Feds Chip In To Help A Wayne Junction Locomotive Clean Up Its Act
SEPTA is upgrading a switching locomotive at Wayne Junction that services its trains, with the help of a $1.2-million EPA grant to reduce diesel air pollution and improve air quality.
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SEPTA is upgrading a switching locomotive at Wayne Junction that services its trains, with the help of a $1.2-million EPA grant to reduce diesel air pollution and improve air quality.
Tis the season for buying gifts! With more and more people shopping online, where do those packages wind up getting shipped too?
But the rewrite is by no means a done deal.
Plans for an upscale billiards parlor in center city Philadelphia are very much in limbo, and City Council now is giving the developer a firm deadline to get the project going.
The U.S Postal Service hopes to avoid bankruptcy by making some major cuts. That means what you send could take much longer to get there. First class mail volumes have dropped.
"It's a black keystone with a white 'PA' in the middle, within a white circle, that when you rotate the card reverses to just the opposite," says a Penndot spokeswoman.
"Members go online, choose a plan," explains the founder of toygaroo.com, "and once they sign up, they add all the toys they want to receive to their wishlist."
The Bensalem track has been awarded the first Grade I race to ever take place in Pennsylvania, backed by a $1-million purse.
Shane Confectionery, at 110 Market Street, dates to 1863. It is reopening now under the ownership of Eric and Ryan Berley, who also run the Franklin Fountain a few doors away.
Slots revenues were up 6.5% in Pennsylvania last month, compared to November 2010, thanks in large part to impressive increases posted by Philadelphia's SugarHouse Casino.
The Bryn Mawr Running Club held its annual Christmas/Holiday Prediction Run benefiting less fortunate children. It was a crisp Saturday morning and 80 members of the club participated.
Gemelli on Main, in Manayunk, is Clark Gilbert's second restaurant of the same name, the first being in Narberth.
"It allowed us to keep about 120 people employed," says one general contractor. "Without that work we'd have to get rid of a lot of people."
"It's disastrous," says one area driver. "They shouldn't be doing this construction during the peak hours when people are trying to get to work."
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 totaled $787 billion, split about equally among tax cuts, payments to and for individuals, and public works.
