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As coronavirus continues to spread across the state, local municipalities and school districts are taking precautions.

GREENE COUNTY Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District announced that it would be closed Wednesday due to a sick staff member. The individual had not been diagnosed with coronavirus as of press time on Wednesday. Classes

“The district has received a report that a relative of one of our staff members recently began experiencing flu-like symptoms and went to the hospital to seek medical attention. It is our understanding that testing currently is being performed on this individual. However, the individual has not been diagnosed with COVID-19 at this time. This individual also has not had contact with anyone at the district other than the individual’s family member, who has not reported any symptoms of illness.”

— STATEMENT FROM WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT have not been affected in any other district in either Greene or Columbia county.

“The district has received a report that a relative of one of our staff members recently

began experiencing flu-like symptoms and went to the hospital to seek medical

attention,” according to a statement from WAJ. “It is our understanding that testing currently is being performed on this individual. However, the individual has not been diagnosed with COVID-19 at this time. This individual also has not had contact with anyone at the district other than the individual’s family member, who has not reported any symptoms of illness.”

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ALBANY — A large bottle of hand sanitizer usually runs around $9, but some retailers are asking more than 10 times more than its listed price in the wake of the spreading coronavirus — and many consumers are paying for it.

Several of the state’s 5,000 retailers, manufacturers and

distributors have taken advantage of illegal price gouging to make a profit on items in high demand — such as hand sanitizer, wipes, medical equipment and over-the-counter medications — while coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, which has symptoms of a fever, coughing, sore throat and shortness of breath, spreads across the globe.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-27, announced a bill to establish a 10% price increase threshold for price gouging during public health crises. Retailers, manufacturers or distributors that increase prices beyond that threshold would be subject to fines from the state Attorney General up to $25,000.

“We’re hearing cases of small stores and other retailers taking

advantage of customers by hiking prices on medical supplies,” Hoylman said on the Senate landing floor Wednesday in the state Capitol. “We’re hearing of cases where people paid $97 for a box of 10 face masks that’s advertised for $21.99 or charging $79.99 for a single bottle of hand sanitizer.

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Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-27, announces a Senate bill to set a 10% price increase threshold for retailers and manufacturers to combat price gouging of consumer medical supplies during a public health emergency, like the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

SUNY colleges will move to distance learning

By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corporation

ALBANY — All SUNY and CUNY schools will hold classes remotely for the rest of the spring semester as the state is working to contract with 28 private labs to increase coronavirus testing, officials said Wednesday.

“We are currently taking daily calls with the SUNY Chancellor’s Office,” said Jaclyn Stevenson, director of marketing and communications at Columbia-Greene Community College.

“These calls happen late in the day [around] 5-6 p.m. As soon as we have further information from them, we will update. We don’t have any official guidance from the community college side as far as classes going online or being canceled. We haven’t heard anything relative to community colleges from SUNY.”

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced all SUNY and CUNY schools will adopt a distance learning model, or hold classes online, starting March 19 through the remainder of the spring semester during a coronavirus COVID-19 briefing in the state Capitol on Wednesday afternoon.

All SUNY administrators are working on their plans to implement the

distance learning policy, said Holly Liapis, press secretary for SUNY Media.

“Spring break has been extended so that campuses can work on their plans,” she said. “Each campus is going to take into consideration their student needs and plan accordingly.”

Community colleges may have more flexibility because their students live locally, Liapis said.

The state will contract with 28 private labs to increase the state’s testing capacity for the illness, which the World Health Organization deemed a global pandemic Wednesday. The labs are specialized in virology and regularly partner with the state Department of Health.

“We’re continuing to prioritize ramping up testing capacity because the more people you identify as having the virus the better you can contain

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NEW YORK — After dozens of women came forward to share stories of alleged sexual assault at the hands of one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday.

Weinstein was convicted last month of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haley and aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2006 and 2013, respectively, after a dramatic weeks-long trial in Lower Manhattan. The Miramax co-founder has denied all wrongdoing and plans to appeal.

Six women testified against Weinstein during the trial, describing interactions with him that were a combination of brutally violent and mentally draining. Mann, who had a consensual but abusive relationship with Weinstein that she alleged Charges against Harvey Weinstein turned violent whenever she reThe conviction related to fused Weinstein’s advances, had him. No limit to what he could to be helped from the stand and take. No desire he could not Mann carries a maximum senwas led out of court sobbing in grant himself. The young, strug- tence of four years in prison. the midst of three days of mara- gling dreamers were not even But Burke has the option to put people to him.”

Weinstein in prison for up to thon testimony last month.

After more than 80 women 25 years for the criminal sexual Mann opened on Wednesday by addressing that moment came forward to accuse the for- act conviction, which could head-on, saying, “The day my mer mogul of sexual harassment essentially ensure that Weinuncontrollable screams were and assault at the height of the stein spends the rest of his life heard from the witness room, MeToo movement, Weinstein in prison. The sentences must was the day my whole voice was arrested and led into a New be served concurrently, so the came back into my power.” York City Police Department absolute minimum time WeinThose were the screams she precinct in 2018. Prosecutors stein could spend in prison is couldn’t make when Weinstein charged him with multiple five years. counts of sexual assault involvThe former mogul spent the raped her, she said.

Mann said her rape was “pre- ing Mann, Haley and actress entire trial moving with the aid ventable,” that Weinstein was “a Annabella Sciorra, who said of a walker, the result of a spinal known offender whose crimes Weinstein forced his way into decompression surgery he had her Manhattan apartment and last year. Shortly after he was were covered up.” convicted, Weinstein’s lead at“The recurring nightmare of assaulted her in the early 1990s.

Sciorra’s case was too old to torney, Donna Rotunno, told how I feel is just as real as the day prosecute on its own, but New Burke that her client needed it happened,” she said.

Haley told the court that af- York prosecutors used it as the injections to prevent losing his ter Weinstein assaulted her in basis for two counts of preda- eyesight. Weinstein was also 2006, she has “lived in fear and tory sexual assault. If convicted hospitalized for heart palpitaparanoia on a daily basis.” She of the crime, which would have tions the day the verdict came suffered routine panic attacks required jurors to believe Wein- down, delaying his eventual trip and a private investigator began stein raped Sciorra and either to Rikers Island.

In an 11-page memo filed last questioning her friends after she Mann or Haley, he would have faced a minimum of 25 years in week, prosecutors asked Burke came forward, she said.

In asking Burke to hand down prison and a maximum life sen- to impose a sentence that would reflect the “total lack of remorse” the near-maximum sentence, tence.

But Weinstein was acquit- Weinstein has shown for his the case’s lead prosecutor, Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, emphasized ted of both those counts. He crimes. The document outlined a narrative the prosecution was convicted of committing a a litany of uncharged allegations sought to establish at every step criminal sexual act against Hal- against Weinstein, including of the trial: that Weinstein used ey, who said Weinstein forced 16 different instances of sexual his power first to entrap his vic- oral sex on her in his apartment assault and harassment, some in 2006, and third-degree rape of which were previously untims, and then to silence them.

“How did he use that power? against Mann, who said the for- known.

He got drunk on the power,” she mer mogul raped her in a MidProsecutors laid out allegasaid. “He saw no authority over town Manhattan hotel in 2013. tions from as far back as 1978,

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when a woman who worked for a music company run by Weinstein said she woke up to him trying to have sex with her as she slept in a New York City hotel room.

Many of the crimes alleged in the sentencing memo followed the same pattern as the allegations made in court that led to Weinstein’s conviction — he would use his industry leverage to isolate a woman, then use that same power to ensure her silence.

In the 1990s, according to the document, a 19-year-old woman working for Weinstein in Britain said she was ordered to visit his hotel room for a “script meeting.” Several people were present, but she was ordered to stay behind afterward, when he allegedly raped her, according to the memo.

In 1991, another teenage employee in Britain said that she contacted police after Weinstein disrobed and tried to coerce her into sex. Her boss and Weinstein ultimately dissuaded her from cooperating with law enforcement, according to the document.

Prosecutors also interviewed several former business associates of Weinstein, who described him as a cold and violent “monster” during meetings and in the workplace.

In one incident, Weinstein allegedly beat his brother Bob during a meeting, leaving him bloodied and unconscious. After an argument with a Weinstein Co. board member in 2015, the fallen Hollywood titan promised to “send someone to his office to cut off his genitals with gardening shears,” according to the prosecution memo.

“Throughout his entire adult professional life, defendant has displayed a staggering lack of empathy, treating others with disdain and inhumanity. He has consistently advanced his own sordid desires and fixations over the well-being of others,” prosecutors wrote. “He has destroyed people’s lives or livelihoods or threatened to do so on a whim.”

MOSCOW — Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a raft of amendments to the constitution, including a stipulation to enable President Vladimir Putin to seek re-election.

Putin, 67, has been in power as president or prime minister for two decades. He is the longest serving Russian or Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin.

The parliament is dominated by the political party most closely associated with Putin, United Russia. The bill will now go to the upper house, where it is also almost certain to be approved.

Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told reporters that 383 lawmakers voted in favor, 43 abstained, and none voted against, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

The bill included about 390

changes to the constitution, Volodin was quoted as saying.

The constitution in its present form allows a president to serve for two consecutive terms, meaning that currently Putin would have to leave the presidency in four years.

Putin served two four-year terms as president from 2000 to 2008. After that the constitution was amended to provide six-year terms, and Putin returned the presidency in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018.

The bill was expected to be approved by the upper house on Saturday, then go to the Constitutional Court.

Putin would like to sign the bill into law on March 18, the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, Interfax reported.

Putin has insisted the amendments should be

approved by a nationwide referendum on April 22 to go into effect.

The amendments include establishing a minimum wage and pension allocations based on the cost of living, aspects that could help to convince the populace to vote in favor.

Other amendments would boost the authority of the government’s legislative branch, currently controlled by the Putin-backed United Russia party.

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CALENDAR Thursday, March 12 n Greene County Legislature finance

audit 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, March 16 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town

Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Greene County Legislature economic development; Gov. Ops.; finance; and Rep. and Dem caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, March 17 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, March 18 n Cairo Town Board workshop meet-

ing 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Town Board Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Election Day 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature public hearing 6:25 p.m. followed by meeting No. 3 6:30 p.m. economic development; Gov. Ops.; finance; and Rep. and Dem caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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District BOE meeting 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Budget Work Session 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, March 23 n Catskill Village Planning Board

7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Greenville CSD BOE/Budget 4 Meeting 6 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 SR 81, Greenville

Tuesday, March 24 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, March 25 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-9433830

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sion 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Thursday, April 2 n Coxsackie Village Budget Work Ses-

sion 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, April 6 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Coxsackie Village Organizational Meeting 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Highway workers call for road funding

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ALBANY — Highway superintendents and road workers from across the state are urging lawmakers to increase the amount of money in the proposed state budget for local roads, bridges and culverts, saying upstate infrastructure needs its fair share.

Sen. Tom O’Mara, R-58, and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, R-132, joined the hundreds of highway department workers and a bipartisan group of state representatives for a rally on the Million Dollar staircase in the state Capitol on March 4. The group rallied for the eighth consecutive year as part of its Local Roads Matter advocacy campaign to fight for increased funding in the state’s Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program, PAVE-NY and BRIDGENY programs established in 2016.

“I hope everyone realizes this: 87% of the roads are owned and maintained by our local municipalities,” O’Mara said with a crowd of highway superintendents decked out in bright orange standing behind him. “Fifty-two percent of New York’s 18,000 bridges are owned and maintained by our local municipalities. Forty-eight percent of the miles driven are driven on our local roads, so there is a dire need ... this is a serious situation we need to make sure we’re addressing.”

Lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other leaders to strengthen the commitment to fund local roads, bridges and culverts with a $150 million increase for CHIPS aid to a total of $588 million, O’Mara said, adding CHIPS’ base level has remained at $438 million since 2013.

“If the governor’s budget goes through, it will be flat for the seventh consecutive year,” he said.

Under the proposed 202021 executive budget, CHIPS and the Marchiselli program are slated for $477.8 million, the same as last year’s commitment. PAVE-NY and BRIDGE-NY were each continued at $100 million for local highways and bridge projects, according to the governor’s

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More than 700 highway superintendents and road workers rallied at the Million Dollar staircase in the state Capitol on March 4 to call for a $150 million increase in the proposed state budget to fund local roads, bridges and culverts.

office.

“This administration has made a record commitment to funding local highway and bridge projects and that continues with this year’s nearly $700 million investment in the executive budget,” said Freeman Klopott, spokesman with the state Division of the Budget.

Lawmakers and road workers criticized the governor’s budget for not committing enough to upstate road infrastructure, as the spending plan raises operating support for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority by $725 million to $6.2 billion, which serves the public transportation system in 12 downstate counties.

“Our upstate roads and bridges are in disrepair,” said Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102, who attended the rally. “We have some of the absolute best workers in the country ready to modernize and repair our flagging infrastructure. Why don’t we provide them the funding and materials they need so they can do their jobs? Personally, I want to see parity with New York City funding and the investment in downstate infrastructure to the order of $150 million.

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share, it’s that simple,” he added. “It’s beyond infrastructure here — it’s public safety.”

The group also asked a $65 million Extreme Winter Recovery allocation be restored in the 2020-21 proposed budget.

The winter recovery program is a legislative addition to the executive budget and was initially created following the extreme weather in the 2013-14 winter. The project has been funding at $65 million for the last three years following the Legislature’s budget negotiations, according to the governor’s office.

“The executive budget, while continuing important local transportation funding programs, does not provide the necessary increases for these programs in the proposed abbreviated two-year transportation capital plan,” state County Highway Superintendents Association President Todd Gadd said.

“NYSCHSA, along with our affiliates, is urging our legislative representatives to make local roads and bridges a priority in this year’s budget, beginning by restoring [Extreme Winter Recovery] and increasing CHIPS funding. We all agree that a significant increase in the CHIPS

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base aid and the restoration of EWR funds is an effective way to help all municipalities improve the conditions of our statewide system of roads, bridges and culverts, promote job creation and economic development in our communities, and improve highway safety and functionality on behalf of the motoring public.”

In an October 2017 report, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli estimated locally owned bridges require at least $27.4 billion in repairs, according to O’Mara. An earlier report from the comptroller called 32% of the state’s local bridges deficient and 40% of local roads fair or poor, and

getting worse.

Several Twin County lawmakers attended the rally to advocate for the $150 million increase, including Tague, Assemblyman Jake Ashby, R-107; state Sen. George Amedore Jr., R-46; and state Sen. Daphne Jordan, R-43.

