Monthly Archives: March 2009

The sun shines brighter in Springettsbury

Aztec Solar Power, a solar applications manufacturer based in King of Prussia, is planning to open a local plant, to Springettbury Township a company official said Monday. The plant will create 100 jobs. inyork.com/ydr

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VIDEO Foal Survives Shooting

The foal bucked on its spidery legs in a hay-lined stall as its mother and a cat named Gomez looked on. “That’s Mister Bulletproof,” said Fran Langrall, the owner. The 3-day-old colt was lucky to be alive. The mother — … Continue reading

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VIDEO 30th Anniversary of Three Mile Island

Thirty years ago today, on March 29, 1979, Sheryll Ewell gave birth to a baby girl at York Hospital while newscasters warned of impending danger from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A partial meltdown had occurred the day … Continue reading

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VIDEO Springettsbury Storm

Hail and winds in York County occurred when a belt of thunderstorms moving in from the southwest collided with a warm front that had settled over the area. York County 911 reported that the Springettsbury and Hellam areas were apparently … Continue reading

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A diverse alternative energy farm near New Park

Jay McGinnis’ inconspicuous house near New Park, Pa. is an experiment of alternative energy. The windmills produce compressed air and electricity. The innovative air compressing wind mill stores the air throughout the farm using underground lines that act as a … Continue reading

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VIDEO Building a safe landing with few resources

York Country Day students build a container that will protect an egg after it falls ten feet during the All-School Engineering Project. Each group was given 25 wrapped plastic drinking straws and six-feet of masking tape. The exercise teaches that … Continue reading

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Old Pennsylvania woodland seasons good Chardonnay

Leroy “Buck” Mortorff describes the importance of using virgin oak barrels for Chardonnay wine during a tour Sunday of the Four Springs Winery in Seven Valleys, Pa. The barrels made from Pennsylvania oak are then used to make red wines. … Continue reading

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VIDEO Concentrating food production, squeezing resources

Long before food production became monopolized and globalized, a farmer could do a bit of everything and get by. If it was a bad year for wheat, maybe milk prices would be up or the pigs would get a good … Continue reading

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‘Victory’ for food self-sufficiency

First lady Michelle Obama helped break ground on a new White House organic “kitchen garden” Friday. It will be the first working garden at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a so-called “victory garden” at the height of World … Continue reading

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Five ways to beat the economic crisis

“These contracts were all put together before I was at AIG,” said Liddy, 63. “I would not have done these contracts this way. And this whole arrangement, if it existed, would have looked a whole lot different. So I really … Continue reading

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VIDEO Swedenborgians live out their beliefs

The New Church, or, formally, the General Church of the New Jerusalem is a Christian based faith follows the teachings that Emanuel Swedenborg, an 18th-century, Swedish scientist and theologian. Followers — often called Swedenborgians — have just six congregations in … Continue reading

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VIDEO Retention pond trouble

Diana Shanko kneels next to a sign her neighbor put out about a year ago. Six homes on Sage Hill Drive in York Township are missing part of their backyards, where a sediment pond sits. The developer and home builder … Continue reading

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OPEC gets bearishly nicer than AIG

OPEC agreed to maintain current production quotas, concerned that a fourth cut since September risked increasing energy costs during the worst global economy in six decades. bloomburg.com It’s interesting because these countries rely on a certain value of oil to … Continue reading

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VIDEO A child’s view of health care

It is the crux of the private verses socialized medicine argument. Sean Brame, age 13, a quadrilateral amputee from septic shock, sat beneath a huge poster from the 1990′s in Sen. Arlen Spector’s office – “Bill Clinton’s Liberal, Big, Government, … Continue reading

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AT&T deploys a green auto, economic stimulus plan

AT&T to add 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles In the York area, these vehicles would help service cell phone sites and the miles of fiber optics making up AT&T’s massive telecom network. Largest U.S. corporate commitment to Compressed Natural Gas vehicles to … Continue reading

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Atlantic City solar excess

Atlantic New Jersey’s motto is “”Always turned on.” The 13,321 photovoltaic panels will produce an average of 26 percent of the convention center’s energy. “We estimate that we are going to save $4.4 million over the 20 years of the … Continue reading

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141 mpg plug-in hybid scooter

Piaggio Group Americas, the maker of the Piaggio and Vespa brands of motor scooters will be marketing a plug-in hybrid scooter. The three-wheel scooter can travel 40 miles on just the battery, and get up to 141 miles per gallon … Continue reading

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VIDEO Volleyball underwater training

Members of the York YMCA Junior Girls Volleyball program train in the pool. Darla Pennewill, head coach of the 15 & under team, said such workouts are meant to increase a player’s strength and endurance. If water exercises are done … Continue reading

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VIDEO Eyeing a self-sustaining life

Fred Lorenz, who lives in a typical suburban home, has dreamed of living in a cave house and getting milk from his own goat. He is inspired when he sees laundry hanging outside, remarking that ” it would have been … Continue reading

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Reset the free market

No one wants to touch the sacred “free market” concept that is no longer free in the face of a world controlled by aging monopolies. Corporations like profit and consumers like cheap goods. We are all locked in step pending … Continue reading

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VIDEO Penn State Catwalk models

Penn State-York students model for fun, build confidence. The Nittany Catwalk Models, a group of college students interested in fashion, modeling, dance and strutting their stuff on stage. They perform at college and community events, mixing dance and modeling poses … Continue reading

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50 mpg 2010 Prius with electric cooling pump

Toyota has officially reported that the 2010 Toyota Prius will get 50mpg in combined use. Some of the tricks Toyota is using to squeeze some more miles include an electric engine coolant pump, a lighter transaxle, and a new exhaust … Continue reading

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VIDEO Hybrid organ

First Presbyterian Church of York has rebuilt it’s Moeller organ. The new version of the organ is part virtual instrument and part traditional pipe organ. The cost of rebuilding the instrument was about 25% less than rebuilding the instrument entirely … Continue reading

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VIDEO TMI bird sanctuary

The three words come together during a visit to Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The fact that humans are restricted makes it a great protected habitat for wood ducks, owls, deer and other creatures native to Pennsylvania. Employees with … Continue reading

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