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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.
Midway Ice Castles
There s still a long, cold stretch of winter ahead as we blaze into this new year, and it s going to be easy to start feeling house-bound. Outdoor, family activities in the Utah winter are few and far between, but if you ve never before taken the opportunity to experience the Midway Ice Castles, this tenth anniversary year might be the ideal time to bundle up the whole crew for a magical experience.
The concept was born when Utah resident and founder Brent Christensen built an ice cave for his daughter at their Alpine home, and the spot became a minor tourist attraction. In 2011, Christensen took that idea to Midway, and has since expanded it to additional locations in Colorado, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Each ice castle is hand built by artists who grow thousands of icicles daily, harvest them and sculpt them into existing ice structures. The process takes two months to complete, resulting in a work of ice art covering nearly an acre and weighing more than 25