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Few would question that this past year of the pandemic has been a difficult one for schools, and for the school boards that oversee them. Through uncounted stormy meetings, difficult decisions, and always someone unhappy about them, each school board has tried to navigate its best course for both safety and optimizing education. Perhaps that explains why incumbents comprise only a little more than 15 percent of the 64 candidates running in the May 18 primary for the 38 open seats on the nine school boards in The Mercury coverage area. - Advertisement - May 3 is the last day to register to vote in this year s primary. ....
Vigil in Royersford Saturday to support Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders thereporteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thereporteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ROYERSFORDÂ â Organizations and activists from throughout the region will rally Saturday in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have been victims of discrimination. Called âBreaking the Silence,â the vigil will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Victory Park, Second Avenue and Arch Street, Royersford. It will feature victims talking about how their experiences affected them. The public is invited. The event, like several others recently in the region, had been in the planning stages in response to increasing reports of discriminatory or violent incidents targeting Asian Americans during the pandemic. But it gained momentum after the murders of Asian Americans in Atlanta. ....
WEATHER After you make up the lost hour of sleep, there s a decent day on tap. Expect plenty of sunshine (stretching all the way to 7 p.m.) and a high of about 55 degrees. - Advertisement - NEWS At 3 a.m. one September morning, Susan Omlor called the ambulance for her husband, Walt, who was having trouble breathing. She didn t see him again for two and a half months - and she was lucky. She didn t need the funeral home services she had been instructed to set up. Many in Delaware County know Walt Omlor, the affable 78-year-old director of the county s Community Services program, constable and lifelong resident of Upper Providence. Known for his positive attitude, kind demeanor and towering figure, those, along with a fair amount of prayers, may have been what saved him from a bout of COVID-19 that left him precariously close to death s door. ....
An increase in threats, harassment and even physical violence in the last year of the pandemic is being levied against those of Asian descent and it is cause for concern, say some local officials. Several of them â Royersford Mayor Jenna Antoniewicz, Royersford Councilman Anil Dham, Phoenixville Mayor Peter Urscheler, Reena Kolar from the Perkiomen Valley School Board â are speaking out about the issue. They are speaking through an open letter decrying discrimination and calling for understanding and tolerance that was also signed by three candidates for office â Erica Hermans, who is running for the Spring-Ford School Board, Sara Hughes, a candidate for the Springfield Township School Board and Susanna Ratsavong, a candidate for Springfield Township Commissioner. ....