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This month marks the start of Geisinger's new visitation policy that includes, no visitors. Visitors are allowed to see patients and enter facilities under special circumstances only. The company stated, that this is to help keep patients safe, as COVID-19 cases increase in the area and within local hospitals. Geisinger is offering ways to accommodate family members allowing communications with loved ones while in the facilities. Such as, providing families with iPads. Family members are encouraged to contact the hospital to find out more information. Geisinger Clinics and Outpatient

Berwick Area Bloomsburg Area

We will be having our Halloween parade this year with some modifications. Please use your head with safety protocols. There will no inside activities this year. We will be handing out bags of candy and throwing candy from the apparatus during the parade. Parade forms at 6 and moves at 6:30. Rain date is the 28th. Judging of costumes is a possibility at this point either outside or in the engine bay. Visit their Facebook event for more details.

A safe, socially distant, and FUN alternative for Halloween 2020! Featuring a drive-thru reverse Halloween parade, a virtual costume party, yummy treats, food trucks, and two drive-in Halloween movies - the first at 6:30pm will be Hocus Pocus (PG, 1hr 36mins) followed by Beetlejuice at 9:00 pm (PG, 1hr 33mins). The suggested donation is $5 per car (though you are welcome to give more!). Proceeds will benefit participating nonprofits in their ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts. The event starts with a reverse Halloween parade at 4pm. Cars will drive around the Bloomsburg Fair Ground

Food on site will be Catering for You. Menu: Sausage with peppers and onions, Mac and cheese Chili, Chili Dogs,chili chips with cheese,hot dogs and soft pretzel's. Bring your furry pets dressed up and they will get a treat! Visit their Facebook event for more details.

Join us for our annual Trunk-R-Treat event. We will have 15+ candy & toy stops and 3 hand sanitizer stations set up in out parking lot. Our volunteers who are handing out goodies will be wearing face coverings and gloves. Groups will be spaced 8+ feet apart and masks are encouraged for all. Stahl's Smokehouse food truck will be here as well, so come early (beginning at 5pm) and have dinner. Visit their Facebook event for more details.

At Summerhill Fire Co

May's Family Restaurant annual Trunk or Treat! This free event to the community will offer a fun, safe environment for kids to trick or treat. Join us for caramel apples, sno-cones, trunks full of candy, and so much more! View Their FB Event for most updated information.

On Wednesday, Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education stated that the board unanimously agreed to continue working on plans to combine some higher education schools. The two possible mergers Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield and/or California, Clarion, and Edinboro. A merger between the set of schools would result in them operating under a single accredited entity and a single leadership team. The board provided a press release that stated the next step of the process would be presenting a plan to the board by April 2021. That would mean a merger could go into effect and ha

Commonwealth Health has sold off Berwick Hospital to Fayette Holdings, in a move that is expected to change ownership of the hospital by the end of the year. Berwick Hospital was owned by Commonwealth Health, who owns numerous local hospital (e.g. Wilkes Barre General) and stated that the hospital will be completely independent from Commonwealth Health once the new ownership takes place. Information is limited about the sale at this time, but from reports like The Times Leader, it sounds like the employee union is working well with the sale and there is no mention of any positions being

The Benton Volunteer Fire Company will be hosting a breakfast fundraiser this upcoming Sunday, but it will be slightly different then normal thanks to the current pandemic. In order to help keep people protected, the breakfast will be served on platters (instead of buffet style line) and volunteers will be around to help ensure you can enjoy all the cakes you can eat. Drinks will also be served in individual containers instead of the normal dispensers and seating will be spaced to allow more social distancing. According to the fire company's Facebook event, the breakfast will cost $9 pe

From Fire Company's Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/1yzvgf6et