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Brightspeed, a North Carolina-based broadband and telecommunications services provider, will soon be offering high-speed Internet to nearly 50,000 homes and businesses in Adams, Cumberland and Perry c...
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Rick Siger, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) secretary, recently spoke about how Gov. Josh Shapiro’s bipartisan 2024-2025 budget supports downtown business districts, creates ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Philadelphia a $1.31 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program grant.
The EECBG Program funds projects that improve energ...
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The Pennsylvania Multimodal Transportation Fund recently awarded Cool Valley Development a $1 million grant for improvements to Morganza and McMurray roads in Washington County.
Cool Valley Develop...
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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) helped secure almost $1 million in funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program for three more Penns...
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Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) recently hosted a community roundtable on public safety in Allentown.
“The goal of this discussion was to bring together partners in the Lehigh Valley who...
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Lackawanna College and Peirce College recently announced their intent to merge.
After the merger is completed, they will operate as a single institution under the Lackawanna College name.
The c...
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WATT Fuel Cell Corp., a manufacturer and developer of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) stacks and systems that operate on readily available fuels, recently expanded its manufacturing plant and headquarter...
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Philadelphia-based Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), an organization offering no cost training for in-demand careers, recently was awarded $575,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF).
C...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded the Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative (REC), a Wysox-based member-owned, not-for-profit utility, a more than $2.1 million gr...
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Wilkinsburg School District a $15.3 million Renew America’s Schools Prize grant.
The prize is a three-phase invest...
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To continue supporting the state’s southwestern economy, Pennsylvania legislators in Congress this week urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to urgently fix water depth issues caused by th...
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The City of Philadelphia on Monday unveiled plans to expand outreach for key tax relief programs that may help mitigate the impact of new property tax revaluations on homeowners.
The city’s Offic...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce recently awarded Allentown a $20 million Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program grant.
The program, established by the federal CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, makes ...
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The Shapiro Administration recently awarded the School District of Philadelphia a $250,000 Schools-to-Work grant to expand agricultural career education.
The district will use the funding to devel...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster), House Committee on Ways and Means member, recently hosted a roundtable in southern York County to discuss tax policies impacting small businesses in Pennsylvania...
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Johnstown, Pa.-based Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) recently nabbed a $4.4 million contract to develop an additive manufacturing machine specifically to make U.S. Department of Defense (DOD...
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On Tuesday, lawmakers from across Western Pennsylvania heard testimony about clean energy manufacturing, energy efficiency and the jobs the industries create.
As part of a public policy hearing ho...
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On Friday, Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Pennsylvania American Water announced that it had been awarded to low-interest loans to finance two water main extension projects in Washington County.
The proj...
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Reading, Pa.-headquartered battery manufacturer EnerSys completed its all-cash $208 million purchase of another leading portable power solutions manufacturer.
“We are very pleased to have close...
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