Despite pandemic, these new businesses, medical centers and homes are opening in central Pa.
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
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The COVID-19 pandemic might have slowed down business openings and construction but it certainly hasn’t stopped them.
A number of housing developments are planned in Harrisburg, Susquehanna Township, Hampden Township, East Pennsboro Township and throughout the midstate.
And stores including REI Co-op, PaulB Mechanicsburg, Five Below and TJ Maxx are all opening new locations in central Pennsylvania this year.
And three companies have plans to open multiple locations in the region: Shiny Shell CarWash, Xfinity and Pet Supplies Plus.
Other new locations include a childcare center, a hospital, newly built medical offices, a doggie daycare, restaurants, hotels, an indoor trampoline park and more.
By Tom Ponzo
Feb 12, 2021
Meme Price, mother of 8-year-old Kobe, who suffers from a rare form of Leukemia, joins Ian and Jay on Friday to get the word out regarding another donor drive for her son this weekend in Tampa.
Saturday is National Kobe Day, and the family is looking for donors to come to the main entrance of Westshore Plaza between 9 am and 2 pm both Saturday and Sunday to get a cheek swab to see if you are a match for Kobe.
He has not been doing well recently and the family is desperately seeking a kindhearted donor to help give Kobe a chance at living a full life.
Florida boy battling cancer in need of blood stem cell donor
Event to find donor to take place Friday, Saturday
The parents of a Florida boy battling cancer are asking for the publicâs help in finding a life-saving blood stem cell donor.
Posted at 11:11 PM, Feb 11, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-12 17:24:24-05
TAMPA, Fla. â The parents of a Florida boy battling cancer are asking for the publicâs help in finding a life-saving blood stem cell donor.
Jakobe Kobe Washington, 8, was diagnosed with leukemia in August. Heâs receiving treatment at All Childrenâs Hospital in St. Petersburg. Itâs tough to see your kid fighting a fight, and you canât do anything but be there to support him, no control in it at all, said his father Jordan Washington.