Ridgefield, CT
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of CT Residents Planning To Get Takeout Food On Thanksgiving COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of CT Residents Planning To Get Takeout Food On Thanksgiving
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of CT Residents Planning To Get Takeout Food On Thanksgiving Of 3,000 surveyed, 43 percent of Connecticut residents said they will forego their traditional home-cooked feast for a smaller, more manageable takeout meal or meal kit amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study conducted by MySubscriptionAddiction.  Although 70 percent of those surveyed said their culinary skills had improved this year thanks to quarantine, 31 percent of those surveyed also said that they may consider a meal kit or take out for their Christmas celebration as well.  One in 10, however, said that they were "likely to experiment" with their meals this year, ut…

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by Christina Coulter
Massapequa, NY
News
COVID-19: Four Long Island Yellow Cluster Zones Added COVID-19: Four Long Island Yellow Cluster Zones Added
Covid-19: Four Long Island Yellow Cluster Zones Added Click here for an updated story - COVID-19: Detailed Maps Released For Newly Added Long Island Cluster Zones New communities on Long Island have been designated as COVID-19 “yellow zone” micro-clusters after seeing a spike in positive infection rates among those tested. During a COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Nov. 23, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo added four new micro-clusters to the state’s growing list - two each in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The new yellow zones are Hampton Bays, with a 5.13 percent positivity rate, and Riverhead, with a 4.60 positive positivity rate in Suffolk, a…

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by Zak Failla
Newburgh, NY
News
COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Town COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Town
Covid-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Town Orange County is seeing another surge in new COVID-19 cases as the positive infection rate for the virus continues to climb throughout the Hudson Valley. The state Department of Health announced that there were 101 newly confirmed cases in the past 24 hours in Orange County, after seeing single and double-digit daily rises in new cases over the summer and earlier in the fall. There have now been 15,345 COVID-19 confirmed positives reported in Orange County out of more than 365,000 tests. The overall 5.8 positive infection rate has steadily been rising as the temperature continues to drop. …

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by Zak Failla
Monroe, NY
News
COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Municipality COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Municipality
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Municipality Westchester is reporting more than 100 new COVID-19 cases as the virus continues to spike throughout the Hudson Valley and across the state. The state Department of Health announced that there were 102 new cases in the past 24 hours, after seeing single and double-digit daily rises in new cases over the summer and earlier in the fall. There have now been 14,803 COVID-19 cases reported in Orange County out of 254,046 tested. The overall 5.8 positivity rate has steadily been rising as the temperature continues to drop. Two new COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the county as the virus-rela…

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by Zak Failla
Darien, CT
Weather
Start Of Winter Will Be Followed By Big Change In Weather Pattern Start Of Winter Will Be Followed By Big Change In Weather Pattern
Start Of Winter Will Be Followed By Big Change In Weather Pattern It may be unusual timing, but relief from a stretch of frigid days is finally on the horizon as just winter officially arrives. Go figure. Saturday, Dec. 21 is the Winter Solstice. It's the astronomical first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the shortest day of the year. It will be followed -- finally -- by milder temperatures. Here's the five-day forecast. (Spoiler alert: Those hoping for a White Christmas will be disappointed.) Saturday, Dec. 21: Mostly cloudy, with a high temperature near the freezing mark with a wind-chill factor between 25 and 30 degrees.&nbs…

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by Joe Lombardi
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Lifestyle
CAST YOUR VOTE: Daily Voice Holiday Card Contest 2019 CAST YOUR VOTE: Daily Voice Holiday Card Contest 2019
Cast Your Vote: Daily Voice Holiday Card Contest 2019 We asked, and you certainly delivered. Scroll through the photos in the above carousel and cast your vote in the Daily Voice Holiday Card Contest of 2019. Results will be announced Christmas morning.

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by Cecilia Levine
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Will Once Again Come From Hudson Valley Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Will Once Again Come From Hudson Valley
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Will Once Again Come From Hudson Valley Applause, please. For the second time in as many years, the famous Rockefeller Christmas tree is coming from the Hudson Valley. The center announced on Instagram on Monday, Oct. 21, that this year's twinkling giant of a tree is a Norway spruce that hails from the Village of Florida in Orange County. Although they haven't released the details on the tree's height and owners, the center did say the tree will be cut down on Thursday, Nov. 7, and will arrive by truck at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 9.  Last year, the Rockefeller Center tree came from Wallkill, also in Orange Coun…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
Lifestyle
RESULTS ARE IN: These New Jersey Families Totally Nailed This Whole Christmas Card Thing RESULTS ARE IN: These New Jersey Families Totally Nailed This Whole Christmas Card Thing
Results ARE IN: These New Jersey Families Totally Nailed This Whole Christmas Card Thing Congratulations to the Biondos of Wayne and the DeGruccios of Hillsdale who totally nailed this whole Christmas card thing.  Both families tied for first place in Daily Voice's 2018 Christmas Card contest. Second place went to the Brickman family with 15 percent of votes and third to the McFaddens with 14 percent of votes.  Wayne mom Stefanie Biondo explained how her winning shot went down. "Every year we take the girls to see Santa at Fairfield Gardens. My little one was so excited to see him and was waving to him the whole time. The moment we got up to him, she freake…

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by Cecilia Levine
Somers, NY
News
Cardinal Timothy Dolan To Celebrate Mass In Westchester Cardinal Timothy Dolan To Celebrate Mass In Westchester
Cardinal Timothy Dolan To Celebrate Mass In Westchester Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be celebrating Mass in Westchester. The Mass, at Tarrytown’s Transfiguration Church (268 S. Broadway) on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 5 p.m, is an effort to celebrate the Christmas season as well as the Transfiguration parish. For more information, email Fr. Emiel Abalahin at [email protected].

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by Valerie Musson
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Lifestyle
Lights Out: Final Year For Demarest Teen's Christmas Display Lights Out: Final Year For Demarest Teen's Christmas Display
Lights Out: Final Year For Demarest Teen's Christmas Display Demarest won't be quite as bright next Christmas. This will be the last season that 17-year-old Daniel Eisenberg will have his display up before his upcoming move to Florida. The Northern Valley Regional High School student created Lights On Evergreen -- which boasts more than 100,000-bulbs programmed to several songs -- years ago as a tribute to his late mother, raising awareness and funds for the American Heart Association. Stop by 38 Evergreen Place in Demarest between 4:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. now through Christmas for one last look.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
Here’s A Christmas Poll For You: Everyone Loves Lyndhurst’s Santa Sarnoski Here’s A Christmas Poll For You: Everyone Loves Lyndhurst’s Santa Sarnoski
Here’s A Christmas Poll For You: Everyone Loves Lyndhurst’s Santa Sarnoski Ask any of the countless adults and children who’ve met him: You won't find a kinder, more giving -- and beloved -- Santa Claus than Joe Sarnoski of Lyndhurst. For decades now, Sarnoski has made a minimum of 40 appearances a season as Santa, often visiting ailing or disabled children in hospitals and at their homes. For many, the retired Lyndhurst police captain is the face of Christmas. That's why friends and loved ones got so riled over a local newspaper story that used a photo of him for a story that claimed New Jerseyans hate the Yuletide. Daughter Michele Sarnoski, who teaches E…

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by Jerry DeMarco