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VIA Donates $50K To Bright Path Center In Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN, PA — The Village Improvement Association of Doylestown (VIA) this week presented a check for $50,000 to the Lenape Valley Foundation to support the construction of Bright Path Center, a new standalone behavioral health crisis stabilization center slated to open in 2026.

“This gift from the VIA is a powerful investment in the health and well-being of our community,” said Dave Herold, Chief Executive Officer of Lenape Valley Foundation. “Bright Path Center will be a safe and welcoming place for people experiencing behavioral health challenges. Thanks to the VIA’s generosity, we are one step closer to making this vital resource a reality for the residents of Bucks County.”

Located on the grounds of but separate from Doylestown Hospital, Bright Path Center will unite an array of behavioral health crisis services under one roof to deliver acute, trauma-informed, person-centered behavioral health care in a calming environment. The donation from the VIA – part of its new REACH initiative to facilitate mental well-being in Bucks County – will help support the final phases of the center’s construction.

From left: Jessica Bollard, Linda King, Sara Moyer, Lillian O’Connor, LVF Chief Operating Officer Kris Thompson, LVF board chair Rob Hutchison, LVF CEO Dave Herold, VIA board president Kathleen Krick, Sheri Putnam, Chanin Walsh, Amy Tielemans, Helen Hammes, Carol Counihan, Pauline O’Brien, Patricia Urban. (Photo by Jamie Kassa)

“Helping make Bright Path Center a reality aligns perfectly with the VIA’s renewed focus on creating proactive pathways to mental well–being in our community,” said Kathleen Krick, President of the Village Improvement Association of Doylestown. “We are proud to contribute to a project that will increase access to and raise awareness of behavioral health resources in our community.”

Founded in 1895 by a group of civic-minded women, the VIA focused on improving public health and addressing…

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Mixer sheds light on TidalHealth Nanticoke robotics

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SEAFORD — The world of robotics has come to TidalHealth.

And, on Oct. 22, the surgical-assisting equipment was put on display, with TidalHealth Nanticoke president Penny Short labeling it the future of medical care.

“It’s an important revolution,” she said. “That innovation is what I think is going to lead health care in the future.”

During a combined mixer facilitated by the Western Sussex and Greater Georgetown chambers of commerce, attendees visited the hospital’s lobby, where four mobile robots were stationed for demonstrations.

Some tested their skill at the controls of the da Vinci, a robotic surgical system that uses a minimally invasive approach in a variety of procedures.

Additionally, Dr. William Doran shared information about the Mako equipment used primarily in orthopedic cases, notably hip and knee replacements.

Its 3D imaging software permits surgeons to intricately remove a joint to within submillimeters of accuracy, providing a custom fit.

“You can get a very good outcome using a traditional method. However, some of the variants can lead towards failed components,” said Dr. Doran, who oversees Nanticoke’s orthopedics robotics. “By using the technology here, … we are able to get a very positive outcome, a faster recovery, and we don’t have to dissect certain levels.”

Dr. Doran pioneered this technology for hip and knee replacements on Delmarva. In early 2024, he performed his 1,000th Mako procedure, the first surgeon in Delaware to reach the milestone.

“I am actually approaching my 2,000th robotic joint replacement here not too long from now,” he added.

TidalHealth Nanticoke’s other robotics include Ion robotic bronchoscopy, which allows surgeons to biopsy, diagnose and manage lung cancer. There’s also aquablation, a heat-free surgical procedure to treat an enlarged prostate utilizing a high-powered water stream to remove excess tissue.

Thoracic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wehberg leads the department of surgery at Nanticoke and is one of…

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ODNR offers discount for U.S. active-duty military members & veterans in November

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website.

COLUMBUS – During the month of November, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is offering members of the U.S. military a 30-percent discount off camping reservations, getaway rentals, state-operated cabins, or resort lodge stays.

The discount from ODNR, in cooperation with U.S. Hotels, applies to both active duty and veterans.

“It is an honor to support the men and women who are and have proudly served our country,” said ODNR Director Mary Mertz. “This is a great way for these heroes to make amazing memories with their families and friends at our award-winning state parks.”

ODNR is offering discounts to members of the U.S. military on camping reservations, getaway rentals, state-operated cabins and resort lodge stays. Credit: Ohio Department of Natural Resources

To check availability or to make a reservation for state-operated camping, cabins, and other facilities, visit reserveohio.com. Use the promo code “VETERAN25” to receive the 30% discount.

This offer is subject to availability and applies to new reservations at open campgrounds, as well as new cabin reservations at Buck Creek, Cowan Lake, Dillon, Lake Hope, Malabar Farm, Mohican, Pike Lake, and Pymatuning state parks.

