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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Power Line Opponents to Prep for Hearings

Those fighting Susquehanna-Roseland line want "powerful" comments for National Park Service.

Opponents of a proposed power line will meet this week in East Hanover and in Pennsylvania to learn "how to make the most powerful comments possible" at National Park Service hearings on the project later this month in hopes of having the plan derailed, according to an environmental group. Kate Millsaps, program assistant for the New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club, said information sessions will be held on Thursday, ahead of the actual hearings scheduled for two weeks later. An email invitation from Millsaps said "we need all hands on deck at those hearings" in hopes of having the National Park Service nix the plan. The Susquehanna-Roseland line has been discussed for about four years. Both Pennsylvania regulators and the NJ Board of …

Liz Kril

2:31 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Instead of investing in solar power and wind power. PSEG prefer to use a less expensive method. The only green the government is interested in, is what goes into their pockets.   more ›

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Butler Museum Renovations Soon to Be Underway

The Butler Museum will be closed for renovations starting January 15.

After several years of planning, the Butler Museum is finally getting a facelift. Starting January 15, the museum will be closed for renovations, and is expected to open again by next winter. The Butler Museum, which mainly houses historic artifacts and the genealogy of the borough, will be having construction done on its foundation which, according to the committee that manages the museum, is badly in need of repair. According to Peggy Spranzani, one of the Co-Chairpersons of the Historic Committee, the main building was built in 1889 while the south end was built in 1907 with railroad ties as its foundation. After close to a century, the foundation has become too worn down to ignore, Spranzani said. "In the 1990s the ties began to …

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