Houlahan invites community to participate in 2nd Valentines for Vets event
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan distributes valentines at the Coatesville VA Medical Center, 2021.
After a successful inaugural card drive last year, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) announced the return of her office’s Valentines for Veterans project today. Houlahan is inviting students and community members to participate in the project by making cards for area veterans, thanking them for their service.
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Wolf loosens some COVID restrictions; Congress members call for better Pa. vaccine roll out
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
Gov. Tom Wolf announced some loosening of COVID-19 restrictions Monday — as members of Congress from the Philadelphia suburbs, including U.S. Chrissy Houlahan, called for Wolf to fix the state’s vaccine program.
This all happened as the new weekly state COVID numbers showed another modest decline — and a similar drop in Chester County from the week...
Wolf asks non-essential Chesco business to close down; 2nd COVID-19 case ID’d in county
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Gov. Tom Wolf is asking all non-essential businesses in Chester County and Bucks County to shut down, days after doing so in Montgomery and Delaware counties to respond to the spread of the COVAD-19 virus — as county officials confirmed a second COVAD-19 case has been identified in the county.
“Over the past two days, we enacted significant social distancing in...
Op/Ed: What do American farmers and asylum detainees have in common? Suicide.
By Sandra Malamed R.N., M.S., Special To The Times
Sandra Malamed R.N., M.S.
Deaths of despair do not discriminate. Rising numbers of deaths by suicide have been reported in American farmers. The prevalence of suicide deaths of migrants in detention is equally troubling. Commonalities of suicide risk factors are easily found in the two groups.
According to the CDC, suicide rates in American farmers...
Letter: Democrats must condemn violence during protests