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Number of SNAP recipients continues to decrease in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation continues to decline a year after H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, took effect, reflecting a nationwide reduction in food assistance. Since President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law in July 2025, Pennsylvania’s SNAP enrollment has fallen 11%, from 1.96 million recipients to 1.74 million, according to recent data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). Over the same period, enrollment among children has declined 9%. Healthcare providers warn of the potential health risks for ...

New Pennsylvania law regulates farm food processing waste

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Pennsylvania’s new Fiscal Code sets long-sought requirements for spreading food processing waste on farmland for fertilizer. The legal term used is food processing residuals. Food processing residuals or FPR are the leftover products created by commercial food processing. They can include vegetable peelings, raw meat scraps and liquid waste from cleaning processes that might contain blood, fat, hair, feathers, and a variety of other vegetable and animal byproducts, as well as chemicals used in processing. The results of improperly spreading FPR on farmland have included noxious ...

Public meeting planned for Tipton Road project

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PennDOT is developing plans for the Tipton Road over Three Springs Run bridge replacement project in Snyder Township, Blair County. The project will include the complete replacement of existing reinforced concrete slab bridge with a reinforced concrete box culvert, minor approach paving and guide rail updates. A detour will be in effect for the duration of construction to allow the contractor full access to the structure. A public meeting and plans display will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Snyder Township Building, 108 Baughman Hollow Road, Tyrone.

Area briefs: Longer all abilities playground closed

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The All Abilities Playground at CW Longer will be closed from July 27 to Aug. 14 for the installation of a new rubber surface and swing set. ICE vigil, rally planned Indivisible Blair County will host a vigil and rally at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 25, as part of the nationwide “Justice for Lorenzo. Justice for Johan. Justice for All. ICE Out Day of Action.” The event will be held at 533 Main St., Bellwood, to remember and mourn the lives of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Guerrero, and to demand an end to the systemic violence perpetrated by Immigration and Customs ...

Soggy Bottom Motofest continues Saturday

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PORT MATILDA — The 10th annual Soggy Bottom Motofest continues Saturday at The Fowler Grove Community Center near Port Matilda. Soggy Bottom Motofest is a three-day Adventure Motorcycle and Dual-Sport rally that consists of camping, recreational rides, guest speakers and vendors. The ...

‘Lunchbox baby’ laid to rest after nearly 70 years

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Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees announced that infant remains found in an Ehrenville Borough building in 1958 have finally been given a proper burial. Lees, who made the announcement during a press conference Friday, called the closure of the case “a load off my shoulders.” The remains ...