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WCDA awarded funding for PNC building rehab

Funding has been secured to renovate an additional floor of the Liberty St. building colloquially known as the PNC Building. And that funding - $500,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program - will bring additional space for the Northern Pennsylvania Regional College. “The WCDA (Warren County Development Association) was awarded this funding through the Commonwealth to continue to improve the building at 300 Second Ave. and provide NPRC with additional administrative space for the fourth floor of the building,” Jim Decker, president and CEO of the Warren County ...

FirstEnergy notifies customers of plan changes coming

If you have FirstEnergy Solutions as your electricity generation supplier, your contract will be changing hands in the coming months. A notice sent to customers outlines the next steps in an ongoing bankruptcy case against the First Energy subsidiary, which filed for chapter 11 protection in March 2018. A notice sent to customers last fall said that supplier contracts would be transferred to a separate firm, Elexon Generation Company, LLC. That no longer appears to be the case. The plan, according to a notice provided to customers this week, now details that their ...

As Loranger project moves ahead, hotel project halted

Successful development in downtown Warren is putting a different development proposal on hold. The ongoing work at the Loranger building – a multi-million dollar renovation aimed at creating riverfront commercial space – is moving ahead. That puts a proposal for a downtown hotel ...

Merger

Photo submitted to Times Observer From left, Dr. Raymond Johnson, Mint Dental, and Dr. Mark Donick have announced that the merger of their dental practices will take place on June 1. Dr. Donick has practiced at his Liberty Street location for 25+ years and on the date of the merger will move ...

Trimpey receives Outstanding Alumni Award

David W. Trimpey of Pittsfield has been honored with an Outstanding Alumni Award from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Forest Resources Alumni Group. The award was presented at the Forest Resources Alumni Group annual banquet on April 27 in State College. Dave graduated from ...

Veteran financial advisor joins Olewine Financial Group

Amee Wright joined Olewine Financial Group in March 2019. Amee brings with her more than 24 years of experience in the financial services industry with over 15 of those years as a financial advisor. Amee currently holds her Series 6,7,63, and 65 as well as her life and health license. Amee ...