South County Scenes from 2020
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South County Scenes from 2020

With the pandemic dominating headlines, the community strived for normalcy.

The pandemic dominated the year, but there life did go on around the south county area, a look back to the year.

The pandemic dominated the year, but there life did go on around the south county area, a look back to the year.

As the winter kicked off last January, there was optimism in the air early in the first year of the 2020 decade. An election was coming up, the economy was rolling along and an inkling of promise was in the air.

As the weeks went on, word about COVID-19 picked up, and soon many were wearing masks and using hand sanitizer, and it snowballed from there.

Here’s a look at events in Burke, Springfield and Fairfax Station from last year.

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Emily Peachy, who grew up in Burke, is now a star in Hollywood.

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A 100-year-old World War II vet recognized with a motorcade of residents in Springfield.

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Food distribution event takes place at Koinonia in Franconia

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The Burke Historical Society gathered facts and photos for a historic Burke book.