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ORA Announces Retirement & New Hire at VP Post


The Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism announces the retirement of Executive Vice President Daniel Twombly and hiring of Debra Sobina for the same position. Twombly served as the Executive Vice President of the ORA for the last seventeen years, focusing on the organization’s finances and managing the rehabilitation of the Downs Building Read More…

Our Library Does That?!


A Series with Natalie Cubbon, Projects Coordinator for the Oil Region Library Association Oil Region libraries have made significant efforts to diversify borrowable collections in order to fulfill more community needs. We have moved way beyond providing just books; instead we look to provide all types of resources people may need, like household tools & Read More…

Jill Foys Named State Association Chair


Executive Director of the Northwest Commission, Jill Foys, was recently elected Chair of the Local Development District Association of Pennsylvania (LDDAP). The Association represents the commonwealth’s 52 Appalachian counties that are served by seven Local Development Districts (LDDs). The LDDs are the local partners of the Appalachian Regional Commission created in 1965 and governed by Read More…

VCAB Purchases New Van


The Venango County Association for the Blind averages approximately 26,000 miles a year taking people from Clarion, Venango, and Forest counties to medical appointments, social service appointments, pharmacies, delivering grocery items, and more. Thanks to their supporters, they were able to purchase a new 2022 Chrysler Voyager from Mobility Works in Monroeville. “Approximately 34% of Read More…