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Senators question status of medical research funding

U.S. Senators Dave McCormick, R-Pittsburgh, and John Fetterman, D-Braddock, recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to share their concerns regarding the recent cancellation of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grants and the impact this will have on Pennsylvania research institutions. On July 15, more than 150 AHRQ grantees, including researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pittsburgh, were notified that funding for ongoing, multi-year research projects would be canceled. ...

State tells Bald Birds Brewing Company to settle hundreds of thousands in unpaid wages

The state Department of Labor and Industry reportedly recovered over $600,000 in unpaid wages and related penalties for employees at a Lycoming County brewing company. According to a news release, the department announced it recovered $582,782 in unpaid wages for 124 workers and an additional $64,228 in damages for 108 workers after an investigation into Bald Birds Brewing Company — which has locations in Jersey Shore and in Montgomery County — where it found wage payment and collection law violations. According to the news release from the department, the investigation into ...

Ceremony ahead of 9/11 Memorial Ride brings people together

“Leave every place better than where you found it.” That is what retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Louis F. Johnson Jr. called on the hundreds of participants in the 9/11 Memorial Ride to do before they rode off to greet spectators on a 42-mile ride through Lycoming County in remembrance of ...

Spectators reflect on 9/11, memorial ride, 25 years after attacks

The 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride began humbly in the days following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when a small group of local motorcyclists, feeling the need to do “something “ held a solemn ride to honor the 2,977 victims killed at the World Trade Center in New York City, the ...

Replica cross beams on display

Patriots on motorcycles passed by a replica of the steel beams forming a cross left standing at the collapsed twin towers at Ground Zero in New York. As they either entered or left the Lycoming County 9/11 Memorial Ride Friday, the replica of the steel cross beams were on display near a sign outside the Clinton Township Volunteer Fire Co. at 2311 Route 54. “It will stand as a monument for each and every one of you,” said the Rev. Gary Smith commending township Fire Chief Todd Winder for having the replica of the cross made. The cross was christened and commemorated to Christ ...

Angel Families Unite to hold remembrance ceremony in honor of homicide victims

Angel Families Unite will hold a vigil in honor of the National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25. The date was designated by Congress in 2007 as a day to remember those who lost their lives to senseless acts of violence. This year marks the sixth vigil for the area, which was started by group Lead Advocate Bridget Irwin, who had previously organized ceremonies in Alabama prior to moving back to the area. “I recognized that there was nothing in our area, so I got some therapy friends together that had criminal justice backgrounds, and I said, ...