Dave Whipkey News Today

PORT ALLEGANY — The S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library has had an amazing month and continues to hold even more events.

It’s high school graduation season. Another high school sports year done in, seemingly, a flash.

The onslaught came all at once. One day, the coronavirus patient load was just as low it had been all summer. Then in mid-October, as the leaves began to change, days at work abruptly shifted. “It was all of a sudden,” said Dave Whipkey, paramedic and logistics director at Mutual Aid. “Now we’re starting to see another giant uptick after the holiday of people not listening.” Last Saturday, Mutual Aid fielded 55 calls for coronavirus patients, said dispatch supervisor Kristy Slate. The...