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‘It could get ugly’: Farmers face higher costs as price of diesel skyrockets (opens the original)
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It’s approaching harvest time for corn, soybeans and other crops in Pennsylvania, and the skyrocketing cost of diesel – which reached $6.59 a gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA – is having an impact on nearly every industry across the commonwealth, including farming. “Anything you touch, I don’t care if you’re a farmer or a non-farmer, has been impacted. Everything gets to you by diesel,” said Don Carter, a farmer and member of the Washington Count Farm Bureau. “Everything moves on diesel, or
‘It could get ugly’: Farmers face higher costs as price of diesel skyrockets (opens the original)
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It’s approaching harvest time for corn, soybeans and other crops in Pennsylvania, and the skyrocketing cost of diesel – which reached $6.59 a gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA – is having an impact on nearly every industry across the commonwealth, including farming. “Anything you touch, I don’t care if you’re a farmer or a non-farmer, has been impacted. Everything gets to you by diesel,” said Don Carter, a farmer and member of the Washington Count Farm Bureau. “Everything moves on diesel, or
Chartiers hires longtime officer as police chief (opens the original)
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A familiar face will lead the Chartiers Township Police Department. On Tuesday, the Chartiers Township Board of Supervisors voted to hire interim police chief Ronald Raymond as chief of the police department. Raymond has served with the department for more than 32 years, and replaces former chief Steve Horvath, who retired in February after serving the township for 34 years. Raymond has served as interim chief since Horvath’s retirement. Raymond takes the helm of a police department that is staf
Wet weather continues to pummel Washington County (opens the original)
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Relentless storms have put Southwestern Pennsylvania on pace for an especially wet September. Following heavy rainfall on Sunday, meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh confirmed that Pittsburgh had recorded 4.33 inches of rain so far for the month, more than 2 inches above the 2.24-inch average rainfall amount through Sept. 20. “Our September average is 3.3 inches of rain through the month, so we’ve already exceeded that by more than an inch if it weren’t to rain another d
Testing along Montour Trail spur in Cecil yields conflicting results (opens the original)
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Independent investigators are at odds with state and local officials over potential radiation exposure along the Montour Trail’s Westland Branch in Cecil Township. An investigation earlier this year by a group of scientists, including former U.S. Department of Energy scientist Dr. Yuri Gorby, doctors, and environmental advocates found high levels of radioactive materials in pipes sitting close to the Montour Trail’s spur, but the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Washington
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