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With the devastation seemingly far-removed, mask wearing was often seen as political, and the mitigation efforts frivolous in towns largely untouched by the virus.

Read / Add Comments Pennsylvania officials announced three dozen more restaurants that have closed following defiance of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation measures. The Department of Agriculture earlier this week said the 36 restaurants violated an indoor dining ban -- which was lifted Jan. 4 -- following unannounced inspections from Dec. 28 through Jan. 3. Gov. Wolfs temporary COVID-19 mitigation order mandated the closure of indoor dining, gyms and limiting indoor gatherings to...

Dec 13, 2020 Trisha Ridinger McKee of Roaring Spring has had the second book in her Beyond series, “Beyond the Dreams,” published, and it is available for purchase. In the book, Lila knows life is not easy. As a young teenager, she survived her parents’ divorce and curbed her rebellious, angry ways. Things were almost looking up. Her mother has gotten that fairy tale love, but now she is dragging her feet about wedding details. And Lila’s father has moved on with his life and is pushin...

Jan 7, 2021 Dr. William J. Kirsch, 85, of Roaring Spring, passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2021, at Conemaugh Nason Medical Center, Roaring Spring. Arrangements are by John K. Bolger Funeral Home Inc., Martinsburg. A complete obituary will appear in the Mirror at a later date. MOST READ

Six Lancaster County restaurants were among 36 businesses the state ordered to close for defying COVID-19 restrictions during Gov. Tom Wolf’s indoor dining ban which ended Monday. One closure notice was issued by Lancaster city, which conducts its own inspections.  The “closed by notice” orders from the state Department of Agriculture were issued for the week ending Jan. 3, the day before the temporary order banning indoor dining expired. With six restaurants ordered to close,...

Rural Pennsylvania struggles to cope with COVID-19 surge By OONA GOODIN-SMITH, JASON NARK, DYLAN PURCELL and TIM TAI, The Philadelphia InquirerJanuary 9, 2021 GMT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The phone rang over the gurgle of embalming fluid as Geoff Burke wearily eyed the corpse of the woman on the gurney. Another victim of the coronavirus, she’d have to wait. On the phone, a nurse delivered the news: body pickup needed. Passing the cremation oven, still hot from the morning’s use, Burke changed ...

Jan. 13, 1959 – Dec. 30, 2020 Jan 6, 2021 Daniel J. “Butch” Giarth Jr., 61, East Freedom, passed away Wednesday Dec. 30, 2020, at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Daniel J. Sr. and Roberta M. (Shoemaker) Giarth. Surviving are a daughter, Jessica and companion Josh of Martinsburg; a son, Adam Giarth of East Freedom; two grandchildren, Theo and Zoey; sisters: Pamela Lehman and husband Keith, Nancy Weichel, Susan Henry and husband Mark,...

HopewellLynn Jo (Dodson) Moore, 63, of Sandy Run Road, Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Dec. 6, 1957, in Roaring Spring, the daughter of the late Clair and Mary (Mellott) Dodson. On August 23, 1980, she was united in marriage to her husband, Steve Moore, at the Sherman’s Valley Brethren in Christ Church. They had just celebrated their 40th anniversary. Lynn is survived by her husband, Steve at home; a son, Dustin Moore...

Dec 30, 2020 Elmer Aungst Jr., 97, of East Freedom, died Monday at Conemaugh Nason Medical Center, Roaring Spring, after a brief illness. He was born in Brooks Mills, son of the late Elmer Aungst Sr. and Mabel (Boyer) Aungst. He married Betty J. Flaugh on March 16, 1943, and she died March 20, 2008. He is survived by three children: Ronald G. Aungst and wife Georgia of Brooks Mills, Bonnie L. Norris of Indiana, Pa., and Gary L. Aungst and wife Susan of Martinsburg; nine grandchildren; many grea...

In rural Pa., largely untouched by COVID-19 in the spring, deaths are now surging: ‘It’s just scary’ Oona Goodin-Smith, Jason Nark, Dylan Purcell, Tim Tai, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Funeral director Geoff Burke stands at Heller-Hoenstine Funeral Home in Lewistown, Pa., on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Burke is busier than ever as COVID-19 deaths surge across rural Pennsylvania. LEWISTOWN, Pa. — The phone rang over the gurgle of embalmi...