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Cold Cow Ice Cream of West Mifflin and Morella's Route 30 Shop-n-Save in Latrobe to host "Banana Split Bonanza" ice cream social to raise funds for cancer research By Christine Emmick With the weather warming, it's a great time to have fun with the family and enjoy a cold ice cream treat. This Sa...

Most politicians have law degrees, even though the only requirement for getting elected is popularity. I'm proposing a new standard. Doctors, lawyers, nurses and engineers need a certain amount of education and credentials in order to earn a license to perform their jobs. This is because lives an...

Many of you may ask, who wants to lose a client? Although we try to please everyone as a business owner, some clients are just not a good fit. Here are some good and bad ways to cut the strings. BAD: Block their email. This will only work if they have no other way of contacting you. Returned emai...

So, if you are like me, you may be wondering exactly what caused the housing problem, who's responsible and why I have to pay for it. As I understand, basically ACORN, and other polictical active organizations forced the banks, with legal action, to loan money to those who otherwise would not qua...

Recently one of our AR family posted a gleaming representation of technologically enhanced communication and the great benefit it was to society. I wanted to show another side of this, so I responded like this ### Spencer, Perhaps I am one of the only ones that sees this new way of communicating ...

By Christine Emmick I'm a successful homeschooling mother, business owner and college graduate. I've always done well with the higher maths and have even taken college Calculus. But I have a dirty little secret, I never memorized my times tables. It's not that I didn't try. I remember sitting at ...

Search Real Estate Property the Easy Way by Taking a Ride with Staged for Success on the Pittsburgh Foreclosure Bus By Christine Emmick In today's economy, foreclosures are inevitable, but the current market is great for Pittsburgh. In February of this year, Pittsburgh was named one of the best p...

Mountain View Elementary to Receive Over 20,000 Labels for EducationTM from Morella's Route 30 Shop-n-Save By Christine Emmick Since February 2007, the owners of Morella's Route 30 Shop-n-Save have donated over 26,000 Campbell's® Labels for EducationTM to Latrobe area schools, and they are set to...

Recently I read a post here where an agent complained about what he perceived as a"too-low" bid from a client. I understand his point of view. He wants to maximize commissions on the sale, obviously, serve the best interests of his client by getting their bid accepted, or at least countered, and ...

My local neighborhood hospital is facing a business crisis. UPMC, the biggest purveyor of health care in the Pittsburgh region, is attempting to build a new hospital less than five miles from where the West Penn, Forbes Campus is located. I would welcome this competition challenge if it were anyt...