Berri Products, LLC, makers of high-quality berry products grown and produced on their partner farms, is pleased to announce its membership to the Northwest Food Processors Association as an Associate Processor. Recently, Berri Products attended the 100th NWFPA Expo in Portland, Oregon. Berri Health products, including powders, extracts and whole…
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American Quilter’ s Society, the largest quilting membership organization in the world, is pleased to announce the return of AQS QuiltWeek ® to Lancaster, PA. AQS QuiltWeek ®- Lancaster, Pennslyvania runs from March 12 through March 15 at the Lancaster Convention Center, 25 S Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603.. More than 15,000 will converge on Lancaster, the heart of…
Jan. 31– A federal judge authorized a class-action suit Wednesday against one of the state’s largest real estate groups, after a Howard County couple accused it of running a half-million dollar kickback scheme with a title insurance company. A suit filed in Baltimore by home buyers Christine and Patrick Baehr alleges The Creig Northrop Team, which has offices…
The Victoria car dealership will open an Allstate Insurance office inside its store Saturday, said Tommy Taylor, Atzenhoffer general manager. Allstate doesn’t just want to work with anyone, he said, so Atzenhoffer is proud to partner with them. Allstate’s dealer program includes a full-service agency on-site to provide a complete line of insurance services…
Faith F. Scott, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern NJ, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, a health industry organization that supports, promotes and advocates for nonprofit home health, hospice and palliative care. “VNAA is dedicated to helping its members…
The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today: Historic Murfreesboro Commission. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill and was a Morehead scholar. -LuAnn Joyner- Joyner is the marketing and community relations specialist for Vidant Bertie Hospital.
Jan. 31– DEPOY– A fire that investigators believe was started by a heater killed nine members of a Muhlenberg County family early Thursday and sent two other members of the family to Nashville hospitals– making the fire one of the worst in the region’s history. LaRae Watson, 35; Madison Watson, 15; Kaitlyn Watson, 14; Morgan Watson, 13; Emily Watson, 9; Samuel Watson, 8; Raegan…
Sacramento Superior Court Judge John P. Winn went along with the recommendation and dismissed the case against Everett Bobbylee Quinn, now 24, on Jan. 14. Quinn and his girlfriend called 911 on May 19, 2009, to report that their son was vomiting blood in their Mack Road apartment and had become non-responsive. Initially taken to Methodist Hospital of Sacramento,…
Benefit Express Services, LLC, a leader in providing benefits administration for large, medium, and small organizations, has released the first half of its brand new webinar schedule. “Benefit Express regularly hosts free educational webinars on issues that today’s HR and benefits professionals are most concerned about,” commented Monica Hinchey, Vice…
Sheldon Whitehouse, D- R.I., has issued the following news release:. The bill, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, was passed in response to concerns about the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. Biggert-Waters was enacted to prevent the National Flood Insurance Program from lapsing, and it required FEMA to develop new rates for…
Jan. 31– DOVER– A case against the county’s former technology director Roger Smith Jr. has been moved to Merrimack County to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest. Smith, 60, of 83 Old Rochester Road, pleaded guilty to giving away a $591 county-owned iPad last month but was indicted on a charge of theft by deception at Strafford County Superior Court this month.
Jan. 31– BOISE– State lawmakers grilled representatives of the company overseeing the state’s low-income mental health program Thursday, after being told of a slew of problems providers have battled for months had been resolved. Last week, mental health and substance abuse social workers begged lawmakers to address the issues they’ve faced since last fall,…
Roger Hale and Nathanael May, both Missouri Western State University music faculty members, will be featured in the First Thursday Downtown Noon Concert Series program from 12:10 to 12:45 p.m. Feb. 6 in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, Seventh and Jules streets. Hale joined the faculty at Missouri Western State University in August of 2009. He…
A news release from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services announced the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agreement to include services for those individuals into the privatized insurance program Thursday afternoon. The federal agency required a delay in the inclusion in December to address concerns regarding the…
Jan. 31– NASHVILLE– John Boren called just one trial witness in his client’s defense, a man who saw a gray car parked outside the front entrance of the Little Nashville Opry about the time an arsonist set a fire that burned down the structure in September 2009. Harvey Farr of Paoli said the car was parked next to his pickup truck, and that it was the lone vehicle left when…
Jan. 31– A garage fire in South Lebanon Township displaced two people in a neighboring home on Thursday afternoon. The fire started in a detached garage behind a house at 1148 E. Old Cumberland St. just before 2 p.m. and quickly spread to an adjacent house located on Gross Street, filling it with smoke and melting its vinyl siding. Jason Lutz, who lives with his father at…
Jan. 31– WOBURN– A disbarred Lawrence attorney apologized for stealing nearly $1 million from his clients and begged a Superior Court judge for mercy yesterday before being sentenced to three years in state prison and ordered to pay restitution. Handcuffed and dressed in a gray and white pinstriped suit, Phillip Thompson, 35, stood in a Middlesex Superior…
Fidelity& Guaranty Life announced that Dennis R. Vigneau, the former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Kemper Corp., has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective February 12. According to a release, at that time, Wendy JB Young, currently Senior Vice President, Chief…
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Universal Property& Casualty Insurance Company, has applied to expand into Indiana, Minnesota and Delaware. According to a release, UPCIC is a writer of homeowners insurance in Florida and a fully licensed operator in North Carolina, South Carolina, Hawaii, Georgia, Massachusetts and Maryland.
