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From Mirror staff reports
HARRISBURG Three area projects are among 43 that will receive funding to clean up waters in the state’s Southcentral Region, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Collectively, more than $12 million in funding will come from the DEP’s Growing Greener program.
Statewide, more than $34 million has been awarded to fund 149 projects to clean up waters. Grantees have up to three years to implement their projects from the award date.
In Blair County, the Trust for Tomorrow will receive $40,000 for the Poplar Run Repair and Maintenance Project.
In Huntingdon County, two projects will be funded:
we got up to 102. we ve had six in ten years or i should say only six. it will be a very, very warm evening. coming up, we ll take a look at the extended forecast. back to you. thanks, veronica. some people cannot escape this heat because their jobs keep them in the middle of it. others are miserable because their power is out. a neighborhood in northeast where the folks are struggling. chris? reporter: so you had a hot day? you think so? how about the people here who have no power. pepco crews have been working. they have no power, no electricity, no air conditioning and no escape unless they left to wait it out somewhere else. pepco crews are working to restore the power last night leaving residents in this block of northeast washington in the sweltering heat. attorney shelly stein and her dog were forced from their home. it is like an oven. the upstairs is intolerable, i got two hours of sleep. reporter: pepco says the power outage was caused by the demand for en