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Jersey Shore Area Pool undergoes repairs for leak

Jersey Shore Borough Manager Sean Simcox talks about the work done on the Jersey Shore Area Pool Tuesday morning to repair leaks. The repairs were completed by scuba diver Ken Cooper of Danville. D. EVERETT SMITH/ Sun-Gazette Correspondent

State working on collecting penalties from defunct Eureka company

The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is following established procedures to collect a defunct company’s outstanding penalties of $100,000. Eureka, a company that shut down operations in 2024, faces criminal charges over wastewater fracking releases, according to the ...

Lieutenant governor vows to block ICE facilities

During a speech at an annual gathering of progressives on Friday in Philadelphia, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis assured attendees that a pair of proposed ICE detention centers would not be built. “We’re going to use our power to halt the plans for the proposed ICE warehouse detention centers in ...

Regulators order forced sale of troubled rural water company

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters.) FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — What began as a ...

Group seeks to put data center in Muncy Township

A data center complex has been proposed in Muncy Township and is on a zoning permit application dated April 15 — despite assurances by Muncy Township Supervisor Terri Lauchle later in April that no data center plan had been submitted. The proposed site plan shows three data center ...

PPL transmission project draws residents’ questions

Dennis Huratiak was among dozens of people appearing at a recent public meeting questioning PPL Electric Utility’s plans to build transmission lines that would support a controversial data center proposed for a Union County site near his home. “My hope is it doesn’t go through,” he ...