Erie's refugees and immigrants could soon have shorter wait times to see a primary-care doctor Multi-Cultural Health Evaluation Delivery System is opening a third medical office to handle the needs of the area's growing New American population and its providers will start seeing patients Nov 4 and the day after that I called a real estate agent to see about a third office," said Alivia Haibach "We simply didn't have enough space to see all the patients we needed to see." MHEDS is a federally qualified health center that is also the region's official provider of refugee health screenings As the number of immigrants and refugees relocated to Erie has risen in recent years were no longer enough to handle the demand "We literally didn't have the space for additional health-care providers who could reduce patients' wait times," Haibach said "We see about 900 patients a month and once we open the new location we will be able to see about 1,400 a month." that means patients who call MHEDS for an appointment would be seen that same day Most patients currently are seen within 30 days a chiropractor and a front office worker for the new facility MHEDS chose Parade Street after talking with East Side RenaissanceMHEDS was looking at several potential locations for the new office when they started talking with members of the East Side Renaissance a plan for investment in the real estate and people of Erie's east side "Having MHEDS in this location is a game changer," said Matt Harris once of the East Side Renaissance's founders and a former Pennsylvania State Trooper who created "Character: Be About it," a crime-prevention program "It will help alleviate the pressure on the (Erie) emergency rooms by having a medical office people in that neighborhood can walk to." The new facility had been used for storage by its owner MHEDS is renting the building and has put $50,000 worth of renovations into it Laboratory services might be relocated there from the JFK office The new office will focus at first on the initial health screenings that are required for refugees A second MHEDS office could open on Parade Street in 2025 MHEDS is talking about renting the property at 910-912 Parade St we could add specialty services not currently provided by MHEDS," Haibach said We need to see what funding is available." Contact David Bruce at dbruce@timesnews.com. Follow him on X @ETNBruce You are using an outdated browser. 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Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Pennsylvania LLC | https://www.timesobserver.com | PO Box 188 deputy radiologist-in-chief and nuclear medicine physician at University Health Network stands next to the door leading to an MRI machine at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto on March 26.EDUARDO LIMA/The Globe and Mail The last type of chemotherapy that David Easton tried in his five-year fight against prostate cancer left him living a life that was really no life at all The retired Ontario autoworker slept 20 hours a day His little time awake was spent hunched on or over the toilet at his home in Ayton a small community about two hours northwest of Toronto decided in February of 2024 that he would stop chemotherapy even though he had exhausted all other treatments and very much wanted to live Easton was presented with a new option: a radioactive drug delivered by IV that would target his cancer and spare his healthy cells “The nurse said that chemo was like being hit with a sledgehammer,” Ms “and this stuff is like being tickled with a feather.” The only catch was that the 73-year-old would have to limit time with his wife and grandchildren for a few days after the drug was injected into his bloodstream because he would be radioactive Easton received at London Health Sciences Centre on March 20 is called Pluvicto and it is part of a new class of treatments that proponents predict will soon be a fourth pillar of cancer care simply because otherwise we get our hopes really high and I don’t want them all dashed,” said Katherine Zukotynski a professor of radiology and nuclear medicine at McMaster University Clinical trials for Pluvicto found it increased survival by about half a year but researchers hope it will extend life further if used earlier in the course of the disease Promising trials are already under way globally testing radiopharmaceuticals for cancers of the breast a nuclear medicine physician and deputy radiologist-in-chief at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging that serves the University Health Network and several other hospitals in Toronto Veit-Haibach and his colleague Rebecca Wong a radiation oncologist and clinician scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre will be co-leading the new Silber Family Theranostics Centre at Princess Margaret Pluvicto belongs to a category often referred to as theranostics Pluvicto uses what are known as targeting molecules which are injected into patients’ bloodstreams during cancer-detecting PET scans and then later during the cancer-killing treatment itself The molecules are essentially a delivery system for medical isotopes a particular isotope is fastened to a molecule aimed at prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) a protein that is found on the