Breaking News

Business

Children’s Hospital receives CDC grant

PITTSBURGH - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC will join a select group of academic medical centers nationwide that survey for communicable diseases in children and evaluate vaccine effectiveness. The data collected and studies conducted will help detect emerging disease outbreaks and be used to make health policy decisions regarding vaccination and investment in drug development, a release states. Through a $5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Children's will become a New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN) site and collect ...

Property Transfers

Butler TownshipGary and Anita George to Nancy Coie, home on Andrew Avenue; $90,500.ColumbianaFirestone Homestead to Northeast Ohio Cabinets and Construction, 0.4 acres on Homestead Drive; $60,000.East LiverpoolHancock County Savings Bank to Daniel Ibbs, home at 3101 St. Clair Ave.; $93,000.DCS Homes LLC to Caitlin and Kristen Cashdollar, home on Orchard Grove Avenue; $52,000.Joy L. Ramsey to Coaster LLC, home on East Sixth Street; $3,500.East PalestineDouglas Welsh to Kenneth and Kathleen Riggle, home on East Main Street; $32,000.Fairfield TownshipDonald and Dawn Arthurs to Ryan ...

Lincoln Park names new director of Mancini Academy

MIDLAND, Pa. - Megan Pryor has been named director of the Henry Mancini Academy at Lincoln Park.Pryor, a former Peters Township, Pa., resident with an extensive background as a performer, teacher and choreographer, will oversee the Mancini Academy's educational program, based at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, that includes classes in dance, voice and acting."I hope to help take the Mancini Academy into a more streamlined and focused direction," said Pryor. "I'll be looking a lot at the curriculum, scheduling and programming to see what best serves the community and ...

Neurology Center relocates to SRMC

SALEM - The Neurology Center of Salem relocated its office, effective Sept. 19, to the Neurology and Neurodiagnostics Clinic on the second floor of Salem Regional Medical Center, 1995 East State St., Salem. The Neurology Center of Salem is the practice location of Chaohua Yan, M.D., Board Certified neurologist.The phone number for the Neurology Center of Salem will remain the same, and patients wishing to schedule an appointment with Dr. Yan can contact the office by calling 330-337-4940.The Neurology Center of Salem is a physician practice operated by the SCH Professional Corporation, ...

Columbiana to seek funding for Firestone

COLUMBIANA - Despite some pushback from one member of City Council this week, the Restoration and Beautification (R&B) Committee was given the go-ahead to pursue funding for a project to improve safety at Firestone Park.Construction on the project cannot begin until total funding is made available, however.The committee and HRG Inc., the engineering firm designing the project, presented a concept to council outlining the first phase of the safety improvements estimated to cost just under $220,000.Councilman Ted Souder was not pleased with the concept, and argued that he believed the ...

Bowen’s Hometown Florist opens its doors

CHESTER-Rich and Mecca Bowen have a funny way of defining retirement.The Bowens say they're within a year of retiring from their jobs as a corrections officer and a bartender. So what's a couple to do? In their case-open a new business.Bowen's Hometown Florist, 560 Carolina Ave., Chester, opened on Aug. 1 and had its grand opening on Sept. 8.The couple are stepping into the vacancy left by the closing of Flowerland, another Carolina Avenue business, in April. They believe Chester is ripe for a florist that also offers a variety of crafts, arrangements and decorations."There's a big ...