Bird’s-Eye View

If you can name your favorite William Butler Yeats poem, then share a mug of Irish coffee with me. Bonus shot of Bailey’s if it’s something other than the “Lake Isle of Innisfree.”
And lemme ask: a.) Jameson or Bushmills? b.) Stout or cider? c.) Galway or Cork or Dublin? d.) What’s your favorite spot in Ireland?
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And speaking of Arlen Specter …
The senior Senator from Pennsylvania has his first primary challenger, and it isn’t Pat Toomey.
It’s Peg Luksik.
Who?
Peg Luksik, the Johnstown resident who failed thrice during the 1990s to win the governor’s seat, including as an independent or Constitution Party candidate.
Who?
Peg Lusik, the noted 53-year-old anti-abortion advocate who spoke in favor […]

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Hot cup of newsroom brew with a splash of hazelnut Splenda. Delish! What’s in your mug? 
 
The bartender’s signalling last call. Today is the deadline for Willow Valley Associates to gather 2,205 signatures and place on the primary ballot a referendum to overturn West Lampeter Township’s alcohol sales prohibition. Willow Valley needs this to establish a 184-room Doubletree […]

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Two years ago, the day was about dazzling and ambitious new programs like expanded health care and highway and bridge improvements.
Last year, the day was about creative devices (i.e. taxes) to bring about parts of the ambitious agenda yet unfinished.
Each time, the Democratic Governor Ed Rendell threw out eye-popping spending plans with accessories that could impress […]

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State Sen. Mike Brubaker is taking another crack at reforming the mortgage industry.
Brubaker, a Warwick Township Republican, intends to reintroduced a pair of bills that would collectively protect whistleblowers and prevent mortgage brokers from withholding key information for their customers.
The senator had introduced the bills at the end of the last legislative session, but the […]

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Did you see this statement by state Sen. Mike Brubaker of Warwick Township, the newest member of the state Senate Appropriations Committee? From the Lancaster New Era:
Senate Republicans are committed to holding the line on taxes, Brubaker said, so the budget must be balanced by program reductions.
“It’s critical that we cut with a high level […]

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Republican Sen. Mike Brubaker, who represents northern Lancaster County, successfully underwent surgery Wednesday to remove his prostate. The 50-year-old Warwick Township resident elected in 2006 found out earlier this year he had prostate cancer but continued on with his duties.
His office released the following statements Monday:
Dr. David Lee, M.D., from Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center and Chief […]

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