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  1. 2009 - The Year In ReviewRead the original story

    Yesterday | Spirit

    ... Finance Committee. * After the company hired to administer area gift certificates went bankrupt in March, the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce unveiled its new gift certificate program that it hoped would keep money in the local economy. * ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Education Etc., Brookville, PA

  2. Meghan Craig looks forward to life back to normal in 2010Read the original story

    Yesterday | Spirit

    ... say I beat cancer,' said Craig, a 2007 PAHS graduate who celebrated her 21st birthday Dec. 12 and worked at The Punxsutawney Spirit as the classifieds manager and an ad representative in the Brookville territory until her illness - neuroendocrine ...

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    Related Topix: Smicksburg, PA, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Liver Cancer, Oncology

  3. Punxsutawney Spirit

    Wednesday | Spirit

    State police believe they have actors in a theft captured - in a photo, anyway. Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday they seek to locate individuals in a recovered photo believed to be associated with a theft that occurred along Pennsylvania Avenue in Big Run. 2 comments

  4. State police seek identities of individuals captured in surveillance photographRead the original story

    Wednesday | Spirit

    State police believe they have actors in a theft captured - in a photo, anyway. Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday they seek to locate individuals in a recovered photo believed to be associated with a theft that occurred along Pennsylvania Avenue in Big Run.

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  5. 2009 Year in ReviewRead the original story

    Wednesday | Spirit

    ... could be laid off as a result of the lack of a budget. * Music in the Park returned for another summer. * The Punxsutawney Area Community Center reported a number of burglaries, as well as other financial problems. * The fifth-annual Relay for Life ...

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  6. Falling flour prices a bright spot for pizzeria operatorsRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 28 | Pizza Marketplace

    ... had tripled compared to where they were just a few months earlier. Scott Anthony, owner of Fox's Pizza Den in Punxsutawney, Pa, saw the price he pays for a case of 24 16-ounce dough balls rise from $17.50 in April 2008 to $21 the following month, ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Pizza, Agriculture, Science

  7. Sarge the St. Bernard living large in new houseRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | Spirit

    Sarge, a St. Bernard owned by Paula and Jim Swartz of Punxsutawney, lays in front of his newly built doghouse.

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  8. 2009 - The Year In Review

    Monday Dec 28 | Spirit

    ... lives,' Fr. Justin Pino, parochial vicar, said. * Fox's Pizza Den celebrated its 30th year of business in Punxsutawney. * James Ragley, long-time owner of Ragley's True-Value Hardware, died April 2 at age 74. * A gunman in Binghampton, N.Y., ...

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  9. Police ReportRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | Centre Daily Times

    ... Sunday on state Route 144 in Snow Shoe left one driver with a minor injury. Police say Heather Dyson, 18, of Punxsutawney, suffered a knee injury. The other driver, Loyd Fye, 66, of Moshannon, was not injured. Police say the accident occurred as ...

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    Related Topix: Warriors Mark, PA, Snow Shoe, PA

  10. Pa. budget struggles continueRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | The Times-Tribune

    ... emptied the savings accounts," said Stephen Miskin, spokesman for House Minority Leader Sam Smith, R-66, Punxsutawney. He said a House GOP budget proposal would have kept money in reserve had it been adopted. "You would still have a Rainy Day Fund," ...

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    Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve

  11. Betty A. Ackerman 1928-2009Read the original story

    Saturday Dec 26 | Tribune-Chronicle

    ... at her side. Betty was born the daughter of the late Clifford and Dee O'Donnell Toy on April 28, 1928, in Punxsutawney, Pa., was a 1946 graduate of Davidsville High School in Pennsylvania and had been a lifetime area resident. She had been an ...

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  12. Christmas Day Wreck

    Friday Dec 25 | Spirit

    ... Cloe-Rossiter Road at around 4:30 p.m. Christmas Day. The driver - who was not identified - was transported to Punxsutawney Area Hospital by Jefferson County EMS with unknown injuries. Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police were on scene along ...

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    Related Topix: Jefferson County, PA

  13. Noise ordinance receives makeoverRead the original story

    Friday Dec 25 | Spirit

    At a recent meeting, Punxsutawney Borough Council voted to advertise the revised noise ordinance No.

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  14. Punxsutawney Spirit

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Spirit

    If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, and figure it is a done deal because there is snow on the ground already, you'd be half right.

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    Related Topix: Blizzard, Weather

  15. Dreamin' of a patchy white ChristmasRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Spirit

    ... if you're hoping for a white Christmas, the odds are about 25 percent. This look at Mahoning Creek shows the Punxsutawney area received an average snowfall in the last storm of two to three inches. Chances are, some of the snow will still be on the ...

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    Related Topix: Blizzard, Weather

  16. Families of troops agree: No present under the tree beats them being homeRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Spirit

    ... a welcome-home dinner held for the National Guard 856th Stryker Unit last Saturday. (Photo by Colin McGuire/The Punxsutawney Spirit) PUNXSUTAWNEY - The gift - which will be kept secret in fear of unceremoniously ruining a surprise for someone this ...

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    Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, Life, Holidays, Christmas

  17. Have We Seen This Before?Read the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Baristanet.com

    ... hard at work on a brightly illuminated set in Brookdale Park. The set included a reference to Gobblers Knob, Punxsutawney, PA - home of a furry guy (and groundhog) named Punxsutawney Phil. Perhaps they were working a little too hard. Debbie, driving ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Groundhog Day

  18. Punxsutawney Spirit

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Spirit

    The blow to a food pantry located in the basement of a building destroyed by fire last Friday was devastating, but the director of the food pantry said donations have been great.

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    Related Topix: DuBois, PA

  19. Police deem DuBois fire as accidentalRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Spirit

    Larry McGuire/The Punxsutawney Spirit The cause of the fire that destroyed this four-story apartment building last Friday in DuBois has been listed as accidental and began in a first-floor apartment.

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  20. Way Back WhenRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 20 | Spirit

    ... When Professor Christie, of the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, was here last week, he visited the Punxsutawney schools. He had visited a large number of schools in this and New York States, and he expressed himself as being very much ...

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