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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Green Car Congress

The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. A $32,500 rebate to replace an older diesel commercial shuttle bus with a new diesel commercial shuttle bus. Philadelphia County. Cambria County. McIlwain Charters, Inc.: Centre County. Cumberland County. ChargePoint, Inc.:

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Travel 2025: ‘Friend-Finding Tours,’ Private Islands and a Mixed Bag of Prices

Baua Electric

No longer are cabins for five the definition of the ultimate in family-friendliness, but now were seeing actual neighborhoods, dedicated to families. It will have many of Icons features: eight neighborhoods, six water slides, seven swimming pools and more than 40 dining, drinking and entertainment venues. On the U.S.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

Cars That Think

On 26 January 1926, select members of the Royal Institution gathered at Baird’s lab in London’s Soho neighborhood to witness the broadcast of a small but clearly defined image of a ventriloquist dummy’s face, sent from the televisor’s electromechanical transmitter to its receiver. Lawrence dabbled for a time in commercial TVs.

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How Bucks County, Pa., Became a Celebrity Hot Spot

Baua Electric

Located between Philadelphia and Manhattan, New Hope has long been a haven for wealthy part-time residents. But in past decades the weekenders tended to be lawyers and executives from Philadelphia, not supermodels, Hollywood actors and pop stars. Suddenly, New Hope and the quaint neighboring towns were becoming a celebrity enclave.

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Bucks County, Pa., Is Now a Celebrity Hot Spot

Baua Electric

Located between Philadelphia and Manhattan, New Hope has long been a haven for wealthy part-time residents. But in past decades the weekenders tended to be lawyers and executives from Philadelphia, not supermodels, Hollywood actors and pop stars. Suddenly, New Hope and the quaint neighboring towns were becoming a celebrity enclave.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

Cars That Think

The OCCHC builds apartments and homes in low-income neighborhoods. He briefly worked at Maytag and left the commercial appliance manufacturer to join Iowa Power and Light. He was a longtime board member of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County and a founder of the Orange County Community Housing Corp. He retired from there in 1992.

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