This is a modified version of an article that appeared as a My Turn column in the Daily Item on Sunday, July 19. Many organizations and institutions have made plans to stay open or reopen in keeping with CDC guidelines. …
We put out a call on facebook in mid-July for questions from locals about the coronavirus pandemic. Here is first the post, which accompanied an image of our “We Are All In This Together — Whether We Admit It Or…
Downtown Lewisburg has been busy putting the pieces into place for safe reopening. We want people to come downtown, visit the shops, patronize the restaurants and bars, and enjoy themselves. We also want them to be able to do all…
Be smart, be responsible, be kind — wear a mask! It’s not a reflection on your bravery; it is a reflection of your concern for others. Masks have become a contentious and confusing topic, but the information from good sources is quite…
Here is a transcript of the Radio Free Lewisburg podcast interview with Bob Garrett of the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce from the day before Snyder County went Green. It continues to be relevant, with other counties shifting to…
Union and Northumberland Counties are currently slated to stay in Yellow Phase for now, owing to somewhat higher coronavirus case counts in the past two weeks. Snyder County and many others to the north and west of Union are “going…
This Yellow Phase of the Pennsylvania Coronavirus Pandemic Response will permit some additional business categories as well as daycares to resume operations and yet it will likely not be significantly different from what we’re coming out of in many ways. …
Why is everyone being asked to wear a mask now? We didn’t know about asymptomatic transmission early on AND we were trying to prevent even greater shortages of personal protective equipment in the event of the public hoarding them at…
We’ve been looking for better ways to connect to neighbors and to connect neighbors to each other for a while, but the Coronavirus emergency response measures have kicked both the need and the will to address the issue into high…
April 2020. Here we are in the midst of a global pandemic. We’re all finally starting to recognize that reality. What now??? This disaster has a very unusual time signature. It is both fast and slow. On the one hand,…