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Q1Medicare.com alerts seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries that they may see a slight increase in costs associated with their 2015 Medicare Part D prescription drug plan coverage. Based on the recently released 2015 Medicare Part D base premium by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare beneficiaries can expect to pay slightly…

Local agency rates for vehicle insurance policies used to require an in-person visit to receive before the creation of digital price systems online. The Auto Pros company is now displaying car insurance quote data for local agencies using its interactive tool at http://autoprosusa.com/auto-insurance. The finder is connected to a growing base of…

Hastings& Hastings, an experienced Phoenix law firm that specializes in a variety of personal injury claims announces a dedication with regard to never charging attorney’s fees unless a settlement has been secured for the client. Determining liability and damages with regard to accidents and injuries that have occurred throughout the state of Arizona…

Aug. 01– An attorney from Montgomery County who had dealings with at least a dozen people in York County since 2003 has been disbarred, according to court documents. The opinion for the case involving Brett B. Weinstein was issued on July 28 by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Bradley C. Jacobs, York County register of wills, said Thursday that Weinstein was the “…

Aug. 01– Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton is among eight health centers in Ohio that will receive at total of $2 million in Affordable Care Act funding to establish or expand behavioral health services. Community Health was awarded a two-year grant for $250,000, which Executive Director Gregg Hopkins said would be used to hire a full-time behavioral…

Katzman Garfinkel, the Readers’ Choice Diamond Award-winning law firm as named by the Florida Community Association Journal, has promoted Senior Attorney Erik F. Whynot to Partner. “Erik has provided an exemplary level of legal skill, guidance and achievement for the firm,” said Katzman Garfinkel founder Alan B. Garfinkel. Erik is a lead instructor and lecturer…

Aug. 01– BANGOR, Maine– Mike Magales pitched a four-hit shutout Thursday afternoon as Bessey Motors of South Paris defeated Brewer 4-0 in a winners’ bracket game of the state American Legion baseball tournament. Zone 3 champion Bessey Motors will play the winner of Wednesday’s late game between Bangor and Pastime Club of Lewiston at 6:30 p.m. Friday in another…

Aug. 01– A worn and fractured rail along train tracks through Ellicott City caused the coal train derailment that killed two women in 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. In its final report on the accident, the NTSB said it found evidence that the section of CSX Transportation rail showed signs of “gradual deterioration of the…

Sobejano, 14, said she loves getting to be someone else when she’s acting– in this case, a demonic, pink shapeshifter named Venus who likes to wreak a little havoc. “When I was playing Venus, you get lost in your character– you’re sassy. Potent Media founder and director Christian Grillo, who also directed the company’s thriller “Apocalypse Kiss” and horror film ” Deer…

The Fairlane Building at the Freeborn County Fair was packed with people Wednesday ready to experience comedy and hypnosis. Terry DaVolt, comedian and hypnotist, held his shows at 4 and 6 p.m.. DaVolt started off the show explaining that hypnosis isn’t like what people see in the movies.

Aug. 01– WATERBURY– A Louisiana man who claims to be a “sovereign citizen,” part of a movement whose adherents claim they have no obligation obey the law, pay taxes or even possess a driver’s license, found out Tuesday that stop signs apply to everyone. Richard Moore, 41, who gave police an address in Denham Springs, La., was driving his 1999 Land Rover with expired Georgia…

July 31– LEWISTON– Professional boxing in Maine appeared to die five years ago, without the dignity of a wake or an obituary. New England Fights, the upstart organization that has helped develop the talent pool and fan base that lured two worldwide mixed martial arts promotions to Maine, is going old-school and branching out into boxing. Brandon Berry of West Forks…

July 31– PASS CHRISTIAN– Harrison County Fire Marshal Pat Sullivan was investigating the remains of the Old Cuevas Bistro deep into the morning Thursday and said it could take days to determine a cause. Manager Joseph Schuman said the restaurant is no stranger to tragedy. Less than a year after owner Cassandra Timmons bought the restaurant, Hurricane Katrina…

Virgin Islands July 31, 2014. The University of the Virgin Islands entered into five-year memoranda of understanding with Anguilla Community College and H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, British Virgin Islands. In return, UVI will waive the application fees of prospective students from Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands.

July 31– Several men will have the chance next week to walk in women’s high heels as they join the fight to bring awareness to domestic violence through an initiative by Family Services of Davidson County. “The awareness issue is a really big part of it,” said Julia Toone, executive director of Family Services. The walk will begin at 7 p.m. on the corner of Fourth and…

Aug. 01– Taylor Jones delivered the knock-out blow to the Sherrill Silversmiths on Wednesday, when Oneonta Outlaws teammate Carson Waln proved he can take one on the chin. Left fielder Jones threw out Alex Saville at the plate in the ninth inning to secure a 5-4 victory that pushed the defending New York Collegiate Baseball League champion Outlaws into the…

July 31– CHEROKEE– Tim Starkey hopes he can keep recruiting doctors to come to rural Oklahoma. Because of federal sequestration, funding of the National Health Service Corps program was cut by $15 million, or 5.1 percent, in 2014, according to the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved. The program repays student loans of medical professionals who work in…

July 31– Mark P. Mondanaro’s seven-year tenure as superintendent of Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda schools coincided with the traditionsteeped district arriving at a crossroads. Enrollment in the prideful district that counts CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Jon Luther and astronaut Edward G. Gibson among its distinguished alum continues to decline.

–Beechwood Re today announced that David Lessing, former Morgan Stanley Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Wealth Management Group, has joined the Beechwood family of companies. Beechwood provides both offshore reinsurance capacity to Life, Health, and Annuity insurance companies who are seeking to improve capital efficiency through reallocation of surplus…