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The Park Silly Sunday Market won the vote it needed to return to Main Street this summer and early fall, another step in Park City’s continuing economic resurgence a year after the event was one of the early losses of the coronavirus pandemic.

Park Record file photo Mayor Andy Beerman on Friday said he intends to seek reelection later this year, a decision that had been expected but one that essentially launches the campaign season for Park City’s highest office a little more than a month before the formal politicking begins. Beerman, serving his first term as the mayor after holding a seat on the Park City Council, declined to discuss the details of the platform. He said a formal announcement of the reelection bid will be made sho...

The Park City Council primary election in 2019 was close enough to force a recount, conducted at the Summit County Clerk’s Office in Coalville, shown. The City Hall campaign this year is approaching and the municipal government on Tuesday hosted an online event that was organized to outline the mechanics of the election. Park Record file photo A candidate in the City Hall election this year must pay a filing fee or collect enough signatures before they are entered into the contest, a tighteni...

Park City’s elected officials are slated to discuss this year’s Fourth of July celebration at a meeting Thursday. One option under consideration involves holding the Main Street parade and fireworks on days other than the holiday itself in an effort to reduce crowd sizes. Park Record file photo Park City will celebrate Independence Day in some fashion this year, but the community might pick a day other than July 4 to mark the nation’s birth. Leaders are continuing to discuss plans for the...

It ain’t broke, so don’t fix it Oh, the irony! Our mayor expects an incredibly busy summer. Basin Rec struggles with parking capacity at popular trailheads. More cars! More people! What to do? I know what: On July 1, let’s discontinue the 7 Pink bus going through Silver Springs, a highly popular fixed bus route used regularly by residents for many, many years. As pointed out by Sarah Altshuler in her April 7 letter to the editor, the “microtransit” option is not an equivalent substitu...

Election Day in Park City is months away, but the election itself starts soon. The mayor’s office and two seats on the Park City Council are on the ballot in November. There has been little political chatter as the window when candidates must file campaign paperwork nears, but City Hall next week is scheduled to host an event designed for people who are considering a campaign. The workshop, similar to those held in previous City Hall election years, is not designed to be an unofficial start o...

Courtesy of Rep. Blake Moore Freshman 1st Congressional District Republican Rep. Blake Moore recently finished his first three months in office, summing up the initial approximately 90 days in Washington as a “very difficult quarter.” In an interview with The Park Record, Moore said the mood has become better recently with the removal of fences after the insurrection in early January and as Congress moves on after the second impeachment of former President Trump. But the Republicans and Dem...

Park Record file photo Park City Mayor Andy Beerman on Friday morning predicted it will be an “incredibly busy summer” in the community as people flock to the outside recreation options in the area. Beerman, delivering remarks to the online Leadership 101 event, talked briefly about a sharp increase in the popularity of recreation as he described the idea that the community will draw people in the summer. He mentioned the continuing vaccination efforts to curb the spread of the novel corona...

Tanzi Propst/Park Record City Hall continues to require masks in municipal buildings, opting to keep the rule intact even after the end of a state mandate. The mandate was lifted last weekend, but individual businesses and property owners have the ability to require masks regardless of the mandate’s end. The municipal government issued a statement as the mandate was lifted indicating that it would require masks or coverings inside all municipal buildings. There are exceptions for people who a...

Angela Moschetta writes that critics of the arts and culture district have valid questions and are bringing alternative ideas to the discussion. “To dismiss informed civic engagement as negative is cheap, childish and unbecoming of Park City leadership in any role.”