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After you make up the lost hour of sleep, there s a decent day on tap. Expect plenty of sunshine (stretching all the way to 7 p.m.) and a high of about 55 degrees.
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At 3 a.m. one September morning, Susan Omlor called the ambulance for her husband, Walt, who was having trouble breathing. She didn t see him again for two and a half months - and she was lucky. She didn t need the funeral home services she had been instructed to set up. Many in Delaware County know Walt Omlor, the affable 78-year-old director of the county s Community Services program, constable and lifelong resident of Upper Providence. Known for his positive attitude, kind demeanor and towering figure, those, along with a fair amount of prayers, may have been what saved him from a bout of COVID-19 that left him precariously close to death s door.
An increase in threats, harassment and even physical violence in the last year of the pandemic is being levied against those of Asian descent and it is cause for concern, say some local officials.
Several of them â Royersford Mayor Jenna Antoniewicz, Royersford Councilman Anil Dham, Phoenixville Mayor Peter Urscheler, Reena Kolar from the Perkiomen Valley School Board â are speaking out about the issue.
They are speaking through an open letter decrying discrimination and calling for understanding and tolerance that was also signed by three candidates for office â Erica Hermans, who is running for the Spring-Ford School Board, Sara Hughes, a candidate for the Springfield Township School Board and Susanna Ratsavong, a candidate for Springfield Township Commissioner.
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