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Parkland Community Library board threatens legal challenge to school board's budget move
The Parkland Community Library said it will sue the Parkland School District over plans to reduce a special tax that funds the library — even though the change won't cost the library any money. The district's proposed 2013-14 budget, scheduled...Tags: Macungie, Arts and Culture, South Whitehall Township, Whitehall, Economy, Business and Finance
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Quakertown: Lunch ladies can keep their jobs
Facing an outcry from the community as well as its staff, the Quakertown Community School District has struck an agreement that will allow cafeteria workers to keep their jobs while letting the district outsource food management services. Under an...Tags: Career and Workplace, Food Industry, Labor Legislation, Marketing, Environmental Issues
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Sea lions and penguins ready to welcome visitors at NY Aquarium months after Superstorm Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) — Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney Island marine haven was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The Wildlife Conservation Society's shorefront...Tags: Coney Island, Endangered Species, Wildlife Conservation Society, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Environmental Issues
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St. Charles District 303 ends mental health summit early
St. Charles District 303 talks on mental health as related to school security wrapped up early, and organizers soon will turn to crafting recommendations from the sessions for the school board and community. This year's Summit 303 – an annual...
Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Mental Health
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READER SUBMITTED: Plainville High School Classes Increase Biodiversity
PlainvilleStudents in Leanne Nolan's Advanced Placement Environmental Science classes at Plainville High School are increasing biodiversity at the high school by creating a garden bed outside of the school's cafeteria patio area. The students recently planted a...Tags: Marine Science, High Schools, Ecosystems, Schools, Environmental Issues
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READER SUBMITTED: CSP Applications Due May 31
StatewideThe Natural Resources Conservation Service's Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) will provide about $175 million in funding for up to 12.6 million additional acres enrollment nationwide this year. Although applications are accepted all year, farmers...Tags: Torrington, Natural Resource Industry, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy Resources
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READER SUBMITTED: Grassland Reserve Program Sign-Up Announced
StatewideLisa Coverdale, Connecticut State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Bryan Hurlburt, State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) have announced that...Tags: Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Torrington, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Agriculture, Norwich
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State Officials Ignore Ethics Office At Their Peril
The Hartford CourantConnecticut government officials often fail to seek ethics opinions in advance of doing something that lands them in hot water. Connecticut has an excellent Office of State Ethics to help officials deal with potential conflicts of interest, and to...Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Lawyers, Government, U.S. Senate
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Calif. bill sought to require product makers to reduce plastic trash polluting the ocean
Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber's...Tags: New Products, Environmental Pollution, Marketing, Beaches, Environmental Issues
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Pa. Game Commission investigators conclude 2nd bald eagle death this month caused by gunshot
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania game officials say an investigation shows a second bald eagle's death in the past month was caused by a bullet wound. The Game Commission said Friday that it made that determination after examining the carcass of...Tags: Endangered Species, Butler County, Shootings, Environmental Issues, Wildlife
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LA sanitation districts call off plan for massive landfill near Joshua Tree National Park
Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert. Increased recycling and new...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral, Travel, Environmental Issues, Wildlife
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Feds won't prosecute wind farm if turbine blades kill a condor
Federal wildlife officials on Friday for the first time agreed not to prosecute a developer if an endangered California condor is struck and killed by turbine blades at its proposed wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, about 100 miles north of Los...
Tags: Endangered Species, Wind Power, Solar Energy, Punishment, Renewable Energy
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