In an area where natural resources have defined its economy, North-Central PA finds itself likely buoyed by the rush on natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation, reports the Associated Press.
"We live in a pretty economically depressed area, and this is the one ray of hope that has come about here the last few years," said Brock Benson, the principal at Johnsonburg High School, after bringing a group of students to a natural gas industry job fair in Coudersport.
Organizers billed the March 17 fair, part of a larger two-day program on the natural-gas rich shale, as the first event of its kind in the state focusing just on industry jobs.
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