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MoneyWorks: Yard sale strategies
(York) -- May is typically yard sale season for many midstate communities. As part of our MoneyWorks series, witf Morning Edition Host Craig Layne talked with York County-based blogger Sarah Mock of HowIPinchAPenny.com. She offers some advice for snagging a bargain as a shopper. And, when it comes to holding your own yard sale, she says there's strength in numbers.
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“A dumb mistake”: Pitts office explains letter calling for peace talks between Sharon & Arafat
A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) says the congressman is fully aware Sharon and Arafat are no longer leading peace talks. Sharon has been in a comatose for six years, and Arafat has been dead since 2004 -- but that's not acknowledged in a constituent letter sent by Pitts last month, in which Pitts calls on the erstwhile leaders...
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Direct shipment of wine bills wait on the House’s stoop
Two legislative proposals would expand the selection of wines that can be shipped directly to Pennsylvanians’ doorsteps, and both are awaiting action by state House lawmakers. Out-of-state wineries would be able to ship bottles directly to Pennsylvania customers under the plans. The measures are popular, even with some in-state wineries that already have the ability to ship direct.
“I would...
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witf brings central PA Next Avenue, a new PBS system website for booming 50+ population
America is in the midst of an age boom. The 50+ population in America has grown from 74 million in 1999 to more than 99 million today, and is projected to be 127 million in 2030. While part can be attributed to the sheer size of the boomer demographic, part is due to a dramatic increase in longevity – at the beginning of the 20th century...
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witf to provide coverage of Dick Winters monument unveiling in Normandy
Undated) -- The late Major Dick Winters will be immortalized in Normandy, France, on the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and witf will be there. On June 6th, the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument will be unveiled in Sainte Marie-du-Mont near Utah Beach. It features a likeness of Winters moving forward in an attack position. The monument will be dedicated to...
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Bones of Turkana
Follow famed paleoanthropologists as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya’s Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution
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News
- MoneyWorks: Yard sale strategies
- York County nonprofits team up to provide housing help
- Former Harrisburg State Hospital, Scotland School among sites slated for sale
- York County site of Revolutionary War POW camp to be preserved
- Natural gas drilling impact fee one step closer to reality
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LGBT rights in Pennsylvania
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Radio Smart Talk for Thursday, May 17: A presidential campaign focusing mostly on economic issues wandered off course last week when President Barack Obama announced that he supports same-sex marriage. Immediately, his Republican opponent Mitt Romney responded that he opposed sex-same unions and reiterated his opinion that marriage is acceptable only between a man and a woman. Since the president's… -
PA Counterdrug Joint Task Force wages war on drugs
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Radio Smart Talk for Wednesday, May 16: The Pennsylvania National Guard Northeast Counterdrug Training Center and the Pennsylvania Counterdrug Joint Task Force's mission is "to provide cost-effective training in law enforcement and drug-prevention. It provides all necessary facilities, instruction and support to enhance the capabilities of our law enforcement and homeland security students." Headquartered at Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon… -
The Rising number of Food Allergies
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Radio Smart Talk for Tuesday, May 15: I have a friend who traveled to Bolivia a few years ago to help build a church in a rural area. My friend and his traveling companions ate a restaurant in a small town. He mentioned to the server that he is allergic to peanuts. A short time after the server assured my…
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