Backyard news and links, 08.28.08

* Get to know Jesse Rawls Jr., new principal at CD East High.

* In this week’s edition of The Paxton Herald, former Lower Paxton Twp. supervisor Jay Purdy (pictured) says the Central Dauphin School Board should do something about board member Christian Malesic using the district’s logo on his informational mailings. (For background info, CLICK HERE and see the second item.) Purdy was a write-in candidate in the school board race that Malesic won last November.

* The two state lawmakers that represent our area, Sen. Jeff Piccola and Rep. Ron Marsico, have proposed bills that would hit General Assembly members in the pocketbook if passage of the state budget misses the June 30 deadline.

* Speaking of Sen. Piccola, he will hold a town meeting at the East Shore Area Library on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 11 am to noon.

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