P.M. NEWS MONDAY 4-26-21

Governor Cuomo announced that the State Fair will be open all 18 days this year in Syracuse, with some restrictions:

(Cuomo 4-26-21)

The Governor also said that Stadiums can go from 20 to 33% capacity, Office can increase from 50 to 75% capacity, Casinos can increase from 25 to 50% capacity & Gyms & Fitness Centers from 33 to 50% capacity.

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Chenango County Public Health reported 3213 total COVID cases since the beginning of the pandemic & 57 since Friday. They reported 116 Active Cases today with 4 hospitalized and 494 Active Quarantines & 73 deaths.

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The Broome County Department of Health reported 120 new COVID cases with 2 more COVID deaths on Friday. Broome County has had a total of 333 deaths from the Virus; they have had 17,311 cases since the pandemic began.

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The Broome County Sheriff’s Department reported that on Saturday, on Prescription Drug Take Back Day, they collected 1,920 pounds of old & unused medications. The event is scheduled every year to keep the unused medications out of the waste stream, but also to keep them from getting into the wrong hands.

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is urging restaurant owners to apply for a $28.6 billion federal restaurant relief program. The restaurant grant program will let restaurant owners apply for funds to cover coronavirus-related losses; the maximum grant for per restaurant is $5 million.

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The Village of Sidney’s annual Arbor Day tree planting ceremony will be held this Friday at 1:00PM at Keith Clark Park. A Commemoration Sugar Maple will be planted, the Sidney Shade Tree Commission has conducted the Arbor Day tree planting tradition since 1994 & Sidney has been designated as a “Tree City USA” community for 24 years.

A.M. NEWS MONDAY 4-26-21

State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker announced that the state will move forward with using the 1 dose Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. The vaccines were re-examined after 8 women out of 8 Million doses developed blood clots, with 1 death reported.

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The State Health Department reported 217,972 COVID tests were administered Saturday, with Total number of Positives at 4,087, or 1.88% of all tested, Patient Hospitalization were down to 3,198, the number of ICU patients is down to 742, those on Ventilators went down to 460, there were 50 deaths reported from COVID Saturday.

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Delaware County Public Health reported 17 new COVID cases Friday out of 421 tested, they reported 108 active cases, 15 hospitalized & 219 quarantined.

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Sidney Town Supervisor Gene Pigford is calling a special public hearing regarding zoning laws. The public hearing will be on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall Building located at 44 Grand Street, Sidney.

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The State DOT announced that work has begun in Bainbridge, to renew pavement & sidewalks on State Route 206. Alternating lane closures will be controlled by flaggers from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM between Case Road & East River Road through November.

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