ALowe’s Presents $15K to Blankenburg E.S.
The Philly Tribune – January 2011
Written by Trenae V. McDuffie
As part of its Holiday Caravan Charity Campaign, Lowe’s Home Improvement Company presented Rudolph Blankenburg Elementary School with a $15,000 gift card.
Store Manager Joe Crescenzo, from Lowe’s Store 2378 located on 1500 North 50th St. in Philadelphia, presented the gift to the school.
Annual Conference Gives Free Financial Advice
The Philly Tribune – November 17, 2011
Written by Bobbi Booker
Residents of the Delware Valley are seeking ways to maintain, manage and maximize their financial well-being during tough economic times. State Senator Vincent Hughes, D-Phila./Montgomery, has teamed up with a host of local experts to provide a wide array of resources to assist participants in every area of their personal finances and family affairs for this weekend’s annual “Show Me All the Money – Personal Finance Conference.”
PA Senate panel approves gas drilling bill
The Associated Press – November 15, 2011
By PETER JACKSON
A broad-ranging bill to regulate natural gas drilling in the state and impose a fee on drillers won a key state Senate committee’s support Monday but not the bipartisan backing the high-ranking Republican sponsor had hoped for.
Only one Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee crossed party lines to join Republicans in endorsing the proposal from Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, of Jefferson. The full Senate is expected to debate the bill as early as Tuesday.
Students, leaders panel talk investment successes
By adelrossi on November 10, 2011
The Snapper: Millersville University
BY: Michael Blackson
Over the past decade, higher education has been dramatically increasing in demand. It comes as no surprise that every company is requiring its employees to have a college degree under their belt. But knowledge is not cheap and as more and more students are looking into expanding their education, so has the demand for funding universities and colleges. Yet exiting the year 2011, the economy is in the midst of financial woes and the PASSHE universities are in a similar budget crisis.
