FirstLight Home Care Opens Office in Austintown
Monday, November 11, 2013AUSTINTOWN, Ohio -- The growing need for care for adults inside the home has inspired three business partners to open a new, non-medical in-home health service in the township.
FirstLight HomeCare of the Valley will serve residents of Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull counties, its principals say.
Patriot Seating Rolls Out 'Service Chair' Today
Monday, November 11, 2013AUSTINTOWN, Ohio -- Patriot Seating Inc., a founded in 2005 company that employs veterans exclusively at its plant here, is commemorating Veterans Day by rolling out its “Service Chair,” a commercial grade task chair for use in home offices.
The Service Chair is the first product the company has manufactured and marketed directly for consumers. Beginning today, customers can order the chair through a new website, TheServiceChair.com.
'3 Minutes With' Ken Altiero, President, Patriot Seating
Monday, November 11, 2013AUSTINTOWN, Ohio – In today's "3 Minutes With," Ken Altiero, president of Patriot Seating, discusses his company’s philosophy of hiring only veterans to manufacture the office chairs it sells and the ergonomics of the new "Service Chair" the company has introduced (READ STORY). Altiero’s brother was wounded in Vietnam and his father and uncles served in World War II.
Ryan Proposes Legislation to Expand Veterans' Care
Monday, November 11, 2013WASHINGTON -- In conjunction with this year’s commemoration of Veterans Day, U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan and Rich Nugent will introduce the Veterans and Armed Forces’ Health Promotion Act of 2013. The legislation, which the representatives will introduce this week, aims to improve the quality of health care provided to wounded warriors by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
Ohio Attorney General Warns of Veterans’ Charity Scams
Monday, November 11, 2013COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohioans honor members of the armed forces today, Veterans Day. So state Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning donors to beware of veterans’ charity scams and those who make false promises ostensibly to help veterans.
Bury Financial Group Attends SagePoint Conference
Monday, November 11, 2013POLAND, Ohio -- Todd Bury, Brian Laraway and David Maxwell of Bury Financial Group attended SagePoint Financial’s ConnectED Conference. The event, an annual educational meeting held Oct. 6-10, was the largest conference ever hosted by Advisor Group, with more than 3,300 attendees from across the country.
New Pipeline: Kensington Plant to Canadian Markets
Saturday, November 09, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Affiliates of Hilcorp Energy and NiSource are combining with two pipeline companies in the newly announced Unity Pipeline Project to create a 380-mile pipeline from the UEO Buckeye gas processing plant in Kensington, Columbiana County, to carry condensate and natural gasoline to serve markets in Canada.
The project was announced Nov. 4.
MarkWest Brings More Processing Plants Online
Saturday, November 09, 2013DENVER -- MarkWest Energy Partners updated its operations in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays Friday, reporting that it now has 21 major processing and factionation projects under construction.
These projects are occurring at eight large-scale complexes in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia and are expected to increase the partnership’s total processing capacity to over 4 billion cubic feet (Bcf/d) and total fractionation capacity to nearly 300,000 barrels per day (Bbl/d) by the end of 2014, the company said.
Company Picks Brookfield for New Plant, 150 Jobs
Friday, November 08, 2013BROOKFIELD, Ohio -- Legacy Measurement Solutions Inc., a Texas company formerly known as J-W Measurement Co., today announced it will move forward to open a manufacturing plant here to service its current and potential customer base in the Marcellus and Utica shale oil and gas plays.