Clearfield Businesses and COVID-19 11:18 pm
Local businesses are working to keep their doors open while balancing the struggles brought down by COVID-19. Here is how Business Owners in Clearfield County are coping with these struggles. While COVID-19 has brought it’s challenges, Business Owners we spoke with say they’ve had to adjust, but things are slowly returning back to normal.
Chelsey and Brandon Foradori opened Better Bargains LLC in DuBois right before Christmas. A family run operation, they sell major retail items at a discounted price, from new clothes and shoes to furniture. Despite COVID-19, Brandon Foradori says they’ve received a lot of support. He says the community has been a huge help with sales and some even volunteer their time to help with the store.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania auto dealership has filed preliminary objections in a survival and wrongful death lawsuit brought against it and General Motors, after the plaintiff’s son was burned alive and killed in an accident.
Bonnie Winkler (as the administratrix of the estate of Joseph M. Winkler) of Penfield first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Nov. 23 versus General Motors, LLC of Wilmington, Del. and Kurt Johnson Auto Sales, of DuBois.
“On Dec. 29, 2019, Joseph Winkler was the driver and operator of the Chevy Cruze, which was an automobile designed, developed, manufactured, tested, assembled, and/or distributed by defendant GM. On that date, the Chevy Cruze was traveling south on SR-255 and traveled off the west side of the roadway,” the suit stated.
Mason City window smasher is sentenced
Nicolas Duarte
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 1:31 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
MASON CITY, Iowa – A window-smashing rampage results in probation for a North Iowa man.
Nicolas Lee Duarte, 22, pleaded guilty to 2nd degree criminal mischief for damage done to three businesses on August 9. Court documents state Duarte did over $1,500 in damage when he took a sledgehammer and broke the front window at Casey’s General Store in the 800 block of North Federal Avenue, then smashed several car windows at Mason City Auto Sales in the 600 block and Johnson Auto Sales in the 500 block.
Duarte has now been sentenced to 180 days, or until maximum benefits are achieved, at a residential correctional facility and five years of supervised probation.