CENTRAL PA NEWS

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• Tenants scramble to find wheelchair-accessible housing
WILLIAMSTOWN - Joshua Cessna and his fiancee, Andrea Johnston, have to leave the apartment they moved into less than two months ago, but relocating won't be easy.

• Meet the new boss
Central Dauphin School Board member Michael Brehm was one of three members who abstained from voting to hire Jesse Rawls Jr. as Central Dauphin East's new principal, but it was not because he found any fault with his credentials.

• No charges planned in posting of signs
No charges will be filed against the person who put signs up near a Linglestown park warning that there might be a child predator in the area.

• Properties' rental breakdown
Even as a teenager, Cory Johns appeared headed for success.

• Airline proposals don't fly
MONTOURSVILLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation has rejected proposals from three airlines to serve the Williamsport Regional Airport, saying the requested subsidies are too high.

• Campaign amazed by 'Grace'
Asense of place, depth of character and a rich resource of elegant prose describe the 2008 selection for the regional reading campaign One Book, One Community: Our Region Reads.

• Cops charge Carlisle chief's son
Drunken driving, marijuana possession and other charges have been filed against a son of Carlisle Police Chief Stephen Margeson after a monthlong state police probe of a July 23 traffic accident.

• Many Lebanon Latinos switch loyalties to Obama
Latinos in Lebanon before the state's presidential primary were energized to vote like never before -- for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

• Palmyra works out codes plan
Owners of problem properties in Palmyra will be answering to the borough's Citizen's Fire Company.

• Prison board rejects advisory group idea
An effort to create a citizens' advisory committee to the Dauphin County Prison has failed.

• Transfer worsened teacher's health issues, suit claims
English teacher Jeanne Walter claims her problems with diabetes and obsessive compulsive disorder worsened after Cumberland Valley School District officials transferred her from the high school to the middle school in 2005.

• Evictions loom for 300 renters
Samantha Paulus had just paid her rent for September, so she was surprised at the eviction notice that arrived in the mail on Monday.

• $2 million awarded in area DUI death
A Dauphin County jury Tuesday awarded more than $2.2 million to the estate of a Susquehanna Twp. man who was struck and killed by a drunken driver moments after she left a now-defunct downtown club.

• Will gas prices keep you home for Labor Day?
For the third holiday in a row, AAA expects that travel will be down during the Labor Day weekend as Americans fight high gasoline prices by staying close to home.

• Swimmers get a break
State officials have reversed their decision to close swimming a month early at the Cumberland County lake where a teenager drowned in July.