The Cumberland County Board of Commissioner has reached an agreement to sell the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carlisle to a New Jersey company.Commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday to designate Allaire Health Services as the next owner.The closing is expected to be completed by early fall, at a price of $22.2 million.The county still owns the cemetery on the south side of Claremont, as well as the parcel on the east side of Army Heritage Drive.
CARLISLE, Pa.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioner has reached an agreement to sell the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carlisle to a New Jersey company.
Cumberland County opens offices to the public for first time since November
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle, Pa. Cumberland County is opening its facilities to the public as of May 10, 2021.
MARK PYNES, The Patriot-NewsThe Patriot-News
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Some individual departments will still require appointments.
“All Cumberland County government facilities will be open to the public, with or without an appointment, beginning Monday, May 10.
Some departments will continue to operate by appointment only. Residents should check the county website to ensure appointment availability for those offices. Government facilities are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. The county had been operating by appointment only since Nov. 25, 2020.”
Cumberland County down to 1 company for potential sale of nursing home
Updated 2:54 PM;
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One potential buyer for the nursing home owned by Cumberland County has dropped out of discussions, but commissioners are now negotiating with another company for the sale of the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Transitions Healthcare, with whom county commissioners had been negotiating the transaction, has withdrawn from the process, county officials announced today.
Cumberland County will now begin negotiations with Allaire Health Services of Lakewood, New Jersey.
Allaire was one of two prospective companies designated as finalists in the vetting process commissioners started in the fall for the potential sale of Claremont.
Debate over possible sale of Cumberland County’s nursing home remains hot as foes renew call for pause
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
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The battle over whether Cumberland County commissioners should sell the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center doesn’t seem to be cooling down at all.
That was evident Monday morning when the commissioners again heard multiple pleas to call off the sale investigation indefinitely, or at least defer it until the COVID-19 pandemic passes.
Those requests came during a meeting during at county officials cited the county-owned nursing home’s financial losses and ongoing difficulty in recruiting and retaining staff. The highlighted a nearly $1 million decline in the home’s find balance over the past year. The possibility that federal authorities will require $500,000 to $900,000 in fire safety to be made at the facility also was mentioned.