Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Lancaster County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Twelve days have passed since a Lancaster Township couple were found dead in their home on Thanksgiving morning.
What killed Darryl Leroy Morton and Aida Judy Cora remains unknown, according to investigators.
They were a respected and well-liked couple in the community.
They had a turkey in the kitchen and appeared to be planning a holiday celebration.
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Don’t put away the snow shovels yet.
The latest computer guidance is strongly suggesting a major mid-Atlantic and Northeast storm will strike this weekend.
This one may be a more typical winter storm for this region, with heavy wet snows possible across sections of the northwest suburbs; snow, sleet and rain on the I-95 corridor, including Philly, Washington, D.C. and New York City; and the brunt of the storm aimed for parts of New York state and New England.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Bolaris_Mother_Nature_to_take_a_third_shot.html#LIVlwVdcX8dMMtzU.99
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PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, PA — The final, $21,021,288 2014 budget, which keeps the millage rate at 1.6 mills, was unanimously adopted by council Monday night.
The budget has a reserve fund balance of $5,988,716 at the end of 2014, including more than $3 million in cash, said. The available fund balance decreased from $6,678,813 at the end of 2013 to $5,988,716.
The budget has contractual increases in salary for police and administration employees. Health care costs are up about $300,000, and there is an additional $240,000 for three additional police officers in the budget, Creelman said.
The average residential home is assessed at $180,000 and the township tax will is expected to remain at $288.
Read more: http://www.timesherald.com/general-news/20131209/budget-adopted-by-plymouth-council-with-no-tax-hike
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POTTSTOWN, PA — The $38.9 million 2014 borough budget was adopted by council with a 5-1-1 vote Monday night after it was announced the tax hike had ducked under the 1 percent mark.
With a 6-1 vote, Council also approved a sewer rate increase of $5 per quarter for the base rate, and an additional 20 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of water used — an increase of about 4 percent.
Borough Manager Mark Flanders announced prior to the budget vote that the 1.01 percent tax hike initially proposed by the administration in November had been cut to 0.95 percent.
For a resident with a home assessed at $85,000, that works out to an increase of $8.39 for the year, he said.
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When Birdsboro Market closed more than two years ago, Mayor Robert M. Myers knew it was a huge loss for the community.
“I was distraught,” Myers said. “A community of our size absolutely needs a food market of its own.”
Myers tried to drum up interest from other grocery stores and last winter began a petition, collecting nearly 2,000 signatures of residents interested in the project. Now after months of hard work, the borough presented a plan at Monday’s council meeting to build a full-service Boyer’s Food Market as the centerpiece of a small strip mall in the center of the community.
“Now the residents of Birdsboro will have a place to shop and they don’t need to drive to Douglassville or Exeter,” Myers said.
Read more: http://readingeagle.com/article/20131210/NEWS/312109907#.UqeQBfRDsxI
, U.S. Congressman (R-Pennsylvania, 1997-present) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Fatherless families, a lack of jobs and school dropout rates contribute to poverty and local economic conditions, U.S. Rep. Joseph R. Pitts said Monday.
“Families with fathers and mothers are the best anti-poverty program,” said the Chester County Republican, whose district includes Reading. “Saying these simple things can land you in all kinds of trouble.”
He was speaking at a conference on economic inequality that he organized at Reading Area Community College.
In an interview afterward, Pitts listed some points raised during the four-hour event that he will pursue.
“We will come up with some projects,” Pitts said.
While some of the 75 political, business and nonprofit leaders who participated agreed with Pitts’ points, several made their own arguments for improving the economy in Reading, where the 2012 poverty rate of 40.5 percent made it the second most impoverished city in the country behind Detroit.
Read more: http://readingeagle.com/article/20131210/NEWS/312109974/1052#.UqeN0fRDsxI
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