“Local roads matter,” Jordan said following the rally.

“CHIPs plays a major role in providing the infrastructure funding that our local communities count on. Columbia County’s hard-working family farmers depend on a safe, well-maintained infrastructure to bring their products to market. Emergency vehicles need to be assured of getting through, school buses need well-maintained roads and bridges for all children to travel safely ... And, of course, well-maintained roads and bridges are a matter of public safety for all. Every dollar invested in CHIPS is one less dollar local taxpayers have to pay. Deferring road and bridge repairs due to uncertainty over CHIPs funding causes further deterioration of our infrastructure.”

In the past, Jordan’s office advocated for increased state funding to repair and renovate Route 203 from Valatie to North Chatham.

Road safety is not a partisan issue, said Ashby, who called for bipartisan support of increasing CHIPs funding.

“People driving on the roads are Democrats and Republicans,” he said. “We serve everybody, and it’s encouraging to see it’s gaining traction.

The cost of these improvements is going up each year...

New York City’s parity should match upstate’s, period, and that’s what this is all about.”

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Scary scenario unfolds amid outbreak New Yorkers and perhaps the rest of the world have every right to be shocked by a historymaking development in the coronavirus story. National Guard troops will be deployed to monitor a twoweek containment zone in Westchester County as COVID-19 continues its relentless march across the state. New Rochelle is today, believe it or not, the epicenter of the nation’s largest outbreak cluster.

The one-mile containment area will close down major gathering places in the city of New Rochelle — home to the highest number of reported cases in the country — until March 25, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. In essence, troops

are cordoning off an American city for the first time in recent memory because of a contagious disease. It’s a scenario straight out of Michael Crichton’s “The Andromeda Strain.”

In no way can we second-guess Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his advisory team for taking this action.

COVID-19 is a marauding virus like nothing we’ve seen before. It is a ruthless contagion, and state officials had little choice but to take this dramatic step to halt the virus’ progress.

“This is unique in the United States of America,” Cuomo said at a press conference Tuesday at the state Capitol. “New Rochelle has more than double the number of cases than New

York City. It is a phenomenon.”

There is something like a silver lining in all this. Although schools, temples and other facilities with large gatherings in the Westchester County site will be affected, grocery stores will remain open. And it’s important to remember that the containment area is not a quarantine, and will not prohibit people from leaving their homes or walking the streets. During the two-week period, Cuomo said, officials will clean the schools and facilities and assess the situation.

The governor Tuesday called it unique and a phenomenon. We call it scary.

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Biden’s coalition is making him unstoppable

By Jennifer Rubin (c) 2020, The Washington Post ·

Former vice president Joe Biden, the winner of 10 out of 14 state primaries on March 3, has scored another series of wins. Although North Dakota, Washington and Idaho have yet to finish voting, Biden’s success in Mississippi, Missouri and Michigan suggest he is on a glide path to the nomination.

Mississippi was called right at poll closing time for Biden. With 86% of the African American vote, Biden has established a lock on this critical constituency.

He also beat Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., among noncollege-educated whites, supposedly a Sandersfriendly group, 78%-to19%. That combination of African Americans and non-college-educated whites, if carried through other states, would make Biden virtually unstoppable.

Biden had a compelling win in Missouri. There, too, he won 69% of African Americans and noncollege-educated whites (55% to 40%). Biden has also opened a considerable advantage with female voters (58% to 36%), perhaps a reflection of women’s distaste for a hollering fire-

brand, especially one who attracts online bullies.

As former senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., put it, “If Biden is able to bring back home these white, non-college educated voters together with the suburban women who have had it up to here with the nonsense of Trump, and African American voters, no wonder Donald Trump doesn’t want him to be the nominee.”

However, it was in Michigan where the magnitude of Biden’s victory became clear. He did better in virtually every county compared with Hillary Clinton in 2016. As he did in Missouri and Mississippi, Biden swept up African American voters (66%), white collegeeducated voters (51%) and white non-college-educated voters (50%). All in all, Sanders did 20 points worse in 2020 than he did four years ago. Again, women overwhelmingly chose Biden (57%).

Should Biden win in Washington state, he will have effectively hit a grand slam. Nowhere have we seen the tidal wave of young voters that Sanders promised to bring into the party. To the contrary, older voters and suburbanites showed up in droves

and voted for Biden. Perhaps voters are tired of the screaming socialist, or perhaps he was simply the beneficiary of non-Clinton voters in 2016.

Significantly, Priorities USA, the Democratic PAC that spun off from Obama’s organization announced it had seen enough: Voters seem to agree.

They are ready to move on to the task of dumping President Trump.

If Biden can keep that coalition of women, noncollege and educated whites and African Americans together in the general election, he will have assembled a winning coalition not unlike what Barack Obama assembled (minus the youth vote, which has not yet shown enthusiasm for Biden). The choice between a candidate capable of maximizing the base or one extending the party’s reach into independents and soft Republicans (including a large percentage of suburban women) was patently false all along. The Democrats need to do both.

With Biden, they might be able to do exactly that.

Jennifer Rubin writes reported opinion for The Washington Post.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ‘My pacifism and my paintings are now closely linked, I hope, all my life.’

Higher education’s mandatory political participation WASHINGTON — The Free Speech Movement, an early tremor of the earthquake that shook campuses in the 1960s, began on Sproul Plaza at the University of California at Berkeley, in 1964. Today eight of the 10 universities in the UC system are administering faculty hiring practices that involve coerced speech, enforced political conformity and mandatory political participation.

Any academic seeking a position is required to write a “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) statement affirming support — sometimes even “enthusiastic” support — for, and demonstrating activism in support of, a system-wide orthodoxy.

In the required statement (“Demonstrating Interest in and Ability to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”), an applicant should show that he or she has been active, and must promise to be active, in advancing the approved agenda. This process explicitly subordinates assessments of academic excellence.

Abigail Thompson, chair of the mathematics department at UC-Davis, praises diversity (without explaining how ethnic, racial and gender diversity improves teaching and research in mathematics). But she thinks mandatory DEI statements have a problematic pedigree.

In 1949, during the Cold War anxiety about communist subversion, Robert Sproul, president of the UC system, proposed that university employees sign an oath attesting that they were not members of the Communist Party or other organizations advocating violent revolution. Protests, litigation and the firing of some non-signers ensued.

Then fears of domestic communists abated, and a court ended the oath in 1967. The UC system subsequently adopted this policy: “No political test shall ever be considered in the appointment and promotion of any faculty member or employee.”

Today, however, DEI statements are political litmus tests used in a baroque three-stage, five-point scoring system that winnows out applicants — sometimes

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WILL most of them — before considering the applicants’ academic qualifications. For example, eight departments in Berkeley’s life sciences recently applied the DEI “rubric” in sorting through 893 eligible applicants.

First — yes, first — they were evaluated solely on “contributions” to diversity, equity and inclusion.

This involved assessing, among much else, candidates’ “comfort” in talking about those matters. Only 214 candidates who scored well in the diversity enthusiasm sweepstakes were then evaluated as scholars.

Most of the 679 who were immediately flunked received insufficient grades — only 1 or 2 points on the category “knowledge about” DEI (e.g., insufficient discussion of “gender or ethnicity/race”) or 3 (“strong understanding of challenges” but “little understanding of demographic data”). Most survivors scored 4 or 5 on “comfort” and enthusiasm discussing the DEI agenda.

The second test concerned demonstrating a “track record in advancing” DEI. Those who fell at this hurdle perhaps showed only “limited participation at the periphery” of officially approved activities. The third test concerned “plans for advancing” DEI. Those who failed here might have been judged “vague” about the required political “activities.” The fortunate few who scored 4 or 5, and so survived to have their scholarly credentials considered, presumably professed an impressive intention to strongly advocate the orthodoxy.

When Thompson published in the leading mathematics journal her criticism of mandatory DEI professions of loyalty, a Williams College mathematician, Chad M. Topaz, was enraged by this diversity of thought.

He urged a digital mob to inflict on Thompson “some good ‘ol [sic] public shame.”

He profits from the diversity industry: In exchange for “donations,” he and associates will critique, and even help write, job candidates’ diversity statements. This assistance will be “completely confidential.” As befits ghostwritten political enthusiasm.

Because coast-to-coast academic culture is politically homogenized, other universities are adopting identical or similar requirements of “demonstrated commitments” to this and that, including “outreach,” which presumably means something to those who speak academia’s patois.

Opaque language cannot, however, disguise that this is all politics.

Politics is how we organize our ideas and practices for living together. The defining characteristic of totalitarian societies is not that the individual cannot participate in politics, but that the individual cannot not participate. In such societies, politics permeates everything: Government’s aim is the conquest of consciousness, and abstention from politics is subversive.

Hence DEI pledges.

The Hoover Institution’s John Cochrane, blogging as the Grumpy Economist, has publicized UC’s practices, which he expects will become more onerous and invidious because universities continue hiring large numbers of diversity enforcers whose profession is to banish the classical liberal principle that every person should be treated as a unique individual. This banishment is a political project abetted by DEI statements, which are political tests. That they violate UC’s stated policy prohibiting political tests means that the policy actually is: “Only progressive political tests shall be considered in appointments.”

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White House considers moving all of Europe to Level 3 travel advisory Lori Aratani and Josh Dawsey The Washington Post

The White House is considering placing all of Europe under a Level 3 travel advisory, discouraging all nonessential travel there to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

China is at a Level 4, which discourages all travel to the country. South Korea and Italy are at Level 3, though some regions in both countries are at a Level 4 because of the prevalence of the outbreak.

The people with knowledge of the White House coronavirus task force discussions, including an administration official, said that the conversations have been ongoing but that no decision has been made.

The administration official said the White House is considering more restrictions because it thinks Europe has become the biggest originator of new cases.

The reports come on the same day that the World Health Organization declared

the coronavirus a pandemic, reflecting concern from the WHO that countries aren’t working quickly and aggressively enough to contain the virus.

Raising the advisory to a Level 3 for European nations might be an effective strategy for reducing travel between the United States and Europe without having to impose a travel ban similar to what is in place for travelers coming from China or Iran, said the individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

When China and, later, South Korea were moved to a Level 3, passenger demand dropped dramatically, and airlines began canceling flights.

“They are watching the situation in Europe and are very worried - not just about Italy but France, Spain and Germany,” one of the individuals said. The person also noted that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that 70% of Germans ultimately could be infected.

House moves toward quick vote on Democratic coronavirus package Erica Werner, Mike DeBonis and Jeff Stein The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - House Democrats plan to vote Thursday on a wide-ranging coronavirus relief package that will include expanded unemployment insurance, paid sick leave and food security assistance.

The effort shows the urgency with which political leaders are moving to contain the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

Although the Senate seems unlikely to act before a congressional recess scheduled for next week, a number of Republican senators indicated openness Wednesday to at least some elements of the House plan and said it was important to act quickly.

“The sick leave is certainly something we need to take a close look at, I think that’s a very practical, very significant help to folks,” said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. “I think we shouldn’t rule anything out at this point, and I think, you know, it’s a very fluid situation.”

Events were developing rapidly on Capitol Hill after the World Health Organization announced that it was declaring the coronavirus a pandemic. A senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal thinking, said that the White House would have to see details of the House Democrats’ plan, and that discussions were ongoing. This official wouldn’t rule out Senate passage of the House Democratic bill, which could garner GOP support in the House depending on the details.

Some GOP senators were waiting to take their cues from the administration.

“A lot of it will depend on what the White House says,” said Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

President Donald Trump is pushing aides to develop a large tax cut package, and he could allow people to delay filing their taxes.

Trump pitched Republican senators Tuesday on a big payroll tax reduction that could last through his reelection campaign and the end of the year. But the response was skeptical, and House Democratic leaders are not including any such measure in their plan, which they hope to release Wednesday.

GOP senators said they were waiting to see details of the House Democratic plan, which is expected to extend unemployment insurance and paid sick leave for months. The paid sick leave component could be designed to replace some two-thirds of

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the U.S. Capitol March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Schumer and other members of the Democratic caucus called for corporations and employers to offer paid sick leave to all employees following recommended health procedures. Also pictured (L-R) are Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT).

a worker’s salary, up to a defined limit, according to two people with knowledge of the planning who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it.

The plan is also expected to include about $1 billion in emergency appropriations to expand access to food security programs including food stamps, Meals on Wheels and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. The overall cost of the plan was unclear.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose Tuesday on hope of congressional action to address the crisis that has swept the globe, but stocks were down again Wednesday as it became clear that policymakers were far apart in their discussions. More schools, universities and companies announced plans to close or ask employees or students to work from home, and large events were being canceled.

Hundreds have been sickened in the U.S. with about two dozen deaths.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told fellow Democrats on Wednesday morning to expect a vote Thursday on their package. It has not been negotiated with the White House or congressional Republicans, but Democrats see a need to act in the midst of growing public concern, and put pressure on the GOP. Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., declined to discuss cost for the package but said it would be focused squarely on individual Americans at risk of grave financial distress. The tax cuts that the White House

has proposed could cost as much as $400 billion over one year.

“I think it’s important we address the suffering that’s out there. People who can’t get food, people who are out of work, people who lose jobs,” Lowey said.

Pelosi also spoke Wednesday morning with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, but she told reporters that White House priorities - included the broad payroll tax cut Trump supports - will not be included in the House package.”

“We made our proposal, and we’ll see how they are in agreement with it,” Pelosi said, adding that White House priorities might be added “for the future, but for right now, families first.”

Earlier this week, some House Democrats believed finishing a package would require staying until Friday or returning next week. Lowey said that is no longer under consideration.

“I think most people want us to get out of town,” Lowey said. “Every day we hear about another member who has been touched by this virus.”

Mnuchin testified before a House committee Wednesday, when he said the administration is working with Congress on a way to reimburse workers who have to be home on sick leave or quarantined.

“This would be the federal government reimbursing companies so that they could pay the workers - and whether the money goes direct to the workers or the money goes to the companies, to the workers, we are figuring out the

WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, citing ‘alarming levels of spread’ Rick Noack, Lateshia Beachum, Miriam Berger and Alex Horton The Washington Post

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared coronavirus a pandemic, signaling that health experts believe efforts should be focused less on containing the virus and more on stockpiling materials, getting hospitals ready to handle an influx of patients and enacting social distancing policies.

“We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction,” WHO Director-General Ted ros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

The declaration came as the number of novel coronavirus cases surpassed 120,000 worldwide. In the United States, where more than 30 people have been killed by the coronavirus, the total number of cases has doubled in a matter of days, surpassing 1,000 late Tuesday.

