Articles by Cassandra Douglas

American Business Resource LLC (ABR), a local company staffed with qualified private investigators, has recently expanded their offered services to cater to a common problem for landlords – judgment recovery. Judgement recovery is often a tricky court settlement since tenants often times will leave without any further notice of address change or updated contact information, leaving the landlord at a standstill for receiving a settlement. “Landlords often end up in situations where they are stiffed, either their tenants don’t pay rent or their bills and the landlord is left to pick up the tab,” Dave Gulish, the company’s founder stated,…

Controversially, a suboxone clinic located on Pershing Street only a few blocks from the hospital has recently opened as an attempt to combat opiate addictions in the area. After the positive results of operating another suboxone clinic at their Bridgeville location, Freedom Healthcare Services was requested to open another clinic for the cause in Ellwood City. Suboxone is an opiate derived alternative to help curve opiate addictions; the idea of the drug is that it allows the user a way of controlling their opiate craving while still allowing them the ability to focus on meeting their treatment goals. Despite the…

After having direct involvement with many reactive attachment disorder (RAD) sufferers – adults and children alike – Shivonne Costa, a local social worker, mother of two adopted children with RAD, and advocate to see social service laws change, is trying to fix misconceptions and share information about the avoidable disorder that she says is becoming increasingly more common. According to PersonalityResearch.org, reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is one of the few disorders listed in the DSM-IV that can be applied to infants. It is a disorder caused by a lack of attachment to any specific caregiver at an early age, and…

To welcome the New Year, we also like to welcome a fresh start – which often includes a “new” version of ourselves. This is where the annual tradition of declaring a New Year’s resolution stems from; a practice that has been adopted by demographics across the globe in which a person makes a promise to do a self-improving act, such as losing weight or to be more giving, beginning on New Year’s Day. “I believe New Year’s resolutions are an opportunity to think about what you do and how you can improve yourself,” Connie MacDonald the Council President stated, furthering…

Many Pennsylvanians long for the option to buy alcohol at grocery stores – an ability that many other states allow. Luckily for those wishful Pennsylvania residents, in the beginning of August the new permit to sell wine to-go became available in Pennsylvania due to the Wolf Administration, and since then the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has been issuing store license approvals across the state. “The Wolf Administration’s goal has always been to improve the customer experience, make pricing more competitive, make the purchase of products more convenient, and bring more revenue into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” as quoted by Governor…