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Daily Archives: September 17, 2012
Job Opening In Boyertown, PA
Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States with township and municipal boundaries (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Job Announcement
SENIOR CENTER DIRECTOR – FULL TIME + BENEFITS
Must have college degree or equivalent experience with geriatric population. Strong supervisory and organizational skills a must.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Boyertown Area Multi-Service, Inc.
c/o Personnel Committee
200 West Spring Street
Boyertown, PA 19512
No Calls Please
5K Run – 3K Walk On MCCC Main Campus, Blue Bell
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The Women’s Center of Montgomery County Run or Walk to End Domestic Violence.
All proceeds benefit the
Domestic Violence Program
Sunday, September 30, 2012
In person registration starts at 8:00 am, Run/Walk starts at 9:00am
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell Campus – Rte 202 & DeKalb Pike
Registration: $20 registration online at www.wcmontco.org, Children under 12 Free
Breakfast And Fall Fashion Show At Brookside Country Club In Pottstown
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SUPPORT LITERACY
Breakfast and Fall Fashions by ANN TAYLOR will be held on Saturday, September 29, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Brookside Country Club in Pottstown. This event supports literacy programs that teach adults in our area reading, writing, math, workplace skills and the English language.
For more information, reservations and tickets, please call the YWCA Tri-County Area at 610-323-1888 x202.
Come on out, enjoy a lovely breakfast buffet and fashion show while supporting the YWCA Adult Literacy Program!
Lack Of Presidential Ads Signals Pennsylvania Less Of A Swinger
Not so long ago, Pennsylvania stood unquestionably as a swing state, one presidential candidates of both major parties thought they could win.
Democratic candidates knew they had to win the state to get elected. Republican candidates knew that if they won it, they would likely be president.
Maybe Republican nominee Mitt Romney still really believes he can win Pennsylvania, but with the decision by the presidential campaigns and their affiliated super PACs to stop advertising on television in Pennsylvania after Labor Day, the state is President Barack Obama’s to lose.
As a result, the Keystone State is second-tier in importance behind states such as Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia and even Wisconsin, which hasn’t voted for a Republican for president in even longer (1984) than Pennsylvania (1988).
Read more:
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/lack-of-presidential-ads-signals-pa-less-of-a-swinger-1.1374266
Farm Aid Sets The Stage In Central Pennsyvlania
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For just over a quarter-century, Farm Aid has used pop music to try to help fix some of the problems in American agriculture: the disappearance of family farms, the corporatization of food, and the widening gap between producers and consumers.
The nonprofit organization will bring its annual fundraising concert to Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, to once again share its message in a very public way. Performers will include founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young, as well as Dave Matthews, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Kenny Chesney, Jack Johnson, Pegi Young & the Survivors, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
The show came to Pittsburgh in 2002, and organizers say they are excited to be bringing it back to Pennsylvania.
“We looked at Hershey before,” said Carolyn Mugar, Farm Aid’s executive director. “It’s right in the middle of some the best farm country in the region, and the size is perfect. We’re going to change out all the concessions to be homegrown and regional, and it is really going to feel like the venue is ours that day.”
After Long Wait, Birdsboro Gets Its Bridge Work
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A delayed project to replace the Birdsboro Bridge that carries Route 345 over the Schuylkill River is getting the green light.
PennDOT officials said the work is supposed to start next Monday and take about two years. The span, which connects Birdsboro and Exeter Township and handles about 8,400 vehicles a day, will remain open while a new one is built just west of it.
The $14.5 million project was supposed to start in March but was delayed by the discovery that the area around the bridge is a habitat for red-bellied turtles, a threatened species. That required additional planning.
At the same time, PennDOT also needed to negotiate with nearby property owners to obtain rights-of-way.
Jehovah’s Witness Conventions Boosting Reading/Berks Economy
The Jehovah’s Witnesses have since 2005 spent several quiet weekends each summer at conventions in the Sovereign Center, without any of the fanfare given the concert idols and hockey giants normally associated with a sports/entertainment complex.
As a result, they are responsible for half the downtown civic center’s $254 million economic impact over its first decade.
That’s the surprise coming out of a study released last week by Dr. Lolita A. Paff, associate professor of business and economics at Penn State Berks.
The 225,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses who spent three days each at the conventions also spent nearly $111 million on gasoline, hotels (1,200 rooms a night), shopping and meals outside the arena from 2005 through 2011, Paff’s report said.
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