The WHO’s announcement does not trigger any new funding, protocols or regulations.

But it is an acknowledgment of

reality.

For weeks now, the WHO has hesitated to make the declaration because there is little upside, and it could create widespread panic. “It may cause fear,” Tedros said at a briefing earlier this month.

But Wednesday, Tedros noted the scale of the outbreak.

“There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives,” he said.

“In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of coronavirus cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries to climb even higher.”

In the past, health experts have used “pandemic” as a signal that efforts to contain an outbreak have failed and that countries should focus their efforts more on mitigating its effects through actions such as getting hospitals ready to handle an influx of patients, stockpiling materials and enacting socialdistancing policies.

This outbreak has behaved

differently, however, and the WHO has stressed in recent weeks that some countries should focus on containment even as they begin ramping up mitigation efforts.

By working to contain the virus, countries with only a few cases can slow down the spread and buy time to work more on mitigation strategies, Tedros said.

The worst is yet to come with the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.

Fauci told lawmakers at a congressional hearing on the Trump administration’s response to the spreading virus that with enough cases of community spread, where the origin is unclear, the situation becomes one “where you’re not going to be able to effectively and efficiently contain it.”

U.S. markets slid as coronavirus tightened its grip on the economy and the oil price war escalated. The Dow was off more

than 1,200 points Wednesday afternoon.

House Democrats plan to vote Thursday on a wide-ranging coronavirus relief package that will include expanded unemployment insurance, paid sick leave and food security assistance. But the effort shows how political leaders are moving in much different directions in their rushed attempts to contain the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

President Donald Trump is pushing aides to develop a large tax cut package, and he could allow people to delay filing their taxes. The Senate, meanwhile, is moving more slowly and is not expected to act before a congressional recess scheduled for next week.

In other developments: n German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Wednesday that up to 70% of her country could end up infected. n In Italy, there are now more than 10,000 coronavirus cases. Schools and universities across Poland, as well as in

the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, will be shut for the rest of March, as European countries attempt to limit large gatherings. n South Korea’s daily tally of new confirmed cases, which had been declining amid a mass testing program, almost doubled the previous day’s numbers. n Iran announced 63 more coronavirus deaths, bringing the death toll to over 350. With another thousand infections announced, the country’s total has increased to more than 9,000. n Washington state will prohibit gatherings of more than 250 people in the Seattle area, one of the most drastic moves yet to contain the spread of the coronavirus at the site of its worst outbreak. n District of Columbia Health Department officials are recommending that “nonessential mass gatherings, including conferences and conventions,” be postponed or canceled in the nation’s capital. The recommendation is in effect through March 31.

most efficient way,” Mnuchin said.

The administration has been exploring how it could address the sick leave issue via executive action without Congress, though it’s unclear how this would work.

The situation on Capitol Hill remained fluid.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said there was a possibility that lawmakers could see an extended absence from Washington after they finish their business Thursday, depending on the guidance of public health experts.

“We’re making decisions on a day-to-day basis,” he said. Asked about the balance between allowing members to travel to their districts and consult with constituents and experts there, and the need to remain in Washington to respond to the growing crisis, Hoyer said, “There’s probably no right answer.”

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PRATTSVILLE — Have a safe and happy St. Patrick’s Day. Wear the green with pride and enjoy being Irish.

Must be the coronavirus concerns have kept people indoors and out of circulation.

Not much news. Thank you to those who were absent from events due to their mild symptoms. It is better to err on the side of caution.

Saw and heard the bluebirds and the redwing blackbirds have been in attendance for some time now. A few robins have also been spotted.

Sympathy to family and friends of Helga Eisenlauer.

Helga had been in an assistedliving facility for some time but always preferred to be in her own home and community. Helga was very active and involved in all events in her active days. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

The Greenville American Legion Post 291 is again sponsoring Field of Flags for display in May through the first week of July. The American flag can be flown in memory of a deceased veteran or in honor of a living veteran/active military.

The cost of each flag is $25 and can be picked up at the end of the display period or donated back to the Post. You can contact them at American Legion Post 291, P.O. Box 132, Greenville, NY 12083 or FieldofFlagsPost291@gmail.com. It is truly an amazing sight to see all those American flags blowing in the breeze and know that each one represents a true American hero.

Pat has Billy Howard finishing up their library, and he is doing this with a smile on his face and physical assistance.

Pat is an avid reader of all genres and is gradually filling up the library in their home.

What can replace a book that you can hold in your hands?

Not an electronic gadget, in our minds.

The American Legion Auxiliary Virgil E. Deyo Unit 1327 will again be sponsoring their annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 11, at Young’s Ace Hardware. John Young and his mother Peggy so very generously offered their facility for the event as they have done in years past. And to add to the Easter eggs, there will be cookies and ice cream and, weather permitting, outdoor refreshments as well, donated

by the Young family. How can you beat that for community caring and sharing? Thanks, Peg and John. More on the designated time later when the arrangements have been solidified.

Eli Martin, dedicated worker at Young’s, is wished a quick recovery after his recent surgery. Speedy recovery, Eli. Happy birthday to twins Aaron and Adam, sons of Laurel Irwin Van Aken, on March 14. Bet they hear from grandmother Eva. We wish Luke Maurer a super happy birthday on March 16. On March 17 it is the trifecta with happy birthday wishes going out to Daryl Smith, Jacob Lindley and Sandy Martin.

Kayleigh Wheeler is wished a happy birthday on March 18.

Another trifecta for March 19 with happy birthday wishes going to David Irwin Jr., Mary O’Hara, and Kevin Aurigema.

Sue Truesdell is wished a very happy birthday on March 20.

Special happy anniversary wishes are sent to Heidi and Erich Ruehlmann on March 18.

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Continuing my stroll down memory lane

By Christine Dwon For Columbia-Greene Media

It was Carol Constable’s birthday on March 7. She and husband Skeet went up to visit their son Michael and wife Connie in Albany. Granddaughter MacKenzie is a senior in the Bethlehem High School and her class sponsored a Brooks’ barbecue that day so they all enjoyed a delicious meal together. They also went to see granddaughter Cassandra’s and Ryan’s new home.

On March 8 Carol and Skeet went to the Maple Breakfast Brunch at Christman’s Windham House. Lots of people there enjoying a scrumptious breakfast.

March 14 is Ray Clinton’s birthday. Several celebrating birthdays on March 15 — Marie Anders, Grace Berger, Stephanie Pushman and Ben Gallagher. Nancy Albanese has her birthday on March 17.

March 18 it’s happy birthday to John Klein. Best wishes to all.

All the proceeds from the chicken barbecue being held by the Ashland Fire Department at noon March 21 will be donated to the family of Deputy Kevin Haverly. Chicken halves are $7, no reservations, first come, first served.

March 28 from 6–7 p.m. is

the next Town of Lexington Non-Partisan meeting at the Lexington/West Kill UMC, 54 County Route 13A, Lexington. Town topics will be discussed: Town government, the Comprehensive Plan, reshaping of the town website, the rehab center application, and town current events.

If you would like to attend the Springtime Fundraiser Brunch event for the Zadock Pratt Museum from noon-2 p.m. March 29 at the Washington Irving Inn, Tannersville, you need to make reservations due to limited seating. Tickets are $40 per person. Checks may be payable to Pratt Museum and mailed to P. O. Box 333, Prattsville, NY 12468. For more information, you can contact Suzanne Walsh at 518-9376120, suzanwal5@aol.com, the museum at 518-299-3395, prattmuseum@hotmail.com.

We continue to pray for the family of Melissa Soule, the Simpfenderfer family, the family of Rick Grinnell, the family of John Grinnell, Pastor Bob and Kate Barnum, Ellouise Cole, Marilyn and Nancy Dippold, Donna Falke, Betty Hapeman, Martha Hartman, Sally Hildebrand, Dale Klein, Janice Maben, Barbara and Bill Mead, Jannel Mellott, Pastor Bob and

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What a wonderful spring week we just completed. The weather was so typically March.

One day was windy and cold, the next day warm and balmy.

The sap was flowing, bees buzzing and looking for their first meal. The snowdrops are blooming, daffodils are peeking through. By Saturday and Sunday, it was time to change the sheets and hang everything on the line to blow out the winter germs. Ah, spring.

I was listening to the radio about the recommendations for preparing for a global pandemic. What to stock up on. The recommendation is to have enough canned and dried goods to last for three weeks to a month. As I look around me, just in my office, I know I wouldn’t starve. I am now considered being prepared. Canned meats...I have about five cans of pork. Canned beans, potatoes, corn, carrots. you name it, it’s here. Dried pastas, yup. Tomato sauce.. you got it. Peanut butter, more than enough. Frozen foods fill 2 large freezers. Flour, yeast, sugar for baking bread is in my kitchen. Our locals are always prepared as we still have the “winter mentality.” In days of yore, we hunkered down for the winter, so had our supplies for the entire season. See, I’ve been telling you, history always repeats itself. It’s the smart person that listens and learns.

Hope you all remembered to Spring ahead on Saturday night. It’s great to be able to attend functions in the afternoon without having to drive home in the dark.

Hats off to the WAJ Drama Club for a job very well done.

On Thursday night the Cafetorium was filled with nearly 120 Senior Citizens who came out to support the efforts. The students did a wonderful job singing and dancing. How they remember all of their lines is a mystery to me. Thanks to all of the local restaurants who donated the sumptuous banquet.

The food was plentiful and delicious. Such a selection! Thanks

to all of the Seniors who donated very generously to the club.

Looking forward to next year’s event.

Mary Louise regretfully announces the cancellation of the WAJPL trip to Williamsburg.

With the news of the virus circulating around, she thought the best thing to do was to cancel to keep our members as safe as possible. Hopefully we will be able to go next year. Gives me a chance to save money so I can go.

Here’s the announcement that you have all been waiting for. The Jewett Presbyterian Church has announced the date of their Spring Rummage Sale. It will be held on April 24 and 25. Donations will be accepted starting on April 13 up to April 23. No drop-offs after then, and NO early drop-offs.

If you have furniture, please take a picture and put your information on it. There will be a display set up. No actual furniture will be accepted. No books, please. Consider donating them to a local “Take a book – Leave a book” center. I know Janet Reale and several women from Hunter/Tannersville have been setting them up. If you have new, very slightly used books, consider an infusion center.

The Annual Mason’s Corned Beef Dinner will be held at the Masonic Temple on March 14, which is this Saturday.

A strange, scary, wonderful thing happened on Friday. As I was driving past Smitty’s Nursery with my son, Neil, we saw a bald eagle flying above, but instead of him flying past us, he flew directly towards the car and my windshield. He was so close we could count his white breast feathers. Finally, he veered off. No, no time for pictures, just personal memories.

Wayne Spaulding came from Georgia to celebrate his parents, Kay and Gorden Spauldings 74th anniversary.

A dozen or more of us are still gathering at the Windham UMC for daily services. Please join us. With the decline in church attendance, I think of the old time story about a horse

that would take off suddenly because he had a burr under his saddle. Maybe the church congregations need a burr under their saddle.

CARES AND PRAYERS Prayers for all of the victims in “Tornado Alley.” Please find time to help the Ashland Church. We need cleanup and servers for our breakfast. We also need members to come back to church. Mark Farmalette (husband of Lynn Verrengia, son in law of Sparky) is having surgery. Prayers for a complete recovery for Samerna Rion after her surgery. Condolences to the family of Steve Toumey.

COMING EVENTS March 13 Corned Beef sandwiches Windham UMC starts at 11 a.m.

March 14 Mason’s Corned Beef Dinner.

March 21 Barbecue Chicken Ashland Fire House starts at noon halves only.

March 28 All you can eat breakfast Ashland Church at the Ashland Town Hall 7:30-11 a.m.

March 31 Ecumenical Stations of the Cross Ashland Church 11 a.m. covered dish.

AS I REMEMBER IT Well, I made it past the garages, and the next house, now the Hitchcock’s, was owned by Edna Fiero who was a teacher for WAJ. Who didn’t have Edna?

Edna’s husband owned a garage down by the Sportsman’s Lodge which is now the Space Place. The next house, I believe, belonged to Mary and Dennis Ferris. He was the postmaster.

You might remember it as Doc Pacer’s Dentist office (around the back). Kate and Keeler Cole lived next door. They started and ran the Windham Journal.

That was well before Sidonia Palace took over. The Cole’s had a daughter, Gladys who married Burdette Woodworth and lived on Church Street. We had never heard of Alzheimer’s, so would laugh at Mr. Cole as he, day by day, picked up fall leaves and carefully placed them in order. Everyone called him a senile, crazy old coot.

Diane Nash, Ellis and Betty Potter, Stephanie Pushman, Joan Rappleyea, Ann Robinson, Art and Joyce Rood, Ann Shoemaker, Clarence and Jeanne Soule, Tom Soule, Don and Diane Strausser, Dr. Dan Sullivan, Gladys Van Valkenburgh, Annette Waller, Debbie Wandursky, Mary and Ron Westman, Mickie Winters, our country our government our military, their families and all others in need of prayer.

Deadline for the annual Greene County Youth Awards is March 31. If you know a young person in Grade 9 – 12 who deserves recognition, you can find a nomination form on https://www. greenegovernment.com/departments/human-services/ youth or call Greene County Department of Human Services at 518-719-3555.

My tulips are peeking out of the cold ground and are about two inches tall. Some of the male goldfinches are starting to turn back to their bright yellow and the robins are back up in Tumbleweed Ranch Road in Spruceton.

That’s because spring is here on March 20.

Until next week take care, be thankful and please be kind.

As difficult as life was 100 years ago, donations were easier to make. These went to a women’s home in Catskill.

It was before many of today’s strict security rules.

12 jars fruit and vegetables.

Canned fruit. Turkey. Apples.

Nuts. Candy. Apple pie.

Canned beans.

Haines Falls: Miss Saxe, our Red Cross nurse, will hold a Child Welfare class every Thursday in the community room. C. A. Martin (Lox Hurst proprietor) was operated on for a double hernia by Dr’s. Hubbard and Chandler. So far, he is doing nicely. It was 20 degrees below zero early in the week.

Men are still busy in the icebusiness, some of them cutting the ponds for the third time. In Lanesville every icehouse is full.

Charles Lane put a new steam heater in his boarding house. (Ruggles, or Brunswick).

Former Highway Superintendent O’Hara of Haines Falls has been a guest of F.D. Overbaugh of Jefferson Heights, and the expert builders had the time of their lives while demonstrating to each other how good roads should be constructed.

