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CARLISLE Giant announces return of grant program The Giant Company, known locally as Giant and Martin’s, in partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, announced the return of the Healing the Planet Grant Program. The Healing the Planet Grant Program, funded by Giant, aims to invest ...

Ghost Town Trail extension completed

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NANTY GLO — Now that the final nearly 2-mile segment of the Ghost Town Trail C&I Extension is officially open, the 32-mile continuous loop stands as the second-longest rail trail loop in the United States. During a ribbon cutting Wednesday at the recently installed Nanty Glo Park and ...

S&P upgrades Altoona’s credit rating to A-plus

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One of the nation’s top three credit rating agencies has upgraded the city of Altoona’s credit from A to A-plus, a change that makes it cheaper to borrow — although, ironically, the policies that led to the boost tend to make borrowing less necessary. S&P Global Ratings attributed ...

Ticker: War may drive up costs for petroleum products

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The Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices. But crude oil isn’t just refined as fuel. Petrochemicals derived from oil and natural gas go into making more than 6,000 consumer products. A list produced by the ...