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I-81 near Harrisburg to remain closed for days; turnpike tolls lifted for detour
Associated PressThe Pennsylvania Turnpike is waiving tolls for motorists who drive between the Carlisle and Harrisburg East exits as an alternative to Interstate 81, which remains closed near the state capital because of damage from a tanker truck fire. PennDOT...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Pa. turnpike plans electric vehicle charging stations
State officials say drivers of electric vehicles will soon be able to recharge at four places along the Pennsylvania Turnpike — and eventually at many more. The Turnpike Commission on Tuesday said it expects to open electric vehicle charging...Tags: Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Hybrid Vehicles
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Selling off our assets not that far-fetched
timr@herald-mail.comPeople in Washington County should concern themselves with the following passage from the Chicago Tribune, which appeared two days after Christmas: “In an annual ritual that has become as predictable if not as joyous as a New Year’s Eve...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Photography and Video, Photography Supplies and Services, Budgets and Budgeting, Credit Ratings
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Spence Perry: Local voters, leaders can learn from history
Sometimes, communities go in search of salvation. They sense the future is slipping away and they take desperate steps in an attempt to avoid irrelevance. Sometimes, salvation is a new facility; sometimes, a new industry or community redesign. Here, in...Tags: Railway Transportation, Connecticut Valley Railroad, Travel, Transportation, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Walter W. Miller, 95
Walter Woodrow Miller, age 95, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, Md. Born March 16, 1917, in Amaranth, Pa., he was the son of the late Jacob and Mary Magdeline Potts Miller; and the husband of...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Area residents plan ahead to avoid travel trouble over Thanksgiving
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith nearly 900,000 Maryland residents expected to drive 50 miles or more for this Thanksgiving holiday, travelers might have to face heavy traffic en route to their destination. For many area residents the solution is simple: travel when there is not a...Tags: U.S. Army, Thanksgiving, Manufacturing and Engineering, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Power still out for many in Franklin County; speed restrictions lifted
waynesboro@herald-mail.comMore than 5,000 West Penn Power customers in Franklin County were still without electricity late Tuesday morning after Tropical Storm Sandy tore through the county Monday night and early Tuesday. The majority of the outages were concentratted in St....Tags: Monterey (Berks, Pennsylvania), American Red Cross, Monterey (Franklin, Pennsylvania), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Roxbury
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Parasiliti: Getting there is more than half the fun
We sports fans are a species of bottom-line thinkers. Everything comes down to two things: Winning and losing. We thump our chests and talk trash when our team wins. We get offensively defensive when our team loses. We are like a dog staring at a...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Pirates, Trips and Vacations, Cleveland Indians
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Pa. police briefs
Pa. police: Man’s death on turnpike ruled a suicide McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. — A Carbon County, Pa., man’s death was ruled a suicide after police found him in his pickup on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Fulton County. The 37-year-old...Tags: Theft, Injuries and Wounds, Carbon County, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Columbia, Md., man fatally shot by trooper at Pa. Turnpike crash scene
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA Columbia, Md., man was fatally shot Tuesday by a Pennsylvania State Police trooper at the scene of a vehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Fulton County, Pa., according to police. On Wednesday, Trooper Jeff Petucci said the dead man was 45-...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Shootings, Transportation Accidents, Accidental Death, Murder
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