Mr. Cohen also led the way in combining nine Jewish organizations into the Jewish Federation to serve area families. In 1955, the Scranton-Lackawanna Jewish Council honored Mr. Cohen at the Hotel Jermyn in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the first Jewish settlement in America. On June 8, 1962, a Scranton Fire Department ambulance carried Mr. Cohen to…
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Dec. 26– The city's insurance company has paid a former Santa Fe cab driver $72,500 to settle her claim that a police officer used excessive force during a traffic stop when he tackled her to the pavement, but the woman says the incident in 2014 has left a bad taste in her mouth. “I feel like I was owed that money and more,” said Dawn Bourgeois, who has returned to New Orleans,…
Dec. 25– TEMPLE TERRACE– A teacup from a grandmother's first tea party with a granddaughter. Not much was saved from Bill and Linda Taylor's home at 5621 Oakland Drive after a fire in the garage consumed the entire home just 10 days before Christmas. “It could have been a lot worse, if it had gotten to the middle of the house we couldn't have gotten out the front door,” Bill…
Dec. 25– Nestled on the couch in the living room of his family's Clarkston home, 6- year-old Buckley Bortz gives Pepper the miniature blue heeler a squeeze and explains just who the spunky speckled canine is. Buckley's father, Charlie Bortz, said he, Buckley and daughter Maybelle, 5, owe their lives to the dog after it woke him in the early morning hours of Dec. 15 after…
Dec. 25– A relatively new type of insurance plan, one that offers lower premiums but a limited network of doctors, has health care experts worried about the lack of consumer protections in place to regulate these plans in Missouri. Here's the problem: Even though they mirror HMO plans in terms of the lack of out-of-network benefits, the EPOs don't have the same…
Dec. 25– Hempfield supervisors are going to wait at least a year before deciding whether to add a tax to fund the township's 12 volunteer fire departments. The board had been mulling the levy proposed last month by members of the Hempfield Township Fire Chiefs Association, which would have doubled property tax bills. “We spend more man-hours on fundraising than we…
Dec. 24– Standing across the street as firefighters cut a hole in the roof of the home she owned for just 14 months, Shonda Dupree was a rock amid the smoke and chaos. She called family members, who were supposed to arrive in a few hours to open the presents stacked under the Christmas tree in the living room, and told them Christmas Eve plans had to change, her Marysville…
The Thursday morning fire displaced Morehouse, 89, from her home at 904 W. Jackson St. in Spokane, where she's lived since 1955. “There's a couple of presents that made it,” said her son, Terry Morehouse. Spokane firefighters responded to the home around 8 a.m. Thursday and had the fire under control in about 40 minutes, Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said.
Dec. 24– A fire ripped through a townhouse in Phoenix at 1:40 a.m. Thursday, forcing four families to flee and causing extensive smoke damage in three other units. “I ran out in my T-shirt and underwear, and my wife ran out in her nightgown,” said Tony Nordheim. The couple's townhouse, which was next door to the unit where the fire started, had extensive smoke damage, and…
Dec. 24– TAMPA– A series of developments in the state Legislature, Congress, and the finicky insurance industry could make Florida ground zero for a concept unthinkable over the past several decades: A robust, secure and profitable residential flood insurance market. Jeff Brandes said of the conference, held Dec. 9 at the St. Petersburg Hilton.
Dec. 24– The Pennsylvania Insurance Department approved the transfer of Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange's estimated $30 million of medical liability insurance policies to a North Carolina rival. HealthCare Providers Insurance Exchange, known as HPIX and based in Philadelphia, was founded in 2002 in the midst of Pennsylvania's malpractice…
Former income tax preparer and alleged “serial husband killer” Emma Jean Raine, 51, of Poplarville, was set for trial in the fraud case on a U.S. District Court calendar that starts Jan. 4. A 35- count indictment alleges she defrauded the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, failed to report life insurance proceeds and business income, and filed false tax returns for her clients in…
Diminished Value of Georgia, the leading vehicle appraisal company in the south, is celebrating a record year of helping individuals earn their rightful compensation from insurance carriers. Serving the entire southeast region, Diminished Value of Georgia provides insurance claimants with vehicle valuation reports that properly quantify the loss in…
Kaiser Romanello, West Palm Beach injury lawyers, are available to help clients navigate the insurance industry and come out on top. From understanding settlement offers to comply with insurance regulations and negotiating– or re-negotiating– claims, Kaiser Romanello provide clients with aggressive, thorough legal representation. About Kaiser Romanello…
Dec. 24– Charles K. Wireman, 38, most recently of 32 Fruen St., appeared on a summons for his arraignment Monday in Huron County Common Pleas Court. Defense attorney John Allton said his client doesn't expect to take a plea bargain. On May 31 after a suspected assault at Dave's Food Mart, Wireman went southbound on Norwood Avenue.
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Aetna and Abington Medical Specialists/ AMS Cardiology announced that they have reached agreement on a new five-year contract that will take effect March 15, 2016. Under the contract, members of Aetna commercial and Medicare Advantage plans will be able to receive covered benefits, at in-network rates from the 17 cardiologists who comprise AMS Cardiology.
Grassley achieved many of his goals as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a member of the Finance, Agriculture and Budget committees. Grassley returns to Iowa every weekend when the Senate is not in session and during recesses in votes to hold meetings and attend events in Iowa. Outside of these annual county visits, Grassley also attended a variety of…
Dec. 24– Until she lost her job and health insurance, Karen Bruce never thought twice about visiting hospital or commercial laboratories for the regular blood tests she needs to monitor her level of blood-thinning medication. Bruce, who lives on Indianapolis' Southside, found it at a Greenwood storefront, Any Lab Test Now. Now, the company has more than 150…
