| Police say hospital doesn't release student information
At a party, when a drunken Lehigh student fell down the stairs and cut himself on the bottle he was carrying, the bleeding on his arm would not stop. After deciding the student needed to go to the hospital, a student living in the house, who spoke on terms of anonymity, put the injured student in the car and started driving.
But the driver did not take the injured student to St. Lukes Hospital, a closer and more accessible hospital, because he thought the student would be more likely to get in trouble.
Its been my experience since freshmen year that kids who are taken to St. Lukes for alcohol are automatically notified to Lehigh, he said, and then they go to ARD, and have to de-pledge and everything that goes along with that.
Instead, he drove the injured student to Lehigh Valley Hospital, a hospital that he said wouldnt get his friend in trouble.
Williamstown
WILLIAMSTOWN The town will choose between high-end condominiums built by a local developer and a senior assisted-living facility proposed by a Kansas group for the future development of the former Photech site on Cole Avenue. Scarafoni Associates of North Adams proposes building 16 condos in what is left standing of the former mill along the Hoosic River. The Eby Group of Kansas wants to level the site and build one of its national network of Bickford Cottage centers, providing 46 living units for seniors. Selectmen's meeting set Representatives for the two proposals have been invited to attend next week's Selectmen's meeting to discuss their proposals. The group will meet Monday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. Scarafoni has proposed building one- and two-bedroom units in the building under the name Station Mill Condominiums.
Ventas to acquire Canadian REIT for $1.8 billion
Sunrise REIT (TSX: SZR.UN) owns 74 senior-living communities -- 11 in Canada and 63 in the United States -- in metropolitan areas of California, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Colorado, and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, according to a news release. .
Shy, generous neighbor hid wealth with thrift
CHICAGO - Joanie Schwarzbeck had been Herb Linneweh's friend and next-door neighbor for 18 years, but it wasn't until he died that she ventured beyond the living room of his Mt. Prospect home. Linneweh, who passed away in March at 72, was a shy retired janitor with few acquaintances and even fewer visitors. He had asked Schwarzbeck to manage his affairs, and so after his funeral, she arrived to clean out his small, pin-neat ranch house. That's when she found the envelopes. Dozens of them were stashed in dresser drawers, on the shelves of a linen closet, inside a Fannie May candy box. Every one was stuffed with cash. "It was a little over $100,000," said Schwarzbeck. "I had no idea he had that kind of money in his house - none." The currency was just part of a $700,000 estate assembled by Linneweh, a man too frugal to rent a movie or throw out a tattered shirt.
'House dog' is big hit at senior home
When the folks at Sunrise at Annapolis Senior Living wanted a new "house dog" for the 90 residents, they called the Animal Resource Foundation in Chester. ARF and its executive director Susan Beall recently were featured in a story in The Capital that caught the eye of Lynn Norton, Sunrise's activity and volunteer coordinator. Ms. Norton visited ARF's center at Kent Narrows. That's when she met Bentley, a 3-year-old yellow Lab with an incredibly mellow demeanor. It was love at first sight. The house dog is a Sunrise "signature" amenity, proving warmth, unconditional love and affection for all of the residents. The house dog literally has "the run of the house," and is cared for by residents and staff members as part of the daily routine. "It takes a special dog to be everybody's dog," said Lauren Roane, ARF event coordinator, who introduced Bentley to the residents and the staff at a special reception on Monday.
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