Lakeville Journal

The Tri-state region equestrian community has found ways to manage despite the coronavirus pandemic. After all, animals still have to be cared for, even during a quarantine.

We hadn’t expected to have any interns this summer, but several young people contacted us in late spring to ask if they could participate, and two chose to join us for three weeks. You’ve seen their bylines in recent editions, and we hope they will continue to write for us through the summer when they can.

Of course it’s not the same, but in a year when two of the major summertime fireworks displays have been postponed until October, we decided to at least offer some thrilling photos of past pyrotechnics.

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.