Mount Pleasant, NY
News
COVID-19: Stay-At-Home Advisory Takes Effect For Westchester City COVID-19: Stay-At-Home Advisory Takes Effect For Westchester City
Covid-19: Stay-At-Home Advisory Takes Effect For Westchester City Residents in one of the Hudson Valley’s most populated cities have been instructed to stay at home due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. Officials in Mount Vernon issued a “stay-at-home” advisory, advising residents to remain indoors except for work, school, or to purchase essential items. The order took effect on Monday, Nov. 16. Mount Vernon has seen double-digit increases in new daily COVID-19 cases, with the number of active cases climbing to 173 on Monday, Nov. 16. According to officials, the Mount Vernon COVID-19 taskforce will be enforcing social distancing requirements and ensuring th…

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by Zak Failla
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Schools
COVID-19: Westchester School Community Member, Children, Test Positive COVID-19: Westchester School Community Member, Children, Test Positive
Covid-19: Westchester School Community Member, Children, Test Positive More community members in a Westchester village and school district have tested positive for COVID-19. Bronxville Schools Superintendent Roy Montesano issued a notice to parents on Wednesday, Nov. 11 advising that the district learned that a member of the school community who has several children in school has tested positive for the virus. Montesano said that the family - all of whom were asymptomatic - quarantined upon learning of the first positive test, and late on Wednesday afternoon, two of the children received confirmation of positive tests. The children have not been in the Bronxv…

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by Zak Failla
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Chatham Police Launch Task Force Enforcing Social Distancing, Mask-Wearing Chatham Police Launch Task Force Enforcing Social Distancing, Mask-Wearing
Chatham Police Launch Task Force Enforcing Social Distancing, Mask-Wearing Police in Chatham are looking for volunteers to hand out free masks and encourage social distancing with the launch of the Chatham Borough Covid-19 Ambassador Program. The program sets up volunteers in highly-traveled pedestrian areas and offers a “zero-confrontational” approach to reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The volunteers will distribute free masks and “gently encourage” social distancing. “As the Covid-19 infection rate continues to raise both nationally and within our state, studies have shown that social distancing, wearing a mask, and hand washing is effective in lower…

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by Valerie Musson
Edison, NJ
News
Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021 Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021
Murphy Announces New Covid-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021 Gov. Phil Murphy announced new COVID-19 restrictions in the midst of New Jersey's second wave. Murphy also said he spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend, who was "unequivocal" when he said a vaccine will be ready in April or May. "We're in a sprint for the next six months," Murphy said. The governor remained hopeful a vaccine would be ready for wide distribution in Spring 2021, as long as "all the tires have been checked. "A vaccine doesn't mean we're back to where we were," Murphy said. "But it [will be] a hugely different environment. We've got to use that. "We have a plan rea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
News
COVID-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs COVID-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs
Covid-19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs Paterson police raided several nightclubs -- and closed a couple -- that they said were packed with patrons in violation of social distancing regulations, among other offenses. More than 300 people were packed into Besan Café on East Railway Avenue club one night when police showed up one night -- and more than 160 the next time, Speziale said. That wasn't all, he said. Summonses were issued for not having an entertainment license, smoking in public and creating or maintaining a dangerous condition, he said. The Gypsy Lounge on Getty Avenue club also was closed after police found more tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
News
Murphy: 2nd COVID Wave Is Here Murphy: 2nd COVID Wave Is Here
Murphy: 2nd COVID Wave Is Here New Jersey's second COVID-19 wave is here. That's what Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday, urging residents to "double down" on the practices that helped flatten the curve last spring: Stay six feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Cases and new hospital patients have been on the rise in New Jersey in the last several weeks. Thursday marked the 12th day in a row that more than 1,000 new cases were reported. Murphy reported 1,477 new cases, along with deaths in the past 10 days The recent outbreaks were largely due to small gatherings in homes, the governor said. Dozens of New Jersey scho…

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by Cecilia Levine
Springfield, MA
Business
COVID-19: Biggest Brunch In Pioneer Valley Returns Sunday COVID-19: Biggest Brunch In Pioneer Valley Returns Sunday
Covid-19: Biggest Brunch In Pioneer Valley Returns Sunday After taking a break for COVID-19, brunch is coming back to Western Mass in a big way. Possibly the largest brunch buffet in the Pioneer Valley pre-COVID-19, the Sunday brunch at The Delaney House on Route 5 in Holyoke is set to resume service on Sunday, Nov. 1. The fine-dining Delaney brunch will be a little different than it used to be. Due to social-distancing requirements, instead of people going to the buffet whenever they like, customers will order off a menu from servers. The Delaney House Sunday brunch is huge - literally and culturally; the restaurant can accommodate 500 brunchers…

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by Kristin Palpini
Brookfield, CT
Business
COVID-19: Packed Fairfield County Restaurant Shut Down For Violations COVID-19: Packed Fairfield County Restaurant Shut Down For Violations
Covid-19: Packed Fairfield County Restaurant Shut Down For Violations Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont lambasted a Fairfield County restaurant after videos went viral on social media of party-goers packing the place over the weekend and failing to adhere to the state’s COVID-19 mandates. Videos that were posted of Ten20 in Bridgeport drew the ire of Lamont and other elected officials over the crowd and the failure to socially distance or wear face coverings. In response, Lamont took to Twitter to blast the restaurant and its owners for failing to comply with the state’s COVID-19 guidelines. “This is what we’re talking about when we mention establishments not obey…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
News
COVID-19: Officials Issue Advisories On Halloween Trick-Or-Treating In Fairfield County COVID-19: Officials Issue Advisories On Halloween Trick-Or-Treating In Fairfield County
Covid-19: Officials Issue Advisories On Halloween Trick-Or-Treating In Fairfield County Officials from several Fairfield County cities and towns and cities have issued advisories for trick-or-treating on Halloween. In Stamford, Mayor David Martin announced the city is discouraging traditional Halloween trick-or-treating this year and advises residents to not participate in trick-or-treating of any kind with individuals outside your household. All variants of trick-or-treating often require contact with individuals from outside your household and therefore present a risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus.  Like other communities across Connecticut, Stamford is seeing a tren…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
Business
Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid Covid-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a family who owns a Bergen County clothing store to rethink business.  Advance Apparels owners Akash, Prithvi and Manju Bajaj have had experience with authentic Indian garments even before opening the South Hackensack store in 2001. “My father at the time was working at MetLife but leveraged his experience managing clothing factories from his time in India to start a clothing brand on the side,” Akash, 27, told Daily Voice. For years, Akash, his father, Prithvi, and his mother, Manju, had a routine that worked: they’d spend the first several month…

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by Valerie Musson
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
COVID-19: Liquor Licenses Of Four Hudson Valley Restaurants Suspended For Guideline Violations COVID-19: Liquor Licenses Of Four Hudson Valley Restaurants Suspended For Guideline Violations
Covid-19: Liquor Licenses Of Four Hudson Valley Restaurants Suspended For Guideline Violations New York State authorities have suspended liquor licenses for 21 more businesses, including four in the Hudson Valley, after finding what it labeled violations of COVID-19 pandemic-related executive orders.  These new suspensions bring the total number of liquor licenses suspended during the coronavirus pandemic to 238, the state announced on Friday, Oct. 23. In total, 1,362 charges have been filed against bars and restaurants for violating coronavirus-related rules.  Businesses found in violation of these regulations face fines up to $10,000 per violation, while egregious violat…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
COVID-19: School Closures Extended In One Of Hudson Valley's Cluster Zones COVID-19: School Closures Extended In One Of Hudson Valley's Cluster Zones
Covid-19: School Closures Extended In One Of Hudson Valley's Cluster Zones The closure of some Hasidic schools in the middle of a COVID-19 cluster in the Hudson Valley will continue indefinitely due to the community’s unwillingness to adhere to state and county pandemic orders. On Monday, Oct. 5, Orange County Health Commissioner Irina Gelman ordered schools in and around Kiryas Joel to stay closed for at least two weeks due to a spike in COVID-19 cases inside the cluster. This week, Gelman said that the schools have not been following orders to report COVID-19 infections among students and staff members, while others have refused to close at all, in direct violat…

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by Zak Failla