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Jul 24, 2022 · July 24, 2022. T wenty years ago this week, Gov. Mark Schweiker stepped to a podium in an abandoned Somerset County grocery store converted to a makeshift media center, pumped both fists in the...
Jul 25, 2022 · SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — “That’s as triumphant as it gets right there Mark,” remarked Channel 11′s Rick Earle while looking at a picture of former Gov. Mark Schweiker at a news conference ...
Oct 5, 2001 · As lieutenant governor, Schweiker served as president of the state senate, and chaired the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), and Board of Pardons. Governor Ridge appointed Schweiker as a liaison and advocate for local governments and as his lead strategist for community-based crime prevention policy.
Jul 25, 2022 · Two decades later, Schweiker, who became governor after Gov. Tom Ridge was tapped as homeland security secretary after 9/11, remembers it like it was yesterday, recounting specific details from...
Jul 15, 2022 · JENNERSTOWN, Pa. – When Gov. Mark Schweiker first stepped onto the Somerset County soil where nine miners were trapped 240 feet below his feet in 2002, he had millions of dollars in specialized...
Jun 23, 2022 · Updated: Jun 23, 2022 / 04:41 PM EDT. PA Live! (WBRE) —. The Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (America250PA) was established by the legislature and Governor in ...
Oct 6, 2020 · Mark S. Schweiker. America is divided. We see and feel it every day, and one can become discouraged. Then, when we recently marked the 19th remembrance of 9/11, something happened: Americans...
