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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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BPT LaQuilla Harris, a devoted mother, grandmother and retired property manager, led a healthy and active lifestyle for many years before her world gradually began to turn upside down. Over the course of a decade, LaQuilla began to struggle with weight loss, insomnia, and debilitating anxiety and irritability. She was also experiencing dry, bulging eyes…

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BPTBy Andréa Backman, President of Strayer University You’ve probably heard a lot about “the skills gap”-the disparity between the skills an employer expects their employees to have and an employee’s actual skills-and perhaps you even feel that you lack certain skills to advance in your own career. The skills in demand by the workforce continue…

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Family Features Birth defects, structural changes†that†affect one or more parts of the body, are the leading cause of infant mortality. A baby is born with a birth defect every 4.5 minutes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Birth defects most often develop during the first three months of pregnancy, when…

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Family Features In the spirit of Black History Month, and this month as Minority Health Awareness Month, you can empower yourself, educate others and elevate your community’s heart health by becoming a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator) champion. Sharing the importance of these life-saving skills can help create a healthier future for…

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Culinary.net If you’ve ever taken a bite of something and the only word that came to mind was “yum,” you know what it’s like to experience this dessert. It’s fluffy, sweet, perfectly crumbly and tastes delicious. It’s rich but light. It’s a dessert that will likely never go out of style. You can stop guessing…

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HARRISBURG, Pa. -– The Shapiro administration has implemented a new program from the U.S. Department of Education that allows eligible college students in Pennsylvania and across the country to use Federal Work Study (FWS) funding to work in get-out-the-vote activities, election offices, polling places, and other nonpartisan civic engagement employment opportunities. Secretary of the Commonwealth…

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ABOVE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) stands for a portrait overlooking the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of whether Israel’s war…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This combination of photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and then-former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. Twelve news organizations issued a joint statement calling on the presumptive presidential nominees President Biden and former President Trump to agree to debates during the 2024…

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