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Collingswood’s Sena Amuzu is a passionate, thought-provoking young woman, who fearlessly raised her voice and joined the fight for social justice during the racial reckoning that was sparked by the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd after a police encounter a year ago.
The 18-year-old, who is finishing her freshman year of college, helped organize and lead a peaceful protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Collingswood, and was part of other protests in the area.
After more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism industry in Bucks County and across the commonwealth is showing optimistic signs of life going into the spring and summer seasons.
From the small towns in Bucks County to the trail towns in other parts of the state, visitors looking to get out and explore could stem some of the pandemic losses seen in 2020.
Visit Bucks County President Paul Bencivengo said this week the county’s official tourism promotion group is abuzz with requests from people eager to visit the area’s small boroughs, museums, breweries and more.
“We’re seeing, right now, our web traffic to Visit Bucks is surpassing 2019 levels already,” Bencivengo said.
Neil Strebig, York Daily Record
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12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
Neil Strebig, York Daily Record
Published
12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
When it comes to increasing the minimum wage, the restaurant industry finds itself at a crossroads.
Some believe the proposed $15 per hour increase could shutter some restaurants, while other advocates believe the increase will benefit the industry and the local communities restaurants serve as a whole. Why do restaurants get to be the only industry in the whole country that has to let the customers directly compensate for employee wages? Every other industry has to find a way to pay a minimum wage, said Mikey Knab, director of RAISE High Road Restaurant Network, a restaurant advocacy group.
But boy, it sure feels good when good work is recognized.
And a lot of good work by the staff of the York Daily Record/Sunday News has been recognized in the 2021 Keystone Media Awards.
Our staff won eight first-place awards, two second place and four honorable mentions.
And because the York Daily Record won the most individual awards for newsrooms its size, it was named the Division III winner of the 2021 Sweepstakes Award. Since our first Sweepstakes win in the early 1990s, we have received this distinction 19 times.
But this time feels different. It s been a tough year for journalism, here and everywhere.
Sharyn Sefton, a barista in Pittsburgh
I have my days where I’m like, I don’t want to do this anymore. But it’s just, what do I do instead?
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That uncertainty leads them to eat out often. Neff usually will get something from the Get-Go across the street or Subway. Applebee s is a frequent choice. I’m so sick of it, but he orders it like all the time, Sefton says.
When it s not takeout, Sefton usually will make some buttered noodles, steamed vegetables or rice something simple.
Access to fast food, quick or easy-to-make grub is nothing new for Americans near the poverty level or near minimum wage. Organic food is more expensive; a hoagie from Get-Go is $5 and five minutes away.