Section: Money Savers

MetEd Electric Rates Climb To .0973/kWh – Want A Fixed .0749/kWh?

electricity-meter_full_600It’s still not to late to lock in a fixed rate of .0749 per kilowatt hour by visiting PAPowerSwitch.com. How long this fixed rate being offered by FirstEnergy Solutions will last is unknown, but if you’re willing to contract with them into 2018, you can avoid a 25% increase in your MetEd electric bill that begins on June 1st.

You also don’t have to worry about getting screwed with a variable rate offer. Continue reading

Blame Allentown For The Stink Bugs – Thank Youtube For A Trap

brown_marmorated_stink_bug07I just found my first few stink bugs of the year. With the return of warmer weather, so returns the smelly little beasts that made their way from Asia, likely in a packing crate.

Allentown gets the notoriety of collecting the first documented specimen in September 1998. It must have been the smell that attracted it. Continue reading

Filing Taxes – Paper vs Electronic

Electronic or Paper?
Electronic or Paper?

January 15th has come and gone. That’s the deadline businesses are given to have your income reports done and mailed to you, so that you can prepare your tax returns and send them to the IRS by April 15th.

Submitting your tax return by e-file and mailing it on paper are the only two ways to send your tax return to the IRS. E-file is available for both Federal and State income tax returns. Continue reading