exterior of many prostate cancer cells If a PET scan lights up in a way that suggests a patient would be a good candidate for Pluvicto the isotope is swapped out for Lutetium-177 another isotope that either kills the PSMA-positive cancer cells or stops them from multiplying Pluvicto is one of two modern radiopharmaceuticals to recently be approved for use in Canada a rare type that arises in neuroendocrine cells which are similar to nerve cells but also make hormones Some of the raw isotopes used to make the drugs come from Ontario’s Bruce nuclear power plant Ontario announced in January that it was the first province to publicly fund Pluvicto for a certain type of prostate cancer after the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis hammered out a confidential pricing deal with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) the group that negotiates drug prices on behalf of the provincial Alberta and Saskatchewan have since followed suit and other jurisdictions are expected to join them Every jurisdiction other than PEI and the territories already covers Lutathera for neuroendocrine cancer London Health Sciences Centre was the first hospital in the country to deliver a publicly funded dose of Pluvicto in late December has already treated more than 50 prostate cancer patients with the drug and 136 with Lutathera the radiopharmaceutical for neuroendocrine cancer Some received the drugs during clinical trials “If it already works so well in these two examples,” Dr Wong said of prostate and neuroendocrine cancer “and if you can combine it with other treatments then we can potentially achieve what we can’t achieve right now there are challenges and shortcomings associated with radiopharmaceuticals a common issue with cutting-edge cancer treatments The list price for Pluvicto is $27,000 a dose head of communications and patient advocacy for Novartis Canada deals with the pCPA mean government drug plans are paying lower prices for both drugs but how much lower isn’t publicly available the organization that advises Ottawa and the provinces and territories on whether they should pay for new drugs it concluded that the price would have to be slashed by 92 per cent to be considered cost effective (or by 82 per cent if it were to achieve parity with a chemotherapy drug commonly given to men whose prostate cancer has progressed) The other issue is that Pluvicto and Lutathera are not cures Clinical trials for Pluvicto found it increased progression-free survival and overall survival by six to eight months Wong and others working in theranostics say the meaningfulness of those extra months shouldn’t be underestimated ‘I just want more time with my family,’ ” said David Laidley a molecular imaging and theranostics physician at London Health Sciences It has been heartening and emotional to offer a new type of treatment to men with advanced prostate cancer who were preparing to die Easton and his wife could hardly believe how much better he felt taking Pluvicto compared to chemotherapy Doctors had warned him of dry mouth and pain in his back where the cancer had spread Easton is hopeful the new treatment will give him more healthy days with his six grandchildren and his first 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For more information on our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines and our Terms and Conditions Sharon Eblacker and James Haibach have been rehabbing their 1760 place since 2018 Samuel Lombard might never have built his 1760 Cape in West Bath had it not been for his skating prowess Lombard and six other local farmers were abducted by Norridgewock Indians in 1751 and brought to Canada While attending an “ice carnival” with his captors which he used to flee down the Saint Lawrence River taking a bullet to the thigh in the process How do you make that up?” says Sharon Eblacker who purchased the Lombard House with her partner They’ve been rehabbing the place ever since Worrying that future renovators might look askance at their DIY handiwork in the primary bath they left a note on the framing beneath the tub: “Sorry The Lombard property was originally a 125-acre farm was a doctor and midwife who made house calls on horseback.) Today raise chickens and grow flowers and vegetables on 1.4 acres and crafts at a farm stand in the front yard The mudroom incorporates a flower-arranging station with a vintage refrigerator and I try to make them cohesive with color,” she says the couple can often be found in the sunroom whose gray-and-white checkerboard floor Eblacker repainted with larger squares in colors that conjure a field of daisies The hammock is a good spot to read and listen for predators that lurk around their chickens who narrowly escaped a run-in with a wild canine.) Right now the room is filled with furniture the couple is collecting for the circa 1800s Norway schoolhouse they’re renovating and plan to rent out “I want to save all the old houses,” Eblacker says To create an English Country vibe on a budget the couple installed butcher-block countertops on existing cabinets and on a florist’s workbench that serves as an island and open shelving edged with fabric trim Eblacker steeped in tea to impart an aged look Ceiling medallions and cherry-red spray paint dress up Amazon light