who still do, there have been some developments. It appears the company is planning to eliminate about 5000 jobs through automation by 2026. Many positions have a high attrition rate, like the guy on the […]

NE Borough Council Agenda Includes Discussion About School Arch Project

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The agenda for this coming Monday’s NE Borough Council meeting, 2-17-25, includes an interesting item, a discussion about the North East School District’s Gateway Arch project. This may shed some light on a couple of questions raised at the last school board meeting and provides an opportunity for school board members and the public who […]

NE Community Marina Authority Issues Final Draft of Bylaws for Public Review

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The North East Community Marina Authority has released a final draft copy of their bylaws for public review. When the Board of the North East Community Marina Authority met at its January meeting, copies of revisions to the Authority’s working Bylaws were distributed to the members of the Board, based on the guidelines and template […]