Great Ohio Lodges, a division of U.S. Hotels, will also offer a 30% discount to all veterans and active-duty military personnel throughout November on lodge rooms and select cabins at their nine properties (Burr Oak Lodge, Deer Creek Lodge, Hocking Hills Lodge, Hueston Woods Lodge, Maumee Bay Lodge, Mohican Lodge, Punderson Manor Lodge, Salt Fork Lodge, and Shawnee Lodge).

To check availability or make a reservation, visit greatohiolodges.com, select the park you are interested in, and use promo code “VETERAN25” when making a reservation online or call the Great Ohio…

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Who Cleans Up After Ford?

The tri-state area was originally home to the Lenape Nation, which stretched across New York City, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey, and extended into regions of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

The Ramapough Lenape people have been pushed into lands that are unlivable. The three clans, Turtle, Deer, and Wolf clans, now live within a seven-mile radius around the Ramapough Pass within Rockland County, New York, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Their water and soil are contaminated with heavy metals. Ramapough natives have brought this to the local governments, and they are failing to listen. The New York University Grossman School of Medicine has continued to collaborate with the Lenape community over the past twelve years to support their flourishing.

“When they listen, when they hear us, they need to put aside their feelings,” said Patricia Osterhoudt (Deer Clan)  about the local lawmakers.

The Ramapough Nation has been denied federal recognition twice, despite being recognized by the state of New Jersey. This has made it increasingly difficult for them to negotiate with the local and federal governments. Their soil is contaminated with lead and mercury. Lead was not regulated in the United States until the 1960s and 1970s. The use of lead paint in car production wasn’t regulated until the end of the 1970s. Chief Mann (Turtle Clan) had a legal dispute with Ford Motor Co. in 2009 due to decades of toxic metals and waste being dumped near their homes. This resulted in a $10 million settlement for approximately 600 people from Upper Ringwood, many of whom were members of the Ramapough Lenape Nation. Despite the settlements, they continue to live in unsafe conditions.

Upper Ringwood, New Jersey, is facing the same chronic health issues due to its proximity to the Superfund site. Even when people leave Ramapough country, they are…

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Things to do in Connecticut this November: Jonas Brothers perform and ‘Hamilton’ on stage

This month Playboi Carti, Jonas Brothers, Diana Ross and others are making tour stops in Connecticut. Also, Jimmy Cash and Greg Stone will be bringing the laughs to the Nutmeg State. And for those looking for some family entertainment, there is a production of “Hamilton”, “Sesame Street Live,” and Ninja Kidz Live. Connecticut residents can also get in the holiday spirit with the New England Christmas Festival at Mohegan Sun.

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Diana Ross performs during the last show of the Stern Grove Festival season at Stern Grove on August 17, 2025, in San Francisco, California. (Steve Jennings/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Diana Ross performs during the last show of the Stern Grove Festival season at Stern Grove on August 17, 2025, in San Francisco, California. (Steve Jennings/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Nov. 1

DIANA ROSS

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” singer and icon Diana Ross will perform Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Foxwoods Premier Theater. Tickets start at $69.35.

Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket. Ticketmaster.com

Nov. 8 

Playboi Carti performs during The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 21, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Prince Williams/WireImage/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Playboi Carti performs during The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 21, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Prince Williams/WireImage/Courtesy of Getty Images)

PLAYBOI CARTI  
 
“Magnolia” rapper Playboi Carti will perform Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at the PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford. Tickets start at $104.95.

PeoplesBank Arena, One Civic Center Plaza, Hartford. Ticketmaster.com

Nov. 8

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Hall set to speak at Native American Day celebration

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When Nanticoke Tribal Historian Bonnie Hall addresses guests at Native American Day on Saturday, Nov. 1, she will offer an overview of the history of the Nanticoke tribe, as well as giving an update about renovations to the Nanticoke Indian Center and Nanticoke Indian Museum, where Native American Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day.

Admission to both the event and the museum will be free on Native American Day.

There will be storytelling by Ragghi Rain, as well as Native traditional dancing, drumming, singing and flute performances. Vendors will sell Indian fry bread, Indian tacos, succotash, T-shirts, hats, books, memorabilia and a book about the Nanticoke language, “Once It Has Been Spoken … It Cannot be Unspoken.”

Hall will be presenting “The Nanticokes Lasting Legacy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” and said she will remind those attending “of the importance of celebrating the diversity of a folks.”

“Since the Nanticokes are considered the First People of the First State, it’s important to understand about the Nanticoke tribe and how we have persisted over time, how we have had to be very resilient and have had to go along with changes that have taken place, how we have worked hard to keep our elders and our youth engaged and to keep our life ways and our culture alive and well.

“We work very hard to preserve that. We have so many people who are moving here to Delaware. No matter where you go, there’s a new development going up. Some of the people who are new here don’t even realize we are even here, so these presentations are so important to educate folks and teach them who we are,” Hall told the Coastal Point.