fixtures and a red-checked curtain conceals a clashing black dishwasher “It’s not the most practical thing,” Eblacker says A Christina’s World poster, which Eblacker coated in Mod Podge to take the sheen off and placed in an antique frame, reads like a painting and distills the room’s earthy palette. The table was another project: the couple assembled it with planks from Gardiner’s Barn Boards & More and vintage legs found on eBay Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Christopher Mitchell Funeral Homes - ALBION Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Is Richard Haibach finally getting his revenge on the CBI their investigation zeroes in on the secretive photographer Spring TV Preview: Where we left off with returning shows Now it's two years later and the CBI has been disbanded but someone's been murdering former agents left and right In this exclusive clip from Sunday's episode Haibach seems to have a disturbing amount of knowledge about the circumstances surrounding Van Pelt's kidnapping - and he's certainly less than thrilled to be back in the company of Jane and Lisbon The Mentalist airs Sundays at 10/9c on CBS (Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.) View original The Mentalist Exclusive: What Does Richard Haibach Know About Van Pelt's Kidnapping? at TVGuide.com daughter of James and Linda Caputo of Erie son of Harold and Laurie Haibach and Darlene Haibach Patrick Catholic Church with a reception to follow at the Masonic Temple Lindsay is a 2005 graduate of McDowell High School and a 2009 graduate of Gannon University where she received her bachelor's degree in nursing She formerly worked in the ED at UPMC Hamot and is currently in the ED at DCH in Tuscaloosa Jeremy is a 2002 graduate of Fort LeBoeuf High School and a 2006 graduate of Penn State University as a plastics engineer He is currently attending the University of Alabama for Aerospace engineering [Warning: This article contains major spoilers from Sunday's episode of The Mentalist Wayne Rigsby and Grace Van Pelt have left the building - for good Sunday's episode of The Mentalist marked a harrowing farewell to the characters played by Owain Yeoman and Amanda Righetti who have been series regulars since the CBS drama debuted in 2008 "I feel very satisfied that we gave the characters the conclusion that we did," Yeoman tells TVGuide.com "We chose both the most satisfying but also the most practical way of ending their characters." Sunday's Mentalist will be Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti's last who unfortunately presents an airtight alibi for his whereabouts at the time of the kidnapping While Rigsby, Jane & Co. are investigating, Van Pelt has managed to escape and hitch a ride with a passing motorist who agrees to bring her to a cabin so she can call the FBI. (First red flag: This woman doesn't have a working cell phone?) Turns out, the woman is none other than Haibach's sister, Hazel (Lisa Darr) who had been spying on Van Pelt and caught her trying to escape After getting nowhere with bureaucratic channels Jane and Rigsby decide to take matters into their own hands and basically kidnap Richard Haibach to confront him While they're arguing about whether or not to shoot him (a desperate Rigsby wants to; Jane tries to talk him down) Haibach manages to turn the tables and brings Jane and Rigsby at gunpoint to the same location where Hazel is holding Van Pelt that whole scenario is part of an elaborate ruse set up by Jane and Rigsby who staged their argument and made sure that the gun Haibach is armed with is empty but still manages to kill Richard Haibach and save Jane's life in the process Fast-forward to Rigsby's recovery. Impressed with Rigsby's work on the case, Dennis Abbott (Rockmond Dunbar) makes him an offer he can't most certainly can Looks like Rigsby and Van Pelt are leaving law enforcement for good TVGuide.com spoke with Yeoman about Sunday's episode what he saw as the one "huge missed opportunity" for Rigsby's character and whether he thinks the current season of The Mentalist should be its last March Madness: The best angry coach faces Rigsby and Van Pelt finally got their happy ending but it was looking a little dicey there for a bit Owain Yeoman: It's one of those things where [their whole relationship] was a whole lot of off and on and you have to get used to the idea that all things are not going to go well I was talking to someone about it the other day and they were saying "Why can't you just have them be happy?" I said No one really wants to watch that." You have to insert a lot of drama We wanted to make sure that people feel like at any given moment this could be the last moment for Rigsby and Van Pelt I felt like I was kind of like Tom Cruise or Bruce Willis Rigsby really just became this sort of like all-American action hero out of nowhere Are you pleased with the way their story wrapped up I look back at my time on The Mentalist as nothing but an incredible journey And to have an audience for six years in today's TV landscape is nothing short of miraculous So to have been on the air as long as we have it's a real honor and a real privilege to have found a place in people's pop culture hearts I feel very satisfied that we gave the characters the conclusion that they did