A good roads meeting will be held in the Court House when representatives of the State Highway Department will address town officials on the importance of making and maintaining good roads. The Hunter-Tannersville state road (1917), for some time having been in a state of paralysis, is to be taken in hand by the state and finished. A tent settlement is being located off the road. Hunter Review.

In the column from 40 years ago, turkeys were 15c a pound, chickens 14c, eggs

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19 gas pumps between Lexington, Windham and Haines Falls!

25c a dozen, and potatoes 60c a bushel. (1880) It is hard now (1917) to realize that not more than a dozen years ago many of us were skeptical as to the success of the automobile and predicted that it would never become anything except a plaything! Automobiles (1917) have had to give up and let horses enjoy the use of the highway, and the mail service made with a sleigh! An automobile is owned (1917) by one out of every 18 persons in this country (1/4 of all families). Alexa says (2020), “there are 253 million cars in the US, and 327 million people.” (Do the math)!

1920 auto-plates have made their appearance, being green background with black numerals. In 1921 they

will be blue and white! We’re still working on them.

Some 50,000,000 persons today are supported by enterprises non-existent 40 years (1878-1880) ago. These include electric lighting, talking machines, type-setting machines, automobiles, submarines, flying machines, motion pictures and cash registers. (Many obsolete today).

Tidbit-Blunted sewing machine needles may be sharpened by stitching through fine sandpaper.

Cute-A parent of our acquaintance is so absurd as to say there isn’t any such things as a school tax-it’s just an investment in young brains!

A shave and a cigar for 10c.

From all over come reports of thousands of cases of influenza. Locally, John Van Wagonen, manager of the Catskill Mountain House, and many men employed in the lumber camp on the mountain, as well as the caretaker have been taken ill. Dr Holcomb of Palenville is caring for the patients.

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MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN CATSKILL — Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre celebrates Women’s History Month by hosting a touring production of Si Kahn‘s rousing “Mother Jones in Heaven.”

Starring Vivian Nesbitt (“Breaking Bad”), accompanied by guitarist John Dillon (“Art of the Song” on NPR), this one-woman musical about the notorious labor organizer famed for her tireless efforts on behalf of the rights of miners, mill workers and child laborers will be presented on BST’s newly rechristened Charles and Priscilla Patterson Mainstage for three performances only, March 13-15.

With one foot in the folk tradition of storytelling and acoustic guitars, and the other in the truly American art of musical theater, the show opens as Mary Harris “Mother” Jones arrives in heaven to discover that it happens to be virtually identical to her favorite Irish pub back down on Earth. Over the course of this 80-minute intermissionless performance, she re-visits her life, with moments of profound insight intermingled with hilarious

Vivian Nesbitt

tales of a self-admitted hellion in her prime. Dubbed ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’ by a West Virginia judge because she could get 8000 men to walk out on strike at the crook of her little finger, Mother Jones was ‘the grandmother of all agitators’ during the late 19th and early 20th

century – feared, revered and lauded in song and story.

As timely today as it was when “Mother” Jones was organizing the working class a hundred years ago, “Mother Jones in Heaven” plays Friday March 13 and Saturday March 14 at 7:30pm and Sunday March 15 at 2:00 on Bridge

Street Theatre’s Charles and Priscilla Patterson Mainstage, located at 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill. Tickets are $20, $10 for Students ages 21 and under, and can be purchased in advance at motherjones.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

Tickets can also be purchased at the door one half hour prior to each performance on a space available basis. For more details, visit the theatre’s website at bridgest.org/mother-jones-in-heaven/.

Events at Bridge Street Theatre are supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and by Public Funds from the Greene County Legislature through the Cultural Fund administered in Greene County by the Greene County Council on the Arts.

March 13 - 15 Friday and Saturday at 7:30 Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets $20, $15 for 2020 S\ subscribers, $10 for students

SAUGERTIES PRO MUSICA 3/15 AT 3 P.M.

‘Celebrating Women Composers’ SAUGERTIES — On March 15, at 3 p.m., Saugerties Pro Musica will recognize Women’s History Month with a program titled “Celebrating Women Composers” by cellist Natasha Farny and pianist Eliran Avni, both associate professors of music at SUNY Fredonia, performing as Extasis Duo. The program includes works by Louise Farrenc, Clara Schumann, Lea Auerbach, Judith Taafe Zwilich, and Ethel Smyth. It will also feature a tribute to Nina Simone with these classics from the American songbook: “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” “Don’t Smoke in Bed” and “Love Me or Leave Me.” The concert is at Saugerties United Methodist Church, on the corners of Washington Avenue (#67) and Post Street in Saugerties. Tickets are $15 and $12, with all students admitted free.

Free refreshments and a “meet the performers” reception follow the concert.

SAVE THESE DATES for future Saugerties Pro Musica concerts: April 19 – a violin

and piano duo; and May 17 – Trio Kisosen – cello, piano and violin ADVANCE NOTICE - The 25th season premier, on Sept.

20, provides a look back at Saugerties Pro Musica’s roots with the return of one of its earliest performers, violinist Rolf Schulte, sharing anecdotes of founder Dr. Herman Ash, and their performances together.

Saugerties Pro Musica concerts are quality musical performances by world-class musicians in a comfortable, intimate setting.

Concert times are 3 p.m.

Sunday afternoons at the United Methodist Church, on the corners of Washington Avenue (#67) and Post Street in Saugerties. Adults $15 and seniors $12. Students are always free. Call 845-679-5733 for more information, email info@saugertiespromusica. org or visit our website for the most up to date programming schedule: http://www.saugertiespromusica.org

“Celebrating Women Composers” by cellist Natasha Farny and pianist Eliran Avni.

Return of the 19th century’s finest busybody

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

Was the world clamoring for another movie version of Jane Austen’s “Emma.”? The novel’s plot has a lot of miles on it and the possibilties for expansion are restricted. Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” spiced up the wine in the old bottle.

But Autumn de Wilde’s take on “EMMA.” does what it can within its limited structure.

Amy Heckerling’s “Clueless” (1995) enlivened the story by transplanting it to modernday Beverly Hills. This movie faithfully follows Austen’s style and craftsmanship and defends Austen’s place as one of the world’s great authors.

It’s also charming and witty.

Part of the movie’s energy can be traced to de Wilde’s background as a music video director who’s worked with the White Stripes and Death Cab for Cutie. She heightens the vibrancy of Austen’s world view without muffling or compromising its authenticity.

With their hyperbolic collars, gowns, top hats and waistcoats, the costumes are both fanciful and beautiful — “Alice in Wonderland” transported

Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma.

to Merrie England.

The well-conceived script by the novelist Eleanor Catton (“The Luminaries”) counterpoints the deluxe surroundings against the fussbudgets of the upper class. This is a world where the mere mention of snow can evacuate a room filled with wealthy party guests in a few seconds.

Drifting through the chaos is Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy), a 21-year-old busybody who, a title card tells us, was born “handsome, lucky and rich.” She lives with her father (Bill Nighy), a hypochondriac who feels drafts coming from every corner.

She is as devoted to him as to

her favorite pastime: matchmaking to amuse herself and to demonstrate her wit and skills at manipulation. Emma’s latest project is Harriet Smith (Mia Goth), her hapless but cheerful new friend. The music score by Isobel WallerBridge and David Schweitzer adds to the film’s plummy mood with classical pieces, original compositions and traditional folk ditties juxtaposed against each other.

Shot mostly in pastel tones, Taylor-Joy’s Emma has delicate porcelain skin but her wry, bitchy sarcasm, snooty hauteur and unbridled confidence easily break through the softness. Taylor-Joy, who

faced down a stern, sadistic father in “The Witch” and a killer with multiple identities in “Split,” doesn’t gear her performance toward sympathy. Photographed in close-up stresses her cool acting style; she dares us not to like Emma, and de Wilde emphasizes the character’s jagged edges.

In the 1996 version, director Douglas McGrath transformed Austen’s plot into a tale straight out of Dickens with ornate, overstated furnishings, underlighted rooms and a burnished visual style.

In this movie, de Wilde allows the actors, not the designers, to exert control, so the simmering emotions of Mr. Knightley (Johnny Flynn) and the fatuousness of Mr. Elton (Josh O’Connor) are effectively understated.

Why the period at the end of “EMMA.”? It could be a simple way of saying it’s a period piece. Or it could be de Wilde’s way of telling us this is the last word in adapting this Austen novel. Either way, and despite the film’s limitations, its characters are still vivid and appealing.

TSL MOVIES MARCH 12 MARCH 19 n Incitement — For the first time on screen and based on true events, acclaimed writer-director Yaron Zilberman (A Late Quartet) chronicles the disturbing descent of a promising law student into a delusional ultranationalist obsessed with murdering his country’s leader, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Incitement is a gripping and unnerving look through the eyes of a murderer who silenced a powerful voice for peace. In Hebrew with subtitles. 2019. 2h3m. n Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait — Presented by Exhibition on Screen.

For the first time in history, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is bringing together Lucian Freud’s self-portraits. One of the most celebrated painters of our time, Freud is also one of very few 20th-century artists who portrayed themselves with such consistency.

His self-portraits give a fascinating insight into both his psyche and his development as a painter, from his earliest portrait in 1939 to the final one executed 64 years later. When seen together, his portraits represent an engrossing study into the dynamic of ageing and the process of self-representation. 2020. 1h20m. n Corpus Christi — 2020 Oscarnominee: Best International Feature Film. After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to work as a manual laborer. The job is designed to keep the ex-con busy, but Daniel has a higher calling. Over the course of his incarceration he has found Christ, and aspires to join the clergy, but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. When Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town’s new priest, and he sets about leading his newfound flock. Though he has no training, his passion and charisma inspire the community. At the same time, his unconventional sermons and unpriestly behavior raise suspicions among some of the townsfolk, even more so as he edges towards a dark secret that the community hasn’t revealed in the confessional booth. In Polish with subtitles. 2019. 1h56m. n Balloon — Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Germany’s reunification, Balloon is based on the true events of one of the most daring escapes of the Cold War. In the summer of 1979, the Strelzyk and Wetzel families try to flee East Germany in a self-made hot-air balloon. But after the balloon crashlands just before the West German border, the Stasi find traces of the attempted escape and immediately launch an investigation. In a nervewracking race against the clock, the two families attempt to build a new escape balloon as the Stasi get closer and closer each day. In German with subtitles. 2019. 2h5m. n Fantastic Fungi — When so many are struggling for connection, inspiration, and hope, Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world.

A consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil, and others, we become aware of the beauty, intelligence, and solutions the fungi kingdom offers us in response to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges. 2019. 1h21m. n The Cordillera of Dreams — Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán investigates the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native country of Chile. The film centers on the imposing landscape of the Andes that run the length of the country’s Eastern border. At once protective and isolating, magisterial and indifferent, the Cordillera serves as an enigmatic focal point around which Guzmán contemplates the enduring legacy of the 1973 military coup d’état which overturned the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. In Spanish with subtitles. 2019. 1h25m. n Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint — Before Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Klee made a name for abstraction in visual art, another artist had already beat them to their discovery. Until recently, her name was absent from the history books.

Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (18621944) painted her first abstract canvas in 1906, four years before Wassily Kandinsky, thought to be the movement’s pioneer. It would be more than a century before she would receive the same acknowl-

edgment and acclaim as her male peers. This absorbing documentary explores how such an exceptional woman could be erased from the art world, written out by an industry dominated by the idea of male “genius.” Af Klint may not have exhibited during her lifetime, but a recent retrospective of her paintings broke the Guggenheim Museum’s sixtyyear attendance record, suggesting that the world may finally be ready to rewrite history. In English, German, and Swedish with subtitles.

2019. 1h33m. n Vitalina Varela — Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film and Best Actress prizes at the Locarno Film Festival, and an official selection of the Sundance, New York, and Toronto Film Festival, Vitalina Varela is the masterful new film from Pedro Costa. Vitalina Varela, 55-year-old, Cape Verdean, arrives in Lisbon three days after her husband’s funeral. She’s been waiting for her plane ticket for more than 25 years.

In Portuguese with subtitles. 2019.

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MARCH 12 Opening Reception: Earth People Thursday, March 12, noon - 1 p.m.

Hudson Hall presents Earth People, an exhibit of paintings by artists with disabilities in partnership with Community Access to the Arts (CATA) and Coarc.

EARTH PEOPLE highlights an extraordinary selection of work created by artists using an adaptive painting technique called Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.).

Through the use of laser pointers and intensive collaboration with a trained assistant who acts as the artist’s hands, this technique gives full artistic control to individuals with significant physical disabilities and expands the range of expressive possibilities for artists of all abilities.

(Exhibit on display 3.12 through 4/5) Free, Thursday, March 12, noon - 1 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/218870629122973/ Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, (518) 822-1438 http://hudsonhall.org/ “On The Verge” Music Series Friday, March 13, 8 p.m.

The Hudson Valley “On The Verge” Music Series features highly talented local artists who are emerging as possibly the superstars of tomorrow. This month’s hot new showcase features Hudson’s own Neo Soul Vocalist & Hip Hop Artist Kulton the Maker, Dynamic Singer Song/ Writer Brad Berk from Catskill and the “Get You on the Dance Floor” hot performance of Soul Singer Donyasia from Albany.

Club Helsinki Hudson new monthly Showcase is a perfect time to discover great new music, have a great time and support local causes that matter. A portion of the proceeds from this month’s showcase will go to support the Hudson Community Dinner – An annual event where people from all over our diverse local community come together to break bread and build understanding.

So come be a part of something new, the Club Helsinki “On The Verge” Local Music Showcase. $10, Friday, March 13, 8:00 pm, https://www.facebook.com/ events/182488859856229/ Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-828-4800 www.helsinkihudson.com Vivian Nesbitt (“Breaking Bad”) is MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN A Musical by Si Kahn Directed by Jo Johnson with John Dillon on guitar Friday March 13 @ 7:30 p.m.

Saturday March 14 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday March 15 @ 2 p.m.

The Charles and Priscilla Patterson Mainstage Bridge Street Theatre 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY Tickets: Advance tickets available at http:// motherjones.brownpapertickets. com or by calling 800-838-3006 Tickets can also be purchased at the door one half hour prior to each performance on a space available basis General Admission $20, $10 for students

MARCH 14 Open Mic/Poetry Saturday, March 14, 3:30 p.m. - 5.p.m.

Open Mic for Community Spoken Word & Poetry Saturday, March 14, 3:30 p.m.

