Newtown Man Wins Mercedes-Benz in Local Raffle

Paul Orihel of Newtown was the big winner of Pickering Manor’s annual Mercedes-Benz raffle. Orihel won a 2015 CLA250 from Mercedes-Benz of Princeton.

The winner of the second-place prize, a $1,000 Visa gift card, was Eileen Thompson of Holland.

Pickering Manor began selling $100 raffle tickets in July for the car. Nearly 600 tickets were sold, raising $26,000 for the non-profit nursing home.

Located in Newtown, Pickering Manor is a senior-living facility offering 10 semi-detached cottages, 24 apartments, 22 private personal care rooms and 47 licensed skilled nursing beds. For more information about Pickering Manor visit www.PickeringManor.org.

(Contributed Photo: Paul Orihel, winner of Pickering Manor’s 2014 Mercedes-Benz raffle, with Michelle Knobloch, executive director of the facility.)