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Ohio denies energy application to banned utility

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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said a utility company it banned from doing business in the state six years ago for deceptive practice cannot come back. The board turned down an application from PALMco Energy OH, LCC and PALMco Power OH, LCC, saying the company – with headquarters in New York – is not “managerially fit” to comply with board rules and orders, citing 10 enforcement actions taken against the company and its affiliates in 14 other jurisdictions where it operates. It’s the same company the PUCO settled with in 2020 for alleged violations of PUCO ...

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Adaptive pier opens opportunities

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SMITHFIELD — Working to make sure it provides amenities that can be used by everyone is one of the biggest goals of the Friendship Park board. The board took another big step in those efforts earlier this month when finishing touches were put on the adaptive fishing pier at Friendship ...

Buckeye Local field improvements expected before season opener

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DILLONVALE — The Buckeye Local Board of Education learned recently that work on Buckeye Local High School’s Ron Pobolish Football Field is proceeding and is expected to be completed in time for the Panthers’ first home football game. At the board’s June 29 meeting, Superintendent Coy ...

The ransom for all people

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We usually think of a ransom as a payment that is demanded for someone who has been kidnapped to be released. There have been famous kidnappings that have captured the hearts of the world. Often the demanded ransom is beyond the means of the family to pay. What Paul is reminding Timothy in this passage is that all people are in need of a ransom. That implies that all of us have been kidnapped - every person has been taken in by sin and there is a payment due for our sin. Paul says over in Romans that the wages of sin is death - the payment for our sins that is due is our death. All ...