Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A year of COVID-19 in central Pa.: Where we started, where we are and how we got here
Updated on Mar 04, 2021;
Published on Mar 04, 2021
Nathaniel Williams II collects a swab sample from Casey Stouffer of Steelton at the COVID-19 mobile testing unit. Hamilton Health Center offers free COVID-19 testing at a mobile location set up in Steelton, November 13, 2020.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
The pandemic reached Pennsylvania on March 6, 2020.
That’s the day that the state announced that two people, one in Delaware County and one in Wayne County, had become the first in the Commonwealth to test positive for the novel coronavirus.
Key facts in 2020’s $100,000 Club of Pa. state government
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
Gov. Tom Wolf is the CEO of Pennsylvania state government but his earnings, which he donates to charity, aren t the highest in the commonwealth s workforce.
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Since Gov. Tom Wolf is the head of Pennsylvania state government, it’s logical to think he’d top the list of its highest earners but that is not the case.
In fact, the governor, who earned $195,457, ranked as having the 300th highest earnings among state government employees in 2020 (Wolf donates his pay to charity). He wasn’t even the highest earning elected official on the state government $100,000 Club roster.
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Pa. craft brewers adapt as they face uncertain future due to coronavirus pandemic
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
In January, owners and father and son, Clifford and Michael Lindgren, announced they had purchased the former PNC Bank building at 5 N. Market St. in the borough and were moving operations from their Perry County family farm.
The new building offers ample space to expand production from a two to a 15-barrel system with additional room for a taproom and possible restaurant. They anticipated an end-of-summer opening.
But weeks later, the Lindgrens’ expansion plans were delayed when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.
“It was a stumbling point at the beginning of the pandemic,” Michael Lindgren said.