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Sewer systems are for sale in Philadelphia's suburbs and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes


Sewer systems are for sale in Philadelphia’s suburbs and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes
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“Then Carol, she did the little thing with a toilet,” said Lilick.
The “little thing” was a simple image that Smith dug up on a Google search, a cartoon commode with a worried expression and the palm of its hand held up. “No to sewer sale,” the cartoon toilet intoned. “Bad for residents, seniors, fixed income.”
Lilick said her online posts about sewer rates suddenly found an audience. A Facebook page was launched, local bloggers took note, a petition was organized, and yard signs went up. Scores of angry residents tuned in to borough Zoom meetings, worried that their elected officials were trying to pull a fast one. ....

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In Philly suburbs, sewer systems are for sale, and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes

Lisa Lilick and Carol Smith struggled to get fellow Conshohocken residents to pay attention to their campaign opposing the sale of the borough’s sewer system. Who wants to think about boring wastewater when there’s a pandemic going on? “Then Carol, she did the little thing with a toilet,” said Lilick. The “little thing” was a simple image that Smith dug up on a Google search, a cartoon commode . ....

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The Quiet Force of Emma Lawrence


The Quiet Force of Emma Lawrence
The story of Erie s first Black female business owner
by Erin Phillips
Erin Phillips
In the preface to Sarah Thompson s
Journey from Jerusalem  one of the few books to be written about Black history in Erie she begins: The history of the City of Erie begins in 1795. The history of African Americans in Erie begins at the same time, but, in the unfortunate tradition of US history, standard accounts of the past two hundred years present a one-sided picture which does not adequately represent their presence or contributions.  
As I began researching the life of Emma Gertrude Lawrence Erie s first Black female business owner, founder and operator of Lawrence Dyeing and Cleaning for 50 years, and matriarch of a legendary Erie family I felt these words before I read them. Soon after beginning the pursuit of Emma s ancestry, I was struck by the wh ....

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