Senate advances budget bill with funding in limbo
Pennsylvania Senate quickly passed the House budget package 47 to 3 as lawmakers seek a path to fund a nearly 31.6 billion plan before the fiscal year starts. Debates focus on sources for a billion dollars in new funding while Wolf weighs whether to sign. critics warn of deeper cuts to social services.
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Battery B Soldiers Honor Memorial Highway Route
Volunteers map grave sites of Battery B veterans locating 250 of 334 members with graves as far as California and North Dakota. The Battery B Memorial Highway follows a nine mile Gettysburg era route from Enon Valley to Route 551 honoring recruits who marched June 8 1861. The bill by Sen. Elder Vogel was signed June 17 by Gov. Tom Wolf after Enon Valley Historical Society request. The unit saw heavy action at Gettysburg and in 26 other engagements.
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Merger Effort Continues For Two Fire Departments
Langford says merger will take months with oversight by county commissioners township and borough officials and the two fire departments while it unfolds a community specialist from the DCED will visit in coming weeks to discuss funding the steering committee seeks state matching funds through the Municipal Assistance Program to cover up to half the local contributions and costs so far the departments have donated 100 each a 500 grant from Pennsylvania American Water Co and 2000 from the county commissioners additional funding is being requested and will support legal and accounting costs and re branding meanwhile both departments run separately but cooperate through mutual aid agreements and share school district ties and operations
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