Latest local news about COVID-19
Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater announced Friday the town will limit municipal spending to essential services and COVID-19-related efforts. As of Friday night, Slater reported there were eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yorktown. That number is expected to increase with
Read MoreThe Putnam Health Department announced late Monday afternoon there were seven more people confirmed to have tested positive for coronavirus in the county, lifting the total to 46, with the number as low as two as recently as March 16.
Read MoreIn the City of White Plains, 54 residents have tested positive for coronavirus as of press time, up from about 10 on Mar. 19. With the 54 positive tests, White Plains has the fourth most of any municipality in the
Read MoreCalls for hospital masks, protective gowns and ventilators have reached a critical point for many hospitals and healthcare facilities looking to protect staff while tending to patients during the burgeoning coronavirus crisis. But there is another shortage that promises to
Read MoreYou’re a community-minded person so you shop local. You eat Sunday morning breakfast at your town’s diner with your family, you buy your kids gear at the local sporting goods store, you patronize the area retail shops for clothing, jewelry
Read MoreThe state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced late Saturday that all of its offices statewide have been closed until further notice as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. While offices are closed, expiration
Read MoreThe next stage in the fight against the coronavirus will begin at the end of the weekend after Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Friday that will close all businesses not deemed essential. Cuomo said that businesses will be
Read MoreAn Elmsford-based food pantry is working with Department of Social Services personnel in Westchester, Putnam and Fairfield counties to locate people who are quarantined or isolated from the coronavirus. Hillside Food Outreach, which has worked with the counties to deliver
Read MoreThe Putnam County Department of Health confirmed Thursday afternoon that three new positive cases of COVID-19 in county residents, bringing the total to five cases. The individuals have been quarantined at home and will continue to be monitored carefully. The
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer is calling on retired and non-working nurses who are licensed in New York State to be on call to meet the spiraling healthcare needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “The reality is we don’t have
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