- 5 p.m., http://thehudsonunderground.com/event/poetry-5/ Hudson Underground Gallery, 134 Warren Street, Hudson https://www.facebook.com/thehudsonundergroundgallery/

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A8 Thursday, March 12, 2020

Colleges From A1

it,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday afternoon during a coronavirus briefing in the state Capitol. “I want to remind people to keep this in perspective: The facts do not justify the fear in this situation and the facts here should actually reduce anxiety.”

The CDC reported 938 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States as of Wednesday afternoon and 29 deaths in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The state’s number of positive cases of COVID-19 soared to 216 Tuesday with 32 people — or about 15% — in the hospital.

Of the New Yorkers with the illness, 52 live in New York

Schools From A1

cleaned, according to the district.

“While closure was not required by state agencies at this time, it provides all parties an opportunity to stay calm while testing results are completed and appropriate cleaning is done,” according to the district.

Hunter-Tannersville Central School District remains open and is promoting good hygiene practices and disinfecting the buildings on a daily basis, according to an HTC statement.

“Right now, we need to wash our hands regularly, avoid sick people, stay home if ill, get plenty of sleep and eat a healthy and well-balanced diet,” according to the district.

There are no confirmed cases or exposure in the Catskill Central School District, according to a statement. If such a case arises, the district would close all buildings for a minimum of 24 hours.

“We will evaluate each situation on a case by case basis under the guidance of the Department of Health, the Center for Disease Control, the state Education Department and the Questar III BOCES Health & Safety Office when determining next steps,” according to the district.

Until any cases are present, student activities will go on as scheduled.

“All extracurricular activities, including field trips, are continuing as planned,” according to the district. “However, we will closely monitor this and evaluate each one on a case-by-case basis.”

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Gouging From A1

This is bringing on an expansive fear and anxiety. This legislation would address this issue head-on.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in response to the pandemic over the weekend, and has called out retailers and manufacturers for price gouging over the last week, saying the practice is one of the most egregious issues surrounding the growing public health crisis.

“Price gouging, especially in the time of an emergency, is not OK and it spreads undue panic,” said Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, D-25, who sponsors the legislation’s counterpart in the state Assembly.

“We want to make sure we’re protecting consumers across New York from Manhattan to Buffalo and bring protections to consumers across the board.”

City, 121 in Westchester County, 28 in Nassau County, six in Suffolk and Rockland counties, two in Saratoga County and one in Ulster County.

The state is conducting more than 500 coronavirus tests per day, state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, and is working to increase daily capacity to 1,000.

Cuomo held a call with the 28 labs Wednesday to and said he was not waiting for the sluggish federal government to get the additional testing facilities up and running.

“The FDA needs to sign off on the protocols of these tests,” Cuomo said. “We can’t just wait anymore. It’s compounding the problem... This will greatly increase our testing capacity, and we cannot rely on the FDA or CDC for this testing protocol.”

Columbia Memorial Health had conducted coronavirus tests, but no one had tested positive as of Wednesday afternoon, CMH spokesman William Van Slyke said.

Van Slyke would not comment on the number of tests conducted, if tests were done on patients or staff or the number of people at CMH under isolation.

State officials are taking extra measures to reduce the density, or spread, of the virus. On Tuesday, Cuomo ordered the National Guard be deployed to a 1-mile containment area in the city of New Rochelle — home to the highest number of reported cases in the country — from March 12-25.

The State University of New York and the City University of New York schools and universities will operate on a

distance learning model, or conduct classes remotely online, starting March 19 for the rest of the spring semester. All campuses will remain open, and will implement curriculum-specific needs for courses that may require in-person instruction, such as labs.

“Campuses will not be closed, but the goal is to reduce the large number of congregated students,” said Cuomo’s Special Counsel Beth Garvey. “Students can return home and continue their studies at a distance.

Dorms may stay open to accommodate student situations.”

The distance learning regulation may impact graduation ceremonies, but the decision will be made in the coming weeks, Cuomo said.

Nine schools in New Rochelle’s containment zone are

closed. The state Health Department will grant $200,000 to a local food bank in the Westchester County city to help the community.

The state will guarantee two full weeks of paid leave for all state workers who are subject to mandatory or precautionary quarantines as a result of COVID-19, Cuomo said Wednesday. The governor also announced an effort to work with state business leaders to implement different work shifts and telecommuting to reduce virus density.

Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, tested positive for the disease Monday. Cotton is recovering at home, and no other Port Authority employees contracted the illness, Zucker said Wednesday.

Amtrak, which has stations

in Hudson and Watertown, released a statement Wednesday about the transportation company’s plans to keep passengers and crews safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The company implemented enhanced and increased cleaning protocols on its trains and stations, increased its quantity of available sanitizers and disinfectant wipes and waived travel change fees for Amtrak bookings through April 30.

“We will continue to respond to the latest on COVID-19 with customer and employee safety top of mind,” according to Roger Harris, Amtrak’s chief marketing and revenue officer. “We will strive to create a safe and enjoyable experience for your Amtrak journey.”

School District also informed parents on its website about the 24-hour evaluation period.

If a case is identified and the 24-hour closure is initiated, an investigation into who has been in contact with the individual will commence, according to the district. The investigation will help determine if the school needs to be closed for a longer period of time and if any other individuals are at risk. During the closure, the district would disinfect all buildings and classrooms.

Ichabod Crane Superintendent Jason D. Thomson sent a letter to parents on Tuesday saying the district has no confirmed cases of coronavirus, but that they will comply with all state procedures if a case is confirmed. “All extracurricular activities, including field trips, are continuing as planned,” Thomson wrote.

A few parents have called Thomson, but he said most are appeciative that Ichabod Crane officials are being proactive. “I haven’t heard a lot of panic, which is great. It tells me that parents trust what we’re doing. That’s been the sentiment across the staff as well.”

Both parents and school staff understand that the virus is a moving target, he said.

Ichabod Crane will finalize its plan for a 24-hour shutdown in the event of a confirmed case within the district on Thursday, Thomson said.

Chatham Central School District Superintendent Salvatore DeAngelo posted a letter to parents on the district’s website on Feb. 28: “Our schools will continue to be vigilant with the proactive measures we take during cold and flu season to avoid the spread

of illnesses. This includes regularly disinfecting frequently touched surfaces and reminding our students and staff to wash their hands often.”

DeAngelo also urged parents to keep their children home if they are sick, according to the district’s usual flu season guidelines.

DeAngelo was in a meeting with staff all Wednesday afternoon regarding coronavirus preparations. The staff is monitoring the situation and following CDC and County Health guidelines, the district clerk said.

The district’s Safety Committee and Emergency Response Team are meeting regularly to review information from local, state and federal authorities, Germantown Central School District Superintendent Susan Brown said.

The Emergency Response Team is an existing team that has been in place for years, Brown said.

The district is being proactive, she said.

“Our staff continues to clean and disinfect all hightouch and high-traffic areas throughout our school to minimize the spread of all respiratory viruses,” Brown said.

Hudson City School District Superintendent Maria Lagana Suttmeier could not be reached for comment.

The New Lebanon Central School District’s website provided links to information on the Centers for Disease Control’s website and posted a list of ways to minimize the spread of respiratory viruses.

“At this time, we are not planning any changes to our event schedule or school day,” according to an update posted to the website on Tuesday. “We continue to monitor guidance from the U.S. CDC, NYSDOH and NYSED, and will

act in accordance with their direction,” according to the New Lebanon district.

The district is monitoring information from local, state and national sources, Taconic Hills Superintendent Neil Howard Jr. said in a statement posted to the district website Tuesday.

“We have scaled back some of our out-of-district events as a precautionary measure,” Howard said.

“Our custodial staff members clean our buildings thoroughly every evening and we are taking special precautions to wipe down high-touch surfaces with cleaners that have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and effective against coronavirus. We are also routinely deep-cleaning buses,” he said.

Jack Mabb, director of the Columbia County Public Health Department, said Wednesday that people should do what makes them comfortable and be aware of their surroundings.

“We have no positive cases in Columbia County as of today,” Mabb said. “We have a number of what they call patients under investigation, PUIs, who have been tested and the results are due back.”

Mabb said it has been taking around 48 hours to get test results from The Wadsworth Center in Albany, which is the research-intensive public health laboratory of the state Department of Health.

“We may have our first positive in the next couple of days, but we don’t have any positives at this point,” Mabb said.

“It’s not compelling for us to recommend that people cancel or postpone meetings for social distancing.”

Columbia County is not planning on canceling any meetings, but when

organizations call in asking for advice, the Health Department is taking it case-by-case.

“We did have one organization that is bringing in writers from around the world in the next couple weeks, and we did recommend that they consider postponing it,” Mabb said.

Mabb said he recommends seniors and people who are immuno-compromised consider curtailing some of their activities in the community.

The Columbia County Public Health Department is holding a meeting with superintendents of school districts Thursday. While the county is available for support and guidance, Mabb said the school districts take directives from the state Education Department.

Mabb said the 24-hour closure mandated by the governor in the event of a case in a school is long enough for a thorough cleaning, but scientists still do not know how long

the virus lasts on surfaces.

“The school district has to make the judgment as to whether or not it’s a long enough period to properly clean their schools, and they can certainly extend it,” Mabb said. “They can do it for a longer period, but that’s the mandate.”

Mabb said the 24-hour closure will not affect the course of the virus. If a child who comes to school ends up being positive, that child will have interacted with other students and staff. Mabb said they are then looking at a 14-day period in each case, and it is up to the school district to reassess.

Greene County Public Health Department did not return a call for comment.

New York has established a Novel Coronavirus Hotline, which can provide additional information. Call 1-888-3643065 with questions or concerns about travel and symptoms.

Lawmakers also brought up online price gouging with listings for hand sanitizer on eBay, Amazon and Craigslist for hundreds of dollars per bottle.

Hoylman and Rozic were joined Wednesday by Senate Consumer Protection Committee Chairman Kevin Thomas, D-6; Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-63; and the AARP, who all voiced support for the bill.

Similar laws exist in California, New Jersey, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Price gouging particularly impacts residents on low and fixed incomes, including senior citizens, who are most at risk for contracting COVID-19.

“We all have a responsibility to make sure people have access to the medical supplies they need to keep people safe and prevent the virus from spreading further,” Thomas said. “Don’t prey on the most vulnerable people in our communities and put those people at risk.”

Bill Ferris, the state’s AARP

legislative representative, said the bill is sensible and could help older New Yorkers. Kennedy agreed the legislation would help people follow the state Department of Health’s guidelines to stay healthy and reduce the contagion’s spread.

“Many New Yorkers are doing everything they can to stay healthy during this public health emergency by using hand sanitizer, soap and disinfectants,” said Kennedy, one of the bill’s co-sponsors. “Now more than ever, it’s important that we’re diligent about protecting ourselves — and each other. We as New Yorkers will not stand for this, and through this legislation, we’re making sure that manufacturers or distributors found to be preying on vulnerable people in a time of crisis are held accountable.”

To report price gouging or scammers selling bogus medical equipment, call the state Attorney General’s consumer hotline at 1-800-428-9071 or file a complaint at ag.ny.gov.

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Coxsackie won the seventh and eighth grade division championship at the Sixth Annual Coxsackie Police Athletic League Basketball Tournament

Coxsackie PAL hosts Sixth Annual Youth Tournament Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie Police Athletic League (PAL) hosted its SIXth Annual Youth Basketball Tournament over the weekend of March 7 and 8. Teams from Coxsackie, Catskill, and Gilboa competed at the grade 5/6 and 7/8 levels with boys teams.

Catskill dominated the 5/6 level with relatively easy wins over both Coxsackie squads.

“The Coxsackie teams were competitive early but just didn’t have enough to hold off Catskill, they played well” said Bill Bradt, coach of one of the Coxsackie squads and coordinator of this year’s tournament. “We’re glad to see the interest from our Coxsackie players though” he added.

One of the Coxsackie squads featured two 6th grade girls, Bailey Briski and Reaghan Hellen. “Those girls held their own against the boys, so they have some real potential” Bradt added.

In the 7/8 division, Catskill again won its opening round games vs Gilboa and Coxsackie.

“Our game against Catskill in the opening round was close all the way, but we just couldn’t figure out how to get past them,” said Greg Sager, coach of the 7/8 Coxsackie Crush. “We’ve only really been together as a team for a couple of games and no real practices, so we had to get used to each other again,” he

Catskill’s Aizlyn O’Connell earned the Girls Basketball ScholarAthlete Award for her outstanding achievement in the classroom, community, and basketball. A senior at Catskill High School, O’Connell represented her school and the Patroon Conference at the Section II Girls Basketball Scholar-Athlete brunch held March 1 at the Albany Marriott, where she was honored with the award.

She is pictured at the event with her award and Catskill varsity girls basketball coach Chris Quinn.

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Sunday though, featured a championship rematch between Catskill and Coxsackie, and turned out to be a quite a

match up. Both teams battled early and the score remained within a few baskets the whole way. Coxsackie went on a 8-0 run late in the second half to

close within two points, but Catskill answered and lead by 9 with 1:37 to go.

Three weeks after his terrifying crash in the Daytona 500, Ryan Newman called his recovery “a miracle on so many levels” and disclosed that he was “knocked out” from the impact as his car tumbled through the air and disintegrated. ˆIt’s emotional, no doubt,” Newman told the “Today” show Wednesday morning, “and I think about the fact that I was that close [to death or serious injury], but really in the end I’m really humbled by the opportunity to continue my life, to be blessed by so many people’s prayers, to be sitting here and to hopefully make something of it - to enjoy life with my daughters.”

Since leaving the hospital, he has gone to a race to watch - and returned to the Roush Fenway garage.

He hasn’t raced, though, and there’s no timetable for his return. A smiling Newman bore no visible marks from the crash in

the interview, looking as hale as he did in video of him walking out of Daytona’s Halifax Medical Center holding his young daughters’ hands less than 48 hours after the crash. Ashlyn and Brooklyn were at the race and witnessed the wreck. “‘Daddy’s all right’,” he said he told them. “They seem to be completely fine with the fact that I’m still Daddy. I think it would have been totally different if something else would have happened.

I’m 100% who I was, which they were good with, so I’m fine.”

In the aftermath of the wreck, there was no immediate word on his condition and whether he was even alive. Finally, he said only that he’d had a head injury.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Major League Baseball joined other professional sports leagues Tuesday by banning clubhouse access to media members and other team employees considered non-essential personnel to combat the spread of coronavirus.

The NHL, NBA and MLS are also closing off locker room and dressing room access.