Ultimately the justification that they give in the episode for leaving is that they no longer want to be in law enforcement [After] literally looking death in the face they find that they just want a quieter life Spring TV Preview: Must-watch new shows Did the writers ever mention the possibility of killing one or both of the characters off you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death What was behind the decision to give them a happy ending Yeoman: [Killing them off] is just something that I think both the network and the writers wanted to shy away from because I think it's just the feeling that people want to wrap up these beloved characters in a comforting and satisfying way there would have been any justification for killing them off in anything other than a kind of dramatic fashion I think it's far more interesting to find dynamic and benign ways of resolving a character's story line It's one of those things where they're just trying to get a sense of their priorities Life's too short." So I feel like in that way we chose both the most satisfying but also the most practical way of ending their characters [But] I always said that I thought they missed a huge opportunity in not making Rigsby Red John After so many years of will-they-or-won't-they were you happy that viewers got to see at least a little bit of domestic bliss with Rigsby and Van Pelt because I always believed that the success of our show lies in our characters So I believe that's what breathed life into our show for the last few years CBS has not yet renewed The Mentalist for next season as we get closer toward a six- or seven-year story arc there's never a really clear outline of when the show might end I feel like the writers have a little bit of an impossible task sometimes They have to be prepared to wrap something up Every time we got a new re-order or a new season Spring TV Preview: Where we left off with returning shows Do you think the current season should be the show's last Yeoman: We told some great stories and we [explored] some really Is there a story to be told and are there people still wanting to hear the stories and watch them I think if the story were to wrap up this year we resolved the main things that fans wanted or certainly the main protagonist of the show I think that the minute that you find Red John you have to then find a completely different part in the Jane character maybe not too many people want to see him live this blissful life where he could move on Because half of the show was always that terrible tragedy that underneath this light and charming Patrick Jane character a real hurt of someone who's lost their family And I think no one really recovers from that So maybe people don't want to see him remarried living a blissful life with all of that in the past I think if this were the year that things were to wrap up I don't think anyone would have a problem with that Why was now the right time to move on for you Rigsby really is a very small facet of what I want to do and what I think I'm capable of doing And I think [when actors play long-running TV characters] I want to move on to something extremely different and show people that that's a very small part of what I'm capable of Yeoman: I'm actually starting something right now with a writer friend of mine that we're pitching to a couple of networks I'm kind of fascinated by the idea of what a character might be like if he was slightly less than James Bond This is the guy who went to Oxford Community College .. and he's just got a massive chip on his shoulder of not being quite good enough I think there's huge comedy to be mined in that that's something that we've been developing as a vehicle for me very interested in the idea of trying to exercise my brain a bit So I've [been focusing on] developing my own work working with people that I love and breaking the mold of what people might sort of pigeonhole you into Were you happy with the way Rigsby and Van Pelt's story line ended View original Mentalist's Owain Yeoman: I'm "Very Satisfied" With Rigsby and Van Pelt's Goodbye at TVGuide.com Provided photo: Jim Doyle and Elizabeth Tuttle have joined the staff at Hoag Library in Albion ALBION – Hoag Library is delighted to welcome Elizabeth Tuttle and Jim Doyle to the NYS Pubic Librarian certified team At the September meeting of the Hoag Library of the Swan Library Association Board trustees approved the hiring of Elizabeth Tuttle as a full-time Youth Services Librarian Elizabeth graduated with an MS in Information and Library Science from the University at Buffalo in May 2022 She is already planning exciting youth programs library trustees approved Jim Doyle as a part-time Reference Librarian Jim graduated with an MLS from the University at Buffalo in 2016 Jim is looking forward to planning adult programs and sharing his musical talents Elizabeth Haibach was named Assistant Director Haibach worked as an Adult Services Librarian at Hoag Library since November 2018 and also holds an MLS from the University at Buffalo Jim Doyle and Elizabeth Haibach are both Albion natives Elizabeth Tuttle commutes from Shortsville This brings a total of six Hoag Library staff members that hold NYS Public Librarian certification including Please join us in welcoming the new faces