Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp News

Total revenue for Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp, parent company of Commerce Bank/Harrisburg, was 28 percent higher in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the second quarter of 2007.

“To be honest, Barack Obama has a cult”

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama collided Tuesday in the Pennsylvania primary, the last of the big-state contests in a Democratic presidential campaign growing more negative the longer it goes. via Marin Independent Journal

“It's a very, very visually delicious book”

Pennsylvania author Katherine Ayres didn't actually intend to write the picture book "Up, Down, and Around." "It just fell into my lap," Ayres said. via The York Daily Record

“People should either recycle their trash or burn it when there's a foot of snow on the ground.”

Friday was a busy day for brush fires throughout Pennsylvania. Brush fires larger than 100 acres were reported in Pike, Schuylkill, Somerset, Venango and Crawford counties, according to the state Department of ... via Pocono Record

Obama was right . So says John Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News. As a native-born, small-town Pennsylvanian, a son of native-born, small-town Pennsylvania parents - one from the coal region, one from ... via Linkmeister

“I'm not interested in mimicking what the Republicans did to the Clintons over the past 20 years”

Just days before a potentially decisive contest for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were engaged in a bruising bare-knuckle fight which can only benefit their Republican opponent, ... via The Independent

“The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.”

GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO STATE'S 375,000 'UNAFFILIATED' VOTERS: The major role being played by independents in the presidential election raises a question: Has the time come for Pennsylvania to consider allowing ... via PhillyBurbs.com

“I may not be perfect but I will always tell you what I think, and I will always tell you where I stand”

Barack Obama cast his Democratic presidential rival Saturday as a game-player who uses "slash and burn" tactics and can't be trusted to say what she believes, a sharp jab at her character in the closing chapter ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

LEVEL STATE ENERGY OFFICE WOULD MAKE CHALLENGES MORE TRANSPARENT: One of Tom Ridge's first acts as governor in 1995 was to eliminate the state energy office and shift its remains to the then-Department of ... via Pennsylvania News

“Juniors and seniors are petrified about the economy”

The Democratic presidential hopefuls have bounced from city to city in Pennsylvania hoping to nab some much-needed votes in Tuesday's primary. via Examiner.com

“I'm a registered Democrat and I'll probably go for Hillary. I think it's a change, I'd like to see a lady get in there”

Darwin McAfee is a white evangelical Protestant who is opposed to abortion and likes the great outdoors. via Reuters

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We are two former elected officials who often worked side-by-side with Pennsylvania government in solving problems for our local citizens. via Star-Gazette

Turnout at a "100 Mayors for Hillary" rally in Harrisburg was a little under 20 percent. via The York Daily Record

Hillary Clinton's campaign will announce what it dubs "a major endorsement" at noon today in the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg. via The York Daily Record

“When we think about where we are this year, and the potential for next year, we think (carrying over the unspent money) is the prudent thing to do”

HARRISBURG &#8212 Two statewide nonprofit groups on Monday urged the state to reopen its home heating assistance program for two weeks, citing cold temperatures that have lingered through early April. via Pocono Record

Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania State Police and the U.S Marshal Service in Harrisburg are looking for a convicted sex offender who failed to register his address as required under Megan's Law. via WHTM-TV Harrisburg

“I believe the potential for life begins at conception”

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday there is potential for life to begin as conception as she and presidential rival Barack Obama answered questions about faith and religion in both their personal lives and the public discourse.

In a forum devoted to an issue rare on the campaign trail, the two White House hopefuls talked about the presence of God in their lives and how often they read the Bible as well as divisive issues such as abortion, abstinence and human rights within the context of faith. Read more

“Frankly, I was never convinced from square one that the analysis was such that it would be great benefit to the people of Hilltown”

For 10 years, Joe Schmider was the chief of Dublin Ambulance. Schmider was also the emergency medical services director of Bucks County for 10 years, and he still lives in Upper Bucks County, even though his ... via PhillyBurbs.com

A Pennsylvania state trooper won a $501,000 federal civil verdict against two supervisors he claimed had secretly taped a phone call with him while he was home on medical leave. via Dailyitem.com