Vision Quality Components to relocate to larger industrial site
Vision Quality Components co owned by Denny Johns and Bob Aleksivich will move from Harbison Walker to a 20 000 square foot spec building along I 80, adding 8 000 square feet. The firm began in 2003, makes powdered metal parts, employs 12, operates 24 hours, and plans a $250 000 infrastructure investment with local contractors.
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Vision Quality Components
Denny Johns
Bob Aleksivich
Harbison Walker
Aleksivich
Lawrence
Dan Mitchell
Senators push federal ban on texting while driving
Democratic senators propose a national law to force states to ban texting and emailing while driving or lose 25 percent of federal highway funds. The measure follows Virginia Tech findings that texting raises crash risk, especially for heavy trucks, and mirrors drunken driving compliance timelines.
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Ken Thomas
Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia
Sen
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Robert Menendez
New Jersey
Mary Landrieu
Louisiana
Kay Hagan
North Carolina
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
Virginia Tech
Congress
Transportation Secretary
State workers unpaid as budget standoff lingers
State employees including Rendell face unpaid days after June 30 as the budget impasse continues. About 80,000 workers receive partial pay. legislators and 1,000 court employees are unpaid. Rendell weighs a GOP budget bill with veto leverage to force a full year deal while keeping offices open. Union demonstrators from across the state protest, saying morale is strained but workers persist.
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Capitol
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ed Rendell
Carolyn Kaster
Rendell
House
Senate
Transportation Department
Wyoming County
Delaware County
Vince Maiolo
Penndot
Westmoreland City
County officials outline aid and land mapping measures
County officials discussed a September start for a work connected aid program offering case management budgeting credit counseling rental and utility assistance legal services and moving expenses. They also approved advertising a Uniform Parcel Identification ordinance to aid assessment and mapping accuracy and heard about the West Branch Susquehanna fish restocking plan with 9 000 trout stocked annually by PFBC and community sponsors totaling about 15 000 trout yearly.
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Joan Robinson McMillen
Pat Domico
West
Susquehanna River
State Fish and Boat Commission
Old Town
Hyde Bridge
West Branch
Susquehanna
PFBC
Laurel Hill
Domico
Grice Gun Shop
Wisconsin
Dutch Pantry
911 Center
Plant upgrades and signs aim to curb river mercury impact
Commissioners note the company installs signs upstream of the dam and along the river banks and plans equipment on two of four plant units to cut mercury, awaiting soon legislation. McCracken says the firm shows commitment to thermal issues and watershed safety, while Sobel emphasizes river protection and local jobs tied to plant, coal, and trucking firms.
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Shawville
Cohen
Mark McCracken
Pregnant Women Face Higher Hospitalization From Swine Flu
A Lancet study on 34 U S cases shows pregnant women with swine flu are at least four times more likely to be hospitalized. Early Tamiflu treatment is advised and pregnant women should be prioritized for fall vaccines.
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London
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Lancet
World Health Organization
Denise Jamieson
U.S. Cdc
Jamieson
Europe
Economic signs point to gradual pickup amid steel and machinery gains
The prior month saw demand lift for steel up 8.9 percent and industrial machinery up 4.4 percent. Outside transportation, this strength may signal better days for manufacturing as the economy battles a deep recession. GDP for April-June is expected to fall 1.5 percent, far less than the 5.5 percent drop earlier, with unemployment near 9.5 percent and still rising into next year.
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U.S
America
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Wolf Run
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Big Brothers Big Sisters
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