This candy-maker says they understand that one of life’s sweetest pleasures is a simple box of chocolates. The original family recipe sprang from the mind of Chester Asher, a Scottish farm boy from Canada. Asher’s has added chocolate to familiar snacks like pretzels, cashews, almonds, graham crackers – even potato chips. They say they have […]
Archives for May 2017
PA Books: “Embattled Freedom”
Rural Northeastern Pennsylvania was a bucolic farming region in the 1800s—but political tensions churned below the surface. When a group of fugitive slaves dared to settle in the Underground Railroad village of Waverly, near Scranton, before the Civil War, they encountered a mix of support from abolitionists and animosity from white supremacists. Once the war […]
PA Books: “Sesqui!: Greed, Graft, and the Forgotten World’s Fair of 1926”
In 1916, department store magnate and Grand Old Philadelphian John Wanamaker launched plans for a Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition in his hometown in 1926. It would be a magnificent world’s fair to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Wanamaker hoped that the “Sesqui” would also transform sooty, industrial Philadelphia into a beautiful Beaux-Arts […]
Journalists Roundtable: May 25, 2017
The House and Senate were in session three days this week in advance of Memorial Day weekend. A number of bills are moving with just about five weeks until the June 30 state budget deadline. Legislation fixing the local share provision of the gaming law neared passage. That bill also expands gambling to fantasy sports, gambling tablets in airports and establishes an iLottery, where lottery tickets can be purchased online. Also, a bill that would move Pennsylvania toward compliance with the federal REAL ID law passed the Senate. A public employee pension bill is advancing and may come up for a vote in the first week of June. This week’s guests are Steve Esack from the Allentown Morning Call; Charlie Thompson from PennLive and the Patriot-News; and R.B. Swift, with Capitolwire.com. Our host is Brian Lockman.
PA Press Club with Speaker of the House Mike Turzai
PA Press Club with Speaker of the House Mike Turzai. Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
PA Books: “Keystone Fly Fishing”
The definitive, up-to-date guide to Pennsylvania’s best fly fishing by regional experts and guides. Includes over 200 rivers and streams across the state as well as information on where to fish for trout, smallmouth bass, and other game fish species. First ever guidebook to the state written by a group of regional experts (professional guides, […]
Voodoo Brewery – August 6th at 9:00 pm
A craft brewrey with three locations in Western PA. Serving meals onsight and with the help of a food truck.
Focus on Aging Adults: State Budget and Seniors
This month on Focus on Aging Adults we’ll talk about the State Budget and Seniors. Focusing on the lottery fund, how online gaming could affect it, and what laws protect it from being used to supplement other areas of the budget.
PCN Tours: Paul Downs Furniture
Paul Downs Furniture likes to say that they are a workshop, not a factory. They have been creating custom furniture since 1986. They specialize in large conference and boardroom tables, built to their client’s specifications, but they make other furniture as well. Paul Downs makes every piece from scratch, one at a time. They have completed thousands of pieces […]
PA Books: “Africans in New Sweden”
Historian Abdullah R. Muhammad examines a previously little-known and virtually untold aspect of Delaware’s history—the hidden role of Africans in the often brutal mercantile expansionism by European colonizers in the 17th century. Swedish and Finnish communities on the East Coast, called New Sweden, played a significant role in forming the foundation upon which Delaware was […]