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This Week in DPPA: 24

UNAMI hosts Skills Fair to support staff career transitions

Ahead of the end of UNAMI mandate in December, the Mission’s Training Unit organized on 27 October the UN in Iraq Skills Fair 2025 to support staff transition and career development. SRSG Mohamed Al Hassan underscored that the initiative was “about empowerment and transitioning with dignity,” highlighting collaboration with government, private sector, and UN partners to help staff transfer their expertise into Iraq’s long-term growth. 

UNAMI promotes freedom of expression in Kurdistan Region

On 26 October, UNAMI’s Human Rights Office organized a dialogue on “Promoting Freedom of Expression and the Protection of Journalists in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.” The event gathered journalists, media organizations, and the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate to discuss challenges to press freedom and collective strategies to safeguard journalists and strengthen respect for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

Iraqi officials strengthen capacity for human rights training

From 26 to 30 October, the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre, in partnership with UNAMI, OHCHR, the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights and the Ministry of Oil, organized a Training of Trainers workshop in Doha, Qatar, on “Designing, Managing and Delivering Human Rights Training.” Eighteen officials from the Ministry’s human rights units participated, learning to apply OHCHR’s From Planning to Impact methodology. The training introduced techniques for facilitation, participatory presentation, training needs assessment, adult learning and evaluation. It aimed to strengthen participants’ ability to design and deliver effective, inclusive human rights training within their institutions, contributing to a stronger culture of human…

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DNR, tribal nations expand manoomin restoration

LANSING — Building on longstanding partnerships with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is increasing efforts to restore native wild rice, or manoomin, across the Upper Peninsula and beyond — part of a broader, statewide movement among Michigan’s tribal nations to revive the sacred “food that grows on the water.”

The DNR’s Wildlife Division has worked with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for more than a decade to seed thousands of pounds of manoomin in western U.P. waters and recently expanded projects to the east. This year, the DNR finalized a seeding agreement with the Bay Mills Indian Community and is working toward a similar agreement with the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, according to the department.

Fifty-eight participants from multiple state departments attended a two-day August manoomin camp at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center in Roscommon, the DNR reported. Tribal instructors from Bay Mills, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, the Cree Nation and the Gun Lake Tribe led sessions on ceremony, harvesting tools, seed care and processing.

“The goal of the camp was to raise awareness of the ecological importance of manoomin on the landscape, as well as the cultural and spiritual significance of wild rice,” said organizer Bill Scullon, a U.P.-based field operations manager for the DNR’s Wildlife Division. “We want to work with our tribal partners whenever we can.”

Manoomin — Ojibwe for “the good berry” — is a native aquatic grass that thrives in shallow, slow-moving waters, provides energy-rich food for migrating waterfowl and remains central to Anishinaabe culture and food sovereignty.

“With the continued decline of wild rice across many of our lakes and rivers, I often reflect on the teaching, ‘If we don’t use it, we lose it,’” said Kathleen Smith of…

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All-Sussex band and chorus plan 50th concert

The All- Sussex County Band and Chorus will present its 50th concert on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7 pm at High Point Regional High School. 299 Pidgeon Hill Rd., Sussex.

This is a cooperative effort of the music teachers from Sparta, High Point, Kittatinny, Vernon, Walkill Valley, Lenape Valley, Pope John, Newton and West Milford.

In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the Sussex County Music Educators Association (SCMEA) has commissioned a choral piece and a band piece to be premiered at the concert.

Stephanie Leotsakos, a Sparta High School graduate, who is currently finishing her doctorate in composition at Rutgers University, composed “Children Are the Spirit of the World.” a poignant reminder that we are all children of the Earth, sharing a responsibility to honor, nurture, and care for all life. It opens with the chorus imitating nature sounds in a unique way.

Leotsakos writes, “My dream of hearing the text of this poem brought to life by a generation of young voices has now come true thanks to Sussex County’s 2025 All-County Choir.”

Rossano Gallante, a well-known composer for films and Wind Ensemble, has composed a piece called “The Crystalized Skylands.” He and Leotsakos will be spending time with this years’ honors ensembles, sharing their vision for the music during the rehearsal process, and attending the concert.

The ensembles will be conducted by 2 esteemed colleagues of the SCMEA, Lucille Kincaid and Dr. Deborah Gianuzzi.

This will be the 3rd time that Lucille Kincaid has been invited to conduct the All-Sussex County Chorus. This former Sparta music teacher and All-State choral conductor is enjoying reconnecting with old friends.

“Music always ties people together, no matter how far away they are from each other,” she said.

Gianuzzi, who recently retired from Sparta High School Music, and who currently teaches at…

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