Atlanta Pride Parade 2019. (Photo by Matt Hennie)
After a year of pivots amid the pandemic that took Atlanta Pride’s 50th anniversary exclusively online, plans are forming to put the 51st edition back in Piedmont Park.
“We are confident that when allowed by the city, we will be ready to go back into Piedmont Park and create a safe and healthy environment for the 2021 festival,” Jamie Fergerson, executive director of the Pride committee, said in a prepared statement.
The City of Atlanta is key to Pride’s plan. Fergerson said that the event is in line for approval with other annual public events and reiterated that safety concerns remain a priority.
Construction impacting businesses on Broughton St.
Construction impacting businesses on Broughton St. By Bria Bolden | April 9, 2021 at 11:09 PM EDT - Updated April 9 at 11:17 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Construction on Broughton Street has been going on much longer than first expected.
Area business owners are getting frustrated about the time it’s taking to finish and the impact it’s having on them.
Business owners and employees on Broughton Street say the ongoing construction has cost them business. They get little foot traffic from customers.
Friday morning one business says because of it, they weren’t able to open their doors.
âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
Pennsylvania earlier announced an easing of some restrictions on April 4, including allowing bar service at pubs and restaurants without requiring food orders..
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Taylor Corbin, 4, (center) helps block captain Roslyn Myers inflate a hopper ball for a Playstreets event in the 5800 block of Delancey Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Updated: 3:25 p.m.
Pennsylvania officials announced 3,119 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total since the start of the pandemic to 970,917. As of 11:59 p.m. Monday, the state recorded 65 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the number of total fatalities to 24,652.
Philadelphia reported 312 additional confirmed cases on Tuesday, for a total of 117,768 since the beginning of the pandemic. The city’s Department of Public Health confirmed an additional 39 fatalities Tuesday, which brings the total number of deaths attributable to the virus in Philadelphia to 3,217.