The New Philadelphia Health Department’s commissioner-in-waiting is getting acclimated with her new job responsibilities.
Nicole Bache, who has been the director of nursing since 2007, will take over for current commissioner Vickie Ionno when she retires at the end of May.
Bache says she intends to learn as much from Ionno as possible up until then. She’ll also get to work on filling her director position in the near future.
Ionno announced back in January that she would retire after serving in the position for 14 years.
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