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Happy birthday Joshua Terrence Lord!

DALLAS TWP.&#8211; The health care management program and the Health Care Management Association at Misericordia University are collaborating with The Advocacy Alliance of Scranton to provide information and help for people who need assistance navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace for the new year. There will be a free community education event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in McAuley Hall on the Misericordia University campus.Open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace begins Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 15 for anyone who needs to enroll, re-enroll or change their insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act. Medical coverage can begin as soon as Jan. 1, 2017 by signing up for insurance.For more information about the free community education event call Dr. Petrilla 570-674-1764. Log on to www.misericordia.edu/business and click on health care management.SHICKSHINNY - A community blood drive will be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Masonic Sylvania Lodge 354, 249 Trailing Pine Road, meeting room. For appointments, call 570-733-2767, or redcrossblood.org. Call 1-800-733-2767 and use the keyword - Shickshinny when asked; or visit redcrossblood.org, sponsor Keyword - Shickshinny. Walk-ins all ways welcome.

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