A Pennsylvania surgeon has been fired after being accused of prescribing unproven drugs to treat or prevent COVID-19, possibly to people referred to her through social media.
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🔗 Pa. AG investigates restaurant accused of pushing bogus Covid cures
The reports that Christine Mason was allegedly misusing the page belonging to the Taste of Sicily restaurant was referred to the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, Palmyra Police Chief Andrew Winters confirmed Wednesday.
🔗 Complaints of Pa. restaurant being used as conduit for unproven COVID-19 treatments referred to AG
Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graff said her office received multiple complaints on Monday and learned local police also received complaints referencing the Taste of Sicily restaurant.
🔗 Trout Unlimited group keeps fish habitat going for 36 years
Every week for almost 36 years, a group of mostly older adults with a Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited chapter have performed an unheralded but vital task: keeping Stony Creek, the state’s first designated scenic river, livable for fish.
🔗 Emotions run high as Lebanon Solar hearing runs late into night
Wednesday’s North Annville Township meeting at Union Waterworks Fire Co. was full of emotions as members of the public voiced their differing opinions on the solar farm until 11 p.m.
🔗 Contested Lebanon solar farm presents for conditional use
After multiple postponements, North Annville Township’s much-anticipated conditional use hearing for an 800-acre solar farm kicked off Tuesday night.
🔗 First of 2 apartments buildings opens at large mixed-use development
North Cornwall Commons Apartments opened last month at 410 Springwood Drive in North Cornwall Township. The developer, Byler Holdings held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday to celebrate the completion of the first of two apartment buildings.
🔗 Pa. woman recorded hitting person with a baseball bat arrested, police say
A video showing a Lebanon County woman hitting someone with a baseball bat led to an investigation and arrest, according to police.
🔗 Lebanon County tech students make parts for Space Station
Students at vocational and technical schools relish the opportunity to get real-world experiences. Very few ever get the chance to contribute to out of this world projects, but that’s just what students at the Lebanon County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) in Eric Tanger’s Industrial Machine Technology are doing.
🔗 HACC faculty prepare for union vote
Faculty at Harrisburg Area Community College are slated to vote on whether to form a union in the coming months.
🔗 Lebanon County Auctioneer wins 2022 Pennsylvania Farm Show bid-calling contest
John Stauffer of Lebanon County won the 2022 Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association bid-calling contest.
🔗 Three-term GOP Pa. lawmaker will not seek re-election
Pennsylvania Rep. Frank Ryan announced on Wednesday he is not seeking re-election to a fourth term of office in the House of Representatives.
🔗 Lisa’s Cafe in Palmyra to open second restaurant in central Pa.
Lisa’s Cafe on Chocolate opens Jan. 21 at the museum at 63 W. Chocolate Ave. and replaces Cafe aMusee, which closed in late December.
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Pet of the Week: Posie
This week’s pet is Posie, owned by Alissa Binkley and Andrew Foltz.
🔗 Lebanon man worked with one other to allegedly manufacture and deal “ghost guns”
Two men were indicted on Jan. 5 by a federal grand jury and charged with manufacturing and dealing firearms without a license in Lebanon County.
