About three hundred thousand dollars in federal cares act money is funding the program. Author: Paola Belloso (FOX43) Updated: 12:54 PM EDT March 22, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. Tec Centro a program created by the Spanish American Civic Association in Lancaster, will soon open its new location on high street that will focus on providing more career training to people with low incomes.
The new space means people can now get trained to be an HVAC technician, refrigeration specialist, electrical technician and plumber.
Because of the pandemic, Tec Centro leaders say they re aware of the growing need for low income communities to have access to stable jobs.
Women in Rail Steam, That Is! Written by Dan Cupper, Editor-Railroad History, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
Fireman Shelley Hall, left, and engineer Andrea Biesecker prepare to run around their Strasburg Rail Road passenger train at Leaman Place Junction (Paradise, Pa.), the short line’s connection with Amtrak‘s Philadelphia-Harrisburg, Pa., electrified main line. March 6, 2021. All photos by Dan Cupper.
The Strasburg Rail Road, America’s oldest short line railroad, honored International Women’s Day (March 8) and Women’s History Month by assigning its first-ever all-female steam locomotive crew.
Andrea Biesecker worked as engineer and Shelley Hall as fireman for all five round-trips on the 189-year-old Strasburg Rail Road, the 4.5-mile-long tourist and freight carrier in southeastern Pennsylvania. The runs took place on a cold and blustery Saturday, March 6, with No. 475, the same Baldwin-built 1906 former Nor
Tuition will be frozen and activity fees will be waived for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the school announced in an email Monday.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology announces tuition freeze for 2021-22 school year
“A tuition freeze (will) help ease the challenges our students have had to deal with this past year,” said college president Pedro Rivera, referring to the pandemic. Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 1:18 PM EST March 9, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa.
Note: The video above is from December 2020.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology announced this week that it will freeze tuition for the 2021-22 academic year, which starts this fall.
The freeze was approved by the College Board of Trustees at the March 2, 2021 meeting, the school said in a press release.
“Our students and their families are continuing to feel the pressures of the pandemic,” said Thaddeus Stevens College President Pedro A. Rivera. “By its very mission, Thaddeus Stevens College addresses economic barriers to accessing a college degree and commits to breaking down these roadblock
The Lancaster Chamber will host a virtual “State of the County” program March 22 during which six business and community leaders will offer insights on the economy, health care, the