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Palmyra Man ID'd After Head-On Lebanon County Crash (UPDATE) Palmyra Man ID'd After Head-On Lebanon County Crash (UPDATE)
Palmyra Man ID'd After Head-On Lebanon County Crash (Update) A man has been identified following a head-on crash involving entrapment, the Northern Londonderry Township Police told Daily Voice on Tuesday.  Anthony Loewy, 65 of Palmyra, was driving north on Gravel Hill Road in North Londonderry Township when he was struck head-on by Jim Ondesko, 28, of Dauphin, township police told Daily Voice. The crash was first called into LCDES at 8:26 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11.  Loewy had been "retrieving his beloved miniature pinscher from B&D Kennel" after visiting one of his daughter's families for an early Christmas celebration, his daughter…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Phenomenal' PA Captain Who Trained Firefighters Around The World Succumbs To Illness 'Phenomenal' PA Captain Who Trained Firefighters Around The World Succumbs To Illness
'Phenomenal' PA Captain Who Trained Firefighters Around The World Succumbs To Illness A beloved "fireman's fireman" who trained firefighters around the world has died after a battle against a long illness, but his legacy will live on.  The 23-year veteran of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, Captain Jimmy Ellis of Station 32 in Deutschtown passed away at Allegheny General Hospital with his loving family and friends by his side on Wednesday, July 13, city officials told Daily Voice.  Ellis not only worked in Pittsburgh but was "a renowned instructor known across the country," as the Leetsdale fire department said in a statement.  "He was passionate about passing his knowledge a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Andrew Bilheimer Of New Holland Dies After 'Losing Addiction Battle,' Obit Says Andrew Bilheimer Of New Holland Dies After 'Losing Addiction Battle,' Obit Says
Andrew Bilheimer Of New Holland Dies After 'Losing Addiction Battle,' Obit Says Andrew Bilheimer of New Holland, and formerly of Bethlehem, died on May 3 after "losing his battle with addiction." He was 33. Bilheimer is a United States veteran, having previously served in Iraq, according to his obituary. Bilheimer was remembered as someone who "enjoyed reading, gaming, fishing and playing soccer, basketball, football, and baseball."  He is survived by his mother Laurie (Moore) Bilheimer, and her husband Scott Stackhouse; father, Robert W. Bilheimer; fiancé Gina, his brother, Stephen Bilheimer; sister, Sarah Bilheimer; stepbrother, Michael Stac…

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