The University of Pittsburgh said today that effective immediately,the school’s branch campus at Titusville, PA will be placed under the direction of Pitt’s Bradford, PA campus in a realignment of administrative functions on both campuses necessitated by deep state funding cuts.
In a statement, Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson said the realignment “is a first step to reduce costs of operation and assess the viability of the Titusville campus in a time of dramatically reduced state support.”
Last week’s massive flooding in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has left 13 people dead. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) listed 13 possible storm-related deaths on Sunday in the following counties:
3 Lancaster, 2 Bradford, 2 Dauphin, 2 Lebanon, 1 Chester, 1 Luzerne, 1 Philadelphia and 1 York.
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Pennsylvania’s new growth industry, natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation, has started to take off in a big way. Figures show production was 60 percent higher for the first six months of 2011 than is was for the last six months of 2010.
Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga Counties were responsible for over half of the state’s natural gas production. So far this year, production in Pennsylvania has topped 400 billion cubic feet of natural gas. There are over 1600 wells tapping the Marcellus Shale gas reserves in Pennsylvania.
The gas industry is not without controversy, despite the economic impact it brings. Issues with ground water contamination and taxation rage on.
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission voted today to split up the (814) area code. This area code, which covers from Erie County to the Maryland border, is running out of phone numbers.
The PUC considered three proposals on how to divide up this massive swath of Pennsylvania. Of the four original Pennsylvania area codes established in 1947, (814) was the last area code to remain unchanged.
Below is as link to the PA PUC website showing the county split. The new area code number has yet to be determined.
http://www.puc.state.pa.us/telecom/pdf/areacode/814split_CountyMap2010.pdf
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