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Child care assistance portal available in New York State
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Child care as low as $15 per week is available to families in need in New York, but not many are taking advantage of the state’s childcare assistance program. Governor Kathy Hochul launched a new portal Friday aimed at helping address the child care crisis. CCAP covers 90 percent of child […]
New York State Women of Distinction Award goes to: Daisy Rivera Algarin
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The New York State Women of Distinction Award was presented to Daisy Rivera Algarin Friday. She received the recognition due to her decades of work as a community servant bettering the Greater Rochester Area, and for her focus on empowering the Latina community. Daisy Rivera Algarin is a co-founder and current […]
Making Democracy Work: Let’s find more ways to encourage our youth to vote
Have you ever thought about the ways that our country might change if everybody voted? If all the citizens, young and old, could register their opinions by going to the polls? Where could we start to make that happen?. It has been estimated that by February 2024 a total of...
With record-breaking July, where does 2024 rank as a tornado year in New York?
This has been a record-breaking July for tornadoes in New York, with 16 already confirmed statewide. Where does 2024 rank for the state and nationwide for tornadoes?. The 16 twisters in July alone puts New York well above its annual average of 8 tornadoes over the past 25 years. Dating back to 1950, there has been an average of roughly 7 tornadoes per year.
This Day in the Near Future is Upstate NY’s Worst Night of Sleep
Yes, there's a study for everything and now, according to Amerisleep, there is actually a night in the very near future that is New York's worst night for sleep, according to a study. The study looks at each state and for New York, the worst night of the year for...
Shocking New Details: New York Baby Dies In 100-Degree Parked Car
A GoFundMe was started for the mother of the 2-year-old who died in a parked car in the Hudson Valley. The fundraiser also alleges a crime "cover-up." On Wednesday, Hudson Valley Post reported on a child from Sullivan County who was pronounced dead after being left in a hot car.
Water treatment worker rescues fawn
Saugerties water department superintendent Mike Hopf shared a heartwarming story at the village board’s regular meeting on Monday, July 15. “On arrival to work today [water treatment operator] Billy Voerg saw a fawn trapped in one of our lagoons. I was told it was cold and tired and needed help so the staff went into troubleshooting mode, how best to save the deer. We decided it would be best to do it by hand, so Billy put on his waders and traversed down the lagoon wall into the lagoon and scooped up the fawn, who welcomed him, into his arms and placed it in the sun, where it could dry; we fed it an apple slice and then a short time later, the worried mother — the grateful mother — came out and they were reunited.”
Hudson Milk + Market delivers both ways – with wheels and quality
Hudson Milk – the area’s iconic milk delivery service for more than 30 years – has expanded into a full food company, selling produce, meat, dairy, prepared entrees, meal kits, pantry items, and more. The pivot from a milk delivery service to full-scale food company recently earned Hudson Milk + Market the Business of the Year Award from the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce.
Weekly Rec: Flash Sketch Mob Reveal, Readings at River Hook, Silent Film with Live Music From the Alexandres, Music on the Hudson, Demme Honors Dawson, Summer of Soul Sunday in Nyack
Flash Sketch Mob Reveal and Hopper B’Day Concert with Night Hawk. Busy weekend at the Edward Hopper Museum and Study Center. Two weekends of plein air art making, walking tours and workshops and bike ride from the Whitney Museum ends on Sunday at 3:00pm in the garden with the reveal of the art of the Flash Sketch Mob. Thanks to all who participated and we will see you next year!
Fallsburg supervisor blindsided by state’s announced closure of prison
WOODBOURNE – Fallsburg Town Supervisor Michael Bensimon got no advanced notice from the state that it was going to shut down Sullivan Correctional Facility later this year. He learned of the decision at the same time prison employees received a memo from the state prison system on Thursday. “I...
Bedford Board Expands Leaf Blower Limits
BEDFORD, N.Y. - Given an expansion of permitted time, Bedford homeowners and landscapers will be able to fire up gasoline-powered leaf blowers for six weeks, not two, this fall. Scrapping the planned two-week limit for those noisy machines, the Town Board voted last week to allow their use in a fall “cleanup season,” defined as the time between Oct. 26 and Dec. 7.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The board’s action, in the form of an amendment to the Bedford noise ordinance, follows public hearings that began in June. They featured the competing claims of...
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