| JCPenney store in downtown Coudersport slated for closure
COUDERSPORT — Downtown Coudersport could be facing a tough blow in February with the closing of the JCPenney store, an anchor tenant in the business district.Tim Lyons, public relations officer for the merchandising giant, confirmed plans by JCPenney corporate offices to close the store, eliminating 12 jobs. He described the closing as a "difficult business decision." Several efforts are under way by business leaders and government officials in Coudersport to save the store, but local leaders concede that the prospects are dim."Losing JCPenney could really hurt Coudersport," said Stan Swank, a vice-president with the Coudersport Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. "People come to Coudersport to shop at JCPenney and then they stop at other businesses, which helps our economy."The Coudersport store has been at the same location since opening in 1930.
Israel SEO Internet Marketing To Specialize In Real Estate
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A VISIT TO THE HOLEY LAND
Fifteen residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts, formed a people-to-people delegation to Bethlehem, that "little town" of legend and current West Bank reality for five days in late November 2007, with a day in Jerusalem before and after. What follows is my impressions of this trip. Those who care about Palestinian rights may find some useful observations. I hope that those who care mainly about Israel will read on and perhaps come to agree that present policies are no better, in the long run, for Israel than they are for Palestine, and that a resolution that is good for Palestine will also benefit Israel. .
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And when that time comes, those empty lecterns are likely to come back to haunt the GOP nominee. Posted by Christopher Beam, Sept. 28, 12:33 p.m. ET (link) (discuss) ( tips ) Nader Baiters: Rumors of a Ralph Nader 2008 presidential run started swirling again this week when a pair of ads went up on Craigslist sites for Iowa and New Hampshire, asking for organizers and interns for the "Ralph Nader Democratic Caucus Campaign Draft Committee." (The NH ad has since been taken down.) A bunch of blogs picked it up as a sign of a potential campaign or, more likely, a campaign for a campaign. But there are also plenty of signs he won't run. For one thing, it's unclear whether Nader would have enough supporters for a viable run. Meanwhile, he has practically endorsed Mike Gravel.
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Polls show former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and John McCain tied this morning in Florida's pivotal Republican primary. The two were at each other's throats all day yesterday, drawing the clearest lines yet between the former Massachusetts governor, Mormon and self-made millionaire, and the Arizona Senator, Vietnam POW and self-styled straight-talker. It's the first closed GOP primary where McCain cannot rely on the independents that handed him victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Romney has found his footing hammering away on the economy, while McCain made what Romney loves to call a detour from the straight-talk express by falsely accusing Romney of endorsing a withdrawal timetable on Iraq. The campaign has widened the split in the Republican party between so-called "national greatness" neoconservatives backing McCain and the libertarian wing who loathes his big-government forays on everything from war to taxes to global warming.
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