Community Corner
Easton Lights Its Peace Candle
The Peace Candle "is something that makes us different" mayor says at 62nd lighting.
Most politicians would give up a limb for the type of approval rating Easton Mayor Sal Panto ascribes to the city's Peace Candle.
A whopping 90 percent, the mayor told the downtown crowd Friday night, just before the iconic holiday decoration was lit up for the 62nd time.
Those decades of building, dismantling and fundraising have made the candle, "part of our tradition, part of who we are," Panto said. "Our Peace Candle is something that makes us different."
One of the people who has helped keep that tradition going is Sandra O'Brien-Werner, recipient of this year' Gretchen Wrenshall Community Spirit Award, awarded every year before the candle lighting. In 2012, Werner helped raise $25,000 to help restore the candle.
Assisting in the candle lighting were Tara Faulkner and her daughters. They got to serve as "Imperial Illuminators" as a gift from Tom Lutes, Jr., the highest bidder —$610— in this year's candle auction.
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