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Volunteers Michael and Anthony Guerrera pour concrete for a post that will house a donated bench in Vandergrift’s Kennedy Park on Monday.
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
Vandals have consistently littered and tampered with various areas of fencing at the baseball field at Vandergrift’s Kennedy Park.
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
The skate park at Kennedy Park in Vandergrift remains closed but borough officials are planning to reopen the area soon under around-the-clock video surveillance.
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
The basketball courts at Kennedy Park in Vandergrift will soon be under around-the-clock video surveillance, monitored by borough police.
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
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Jerry and Tracy Flanagan of Berwyn are celebrating 10 years of helping veterans become franchise owners with JDog Brands. (JDog Brands)
BERWYN, PA A Berwyn couple is looking back on 10 years of helping veterans get into business for themselves, and looking ahead to lower veteran unemployment in the decade ahead.
Jerry and Tracy Flanagan founded JDog Brands as their own junk removal business in 2011. They hired veterans and later franchised the JDog Junk Removal business. Today, JDog Brands is both JDog Junk Removal and Hauling and JDog Carpet Cleaning and Floor Care.
Tracy Flanagan said that 90 percent of the 250 franchised JDog businesses around the country are owned by military veterans, the other 10 percent by military families. With headquarters in Berwyn, JDog Brands represents a business opportunity for veterans, but it s more than that; it s also a place of belonging for veterans who sometimes feel displaced in the world of post-military employment.
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Despite the wide variety of residential flooring products now available laminate, bamboo, tile, vinyl, wood, stone, and cork carpeting remains extremely popular. In fact, the carpet industry in the U.S. accounts for about 51 percent of the total flooring market, which created over $10 billion in revenue in 2019 alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
One reason that people love carpeting besides its warmth and softness is that it requires less maintenance and upkeep than hard-surface floors. Frequent vacuuming and an occasional deep-clean scrubbing is typically all that’s required to keep carpeting looking new and fresh.