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Judging from the crowd enjoying the beer, bands, food and the arts at Dreshar Stadium, the first Tarentum Borough craft beer festival was a success. The festival, benefiting Tarentum Fire-Rescue-EMS was scheduled to run from 3 to 10 p.m. As of 7 p.m., an estimated 300 to 400 people had
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photo GettyWhen Stephen Lloyd showed up at the Multnomah County, Oregon, Republican Party’s most recent meeting on May 17, he was not treated like a man who, until earlier this month, had been the group’s chairman.“I was met by a group of Proud Boys who had their arms crossed in front of their chest, kind of all puffed up in front of the doorways,” Lloyd told The Daily Beast.Lloyd was allowed into the meeting, where he began passing out documents detailing his concerns with the party’s recent lurch to the far right. Oth...
Religious groups urge people to get the shot for COVID-19, especially those left behind. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Community residents line up for a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Trinity United Methodist Church in Madison on Sunday, April 11. The ribbons are a church memorial to Wisconsin residents who have died from COVID-19. Courtesy Rev. Breanna Illéné/Wisconsin Examiner. On a Saturday afternoon in April, The Rev. Kerri Parker learned of a pharmacy with a batch of extra COVID-19 vaccines. The doses needed to be used quickly...
Trinity United Methodist’s pop-up clinic was a moving, spiritual moment for Illéné. “It was really powerful to have that many people walking through the basement and filling this building that should be used for ministry,” the pastor says, especially since regular worship in person still isn’t safe in the pandemic. “So to be able to open it up in a way that can actually help the community was super amazing.” The pandemic has been woven into the fabric of her church, literally. While the building isn’t in use, Trinity’s congregation has been creating a ribbon memorial for Wis...
Sikorsky gives the Army its first look at the S-97 Raider helicopter Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail A pilot demonstrates the Sikorsky S-97 Raider helicopter's capabilities in mid-April in Huntsville, Ala., the first flights before U.S. Army staff considering the helicopter as an armed reconnaissance replacement for Bell Helicopter's OH-58 Kiowa. (Press photo via Lockheed Martin)Press photo / Lockheed Martin Corporation For the first time, U.S. Army staff has gotten a look this week at the Sikorsky S-97 Raider helicopter in flight, one of two initial prototypes of a new generation of air...