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Mack ready to roll > Mack Trucks recently began initial production of its all-new MackŽ MD Series of medium-duty trucks at its Roanoke Valley Operations (RVO) facility in the Roanoke Valley, Virginia. Full production of the Mack MD Series is scheduled to begin Sept. 1. Mack announced in January it had invested $13 million to establish RVO, to produce the Mack MD7 and the Mack MD6. Both the Class 6 and 7 models are exempt from the 12 percent Federal Excise Tax. The new trucks will meet the needs of trucking applications requiring dry van/refrigerated, stake/flatbed, dump and tank truck vocations. The Mack MD Series will be supported by Mack’s dealer network. Submitted
Props for Warm Hearth CEO > Ferne Moschella, President and Chief Executive Officer of Warm Hearth Village since 2000, has been named the LeadingAge Virginia Vision Award recipient for 2020. LeadingAge Virginia is the state and national trade organization for nonprofit retirement communities. It works with members to create innovative practices that transform services for the aging in America and plays an active role in representing those organizations in seeking reform of policies related to health care. WHV has been an active member of LeadingAge since 1981.
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