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Tanger Outlets has a new shop and plans to add two more by the summer’s end.

Francesca’s, a clothing/accessories/gifts boutique, opened April 24. It is in a 2,400-square-foot space in the upscale shopping center in South Strabane Township. This is the fourth Francesca’s in the greater Pittsburgh area, which also is at South Hills Village, The Mall at Robinson and Ross Park Mall.

Two chains are due, Tanger General Manager Jodi Dague said via email. Hot Topic, a teen-oriented chain, is expected to open in early July inside 2,500 square feet. It also operates in Washington Crown Center.

The Industry, Calif., based company sells brand-related, licensed and fashion apparel and accessories at 600-plus stores and at www.hottopic.com.

Rack Room Shoes should establish a footprint at Tanger around midsummer, Dague said. The Burbank, Ohio-based footwear chain will be making its debut in the Pittsburgh market high above Racetrack Road. It will occupy 5,000 square feet.

Two Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employees who serve Washington and Greene counties were honored recently.

Brian N. Malik and Mandy Fike were among 25 workers who received Star of Excellence awards, PennDOT’s highest recognition. They were feted May 27 during a luncheon at the governor’s residence in Harrisburg.

Malik and Fike work for PennDOT’s District 12, which also encompasses Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Malik is a highway foreman for Washington County, which has its own in-house paving, base repair and chipping crews. He has supervised each. Fike is a construction cost manager.

The awards are made annually.

You can now live the GOODlife on Valley Brook Road.

Sherry Quinn has opened GOODlife Juices at 522 Valley Brook in Peters Township. She explains on her website, goodlifejuices.com: “Using a true, multi-step, cold press process, we deliver the peak nutrition of raw organic fruits and vegetables in a delicious beverage that provides optimal absorption of essential nutrients. Our juice is never pasteurized . . .”

She also sells her juices at Marty’s Market, 2301 Smallman St., in Pittsburgh’s Strip District; at six farmers markets, including Peters Township and Upper St. Clair; and on the website.

Field & Stream will show its appreciation for outdoors aficionados with a Sportsman’s Advantage Club Member Appreciation Night. It will be from 4 to 7 p.m. June 14 at the Old Mill and Cranberry stores. The Old Mill venue is off Route 19 in South Strabane Township.

The event will be for current SAC members and will feature prize drawings and activities. The first 50 members in line will get a free gift pack. Check-in will begin at 3 p.m.

Blanche Clendenen, a personal care worker at SPHS Aging Services for more than a quarter-century, was honored recently by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. She received its Direct Care Worker of the Year award at the Pennsylvania Home Care Association’s annual conference and exposition in Lancaster. Clendenen, of Monessen, was the fourth SPHS employee towin a state award in the past year.

Lakshmi A. Madduru, M.D., has joined Mon-Vale Primary Care Practices Inc., an affiliate of Monongahela Valley Hospital. She will work in the Fayette City office, where she will tend to patients of the previous physician there, James A. Solan, who retired in May. Madduru most recently was a primary care physician in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Pittsburgh, and previously was geriatrician at Cedars of Monroeville Senior Care and at Community Family Practice Associates in Homestead.

Thomas A. Bouchard, a financial adviser in the Southpointe office of Ameriprise Financial, is now a member of the firm’s Diamond Ring Club. The designation is for years of top performance and goes to fewer than 7 percent of Ameriprise advisers. His office is at 375 Southpointe Blvd.

Ed Poach, a financial adviser at Poach, Koury & Associates with Ameriprise Financial, has qualified for the company’s 2014 Circle of Success annual recognition program, and will be honored for this achievement in 2015.

To earn this achievement, Poach established himself as one of the company’s top advisers by consistently demonstrating exceptional commitment to financial planning and superior client service. Only a select number of high-performing advisers earn this distinction.

Washington County’s 84 Lumber Co. has announced three hirings: Brandon Bell, a 2008 Washington High School graduate, as a manager trainee at its Myrtle Beach, S.C., store; Heather Shaffer, a Washington native and Ohio high school alumnus, as an A/P clerk at the firm’s Eighty-Four headquarters; and Christopher Muffi of Imperial as an inventory manager in Eighty Four.