COVID-19

The rates of infection from COVID-19 are increasing across the United States, at an alarming pace in some regions. 

So far, Litchfield County is remaining fairly stable. Numbers of reported infections are increasing slowly, but at about the same pace they’d been increasing for the past month or two. 

For the most part, reported cases of COVID-19 have been steadily decreasing in recent weeks in the Tri-state area. However, in the past few days there have been slight increases in Dutchess and Litchfield counties. Berkshire County’s infection and death rates remain consistently low, as they have since the beginning of the pandemic. 

In time for the summer travel and holiday season, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have issued an advisory that anyone traveling into the three states from a high risk area of the United States should self-quarantine for 14 days. 

HARLEM VALLEY — Recognizing that a student’s academic development continues well beyond the classroom and beyond the academic year, school districts throughout the state and the region have taken action over the last few months to ensure students will continue to receive a quality education, regardless of the shift to remote learning.

As we celebrate World Oceans Week, which began June 8, we can pause during this time of social, environmental and economic upheaval caused by a land-based viral pandemic and imagine what this might mean for the world’s largest bodies of water, and their marine wildlife.  

HARLEM VALLEY — New York’s Capital Region, including Columbia County, was given Governor Andrew Cuomo’s go-ahead to reopen on Wednesday, May 20, at a time when much of downstate was still dealing with the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic.