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Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Thousands In Fines Issued In Crackdown On Long Island Super-Spreader Events
Thousands of dollars in fines were dished out to a Long Island Country Club and Suffolk County homeowner for hosting potential COVID-19 super-spreader events in violation of state mandates. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said that the North Fork Country Club hosted a wedding on Saturday, Oct. 17, with 91 people in attendance, while a Farmingville homeowner hosted a house party on Saturday, Oct. 24 with between 200 and 300 people. The wedding led to 30 positive COVID-19 cases, which have been isolated, with 159 other contacts under a 14-day quarantine. For hosting the wedding, the …
Torrington, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: Several Classrooms At CT School To Quarantine For Two Weeks
Some students and staff in a Connecticut elementary school will temporarily quarantine after potentially being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Ansonia Schools Superintendent Joseph DiBacco issued a memo to parents on Wednesday, Oct. 28 cautioning that someone tested positive inside Prendergast Elementary School who was last inside the building on Monday, Oct. 26. DiBacco said that after discussing with the Naugatuck Valley Health District and conferring with the state Department of Public Health, multiple classrooms in the school's "cohort A" will be quarantined for 14…
Torrington, CT
News
Covid-
19: CT Releases Travel Advisory List With 40 States, Including Neighboring Massachusetts
With COVID-19 cases spiking across the country as the holiday season fast approaches, Connecticut has added three states - including neighboring Massachusetts - to its travel advisory list. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that California and Pennsylvania have also been added to the list, and travelers coming into the state will have to quarantine for 14 days due to high COVID-19 infection rates. There are now 40 states and two territories on Connecticut’s travel advisory list. No states were removed in the latest update. Officials have also asked for no non-essential tr…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: Bergen County High School Goes Remote Again
A Bergen County high school went back to remote learning after a second student tested positive for COVID-19. Pascack Hills switched to virtual learning for two days last week after one individuals tested positive. The school will be holding classes remotely until Nov. 5, due to a second case reported Oct. 26. The school is closed Nov. 5 and 6 for a teachers convention, so in-person learning will resume Nov. 9. Those who came in contact with the individual were notified and instructed to quarantine. Pascack Hills HS services students from Montvale and Woodcliff Lake, and is part of t…
Torrington, CT
News
Covid-
19: NY Adds One State To Quarantine; Renews Non-Essential Travel Advisory To/From CT, NJ
With both Connecticut and New Jersey meeting the criteria to be added to New York's quarantine list for a second straight week, the state renewed its call discouraging non-essential travel to and from those neighboring states, as well as Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. One state -- California -- was added to the quarantine list on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The advisory requires individuals who have traveled to New York from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from an area with a positive test rate hig…
Massapequa, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: New Testing Policy For 140,000 SUNY Students Announced
Before heading home for the holidays, State University of New York students will have to test negative for COVID-19. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced this week that in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the rest of the country when students head home for Thanksgiving, they will first have to take the test at each of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Malatras said that schools will have until Thursday, Nov. 5 on how to test the entire student population of approximately 140,000 within 10 days of Thanksgiving break. Testing has also been recommended for staff and facult…
Norwalk, CT
Politics
Covid-
19: Norwalk Mayor Quarantines After Member Of Family Tests Positive
An elected official in Fairfield County is the latest to enter quarantine after potentially being exposed to COVID-19. Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling has entered quarantine due to close contact to someone who tested positive for the virus, city officials announced on Sunday, Oct. 25, though he has tested negative for COVID-19 twice. There has been a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Norwalk, with more than 200 cases reported in the past two weeks, prompting state officials to dub it a “red alert” municipality. Earlier story - COVID-19: Number Of CT Red Alert Cities, Towns Climbs To 19 Whi…
Stratford, CT
News
Covid-
19: New Cases Confirmed At School District In Fairfield County
A pair of schools in Northern Fairfield County have become the latest to deal with newly confirmed COVID-19 cases. The Ridgefield Public School District announced that Scotts Ridge Middle School and East Ridge Middle School were transitioning to remote learning on Monday, Oct. 26, after there were multiple positive cases confirmed in each school. The buildings will be closed to allow the district to complete contact tracing and to sanitize any areas that could have been exposed to the virus. There have also been confirmed cases at Ridgefield High School, which forced dozens into quarantin…
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: NY May Ditch Travel Quarantine List
New York is considering alternative options to its current COVID-19 travel advisory that mandates travelers from states with high COVID-19 infection rates enter a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Earlier story - COVID-19: NY Discourages Non-Essential Travel To, From NJ, CT; Adds Two States To Advisory With COVID-19 cases across the country mounting, 43 states have now been put on the travel advisory list, though with neighboring states seeing its infection rates rising, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been forced to consider alternate options. With the neighboring states of New Jersey, Connecti…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Covid-
19: Nearly 200 Quarantine After Student Tests Positive At High School In Westchester
A potential super-spreader situation led to nearly 200 people entering a temporary quarantine after a high school student in the area tested positive for COVID-19. School officials in Westchester County at the Harrison School District announced that the student was last in the building on Friday, Oct. 9. The student became symptomatic on Sunday, Oct. 11, and received a COVID test on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The results weren’t shared with the district until this week. Following the notice of the positive case, the district and county Department of Health conducted contact tracing, leading to 1…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: Bergen County High School Goes Remote For One Week
Another Bergen County high school has switched to remote learning after one individual returned a positive COVID-19 test. A non-teaching staff member at the Park Ridge Junior-Senior High School returned a positive rapid test according to a letter from officials sent Oct. 13. On Oct. 19, the community received an update saying the test was a lab-confirmed positive. Classes were being held remotely at the school from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26. Hybrid learning was expected to resume Oct. 27.After-school activities and athletics were also cancelled. The decision to go remote was made by the coun…
White Plains, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: 29 Were In Contact With Westchester Student Who Tested Positive
One day after welcoming students back to some school buildings, a school district in Westchester is facing its first COVID-19 crisis. On Monday, Oct. 19, the New Rochelle School District transitioned to its hybrid learning model, with some of its youngest students returning to in-person learning. The following day, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, interim Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero announced that 29 students have been in contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. Those students have been instructed by the Westchester County Department of Health to quarantine for 14 days. All…
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