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Geisinger CEO named to board of WellCare

DANVILLE - Dr. Glenn D. Steele Jr., president and chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, has been appointed to the WellCare Health Plans Inc. Board of Directors. Steele also will serve on WellCare's Health Care Quality and Access and Regulat

Health careers week continues; wraps up Friday with job fair

SHAMOKIN - PA CareerLink Northumberland County's Health Careers Awareness Week 2009 continues with activities Thursday and Friday. "Caring Communities for AIDS" is the focus on Thursday, with events from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A health careers civil service w

SUNBURY- Sunbury Community Hospital (SCH) announced that Dr. Nalan Reibschied has joined its active medical staff. Reibschied, a family practitioner,is opening the Shamokin Dam Family Medical Center, 99 Baldwin Boulevard. Reibschied completed her famil

What should you do with your 401(K) after a layoff?

As you're no doubt aware, the long and deep recession has resulted in the highest unemployment rate in decades. But, if you've been laid off, or if you fear a layoff may soon be coming, you're less interested in statistics than in your immediate financia

Ex-Mount Carmel man named senior vp of cancer society

Former Mount Carmel resident Philip Kozlowski has accepted the position of senior vice president of human resources at The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Kozlowski had a long career with Hitachi America Ltd. as senior director of human resources,

Avoid these scary investment moves

It's Halloween time again, so you'll probably be seeing a lot of ghosts, goblins, witches and werewolves. While you may find these sights more amusing than fear-inducing, you don't have to look far to find things that really are frightening - such as sca

Family Home Medical earns Gold Seal

MOUNT CARMEL - By demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety, Family Home Medical has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval. Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission is dedicated

Jen's Flowers and More owner attends workshop

BLOOMSBURG -Jennifer Sandri, from Jen's Flowers and More, 124 Independence St., Shamokin, recently attended a wedding design workshop at Dillon Floral Corp. The one-day education program highlighted the latest in wedding colors, trends and design. The cl
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Woman listed in critical condition, seven others injured after Route 147 crash

UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - The driver of a pick-up truck involved in a three-vehicle crash near Sunbury Thursday afternoon was listed in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Thurday evening, according to a hospital nursing supervisor.


 

Woman listed in critical condition, seven others injured after Route 147 crash

UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - The driver of a pick-up truck involved in a three-vehicle crash near Sunbury Thursday afternoon was listed in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Thurday evening, according to a hospital nursing supervisor.