to our wonderful library A proud member of LION Publishers – supporting local NORTH EAST — A new bed and breakfast in North East is once again the "abode of hospitality" that it was more than 150 years ago The Elsie Greer House Bed and Breakfast at 45 Park St. in what is believed to be one of the oldest homes in Erie County is named for the woman who owned the house after the Civil War Elsie Greer's "abode of hospitality" was where friends and colleagues of her husband But Elsie Greer was a force in her own right She was a patron of the arts and education and donated the property for the Methodist Church's Lake Shore Academy "It was unusual for a married woman to own property at that time," bed and breakfast owner Nanci Haibach Luxury living in the round: McKean Township estate for sale Previously a traveling nurse and a nurse in UPMC Hamot's intensive care unit Haibach dreamed of owning a bed and breakfast She tried to buy the Spencer House Bed & Breakfast on West Sixth Street in Erie when it was for sale in 2018 She completed a business plan with Gannon University's Small Business Development Center but was unable to arrange financing to buy the B&B "It's hard to get a loan for a bed and breakfast and I'd never operated a bed and breakfast before so that made it even more difficult," Haibach said So she focused instead on buying a stately home that she could convert to a B&B The Italian-style house near Gibson Park in the North East Historic District fit the bill Haibach bought the house in May 2021 and opened the bed and breakfast in July 2022 Inside century old Erie building: Artist Benton Bainbridge's plans The 2,075-square-foot home was built in 1865, according to Erie County property records Its first floor accommodates a large common living room with a display of North East memorabilia and wares; a dining room; a 21st-century kitchen catering to guests; a shared bath; and an owner's suite also available for rent as needed On the second floor are four guest bedrooms and a large shared bath fireplaces and antiques that Haibach has collected through the years or bought especially for the bed and breakfast give the house a 19th-century feel Its one-time owner also fit Haibach's bill "I wanted to name the bed and breakfast for something to do with North East history As I did a lot of research on the house and learned about Elsie Greer I knew I wanted to name it for her," Haibach said Greer'Elsie Greer was born Elsie Custard in 1827 to a family that came to North East from eastern Pennsylvania in 1797 became "conspicuous" just before the Civil War "In the year 1856 an intense political excitement pervaded the whole country John Greer then became conspicuous in Erie County As one of the able young men brought to the front by the reorganized he was elected associate judge and so continued ten years," according to the Erie Morning Dispatch in its "Sketch of the Noble Life of a Widely Known Erie County Lady" published March 27 three days after Elsie Greer's death while visiting her daughter in New York City "In the prominent position assured and most worthily held by the young judge there were social as well as official incumbent upon him as a representative man he had a most efficient coadjutor in his excellent wife His home was the abode of hospitality," said the Dispatch "The Sanitary Commission and Soldiers Aid Society during the war were special objects with the North East ladies Many remember their efforts and entertainments in this behalf Following owner's diagnosis: Local Eat & Pour to close for a short time Elsie Greer also was active in the Methodist Church "and for music and all that tended to elevate and improve society," according to the Dispatch Elsie Greer's home nearly was a victim of North East's "great fire," which reduced 29 blocks of property — mostly commercial buildings — to ashes one of (Elsie Greer's) limbs was fractured," according to the Erie Morning Dispatch boys from the seminary," just across Division Street from the Greer house Greer's 1888 funeral was held at her North East home There is no headstone or inscription for Elsie Greer near her husband's grave in North East Cemetery though there is a statue of an unnamed woman that Haibach believes represents Elsie Greer "I think that she is buried on the property here but there's no proof of that," Haibach said Haibach first opened the Greer House to the public late last year when she hosted a holiday tree festival "So many people came and were so welcoming," Haibach said adding that one of the guests at the festival was Adah Allen Schriefer queen of the first North East Firemen's Cherry Festival in 1946 Open to the public year-round is the B&B's penny press machine providing images of North East Business since the Elsie Greer House Bed and Breakfast opened has been good with guests from as far away as Rhode Island and Chicago The B&B is listed on Tripadvisor and VisitErie Haibach's only disappointment so far is that she has been unable to find a photograph of Elsie Greer so you know there must have been photos of her," Haibach said The Elsie Greer House Bed and Breakfast will host a second Winter Wonderland of Trees on Thursdays through Sundays Contact Valerie Myers at vmyers@timesnews.com. 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