Posts by Kris Mamula
Stop already! Berlin drugstore files lawsuit to stop junk faxes
Berlin Pharmacy has had it up to here with junk faxes. Jonico Inc., which does business as Somerset County’s Berlin Pharmacy, filed a one-count civil lawsuit July 9 in the…
Read MoreIran war pressures home heating oil prices
On my kitchen wall is a picture looking down a snowy Sterner Street sidewalk at a path cut by my antique snowblower, a reminder of last winter’s bitter cold. The…
Read MoreGoing underground: manager named for Pennsylvania’s newest state park
A Warren County native has been named manager of Fayette County’s Laurel Caverns State Park, Pennsylvania’s 125th and newest public park. Corie Eckman will oversee the 435-acre park, which is…
Read MorePlan ahead: part of GAP bike trail closed near Pittsburgh
Attention bikers: Travelers planning for a summer GAP trail trip to Pittsburgh should be aware of a two-mile closure between Duquesne and Homestead, outside the city. A rock slide near…
Read MoreTuesday is deadline for public comment on mine discharge permit
The deadline is Tuesday for public comment on a state permit that would allow wastewater from a proposed 2,300-acre coal mine in Westmoreland County to be discharged into a tributary…
Read MoreLongtime eroded patch of bike trail getting attention
Not long after Chris Houck was named operations manager at Ohiopyle State Park two years ago, he was walking the bike trail “trying to view things from the visitor’s perspective,”…
Read MoreConemaugh Meyersdale finishes 2025 in the red
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center, one of two hospitals serving Somerset County, finished 2025 with a 14.65% operating loss, according to a new state report.
Read MoreRockwood Man Indicted in Attempted Murder of Federal Officers
Christopher Eric Fisher, 41, of Rockwood has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of attempted murder of federal officers and firearms violations.
Read MoreCost Plus Founder Mark Cuban to Headline Town Hall in Boswell
Mark Cuban, founder of Dallas-based Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., will appear virtually at a panel discussion at the My Pharmacy, My Choice, My Voice town hall Tuesday June…
Read MoreLocal Pharmacies Fight: Community Meeting Set
Martella’s Pharmacy and Pharmacists United host a June 23 community meeting in Boswell on the financial pressures facing small-town drugstores.
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