Nov. 29– Like a married couple with irreconcilable differences, the two organizations that share Macungie’s fire hall can’t seem to get along. Members of the Macungie Volunteer Fire Department, which in 2008 took over firefighting services from the century-old Macungie Fire Company No. 1, are trying to dissolve the company, now strictly a social club.
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Nov. 29– When Kathleen Putnam Foreman graduated from a tiny high school east of Houston in 1978, the petite homecoming queen and class president wasn’t considering a career in the male-dominated military. Yet this year she became one of only a few hundred women promoted to the U.S. Army rank of colonel. While she’s never seen combat, Foreman is a highly trained…
Nov. 29– NIAGARA FALLS– The city and its firefighters union have struck a deal on a new four-year labor contract that provides “modest” raises. The agreement, approved by a 4-0 vote of the City Council this week, covers a period from 2010 through 2013. Members of Local 714, Uniformed Firefighters Association, have been working under the terms of a deal that expired at…
WICHITA– Aldona and Pat Carney call their son, Neil, “a 24-7 kid.” Neil, 18, who walks with a limp and carries around a gray sock that calms him, lives in a beige single-family home purchased by relatives, with a professional caregiver who has known him for years. That is when the state’s Medicaid managed care system– called KanCare– will take charge of all home and…
Nov. 29– NEW HAVEN– Maura Fitzgerald, who grew up in Shelton and graduated from Albertus Magnus College in 1988, returns to the city and college on Prospect Street as producer of an independent movie Friday night. A dozen crew members and actors for Avon- based Atlantian Films will use the exterior of Rosary Hall, the hallway near its grand staircase and the spiral…
Nov. 29– Health and wellness aren’t just abstract concepts with the Merced City School District. A concerted effort is being made to get students– and staff members, too– to eat better and adopt a healthy lifestyle. A health and wellness policy was adopted by the Board of Education about six years ago, and its precepts are near and dear to Terri Soares, director of the…
In a release on November 22, A.M. Best noted that the outlook assigned to both ratings is stable. In April of this year, the ratings of Custodian were placed under review with negative implications following the announcement that the company had completed its acquisition of Crusader Plc. Due to the absence of sufficient information to support A.M. Best’s…
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the ” Consumer Automotive Financial Services in Slovakia” report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:. Moreover, also by means of data for average take-up rates, the markets for creditor insurance, motor insurance, road assistance, extended warranties,…
Instead, there’ll be a party there in 2015, celebrating the construction 100 years ago of the home for prominent Charlotte real estate broker Gaston Gilbert Galloway. The couple already own the historic Walter Brem House at 211 East Blvd., where Nicole bases her Sodoma Law firm, and where Ron has run his capital finance business the past two years.
Nov. 28– EDINBURG– Hidalgo County authorities are prosecuting the former head of a Houston- area collection agency– that operates mostly in the Rio Grande Valley– on two counts of theft after they say he collected outstanding debts for clients but pocketed the money himself. McAllen mechanic Lino Luna said an employee of the collection agency Fletcher, Goldman…
…to Kiwanian Iris Tarvestad… to Susan Drayer of M&S Outdoors… to Kari Brick and BG Loft… to Grizzlies football player Matt Mirowski… to the crafty Heidi Blankenship… to Leon Bure and David Anderson of the Albert Lea Aktion Club… to Mandy Brooks at Lembke Construction… for Claire and Ruth Vermedahl… to footloose and fancy-free young actor Tyler Vandenhuevel…
Nov. 29– LIMA– Lima Young Professionals wanted a way to honor its outstanding members and supporters. The event starts with cocktails at 5 p.m. Wednesday at The Ohio Theatre. YP Community Service: Scott Cockerell, with Wannemacher Total Logistics; Chastity Butterfield, with Thin& Healthy’s Total Solutions and Fitness Solution 24/ 7; and Ben Anderson, with State Farm…
Nov. 28– HALFMOON– Two teenage survivors of a Northway crash last year that killed two of their friends are suing the other driver, Dennis Drue, who is expected to be sent away to state prison when sentenced next week. Matthew Hardy and Bailey Wind are suing Drue for $1 million each in compensatory damages and an unspecified amount in punitive damages, said their Troy…
Nov. 28– ASHLAND– A meeting will be held next week in Ashland to recruit participants for a pilot program intended to help low-income disabled residents purchase vehicles. Ashland was one of two cities selected by the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development for the anti-poverty and self-suffiency initiative, with Murray being the other.
Nov. 27– EAST BEND– Kitchen Roselli has only been in East Bend for eight years, but the building the restaurant is located in has stood for 100.. The restaurant is celebrating the centennial with a number of events, including wine tastings and an historic preservation ceremony. Michael Renengar grew up in East Bend and graduated from Forbush High School before…
For Cara Wright, taking someone’s blood pressure at a free clinic on Southampton Avenue in Norfolk is pretty straightforward. Persuading fellow Eastern Virginia Medical School students and community doctors to help treat the uninsured. Wright and a crew of classmates run the Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students- or HOPES- clinic.
Among firefighters in the District of Columbia, she’s a dreaded legend. They can recite her date of birth and Social Security number from memory. For years, there has been concern that if crews are tending to Rigsby, the next 911 caller with an emergency might get a paramedic from farther away, said David Miramontes, medical director of the D.C. Fire and Emergency…
Nov. 28– Never did the 62- year-old teacher foresee such hard times. Doesn’t want her name used. Earlier this year, she was hospitalized with a stroke and now faces a $3,000 medical bill.
David Power, CEO of the acquired firm, said:. Commenting on the synergies, Paul Collins, Managing Partner at Equiteq said:. FTI brings a global platform.
