Keystone Crossroads Archive
How safe is the rail system in your community?
The number of people who were killed or injured on railroad tracks
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9 years ago
Qualified employees increasingly hard to come by in manufacturing sector
Oberg Industries’ tucked away buildings in Freeport, Pennsylvania are easy to miss. But inside the nondescript structures are tidy rows
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9 years ago
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What would surprise the next governor of Pa. about your city or community?
It’s never too early to start thinking about Election Day. With fewer than five months to go in this year’s gubern
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9 years ago
Randy Patterson on going multimodal, embracing failure and the catalytic exec you’ve never heard of
“Five Questions with …” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some
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9 years ago
Warning: A provincial Philadelphian’s view of the Commonwealth
Remember Saul Steinberg’s infamous New Yorker cover where
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9 years ago
Slowly but surely, Pa. land banks start to mobilize
Ronell Guy oscillated between admiration and admonishment as she drove around the California-Kirkbride neighborhood in Pittsburgh. She’
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9 years ago
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Uber says it will defy court ruling in Pittsburgh
Judges in Pittsburgh have granted emergency orders to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to shut down ride-sharing services UberX
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9 years ago
Companies offer cash to help workers buy homes
Kaylee Swanson is about to become a homeowner.
It’s at least a year ahead of schedule for the 27-year-old and her boyfriend.
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9 years ago
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Photos: Chester places and faces then and now
On a sticky summer afternoon, passing cars slowed and pedestrians paused to take in the view of more than a hundred T-shirts placed on th
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9 years ago
Don Cunningham on downtown redevelopment, ‘Alphaville,’ and knee-jerk reactions
“Five Questions with …” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some
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9 years ago
Can beer save the neighborhood?
It’s a humid summer day outside the Neuweiler Brewery in Allentown. Trees are growing inside the building. They’re so tall th
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9 years ago
ListenYork pursues artists’ colony combining living and working
One of York’s historic empty buildings could host an artists’ colony as soon as three years from now.
Consultants for
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9 years ago
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Small businesses give Pennsylvania dismal ratings
Pennsylvania has gotten a “D” in a new survey ranking states and
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9 years ago
Teri Ooms on landscape design, small business owners and Scranton pride
“Five Questions with …” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some
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9 years ago