This is from the mayors of five Pennsylvania cities: Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto, Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter and Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace. As mayors of Pennsylvania cities, we witness the human toll the pandemic takes each day it stretches on. We see
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In a country where divisions have been exacerbated by a pandemic, Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter recently shared that he feels that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of unity “resonates now as much as ever.”
“I’m still reminded of his quote that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice, ” Slaughter said. “None of us is bigger than all of us.”
“Another key component of Dr. King’s message was love and the “Beloved Community” and service to others. I think that’s what we have to realize,” he continued. “One of the key ways that we can affect positive change is just to care about your neighbor, care about your community. Go out and serve. Do something. We all have that power to step out into our community and serve in whatever capacity that might be.”
There are words to describe 2020 that you probably donât want to hear again:
unprecedented, trying, difficult (as, âin these unprecedented, trying, and difficult timesâ¦â). How about âpandemic,â mandate, and âsocial distancingâ a particularly irksome oxymoron, as one canât be physically social and distant at once.
But itâs true that the year was all of those things. Itâs impossible to look back over the year without finding COVID-19 s trespass everywhere.
This is an astonishing look back at how the virus invaded our community, our news feeds, our relationships, our habits, and our lives.
March 2020
The first time the coronavirus was mentioned in NorthcentralPa.com s local coverage was on March 9. Officials weigh in on preparedness in region for potential COVID-19 indicated that local public officials were mobilizing resources in preparation.
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