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March 15, 2021
Extended Payment Plans Available for Residential and Small Business Utility Customers to Stay Connected and Gradually Pay Down Balances HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today approved a plan that establishes an array of extended payment plan options to help residential and small business utility customers stay connected to service while gradually paying-down past-due balances. In a motion offered by Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille at today’s PUC public meeting, the Chair noted many public health and financial factors ... View Article
March 15, 2021
Commitment to Appointments for Seniors, Support of Frontline Workers, A Plan for a Path Forward Harrisburg, PA – Today, Governor Tom Wolf and members of the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force announced another bi-partisan effort to complete COVID phase 1A vaccinations first, set up mass vaccination clinics with regionally supplied plans to inform allocations, and vaccinate frontline workers. “The efforts of the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force are making significant headway in getting more people vaccinated,” Gov. Wolf said. “The special initiative ... View Article
March 12, 2021
Any Job Seeker, military or civilian can participate for FREE Employers can still participate by contacting PNGAS@PNGAS.org Registration for Job Seekers is open! Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania – The Pennsylvania National Guard Associations (“PNGAS”) is pleased to announce details for the March 24th PNGAS Virtual Job Fair to be held between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. All job seekers are welcome and can participate for FREE. Employers can still participate by contacting PNGAS@PNGAS.org. Registration for job seekers is open: https://pngas.org/mission/jobs-board ... View Article
March 11, 2021
by Christine Tarlecki, Vista.Today While many areas in different states are home to Underground Railroad locations, parts of Montgomery County and Chester County boasts an especially large number of preserved sites with documented history, writes Kimberly Haas for Hidden City Philadelphia. Several stops were in Kennett Square, including the Pines, the home of Bartholomew Fussell, who was one of the original signers of the American Anti-Slavery Society’s “Declaration of Sentiments” in 1833. Another site is the former home of the ... View Article
March 4, 2021
WYOMISSING, PA – Tompkins VIST Bank today announced that it has committed $301,250 in 2020-2021 donations to nearly 50 youth education organizations that qualify under the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. The donations are being given to pre-kindergarten, scholarship and educational improvement initiatives throughout the bank’s Southeastern Pennsylvania marketplace. The amount is an increase over the $291,250 donated over the last two-year period. About Tompkins VIST Bank Tompkins VIST Bank, a subsidiary of Tompkins Financial Corporation, is ... View Article