acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com SARANAC LAKE The Saranac Lake village board has declared today as a COVID-19 Memorial Day, a day to commemorate those who died during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This follows a grassroots nationwide movement to make March 1 a national day of remembrance. It has been around a year since the pandemic first took hold in the U.S. as it spread around the globe, and in that time the virus has claimed the lives of more than 500,000 in this country alone. This huge loss of human life has led several activist groups to seek a specific day to collectively mourn the dead and reflect on the loss.
Some people know Kristin Urquiza as the woman who condemned President Donald Trump s handling of the coronavirus pandemic at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Others know her from the obituary she wrote for her father who died from COVID-19 that went viral.
But Tolleson City Council members and city staff know her as just one of the members of the beloved Urquiza family.
Tolleson is a small, 6-square mile city west of downtown Phoenix, with some 7,000 residents. It s a tight-knit community where families stay for generations and neighbors sometimes grow up together.
The Urquizas have deep roots in the city, and council members mourned the loss of 65-year-old Mark Urquiza, who died from COVID-19 last June.
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A Long Island town supervisor will not seek re-election when his first term concludes later this year.
In a statement released on Friday, Feb. 26, Huntington Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci announced that after deliberation with his friends and family, he will not be running for a second term, also citing the future of the Republican party.
“After much deliberation and consideration with my family, friends, and advisers, I have decided not to seek reelection as Huntington Town Supervisor this November, the statement from Lupinacci said. To be clear, this was my decision and my decision alone made in the best interest of my family, the Town, and the Republican Party.
BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) On Monday, Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa and members of the Baltimore City Council held a virtual ceremony to commemorate COVID-19 Memorial Day.
During the ceremony, Mayor Scott proclaimed March 1st, 2021 as COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day in Baltimore in remembrance of those who have lost their lives and in honor of those who continue to suffer from the impact of the virus .
Officials say, 797 Baltimoreans have died due to the coronavirus.
.@CCMiddleton6 to @GovLarryHogan: “We need help” to recover from the coronavirus crisis. Baltimore joins the Floral Heart Project today to grieve the 797 Baltimore lives lost to COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/fHG2DAgPuW
PORTLAND, Ore. – Nearly a year after Oregon’s first identified case of the coronavirus, Portland has announced that March 1 will be COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day. With the declaration, Portland is joining other cities across the nation in honoring victims of the novel coronavirus and acknowledging the survivors – some of whom are still battling the symptoms of COVID-19.