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Joyce Clem, of Pottsville, holds a sign about political donations at a rally hosted by Todd Zimmerman and Schuylkill Democratic Action Group to support the United States Postal Service along Progress Avenue in Pottsville in front of U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser's, R-9, office on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Attendees were encouraged to buy a book of Forever stamps to support the post office.

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Mohamed Salen, Rite Aid pharmacy manager, right, administers a Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Peter Shlanta, of Lewistown Valley, at the Schuylkill County NAACP and Rite Aid COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Billie Payne Community Center in Pottsville on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The clinic administered Johnson and Johnson vaccines to people living in public housing.

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Dan Meader, of Jim Thorpe, left, watches Tracy Dudash, of Frackville, carry furniture from Bob and Josetta Galetzs' house on Main Street in Gilberton on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Volunteers came to Gilberton to aid in flood cleanup. Several residents needed help with moving furniture and ripping up carpet.

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Abigail Elias, 7, sits on a neighbor's porch after a fire broke out in her home at 461 North Street in Minersville on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.

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Christopher Bright, left, and Lori Bright, of Gilberton, walk in Barbara Bright's flooded backyard between Main Street and Railroad Street in Gilberton on Friday, June 12, 2020. Heavy rain Wednesday night and Thursday morning caused flooding that spans Main Street to Railroad Street. Mahanoy Creek was blocked for bridge work on Route 924, and the pipes installed to channel water around the bridge are unable to handle the amount of water from the storm system.

Christopher's grandmother, Barbara, has lived in Gilberton for over 20 years, and she has seen the area flood before.

"This is the worst," Barbara said, sitting on her livingroom couch watching the TV news coverage of the flood outside her door. Many elderly people live alone in Gilberton, she said, and the situation is scary. She is unaware if she has flood insurance, as her late husband took care of those matters.

Barbara's daughter, Lori, and grandson, Christopher, helped to move items from the flooded shed in her yard.

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People seek shelter from the rain as they watch crews demolish 215 N. Second St. in Pottsville on Monday, March 7, 2022. The building was on the city's blight list and was not structurally sound.