REBECCA MOSS Spotlight PA
(Editor’s Note: Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.)
Sandra Huffman was cleaning St. Luke’s hospital in Quakertown, gloved and maskless, when she got sick last March. It felt as though a film of spiderwebs had caked her throat, she said. At 54, she was sleeping upright in bed, breathing through a borrowed nebulizer, and drinking an old family remedy of fat Spanish onions congealed in sugar.
She sold her ’86 Chevy Mallard RV, then her mother’s gold jewelry. By late summer she was collecting cans for scrap metal. Huffman did not know that a federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, administered by the state, would provide money for people like her until October.
Rebecca Moss2021-02-11T11:16:09-05:00February 5, 2021|
Pandemic unemployment benefits are a lifeline for more than four hundred thousand Pennsylvanians. But payments stalled this year.
By Rebecca Moss, Spotlight PA
Sandra Huffman was cleaning St. Luke’s hospital in Quakertown, gloved and maskless, when she got sick last March. It felt as though a film of spiderwebs had caked her throat, she said. At fifty-four, she was sleeping upright in bed, breathing through a borrowed nebulizer, and drinking an old family remedy of fat Spanish onions congealed in sugar.
She sold her ’86 Chevy Mallard RV, then her mother’s gold jewelry. By late summer she was collecting cans for scrap metal. Huffman did not know that a federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, administered by the state, would provide money for people such as her until October.
What s new at the Mu? Spotlight on Massillon pro, semi-pro teams
Margy Vogt
Special to The Independent
Massillon’s Pro and Semi-Pro Teams, 1890–1926 will open in the Paul Brown Museum within the Massillon Museum on February 6, featuring Massillon’s professional Tigers and local semi-pro teams. Massillon, Brookfield, North Lawrence, and East Greenville fielded more than 60 semi-professional teams a century ago.
HIGHLIGHTS
Teams played sporadic schedules; players jumped from one team to another. They were former high school or college stars, local businessmen, and farmers. Top squads contested powerhouses from Akron, Cleveland, and Columbus. Aggressive managers lured legendary out-of-state standouts. Knute Rockne was the most famous football figure recruited by the Tigers.
Furniture Manufacturer Plans Major Montco Expansion, 138 New Jobs - Montgomeryville-Lansdale, PA - Some $6.8 million is being invested in the project, as a major facility relocates from Michigan to Montgomery County.