THE ISSUE: Itâs Tuesday, which is
not generally the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County. But Monday was Memorial Day. And we donât want to miss our weekly chance to highlight good news. Some of these items are welcome developments on the economic front or for neighborhoods across the county. Others are local stories of achievement, perseverance, compassion and creativity that represent welcome points of light in a still-difficult time. All of this news deserves a brighter spotlight.
Sing it loudly: Summer music is coming back!
âNearly two years after the last in-person concert of the Longâs Park Summer Music Series closed out the season, the beloved series will return to Lancaster County on Sunday, July 11, with a full lineup of musical acts to provide free entertainment in the park for eight weeks this summer,â LNP | LancasterOnlineâs Kevin Stairiker reported for the May 27 edition.
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In what seemed like weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic swept from around the globe to our doorsteps. Our lives became like suspended animation as we went home and waited. We found ways to endure â through separation, loss, growth, fear, joy, frustration, change. We ve shifted our expectations and perspective to accommodate new realities.Â
Itâs been one year. More than 950 people have died in Lancaster County. Photos of crowded bars and big family dinners are like postcards from the past. Â
Weâve experienced the impact of COVID-19 in separate ways, with no two experiences exactly the same. Some of us havenât been back to our jobs in a year; others never stopped going; others donât have jobs to return to. Weâve defined and redefined essential worker. We shuttered, reopened, shuttered and reopened in waves. We taught ourselves new ways to teach our children. We hoped for a va
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Simon thought he and his daughter Lindsey, a junior at Stone Independent School, were the only ones getting a kick out of their transient Santa. He was wrong.
âIt was a running joke between us, but what we didnât realize was that some of the younger kids in the neighborhood began to look for where Santa will pop up next,â Simon said in an email.
Simonâs wife, Michelle, posted a few pictures on Facebook, further expanding this nomadic Santaâs audience.
âLindsey and I thought we really needed to take it to the next level â our âTour de Santa,â â Simon said.