Vigil Held for Shooting Victims
On December - 17 - 2012
Local Vigil Held for Sandy Hook Victims
A handbell rang out once after the name and age of each of the 26 people killed in Newtown, Conn., was read aloud on the steps of the North Side Elementary School in Lower Paxton Township on Sunday. About 60 people gathered in front of the school for a short candlelight vigil to pray for and remember victims of the shooting. Except for an occasional passing car, the only other sound was that of a child crying. No cellphones were ringing, no one talked. A single, uniformed township police officer stood by keeping watch. READ MORE HERE
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