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Life sciences editor, former comms strategist and a local journo before that #NEPA #PGH.

Pittsburgh, PA
Joined September 2009
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A note of gratitude to veterans — thank you for your service. I learned today that Vonnegut rathered Veterans Day to be called by its original name, Armistice Day. Today also happens to be his birthday. He would have been 100. #knowledgeispower
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A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵
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When @business is playing in the background and you spot your favorite @TheSporkful @planetmoney pasta shape looking lovely in chickpea.
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A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision making. The most powerful razors I’ve found:
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SCRANTON — Having withstood nearly three decades of fiscal challenges including the brink of bankruptcy, Scranton should be granted a green light out of the state program for financially distressed municipalities, state and local officials testified… thetimes-tribune.com/news/of…
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One of the most insane moonsets I've ever captured. The crescent moon looked absolutely enormous as it set behind the Duquesne Incline in #Pittsburgh tonight. Just straight up otherworldly as it hovered above Mt. Washington. Definitely up there as a favorite.
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Delta Medix agrees to sell practice to Lehigh Valley Physicians Group, but Scranton hospitals object thetimes-tribune.com/news/de…
Students arrive for first day at new Wilkes-Barre Area High School
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"From student housing to downtown development, Mammano seizes opportunity in Scranton" Great read by @jhorvathTT Loving this Developers series. Who's coming next? thetimes-tribune.com/news/fr…
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
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Great to see so much love for El Buen Amigo in #Scranton. Can confirm his guacamole salsa is incredible. Via ⁦@HofiusHallTT⁩ thetimes-tribune.com/news/bu…
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President Biden refers to President Putin as President Trump, then quickly corrects himself.
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Majority commissioners vote to solicit proposals for countywide property reassessment via @jhorvathTT thetimes-tribune.com/news/ma…
Concise reporting by @flesnefskyTT on what's probably going to be the biggest, most-anticipated environmental decision, at least of this decade, in #Lackawanna County. DEP approves massive Keystone Sanitary Landfill expansion thetimes-tribune.com/news/bu…
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The Keystone Sanitary Landfill will continue to expand for the next four decades, adding nearly 200 billion pounds of waste through 2060. thetimes-tribune.com/news/bu…
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Industrial evolution in #Scranton: adaptive reuse from buttons to Beatles to counseling. Scranton Counseling Center moves into historic former factory that churned out buttons over a century ago and in 1960s as Capitol Records pressed albums by The Beatles thetimes-tribune.com/news/sc…
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