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Tobacco shop seeks to diversify with food menu

Comments Off 30 September 2010

Tobacco, novelty gifts and food needs can be filled at a store on the corner of Greenville and Main Street, but barely anyone realizes this. Shicks, the tobacco and novelty store located at the corner of Greenville Avenue and Main Street in Clarion, Pa., is expanding its business and adding food to the other items [...]

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Clarion University holds food drive for Owens-Illinois workers

Comments Off 01 April 2010

CLARION, Pa., April 1- In July, Owens-Illinois will close its Clarion glass factory. Despite appeals to the company by federal, state and local advocates and officials, the decision is final. About 420 people will lose their jobs, incomes and benefits. The impact to the families and community cannot be overestimated. “It was shocking,” said Nellie [...]

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BiLo closes doors for good

3 Comments 25 February 2010

CLARION, PA., Feb. 25 – “Groceries are a necessity. Blowing the budget is not,” reads BiLo grocery store’s Web site. For years now, the citizens of Clarion, Pa. have been relying on BiLo for all of their grocery, pharmacy, and bakery needs. However, on March 13, Clarion’s BiLo grocery store will close their doors for [...]

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Glass plant closes, more than 400 lose jobs

Comments Off 04 February 2010

The Clarion Owens-Brockway Glass plant is preparing to shut its doors for good July 1. In a press release sent out on Jan. 27, Owens-Illinois, the parent company of Owens-Brockway, is closing the plant due to a lack of production volume. The plant has been called one of the most expensive for the company to [...]

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Drummer Don Bish returns to Clarion, this time for buisness

Comments Off 03 December 2009

For the first time in 20 years, Don Bish was on stage without a set a drumsticks. The longtime musician and music businessman spoke to students Nov. 30 in Hart Chapel at Clarion University. Bish, a 1991 graduate of Union High School in Rimersburg, started his career at the age of 15.

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SBDC wins top counseling honors

Comments Off 02 April 2009

CLARION, Pa., April 2 — The Clarion University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) recently received the 2008 Small Business Association Award of Excellence in Counseling.

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