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🌱 Shickshinny sewer dispute settles a statewide question about utility oversight

Shickshinny, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Shickshinny sewer dispute settles a statewide question about utility oversight
  • Free counseling and veteran support are available in Shickshinny

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 62 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain at times, temps: high: 53, low: 36.
  • Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 42 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That PUC Has No Jurisdiction Over Municipal Authorities Merely Because They Provide Services Beyond the Boundaries Of Their Incorporating Municipality (jdsupra.com) — A dispute over Shickshinny's sewer service in Conyngham Township has produced a statewide Supreme Court ruling: crossing municipal boundaries alone does not put municipal authorities under PUC oversight. Customers challenging an authority's rates or service must instead bring those disputes to the appropriate Court of Common Pleas.
   

• Serving Those Who Served: Veterans Nonprofits in NEPA (discovernepa.com) — Veterans and their families can find free counseling, crisis intervention and suicide-prevention support at Valhalla Veterans Services in Shickshinny. Featured in a regional nonprofit guide, the organization also serves military personnel and first responders, and offers free training to help community members recognize and respond to suicidal behavior.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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