In Japan and South Korea, preseason baseball games are being played in empty stadiums and leagues have postponed the beginning of the regular season.

MLB has no plans to cancel spring training games, which bring fans from across the country to the bay area, and intends to begin the regular season as scheduled later this month.

Asked Tuesday whether he could envision an Opening Day game absent of fans, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said, “I certainly hope not. I don’t envision that.”

Of course, that could change quickly if a government agency would make that recommendation.

Yankees reliever Zack Britton, the team’s

spinal cord injury when he was tossed around the back of a police van.

“It wasn’t fun not having your home crowd there playing,” said Britton, who was then the Orioles closer. “It felt like a back field spring training game. It’s not something we’d like to do. If it comes down to it, I don’t think we have a lot of say.”

At Steinbrenner Field on Tuesday, not much had been done to avoid contamination where fans sit in closer proximity to each other than any locker room interaction or along the concourse where money and food exchanges hands. A walk through the Steinbrenner Field concourse Tuesday revealed no hand sanitizer stands. There was one in the press box.

Though media access has diminished over the years in MLB — it’s regularly negotiated into each collective bargaining agreement — Major League Baseball has some of the best EDUARDO A. ENCINA/TAMPA BAY TIMES access to players in North American profesNew York Yankees reliever Zack Britton, the team’s player union rep, speaks to reporters beyond sional sports, so reporters covering it are hit stanchions to keep media members 6 feet away. Major League Baseball enacted new measures, including cutting clubhouse access to media and non-essential personnel, on Tuesday to combat the hardest by the new rules.

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NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 70 44 14 5 7 100 Tampa Bay 70 43 21 5 1 92 Toronto 70 36 25 4 5 81 Florida 69 35 26 4 4 78 Montreal 71 31 31 8 1 71 Buffalo 69 30 31 6 2 68 Ottawa 69 25 32 7 5 62 Detroit 71 17 49 3 2 39 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 69 41 20 5 3 90 Philadelphia 69 41 21 2 5 89 Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 0 86 Carolina 68 38 25 5 0 81 Columbus 70 33 22 11 4 81 NY Islanders 67 35 23 7 2 79 NY Rangers 69 37 28 2 2 78 New Jersey 69 28 29 6 6 68 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 70 41 19 7 3 92 Colorado 69 41 20 7 1 90 Dallas 69 37 24 5 3 82 Nashville 69 35 26 5 3 78 Winnipeg 70 36 28 4 2 78 Minnesota 69 35 27 4 3 77 Chicago 69 31 30 4 4 70 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 71 39 24 6 2 86 Edmonton 70 37 24 7 2 83 Calgary 70 36 27 6 1 79 Vancouver 68 35 27 3 3 76 Arizona 70 33 29 4 4 74 Anaheim 69 28 32 8 1 65 San Jose 69 29 35 4 1 63 Los Angeles 69 28 35 3 3 62 Late Monday’s game Los Angeles 3, Colorado 1 Tuesday’s games Toronto 2, Tampa Bay 1 Nashville 4, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 5, New Jersey 2 Boston 2, Philadelphia 0 Carolina 5, Detroit 2 NY Rangers 4, Dallas 2 NY Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Ottawa at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games San Jose at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

NY Rangers at Colorado, 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Ottawa at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

GF GA 227 174 245 195 238 227 231 228 212 221 195 217 187 235 145 267 GF GA 240 215 232 196 224 196 222 193 180 187 188 188 232 219 189 230 GF GA 221 191 234 189 180 177 215 217 212 201 220 220 206 216 GF GA 227 211 223 213 210 215 223 213 195 187 180 220 180 220 175 210

NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Toronto 46 18 .719 Boston 43 21 .672 Philadelphia 38 26 .594 Brooklyn 29 34 .460 New York 20 45 .308 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 53 12 .815 Indiana 39 26 .600 Chicago 22 43 .338 Detroit 20 45 .308 Cleveland 19 46 .292 Southeast W L Pct Miami 41 23 .641 Orlando 30 35 .462 Washington 24 40 .375 Charlotte 22 42 .344 Atlanta 20 46 .303 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 43 21 .672 Utah 41 23 .641 Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 Portland 28 37 .431 Minnesota 19 45 .297 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 49 13 .790 L.A. Clippers 43 20 .683 Sacramento 28 36 .438 Phoenix 26 38 .406 Golden State 15 49 .234 Southwest W L Pct Houston 40 24 .625 Dallas 39 27 .591 Memphis 32 33 .492 New Orleans 28 36 .438 San Antonio 27 36 .429 Monday’s games Atlanta 143, Charlotte 138, 2OT Denver 109, Milwaukee 95 Toronto 101, Utah 92 Tuesday’s games Boston 114, Indiana 111 Washington 122, New York 115 Chicago 108, Cleveland 103 Houston 117, Minnesota 111 Orlando 120, Memphis 115 San Antonio 119, Dallas 109 Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m.

Brooklyn at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

GB — 3.0 8.0 16.5 26.5 GB — 14.0 31.0 33.0 34.0 GB — 11.5 17.0 19.0 22.0 GB — 2.0 3.0 15.5 24.0 GB — 6.5 22.0 24.0 35.0 GB — 2.0 8.5 12.0 12.5

College basketball MEN’S AUTOMATIC BIDS Atlantic Sun: Liberty Big South: Winthrop Colonial Athletic Association: Hofstra Horizon League: Northern Kentucky Ivy League: Yale Missouri Valley: Bradley Mountain West: Utah St. Northeast: Robert Morris Ohio Valley: Belmont Southern: East Tennessee St. Summit: North Dakota State West Coast: Gonzaga

WOMEN’S COACHES POLL Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (27) 32-1 795 1 2. Oregon (5) 31-2 771 3 3. Baylor (0) 28-2 716 2 4. Connecticut (0) 29-3 707 4 5. Maryland (0) 28-4 681 6 6. Louisville (0) 28-4 601 5 7. Stanford (0) 27-6 591 8 8. NC State (0) 28-4 571 10 9. UCLA (0) 26-5 543 7 10. Mississippi State (0) 27-6 524 9 11. South Dakota (0) 29-2 425 12 12. Arizona (0) 24-7 387 14 13. Gonzaga (0) 28-3 373 11 14. DePaul (0) 28-5 370 16 15. Northwestern (0) 26-4 356 13 16. Oregon St. (0) 23-9 322 15 17. Princeton (0) 26-1 288 17 18. Kentucky (0) 22-8 236 18 19. Missouri St. (0) 26-4 224 21 20. Florida State (0) 24-8 214 23 21. Texas A&M (0) 22-8 174 19 22. Indiana (0) 24-8 163 22 23. Iowa (0) 23-7 126 20 24. Fla. Gulf Coast (0) 29-3 105 24 25. Arkansas (0) 24-8 70 NR Others receiving votes: TCU 19, Arizona State 11, Dayton 9, Marquette 7, James Madison 7, Central Michigan 7, Ohio St. 3, Troy 1, Stony Brook 1, Rutgers 1, Duke 1.

WOMEN’S AUTOMATIC BIDS Atlantic 10: Dayton (25-8) Atlantic Coast: North Carolina State (27-4) Big Ten: Maryland (28-4) Horizon League: IUPUI (23-8) Ivy League: Princeton (26-1) Mountain West: Boise State (24-9) Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri (25-7) Pacific-12: Oregon (31-2) Southeastern: South Carolina (31-1) Southern: Samford (17-14) Summit League: South Dakota (30-2) West Coast: Portland (21-11)

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Nicolas Deslauriers’ first NHL hat trick was also the fastest hat trick in Ducks history, and Anaheim earned a 5-2 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

Known more for his toughness than his offensive prowess over his seven NHL seasons, Deslauriers had only 12 goals in 211 games heading into Tuesday’s play. Against Ottawa, however, the forward scored three consecutive goals within a span of 9:04 in the first period.

His third goal came 11:49 into the game, breaking the Anaheim record for quickest hat trick set by Teemu Selanne, who had three goals in the first 12:58 on Nov. 10, 1997, against the visiting San Jose Sharks.

Jakob Silfverberg and Rickard Rakell scored the Ducks’ other two goals, both on power plays. Rakell also had an assist, giving him seven points (two goals, five assists) over his last four games. Brady Tkachuk and Colin White each had a goal and an assist for the Senators.

Rangers 4, Stars 2 Mika Zibanejad reached 40 goals for the first time in his career, rookie Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves, and New York opened a three-game road trip with the victory over slumping Dallas.

Zibanejad scored a goal for the 11th game in a span of 12 games, joining Andy Bathgate (1962-63) as the only players in team history to accomplish that feat, according to NHL Stats and Information. He has 16 goals in the 12-game span.

The Rangers got two goals from rookie Kaapo Kakko and a goal and an assist from Andy Fox. Dallas lost its season-high sixth straight game (04-2) despite third-period goals from Roope Hintz and Andrew Cogliano.

Canucks 5, Islanders 4 (SO) J.T. Miller scored the lone goal in the shootout as Vancouver defeated visiting New York.

Goaltender Thatcher Demko made 45 saves through regulation and overtime and didn’t allow a goal on three Islanders shootout attempts as the Canucks won for just the second time in their past seven games (2-50). Adam Gaudette, Tyler Toffoli, Zack MacEwen and Bo Horvat scored in regulation for Vancouver.

Brock Nelson scored twice, and Andrew Ladd and Jordan Eberle also tallied for the Islanders, who took their season-high seventh consecutive

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Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers (20) chases down the puck in front of Ottawa Senators defenseman Ron Hainsey (81) during Tuesday’s game at Honda Center.

defeat (0-3-4). Goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots through regulation and overtime.

Penguins 5, Devils 2 Evgeni Malkin scored two third-period goals and added an assist as Pittsburgh broke a two-game losing streak by wining in Newark, N.J. Kris Letang had a goal and an assist, and Evan Rodrigues and Justin Schultz also scored for Pittsburgh, which had lost eight of its previous 10 but hit 40 wins for the 13th consecutive 82-game season.

Penguins goaltender Matt Murray made 20 saves. Miles Wood and Nikita Gusev scored for the Devils, who had won two in a row and were 6-1-2 in their previous nine.

Maple Leafs 2, Lightning 1 Auston Matthews scored on a power play early in the third period, and Toronto held on to defeat visiting Tampa Bay. William Nylander also scored for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares and Mitch Marner each had two assists as the Maple Leafs ended a three-game

losing streak.

Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, losers of two straight.

Hurricanes 5, Red Wings 2 Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist, and Justin Williams scored for the fifth straight game as Carolina downed host Detroit for its third win in a row.

Morgan Geekie scored his third goal in his second NHL game. Williams has six goals during his hot streak. He scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, one of the Hurricanes’ four special teams tallies.

Nino Niederreiter also scored for Carolina, which got three assists from Jake Gardiner and two from Teuvo Teravainen. Tyler Bertuzzi and Christoffer Ehn scored for Detroit.

Jonathan Bernier stopped 31 shots as the Red Wings saw their two-game winning streak end.

Bruins 2, Flyers 0 Matt Grzelcyk and Patrice Bergeron scored goals to lift visiting Boston past Philadelphia.

Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask

made 36 saves for his 50th career shutout helping to snap the Flyers’ nine-game winning streak.

The Bruins improved to 44-14-12 for a league-best 100 points. Boston also pushed its road mark to 22-10-3.

Predators 4, Canadiens 2 Filip Forsberg had two goals with an assist during Nashville’s four-goal second period, and Juuse Saros made 32 saves while his shutout streak ended as the visiting Predators beat Montreal for their third straight victory.

Coming off back-to-back shutouts over Dallas, Saros went 181:07 without yielding a goal before Montreal’s Artturi Lehkonen scored amid heavy pressure at 2:45 into the third period.

Forsberg highlighted Nashville’s breakout second period, which also featured goals from Ryan Johansen and Calle Jarnkrok. Artturi Lehkonen and Lukas Vejdemo were the Canadiens’ goal-scorers, the latter producing his first NHL goal in his seventh game.

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Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points and hit the go-ahead basket, and Caris LeVert added 22 points as the Brooklyn Nets surprised the host Los Angeles Lakers 104-102 on Tuesday night.

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot had 13 points, Joe Harris finished with 12 and Chris Chiozza added 11 for the Nets, who have won four of their past five.

Dinwiddie’s jumper with 28.8 seconds left was the difference.

LeBron James had 29 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for the Lakers, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Anthony Davis scored 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds but missed a game-winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

Wizards 122, Knicks 115 Bradley Beal scored 27 of his 40 points in the second half as host Washington blew an early 14-point lead and then stormed back from an 18-point deficit to record a victory over New York.

After his streak of 21 consecutive games scoring at least 25 points ended Sunday, Beal scored 20 points in the third quarter as the Wizards outscored the Knicks 33-17. He scored 16 of Washington’s final 23 points in the period and tied the game 87-87 heading into the fourth by hitting a 3-pointer with 37.5 seconds left.

Frank Ntilikina posted his second career double-double with a careerhigh 20 points and 10 assists as the Knicks lost for the ninth time in 12 games. Bobby Portis also scored 20 points, with 16 of those coming in the first half when the Knicks built a 70-54 lead.

Celtics 114, Pacers 111 Jayson Tatum scored 30 points, Gordon Hayward recorded 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Boston recovered after giving up a late lead to beat Indiana in Indianapolis.

The Pacers’ Victor Oladipo finished with 27 points and seven rebounds, and T.J. Warren added 22 points.

Daniel Theis scored 20 points for the Celtics and Kemba Walker added 11, giving all five Boston starters double figures in scoring.

Rockets 117, Timberwolves 111

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Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) drives down the court defended by Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) during Tuesday’s game at Staples Center.

James Harden scored a game-high 37 points and Russell Westbrook added 27 while keying a decisive stretch late in the third quarter as Houston beat visiting Minnesota.

The Rockets snapped a four-game losing skid. Harden and Westbrook combined to shoot 22 of 36, with Harden connecting on half of his 10 3-point attempts. Both recorded seven assists, with Harden feeding Eric Gordon (16 points) for a pair of decisive 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

D’Angelo Russell paced the Timberwolves with 28 points and five assists while Juancho Hernangomez posted 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Rookie Jarrett Jarrett Culver scored 12 points off the bench for Minnesota, which fell for the fifth time in seven games.

Trail Blazers 121, Suns 105 Damian Lillard registered 25 points and seven assists to help Portland notch a victory over visiting Phoenix.

Trevor Ariza registered season highs of 22 points and five 3-pointers as Portland won for just the fourth time in the past 12 games. CJ

McCollum also scored 22 points, and Hassan Whiteside had 16 points and 14 rebounds.

