Chester County PA initiates Interactive Data Website - 12/28/11 06:05 PM
Community Profiles has just been unveiled in Chester County, PA as an electronic information resource for its 73 municipalities and 12 school districts.
It's free of charge and displays in colorful pie charts and bar graphs current information about the people of Chester County, land usage, population, transportation and the economy that make it up.
It's a useful tool for agents whose clients want more information about specific areas and conditions of the county. Information is what they expect from us and this helps bring it to our fingertips.
 

 
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Marcellus Shale PA Rallies - 12/09/11 03:35 PM
 
The PA Senate and House currently are considering  Marcellus Shale drilling bills which represent a major attack on Eastern PA and Western NJ environments, making it even easier for drilling companies to pollute our drinking water along the Delaware River.
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club will be sponsoring the rallies next week to stop HB1950 and SB1100 as they currently stand or significanyly improve them.
Please attend one of the following one-hour rallies or call your Senator directly:
SENATOR TOMLINSON: Monday, 12:30, Senator Tomlinson's Bucks County Office/ Bucks County Visitors Center, 3207 Street Road, Bensalem, PA 19020
SENATOR MCIILLHINEY: Wednesday at … (2 comments)

There could be a fungus among us - 12/08/11 06:45 PM
 
When you take your family to pick out this year's live tree, be on the look out for root fungus. The Fraser fir tree's fragrance, strong limbs, and ability to retain it's soft needles for a long time, make it an ideal Christmas tree. It's been chosen by the White House to be displayed in the Blue Room more than any other tree over the past 50 years. It also carrys the most destructive plant fungus you've ever heard of.
The Fraser fir, a southeastern Appalachian native now farmed extensively in nurseries, is a common carrier (and victim) of a deadly water mold (P.cinnamomi) wreaking … (3 comments)