Penn State Extension offers food safety manager certification courses in Warren County

July 12, 2025

Penn State Extension will offer the ServSafe Food Safety Manager course, which is aimed at restaurant and food service managers and others who need food safety certification. The course will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 24, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 31 at the Warren Forest Higher Education Council, 589 Hospital Drive, STE F., Warren, PA. The exam will be held at 11 a.m. on July 31. These in-person trainings, led by certified ServSafe instructors, will teach participants how to prevent contamination by properly receiving, storing, preparing, cooking, cooling and serving food ...

Walmart’s army of bakery decorators take the cake when it comes to hourly store pay

June 7, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be a triple-deck dessert. It's ...

Dentist with Warren practice to serve as Dental Association president

May 10, 2025

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) recently installed Dr. Theodore J. Rockwell of Clarion as its 2025-2026 president, during its annual business meeting at The Desmond Hotel in Malvern, Pa.. Rockwell has maintained a private general practice in Warren since 2018 after 12 years as director of the Crescent Park Dental Clinic at Warren General Hospital from 2006-2018. He also practices part-time at Titusville Area Hospital. Prior to becoming PDA president, Rockwell served two terms on PDA’s Board of Trustees, representing the association’s Eighth District ...

Superior Tire announces senior leadership reorganization

February 8, 2025

Superior Tire is focusing on business growth and workforce development in 2025. The past year brought the largest capital investments in company history in new equipment and expanded production space, with Superior Tire turning this year to optimizing these investments by enhancing employee skills, training, and leadership. As part of this initiative, the company has announced a senior leadership reorganization, effective Feb. 3. - Dr. Joe Peterson has been promoted to executive vice president – operations, overseeing manufacturing, production and scheduling, purchasing, ...

Holiday shoppers increased spending by 3.8%

December 27, 2024

Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the 3.1% increase from a year ...

Northwest Bank promotes Skelton to vice president post

February 2, 2023

A Warren resident has been promoted by Northwest Bank. Cameron Skelton was named to the position of vice president, talent management and chief inclusion officer. During her nine-year career as talent development manager for Northwest, Skelton has been responsible for the design and ...