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              TECHNOLOGICALTRANailON PAGE11
Now that most area schools are equipped with newer technology, the focus is on using it to their greatest benefit.
BACK TO NATURE ' PACE 17
Members of a local nature club are participating in an upcoming butterfly tagging event, but	'
that's just one of their many planned activities.
BLUEGRASSON THE LAWN PAGE 19
The annual Fern Hollow Music Festival is coming up. It will feature bluegrass, country and blues performers.

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RIVERFRONT REVAMP
Changes could be coming to the Leetsdale riverfront area, as well as the Industrial Park, if a $900,000 grant comes through. See' Page 3 for the story.
HOMEGROWN
As food costs continue to rise, students are getting more locally-grown produce in their lunches.
See Page 4 for more.
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Church news..................  22
Obituaries1....................23
Sports.......................  25
Real Estate....................30
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GETTING BACK IN THE GAME
PHOTO/KRISTINA SERAFINI
MEMBERS OF the Quaker Valley High School varsity football team rip through a banner on their way onto the field for the first game of their season. For more scenes from the game, see Page 15. For sports, see Page 25.
Duquesne Light plans to expand Sewickley substation
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By Bobby Cherry
STAFF WRITER
Duquesne Light officials plan to expand the Sewickley substation later this year as part of a regional $500 million infrastructure improvements project. ■
“The improvements to the Sewickley substation will provide greater electricity capacity to the Sewickley area,” said company spokesman Joseph Vallarian,
“When a lot of these facilities were built, the service areas weren't as built-up as they are now. Duquesne Light is looking to future growth as the company improves older substations.”
Duquesne Light plans to add two 138-kilovolt transformers and replace most of the remaining substation with newer and more efficient equipment. Work is expected to begin later this
year and be completed sometime in 2009, Vallarian said.
Powqr company officials also plan a green approach to the project.
Duquesne Light will install wiring that uses “environmentally friendly oils and materials,” and recycle older equipment made of copper.
In August, Duquesne Light purchased the property at 251 Chadwick St. for $1 from SOHO -Real Estate, LLC. The real estate company had purchased the site
for $210,000 On July 30.
Following a public hearing that was scheduled for yester-' day at 251 Chadwick St., Duquesne Light officials will present their plan to Sewickley Borough for the site, said Kevin Flannery, borough manager.
The meeting occurred after the Herald's deadline.
Ohio River Boulevard resident Mark Schaefer doesn't like knowing the substation behind his house is growing.
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