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Once again, the local blogging community scoops the Patriot — check out the review over at HarrisburgNightlife.
Effective 10am tomorrow (Tuesday, 2/12/08) morning, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racetrack is open for business.  That is, of course, provided the slot machines pass today’s audit with flying colors. (According to the Patriot-News, they have passed and are [...]

With the real estate market still failing and my own home nearly paid off, I’ve been looking at moving to a nicer area and building my own home.  So I’ve been looking around at building lots in Harrisburg and the surrounding area.  I found a few that were in both decent neighborhoods and my price range, [...]

Not only can you watch as PennDOT dumps water on the roadways immediately before ice storms, but you can now do it from the comfort and convenience of your own PC:
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Districts/DistrictGraphics.nsf/TrafficCamerasMap?OpenForm

Seems that someone didn’t appreciate the footage captured by Roxbury News.  More than one local political-type figure has had more than one embarrassing and/or inappropriate outburst, antic, or instance of conduct preserved forever thanks to Roxbury.  And now it seems that maybe, just maybe, one of those political-types may have bitten off more than they [...]

PennDOT is selling off some of the older, less fortunate bridges in the state.  A full list can be viewed here, and the price is more or less whatever you feel like paying.  Very likely, whoever purchases a bridge will be responsible for relocating and/or demolishing it.  Still … how awesome would it be to [...]

It seems that there is more than a little building outrage over how miserably MetEd and PPL failed at restoring power and/or being prepared for this past weekend’s storm. The utilities are naturally denying that anything could have possibly prepared them for such a “catastrophic” (MetEd) and “unprecedented” (PPL) storm. This mentality really [...]

The PUC has agreed to launch a comprehensive investigation into PPL’s sub-standard performance in restoring electricity to area consumers.
Haha - no, just kidding.  While the PUC is going to “review” utility response, both PPL and Met-Ed will no doubt place blame squarely on the ice itself, rather than address the root cause of the problem.  [...]