Former hospital repurposed to enter veterans health care venture
Charles Everhardt and two partners push into health care via a veterans housing and wellness center at the former St. Francis Hospital in New Castle. They seek a conditional use permit as city officials review safety, asbestos, and neighborhood impacts after discussing plans with Veterans Affairs and governors from Rhode Island and beyond. Everhardt says contracts are in progress but closing has not occurred.
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New Castle
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New York
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Veterans Affairs
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Indiana
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Tom Smith
Smith
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J.C. Penney’s
Parsons
Tick season tightens as Lyme disease cases rise in Pennsylvania
Pediatrician Dr. Carlos Flores in Neshannock Township reports multiple tick bites and Lyme disease cases this week as blacklegged ticks become the dominant species across Pennsylvania per a Penn State study. He urges vigilant checks on children and pets and notes a likely surge in tick activity this season.
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Fummer
Carlos Flores
Wilmington Road
Neshannock Township
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Elk
Forest
Cameron
Flores
Court ruling may revive older clergy abuse suit in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel reinstated Renee Rice’s lawsuit against the Altoona Johnstown Diocese and two bishops, ruling that evolving law may allow fraud concealment claims about officials’ silence on a priest’s alleged abuse. The 2017 dismissal due to statute of limitations no longer ends her case.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Altoona-Johnstown
Renee Rice
Rice
Charles Bodziak
Richard Serbin
Renée Rice
Blair County
Jolene Grubb Kopriva
GOP Pushback on Wolf Request for Voting Machine Funds
Harrisburg Republicans reject Wolf’s request for 15 million to fund voting machine replacements with paper backups before the 2020 presidential election. Senate leaders say the proposed 34 billion budget must not include the aid and blame the governor for unfunded mandates.
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Harrisburg
Tom Wolf
Pennsylvania
Wolf
Senate
Jake Corman
R-Centre
Corman
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