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ABOVE PHOTO: The new Equity Health Center in Coatesville, Pa. (Photo/Alliance for Health Equity) Last week, the Chester County Commissioners and the Department of Human Services unveiled the Human Needs Network of Chester County, an initiative that brings a local focus on helping residents experiencing mental health concerns or a crisis, who are impacted by…

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The Center for Workforce Development at Bucks County Community College (BCCC) has been awarded a $250,000 grant through the PA Department of Labor & Industry to expand access to its highly successful Building and Construction Trades pre-apprenticeship program. The college (also known as “Bucks”) will be one of 14 recipients of the state’s $3.3 million…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Montgomery County employees are now eligible for up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave under a new enhanced policy. (Photo/montgomerycountypa.gov) NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The Montgomery County Commissioners have announced a new enhanced aid Parental Leave Policy for County employees that expands the benefit to up to 16 weeks. This new policy becomes…

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A dozen additional victims have told police they were victimized by a medical assistant who falsely said he was nurse when they sought treatment in recent months at an urgent care facility outside Philadelphia, police said in filing new sexual assault charges. Ramon Garcia, 33, was accused last Thursday of two counts…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Graduates of the PEER training program at the West Chester Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center pose for a photo. (Photo/chesco.org) Chester County Ombudsmen Robert O’Mara and Jen Costello recently recognized residents at West Chester Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center who completed a five-week PEER training program. The PEER program teaches resident advocates to work with…

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. -– Lori Schreiber, Montgomery County Clerk of Courts, invites justice-involved citizens to the Second Chance Resource Fair on April 30. The Clerk of Courts office will be joined by government and community-based service providers from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the George Washington Carver Community Center, 249 Jacoby St., in Norristown. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A Delaware County secured drop box for the return of vote-by-mail ballots is pictured, May 2, 2022, in Newtown Square, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) WHAT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW WITH LESS THAN ONE MONTH UNTIL ELECTION DAY Delaware County Elections continues preparations for the April 23 primary election. Efforts include finalizing polling…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Members of the Shugar Shack Soul Food team and local officials pose with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves (pictured front row, center).( Photo/delcopa.gov) U.S. Deputy Secretary Don Graves visited Shugar Shack Soul Food, a Black and woman-owned takeout restaurant in Glenolden Borough on March 26. During the visit, attended by Glenolden…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Connie Leon, a 16-year-resident, cries outside her flood damaged home as a cleanup efforts are underway, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, following severe flooding at Lafayette Gardens in Bensalem, Pa. Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Tuesday were facing another round of rain one day after they were swamped by a series of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Voters walk past a sign pointing them to the polling location for in-person voting, Nov. 8, 2022, in Cranberry Township, Pa. Some Pennsylvania counties are moving polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings this week because the Legislature deadlocked in 2023 over proposals to move the April 2024 primary election so…

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