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Local Miracle-Ear franchisee summits Mt. Denali to raises money for foundation

Julie McKelvey, owner of 34 Miracle-Ear stores across Pennsylvania, including one in Loyalsock, and Miracle-Ear Foundation board member, completed her fifth of the Seven Summits (the highest peak on each continent in the world), Mt. Denali in Alaska earlier this week. The 53-year-old Harrisburg native has combined her passion for both climbing and helping others by creating Summit for Sound. Together with the Miracle-Ear Foundation, McKelvey’s Summit for Sound raises funds to give the gift of hearing aids to adults and children who otherwise cannot afford them. To date, she has ...

Waltz Creamery opens ice cream shop near Linden

Running one business is hard work, let alone multiple businesses. But that hasn’t stopped Brian and Rebekah Waltz from pushing ahead and opening up a new ice cream shop. For a number of years, the couple have owned and operated Waltz Creamery & Farm House Cafe in Salladasburg. Now, ...

Bitcoin plunges as major crypto lender halts operations

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies crumbled Monday, after a major cryptocurrency lender effectively failed and halted all withdrawals from its platform, citing "extreme market conditions." It's the latest high-profile collapse of a pillar of the cryptocurrency ...

Liberty Hair fills a need in community

Rachel Major spent much of her eight-year career as a hair stylist working in salons, but with the rising cost of childcare, she had no choice but to stop working and be a stay-at-home-mom for her boys, now ages three and five. That left Major and her family to rely solely on her husband’s ...

Area bank provides financial literacy resources to local students, community

FCCB is celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. As part of their ongoing commitment to building better communities, they recently announced the introduction of FCCB Academy, their new online Financial Literacy program. For years, FCCB has invested time, money, and industry experience in the communities they serve. Their partnership with Banzai, provider of an award-winning online program and content library, will allow users to practice real-world finance from the safety of their home or classroom using any internet-enabled device. Students and residents of the community ...

Red-hot summer job market awaits US teens as employers sweat

WASHINGTON — Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone. The Pizza Factory’s 100 West Coast locations are desperately short of workers. With about 12 employees per store, they’re barely half-staffed — just when many more Americans are venturing out to restaurant chains like hers. “The days of 15-minute orders,” Riva said, “may not be happening anymore.” Talk to other employers in America’s vast hospitality sector — hotels, restaurants, public pools, ice ...