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Park City leaders have written another chapter in the reopening of the community even as the novel coronavirus continues to spread.
The Park City Library on Monday became the latest municipal facility to welcome people inside again. The library in the past year had been largely closed as part of the municipal government’s wide-ranging efforts against the sickness.
The library closed on March 13, 2020, reopened for curbside checkouts and returns before partially reopening the interior last year for people using the computers, study rooms or tables. A full closure of the building with curbside service available, though, was later instituted amid a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the area and nationally.
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Park City Library would like to introduce Daniel Thurston, its new Spanish services librarian.
Thurston, who started working at the library on Jan. 4, will make his official Park City debut at 10 a.m. on Tuesday via Zoom and Facebook Live.
“I think it’s important that I build a relationship with the local Spanish-speaking community so they feel comfortable talking with me and me talking with them,” Thurston said. “I just want them to know me, know my name and know my face. I want them to feel welcome and understood in our library, because I feel libraries are for everyone.”
Mayor Andy Beerman on Tuesday delivers the State of the City address in a nearly empty Santy Auditorium at the Park City Library. He said the spread of the novel coronavirus showed Park City residents “can be kind, compassionate and generous.”
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Park City Mayor Andy Beerman on Tuesday night looked back, far back, in the community’s history as he spoke of the challenges of today.
In delivering the annual State of the City address, the mayor told the story of a destructive 1898 fire that spread through much of what was Park City of that era. The community at the time, driven by the silver-mining industry, was little more than the neighborhood that eventually became Old Town and the various mining buildings in the surrounding mountains.
Agency also receives complaint about vehicle left in road
On Sunday, Feb. 14 at 11:45 p.m., a noisy person was reported to be in a hot tub on Norfolk Avenue. Earlier that night, at 10:13 p.m., loud people were reported in a hot tub on Park Avenue. The police logged the cases as suspected disturbing the peace.
The police at 9:18 p.m. received a complaint about vehicles left outside the Main Street post office, on the side of the building, for hours. The person who contacted the police apparently said drivers use the location for personal parking, taking spots needed by people headed into the post office.
The two cases, as described in public police logs, did not appear to be related.
At 10:04 p.m. the police received a report from a business on Main Street, apparently a nightclub, about a man declining to leave after being removed. The police were told the man repeatedly attempted to re-enter. The department logged the case as suspected disorderly conduct.
A fight was reported on Main Street, meanwhile, at 5:50 p.m. The police said several men were involved, but public department logs did not provide details.
Other incidents reported to the department last week included:
On Sunday, Feb. 7 at 7:58 p.m., the police were told a vehicle was left in someone’s spot on Norfolk Avenue. The vehicle did not have a permit or tag, the police were told. The person who contacted the police indicated they are charged for the spot and wanted the other vehicle to be moved and issued a ticket.