Devin Booker recorded 29 points and nine assists for the Suns. Dario Saric contributed 24 points and 11 rebounds while Ricky Rubio had 21 points and nine assists.

Clippers 131, Warriors 107 Kawhi Leonard scored a gamehigh-tying 23 points in 25 minutes, helping visiting Los Angeles beat Golden State in San Francisco.

The win was the Clippers’ seventh in their past eight games, the only loss in the run a 112-103 setback against the rival Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Reggie Jackson scored 16 points while Paul George and Patrick Beverley had 14 apiece.

Dragan Bender matched Leonard’s total with 23 points for the Warriors, who snapped a 10-game home losing streak in their previous game, a 118114 win over Philadelphia on Saturday. Stephen Curry (flu) sat out his second game in a row.

Bulls 108, Cavaliers 103 Rookie Coby White scored a

team-high 20 points in his first career start, and Chicago held on for a win over visiting Cleveland.

Wendell Carter Jr. added 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting for the Bulls, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Lauri Markkanen, Otto Porter Jr. and Denzel Valentine finished with 15 points apiece.

Collin Sexton scored a game-high 26 points on 12-of-16 shooting for the Cavaliers, whose two-game winning streak ended. Andre Drummond had 21 points and Larry Nance Jr. scored 16, but it was not enough as the Cavaliers fell short several hours after head coach J.B. Bickerstaff signed a multiyear extension.

Spurs 119, Mavericks 109 LaMarcus Aldridge poured in 24 points, nine of them in a pivotal lategame stretch, as San Antonio rallied to beat visiting Dallas and snap a twogame losing streak.

Marco Belinelli scored 16 points for the Spurs, with Rudy Gay hitting for 17, Trey Lyles and Derrick White adding 14 points each. DeMar DeRozan scored 13 points and dished out 12 assists, and Patty Mills tallied 12 in the win.

Luka Doncic had another brilliant game, scoring 38 points. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 20 points, Dorian Finney-Smith hit for 15 and Maxi Kleber had 12 points for the Mavericks. Porzingis led Dallas, which took its second straight loss, with 12 rebounds.

Magic 120, Grizzlies 115 Terrence Ross highlighted his 24-point performance with five 3-pointers to lift visiting Orlando over Memphis.

Michael Carter-Williams scored 20 points to eclipse his previous seasonbest total of 17, set during Orlando’s win over Minnesota on Friday.

Nikola Vucevic recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic, who overcame a 17-point deficit to post their third win in a row overall and seventh in their past nine games against Memphis. Jonas Valanciunas led the Grizzlies with 27 points and 16 rebounds while Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks had 21 points apiece.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Gary Sanchez’s return from a sore back was sidetracked by the flu Tuesday.

The catcher had a fever on Monday night and then was diagnosed with the flu on Tuesday afternoon. That means he will miss at least a week of games.

“So he’ll be re-evaluated on Friday, so he’ll be ... away from us for the next couple days.” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “So we’ll see where he’s at at that point.”

Boone said that because he was

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A timeout by coach Sager was the last hope for any Coxsackie comeback.

“We had to do something different or we were going home with nothing” Sager said.

What was difference was a

diagnosed with the flu there was no need to test him for the coronavirus.

Sanchez reported the soreness in his lower and middle back Saturday morning after catching in backto-back games for the first time this spring. Sanchez and Boone both said they were not concerned about the back being a long-term issue.

James Paxton is ready to take his next big step in his return from back surgery. The left-hander is scheduled to play catch for the first time on Wednesday, Boone confirmed.

Paxton said Monday he was excited to finally get back on the field and

throw — even if it is going to be a very limited game of catch. He said he will likely throw at 60 feet about 25 times.

Paxton had a cyst removed from his spine on Feb. 5. The issue is something that dates back to his last regular-season start.

The Yankees rotation could also use a quick return from Paxton, considering they lost Luis Severino (Tommy John surgery) and are without Domingo German for the first 63 games of the season as he serves a suspension under MLB and MLBPA’s joint domestic violence policy.

And Paxton could be a huge

need. With 11 seconds left, an out-of-bounds play under the Coxsackie basket broke free Robbie Hughes in the corner.

He launched a high-arching three point attempt as the referee’s whistle blew. The ball subsequently swished and the game was suddenly tied.

“That was an amazing shot,” Sager said. “He had so much arch on that shot I thought it might hit the rafters, but it looked good all the way,”

swarming press that frustrated Catskill. So frustrating that Coxsackie scored six unanswered and brought the game to within 3 points.

“The press produced 3 steals and 3 baskets in a matter of seconds, and brought the game down to a one possession game. We figured all we needed was a chance,” Sager said.

One possession and a chance is all Coxsackie did

day or two.

“I’ve been throwing. Hitting has been fine. It’s good. It’s in the right direction,” Stanton said.

The 30-year-old outfielder played just 18 regular-season games last year due to a variety of injuries. He then suffered a right quad strain during the ALCS, playing in just two games of that series that ended the Yankees season.

Stanton slashed .288/.403/.492 with three home runs and 13 RBIs in those 18 regular-season games. He hit .230 with two RBIs in 13 postseason at-bats.

addition when he gets back.

Paxton was 15-6 with a 3.82 ERA in 29 games last season. After posting a 4.01 ERA in the first half of last season, Paxton posted a 3.63 ERA in the second half.

The 31-year-old is optimistic he can return in May. The Yankees are targeting June to be safe.

Giancarlo Stanton said Tuesday that he is close to running outside. The Yankees slugger, who has been shut down since Feb. 27 with a strained right calf, said he will progress off the anti-gravity treadmill to running on flat ground in the next

he added.

Sure enough it was and now with a foul shot on the way.

Hughes calmly netted the free throw to give Coxsackie a onepoint lead with just a few ticks left. The press that had gotten Coxsackie back in the game continued its high pressure, and Catskill could not get the ball across half court, a wild field goal attempt at the buzzer was well short and off target, giving Coxsackie the victory

and tournament title.

“Robbie (Hughes) really stepped up all game, and a four-point play to win the game and the tournament is just a dream come true. He deserved that win, no question” Sager said.

Robbie Hughes led Coxsackie with 25 points en route to the tournament title.

PAL President Don Meier said that was possibly the best game he’s ever seen.

“This is why we do the tournament every year,” he added.

“The competition is great and to give these young players a chance to show their skills is what youth basketball is all about” he added.

Coxsackie PAL recently concluded its 11th year of rec basketball, and plans are underway for the Seventh Annual Tournament next year.

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Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY�) on 02/24/2020. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity.

CATSKILL HILLS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/24/2020. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Anne Gibbs, P.O. Box 139, Freehold, NY 12431.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

CHAT BREW, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/14/20.

Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 59-63 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Homestead RE LLC. Filed 11/25/19. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1008 Kinderhook St, Valatie, NY 12184.

Purpose: General.

Hubbell Inc. is currently accepting proposals for materials and subcontractors for work pertaining to the Big Pond Road Culvert Replacement Project in the Town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County, NY. MBE, WBE, and Section 3 firms are encouraged to respond and will be given first priority. Please call Laurissa Vanoni at 845-586-2707 or email LAURISSA.VANONI@HUBBELLS.COM for details.

Notice of Formation of GO WITH THE FLOW LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Secy. of State on 02/21/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 152, Kinderhook, NY 12106. No registered agent. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Imaginary Artisans LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/25/2019.

Office location: Greene County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Imaginary Artisans LLC, 30 Liberty Street Apt 2R Catskill, NY 12414.

Purpose: Any lawful acts or activities. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date LEGAL NOTICE 2019-2020 District Special Transportation Run The Catskill Central School District requests sealed bids for a 2019-2020 Out of District Transportation Run. Sealed bids should be submitted to the Transportation Coordinator, William Muirhead, Catskill Central School District, 347 West Main Street, Catskill, New York 12414 until 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Specifications will be available on March 6, 2020 and may be obtained from the Business Office by calling 943-2300 ext. 1472 or 1413. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

By order of the Board of Education Catskill Central School District William Muirhead, Transportation Director Holly Sanford, District Treasurer NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND VALUATION DATA (Pursuant to Real Property Tax Law section 501) Notice is hereby given that assessment inventory and valuation data is available for examination and review.

This data is the information that will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel, which will appear on the Tentative Assessment Roll for the TOWN OF GHENT which will be filed on or before May 1, 2020.

The information may be reviewed by appointment in the Assessor’s office at 2306 State Rte. 66, Ghent, NY on March 11, 2020 between the hours of 9 am and 1 pm, and on March 18, 2020 between the hours of 9 am and 1 pm. An appointment may be made to review the assessment information by telephoning the Assessor’s office at 518-392-4644 Dated: day of February 5, 2020 Lynn C. Hotaling Assessor

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NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND VALUATION DATA (Pursuant to Real Property Tax Law section 501) Notice is hereby given that assessment inventory and valuation data is available for examination and review.

This data is the information that will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel, which will appear on the Tentative Assessment Roll for the TOWN OF STUYVESANT which will be filed on or before May 1, 2020.

The information may be reviewed by appointment in the Assessor’s office at 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant, NY on March 13, 2020, between the hours of 9 am and 12 pm, and on March 20, 2020, between the hours of 9 am and 12 pm. An appointment may be made to review the assessment information by telephoning the Assessor’s office at 518-758-6248.

Dated: February 8, 2020 Lynn C. Hotaling Assessor NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND VALUATION DATA (Pursuant to Real Property Tax Law section 501) Notice is hereby given that assessment inventory and valuation data is available for examination and review. This data is the information that will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel, which will appear on the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Livingston which will be filed on or before May 1, 2020. The information may be reviewed by appointment in the Assessor’s office at Livingston Town Hall, 119 County Route 19 Hudson NY 12534 on April 6th, 2020 from 9am-4pm as well as April 13th from 9am4pm. An appointment may be made to review the assessment information by telephoning the Assessor’s office at 518-851-9441 Ext. 313. March 2nd, 2020 Justin Maxwell Assessor NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Woody Wu Design LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 02/10/2020.

Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 46 Vista Ridge Drive, East Jewett, NY 12424. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND VALUATION DATA (Pursuant to Real Property Tax Law section 501) Notice is hereby given that assessment inventory and valuation data is available for examination and review. This data is the information that will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel, which will appear on the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Clermont. N.Y. which will be filed on or before May 1st 2020. The information may be reviewed by appointment in the Assessor’s office at 1795 Route 9 on March 10th between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. And on March 17th between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. An appointment may be made to review the assessment information by telephoning the Assessor’s office at 518-537-6928.

Dated 10th day of February, 2020. Cheryl Kaszluga Assessor Notice of Formation of 335 Main Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/10/18. Office location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 550 Biltmore Way, Ste 1110, Coral Gables, FL 33143. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 391 Main Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/18. Office location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 550 Biltmore Way, Ste 1110, Coral Gables, FL 33143. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Appleton Lane Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on

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SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 550 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134.

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NOTICE OF LLC FORMATION: Morris Ardoin Author LLC. Filed 3/3/2020.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Morris Ardoin, 689 Cornwallville Road, Cornwallville, NY 12418. Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Spray 'N Shine Car Wash & Self Storage, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on January 1, 2020 Office location: 354 Main St. Cairo, NY 12413 Greene County. The Secretary of State of New York has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State of New York shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, at 354 Main St Cairo, NY 12413 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is John Mahoney LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company�).

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on February 7, 2020.

THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia County.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is 93 Harder Road, Hillsdale, New York 12529.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Buddy's Place, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on January 1, 2020 Office location: 518 Cairo Junction Rd Catskill, NY 12414 Greene County. The Secretary of State of New York has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State of New York shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, at PO Box 569 Leeds, NY 12451 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of South Front Street Holding LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/4/18. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 550 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Title 5, Chapter 3, Subchapter 3 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, a public hearing will be held at 1 Centre Street, 20th Floor Conference Room D, Borough of Manhattan on Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. on the following: REAL PROPERTY PUBLIC HEARING in the matter of the acquisition by the City of New York of Fee Simple (Fee) interests, as well as the acquisition by the Village of Tannersville using City funds as part of the City-Funded Flood Buyout Program (FBO-Muni) of the following real estate in the County of Greene for the purposes of providing for the continued supply of water, and for preserving and preventing the contamination or pollution of the New York City water supply system: NYC ID Municipality Type Tax Lot ID Acres (+/-) 8934 Village of Tannersville FBO-Muni 182.05-4-36 0.44 9486 Village of Tannersville FBO-Muni 182.05-2-39 0.40 8899 Town of Jewett Fee 111.00-3-7 14.10 5260 Town of Lexington Fee p/o 159.00-1-5.2 78.50 2944 Town of Prattsville Fee p/o 74.00-4-31 16.50 A copy of the Mayor’s Preliminary Certificates of Adoption and maps of the real estate to be acquired are available for public inspection upon request. Please call (845) 340-7810.

Note: This location is accessible to individuals using wheelchairs or other mobility devices. For further information on accessibility or to make a request for accommodations, such as sign language interpretation services, please contact the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) via e-mail at DisabilityAffairs@mocs.nyc.gov or via phone at (212) 7880010. Any person requiring reasonable accommodation for the public hearing should contact MOCS at least three (3) business days in advance of the hearing to ensure availability.

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STERLING SPORTING KENNEL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/05/20.

Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 203A Hollow Road, Stuyvesant, NY 12173. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Patrick Clarke; Melissa DaMore; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 8, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, Hudson, New York on April 2, 2020 at 2:00PM, premises known as 5584 Route 9G, Livingston, NY 12541. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Livingston, County of Columbia, State of NY, Section 128. Block 1 Lot 10. Approximate amount of judgment $210,634.81 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 12893-18.

Michael C. Howard, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: February 14, 2020 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village of Coxsackie will hold a Public Hearing on April 9, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village of Coxsackie Hall, 119 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, NY 12051 to present the Proposed Tentative Budget for 2020-2021.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at such Public Hearing any and all persons shall be heard.

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Hereby invites the Submission of sealed bids on the following: Transportation Bids Summer - School Year 2019-2020 Bids will be received until 11:00 Am: March 23rd, 2020 at which time all bids will be publicly opened.

Please reply in person or by mail to: Hudson City School District - Administrative Offices Transportation Department 215 Harry Howard Avenue Hudson, New York 12534 Specification and bid forms may be obtained at the same office.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part there of.

