âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
VALPARAISO â Plans for Journeyman Distilleryâs location here are still being drafted, but the Plan Commission got a sneak peek at concepts this week and fast-tracked rezoning for the project so it can be forwarded to the City Council.
The distillery is being developed at the site of the former ANCO windshield wiper plant on Campbell Street, where Brown Street ends. The property is currently zoned for heavy industry but would be rezoned as a planned unit development.
âThis is a repurposing of a shuttered factory that has been shuttered for 30-35 years or more,â said attorney Todd Leeth, representing ANCO Revitalization LLC. Bill Welter is the principal behind Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks, Michigan, and the one in Valparaiso.
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