Board of Education Hudson, New York Leslie Coons – Clerk, HCSD BOE Please Take Notice The Greenport Town Planning Board will be holding a Public Hearing on the Saturn Industries Inc. application for a Site Plan Review to establish a beauty salon rental space in an existing industrial structure located at 157 Union Turnpike, Suite 2, Hudson, N.Y. (Tax parcel #1101-32) Said public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 at 7:45 p.m. in the Greenport Town Offices located at 600 Town Hall Drive, Hudson, NY. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard. By Order of the Greenport Planning Board Laurie Smith Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE Transportation providers and other interested parties are hereby notified that The Arc Mid-Hudson Transportation Department in Greene County is apNotice to Bidders plying for a federal March 12th, 2020 grant of up to The Board of Educa- $165,549.00, under tion of the Hudson City Section 5310 of ChapSchool District ter 53 of Title 49, Unit-

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Please contact Sondra Cozza at (845)331-4300 Ext. 49011 within 15 calendar days of this public notice to request a copy of the projects proposed. Comments on proposed projects must be submitted to The Arc Mid-Hudson within 15 calendar days after receipt of the proposed project information.

TOWN OF AUSTERLITZ NOTICE TO BIDDERS – BID FORM PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Austerlitz is inviting Sealed Bids for the following Materials to be delivered to the Town Hall at 816 Route 203, Spencertown, NY 12165 and Highway Garage at 714 Route 203, Spencertown, NY 12165 and other sites throughout the Town; 1.

Crushed Stone Products, Gravel, Bituminous Asphalt, Asphalt Emulsions, Calcium, Culvert Pipe and Geotextile Fabrics.

2. Trucking.

Bidders may submit bids for any one or all items. Bidders must be qualified suppliers and have sufficient stock on hand for emergencies.

All prices shall be firm for the year. The contract period for the furnishing of materials and services shall be from April 2020 until April 2021.

Delivery of materials and service contract work shall be during normal business hours from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm Monday thru Friday. Delivery of materials shall be within 72 hours of notice. Any materials rejected by the Town shall be replaced within 48 hours by the bidder at no additional cost to the Town.

An award does not guarantee the purchase of any specific amount of material.

The Town reserves the right to purchase from the County or State contracts if it is in the Town’s best interest.

Bids must be submitted on the attached “Bid Proposal Form(s)” and in a Sealed Envelope that is clearly marked with the bidders name, place of business, and item(s) bid. Faxed or electronically transmitted bids will NOT be accepted.

Bid Documents may be picked up at the Austerlitz Town Clerk’s Office at 816 Route 203, Spencertown, NY 12165. Phone: 518392-3260 or on the Town website at www.austerlitzny.com.

Please contact Highway Superintendent, Robert Meehan, Jr., with any questions.

Phone: 518-392-5533.

Bids are to be in the Town Clerks Office by March 19, 2020 at 9:00 am. They will then be opened and read aloud. Bids will be awarded within a reasonable amount of time thereafter.

The Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids. NON-COLLUSIVE BIDDING CERTIFICATES MUST ACCOMPANY ALL BIDS.

BY ORDER OF THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TOWN OF AUSTERLITZ DATED: March 10, 2020 State of New York County Court, County of Greene PETITION AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Index No: 18-0998 In the matter of the Foreclosure of Tax Liens by Proceeding In Rem pursuant to Article Eleven of the Real Property Tax Law by the County of Greene The above captioned proceeding is hereby commenced to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes or other lawful charges which have accumulated and become liens against certain property. The

parcels to which this proceeding applies are identified on Schedule A of this petition, which is annexed hereto and made a part thereof. This document serves both as a Petition of Foreclosure and a Notice of Foreclosure for purposes of this proceeding.

Effect of filing: All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in this petition are hereby notified that the filing of this petition constitutes the commencement by the Tax District of a proceeding in the court specified in the caption above to foreclose each of the tax liens therein described by a foreclosure proceeding in rem.

Nature of proceeding: Such proceeding is brought against the real property only and is only to foreclose the tax liens described in this petition. No personal judgment will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof.

Persons affected: This notice is directed to all persons owning, or having, or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in this petition.

Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of this petition has been filed in the office of the Enforcing Officer of the Tax District and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified below as the last day for redemption.

Right of redemption: Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may on or before said date redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens thereon, including all interest and penalties and all other legal charges which are included in the lien against such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption. Such payments shall be made to: Peter Markou, Treasurer, County of Greene, 411 Main St. PO Box 191; Catskill, New York 12414. In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be entitled to have the tax liens affected thereby satisfied of record.

Last day for redemption: The last day of redemption is hereby fixed as the 21st day of May 2020.

Service of answer: Every person having any right, title or interest in, or lien upon any parcel of real property described in such petition may serve a duly verified answer upon the attorney for the Tax District setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure. Such answer must be filed in the office of the County Clerk and served upon the attorney for the Tax District on or before the date above mentioned as the last day for redemption.

Failure to redeem or answer: In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person will be forever barred and foreclosed of all his or her right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcel described in such petition and a judgment in foreclosure may be taken by default. /s/Peter Markou Dated: February 20, 2020 Peter Markou, Treasurer, County of Greene State of New York ) County of Greene ) SS: I, Peter Markou, being duly sworn, depose and say: I am the Enforcing Officer for the County of Greene. I have read this Petition which I have signed, and I am familiar with its contents. The contents of this petition are true to the best of my knowledge, based upon the records of the County of Greene Tax Enforcer. I do not know of any errors or omissions in the petition. /s/Peter Markou Peter Markou, Treasurer, County of Greene Sworn to before me this 20th day of February 2020 /s/Maria LaRosa

Attorney for Tax District: Edward I. Kaplan, Esq. Notary Public, State Of New York Greene County Attorney No. 02LA6140374, Exp. 1/30/2022 411 Main Street Qualified in Greene County Catskill, New York 12414 Schedule A Town of Ashland 59.00-2-15 Argenziano Richard, Linda Argenziano-Curcio 76.00-3-19 Cafiso Stefano 93.02-1-18 Pidgeon Paul 93.02-1-27 Alony Glatt Inc. 93.02-2-9 Jakimenczuk Wasyl, Jakimenczuk Thersia Village of Athens 105.19-4-3 Hussain Ashiq 105.19-9-3 Weber Thomas, Weber Dawn 122.06-3-19 Geremino Nicholas, Geremino Linda 122.10-3-8 Rios Diana 122.11-2-13 Rte 385 Athens LLC 122.15-1-9 Ciampa Joseph, Frank & Ruth Ciampa 122.18-11-25 Montenarello Joseph J, Arnau Ronnie 122.19-1-6 Brunner Brendan O 122.19-1-7 Heines Noelle Town of Athens 86.00-2-43.12 Ranaudo Domenico 86.00-4-7 Maurer Emil, Maurer Margaret 86.00-4-16 Geiger-Hill Karin 86.00-4-28 Amaya Jose 86.00-5-9 Schaffrick Greg 86.00-5-20 Scott Theodore, Scott Susan 87.00-1-2 Park Kevin 103.00-3-4 McGregor Patricia A 103.00-3-5 McGregor Patricia A 103.00-3-51 Skinner Thomas W, Skinner Jeanette 103.00-3-52 Skinner Thomas W, Skinner Jeanette 103.00-3-53 Skinner Thomas W, Skinner Jeanette 103.00-7-22 Maher Thomas, Maher Ann 104.00-3-3 Finch Amy 104.00-4-15 VanHoesen Steven G 104.00-4-26 Ford Charles, Ford Heather 105.10-2-26 Vulpi Frank, Vulpi Elizabeth C 121.00-2-14 DKAG, Inc 138.00-2-1 Paolino Jeffrey 138.00-2-12 Brunner Brendan 138.07-2-22 Cadogan Arlene, Piankhi Sankofa 139.00-3-5 Brunner Brandon 139.00-7-6 Garzon Francisco, Garzon Emolce Town of Cairo 66.00-4-8 Reutzel Sandra L, Alexander Shirley 66.00-4-30 Albin Frederick J, Albin Linda 67.00-1-23 Piszel Bonnie 67.00-5-34 Eisenhardt Patricia 82.00-1-5 12 Elks Dr Corp 82.00-3-6.1 12 Elks Drive Corp 82.00-3-50 12 Elks Drive Corp 82.00-3-52 12 Elks Drive Corp 82.04-2-34 Hermance James Bryan, Orso Margaret 82.04-6-3 Usaitis Gertrude 83.00-2-27 Mall Eugene, Mall Suzanne 83.00-2-44 Catanzano George Paul 83.01-2-22 Schrull Matthew 83.01-2-25 Pforte, Estate of Albert Jr 83.03-1-12 Gaffney Gerald P 83.04-1-18 Saunders Francis Jr 83.04-2-24 Cassimore, Life Estate David, Jump Jason&Heath 84.00-6-24 Caridi Rosario 84.00-6-25 Caridi Rosario 84.17-2-18.2 Hoyt Kane 85.00-2-15 Powell Jeanne M, Calabretta, Estate of Vincent& 85.00-2-19 Piszel Bonnie 85.00-2-25 Wager Donald 85.00-4-13 Krzeminski James, Krzeminski Stacy 99.00-1-7 Giordano Joseph 99.00-2-19.1 Koopman Gary, Koopman, Estate of Inge 99.00-2-22 Manganaro Victoria 99.00-2-23 Manganaro Victoria, Judy Manganaro 99.00-2-33 Koopman Gary, Koopman Inge 99.00-2-37 Koopman Gary, Capirossi James 100.00-2-46 Chicaiza Johanna 100.00-3-27 Sala Joseph, Sala Angela 100.00-4-19 Theolfanus Helen

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150.00-1-3 Siatkowski Anne, Siatkowski Chester Town of Lexington 109.00-1-3.2 D'Addario Auto, Inc 127.00-3-44 Gernon Frederick 127.20-1-9 Blank Until Tomorrow LLC 127.20-1-20 Till Later, LLC 127.20-2-10 Blank Until Tomorrow, LLC 127.20-2-16 Till Later, LLC 127.20-2-17.1 Kaplan Mary 127.20-2-31 Blank Until Tomorrow LLC 128.00-1-1.12 Tillmann Paul 128.00-1-22 Lexington Mercantile 143.00-2-2 Oliviero Ernest, Tricarico Helen 143.00-2-3.2 Oliviero Ernest, Tricarico Helen 144.00-1-62 Sainato John, Sainato Kathleen 145.00-1-23 Oksana Bodnar Trust 145.00-2-41 Lavacca Michael J, Lavacca Katherine Z 160.10-1-3 D'Addario Sharon 160.10-1-4 D'Addario Auto, Inc 160.10-1-5 D'Addario Auto, Inc 161.00-1-16 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-20 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-23 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole E 161.00-1-28 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-31 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-43 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-45 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-51 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-1-54 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-2-10 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-2-16 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-2-17 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 161.00-2-43 Rinaldi Jared & Travis, Rinaldi Meaghan 177.00-1-3 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 177.00-1-52 Sleeper Nathan, Sleeper Carole 178.00-1-32 Murray William, Wheeler June 178.00-1-34 Murray William 178.00-1-40 Murray William 206.00-1-7 Pohan Amanda Turner, Kachadourian Jason Town of New Baltimore 1.00-1-7 Rosario Jose, Rosario Teresa 1.00-1-8 Rosario Jose, Rosario Teresa 5.00-1-25 Maher Gary L 6.00-2-25 Robbins Erin R 6.00-4-27 Grecco Rosemary -Life U, Grecco James R (Etal) 7.00-4-21 Carter Malcolm G Jr -Est, % Kimberly Carter-Davi 7.00-4-48 Molloy Margot -Estate, % Elizabeth Robinson 7.00-4-58 Perniciaro Vincent, Perniciaro Florence 7.03-2-15 Sopp Robert 7.12-3-18 Baldwin Inge H, % Silvia Holliman 7.16-1-30 Morby Jacalyn -Life E, Morby Samantha 7.16-3-33 Sopp Robert W, Sopp Lee 14.00-3-50 Coulter Jessica S 15.00-2-13 Paolino Jeffrey J 16.00-2-34.12 WagerPacuk Stacey 17.00-6-15 Stannett Marilyn 17.00-6-19 Broadhurst Kenneth E, Vanderslite Valerie -Etal 26.00-4-24 Carich Marie K 26.00-4-38 George Sandra 27.00-4-10 Schoenborn Associates Inc 28.00-3-26 Prestigiucomo Mavurizio 29.00-3-16 Shah Bhinish, Hekim Shama Toufika 29.00-3-19 Sterritt Jerome O -Estate, % Hugh Sterritt 29.00-3-20 Sterritt Jerome O -Estate, % Hugh Sterritt 29.01-1-28 Youmans Dora 29.01-2-10 Sterritt Jerome O -Estate, % Hugh Sterritt 29.01-2-11 Sterritt Jerome O -Estate, % Hugh Sterritt 40.00-1-5 Schoenborn Associates Inc

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Bid specifications will be available from the Tannersville High School District Office (518589-5400 X 1000).

Sealed bids must be submitted to the Tannersville High School District Office, attention Amy Sylak, Transportation Supervisor,

by Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 10:00am at which time they will be publicly opened in the Superintendent’s Office. No faxed bids will be accepted. Final approval will be at 6:30 pm on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at the BOE meeting.

The BOE reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any or all bids.

The City of Hudson is seeking Expressions of Interest in the adaptative reuse of the former Dunn Warehouse located on the corner of Broad and Water Streets adjacent to the Hudson Amtrak station. The warehouse is approximately 5,500 SF and is located in a prime waterfront location. The City has conducted extensive planning exploring the reuse of the site and has significant incentives to offer to the right partner/developer.

For a complete package of information, see cityofhudson.org/dunn

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B6 Thursday, March 12, 2020 SUPREME COURT: STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF COLUMBIA SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Index No.: 12665-18 TOWN OF TAGHKANIC 909 State Route 82 Ancram, NY 12502, Plaintiff, -againstCHRISTIAN HEESCH 644 County Route 15 Elizaville, NY 12534, Defendant.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of an execution issued out of the Supreme Court, Columbia County, against the real property of the judgment debtor, CHRISTIAN HEESCH., the Sheriff of the County of Columbia will sell at public auction, pursuant to law, in a single parcel, at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, New York on the 8th day of May 2020 at 10:00 am in the forenoon of said day all the right, title and interest which the said CHRISTIAN HEESCH had therein on the 22nd day of January 2019, or at any time subsequent thereto, in and to the lands and premises described and numbered below: 1. All that parcel of real property situate at 644 County Route 15, Town of Taghkanic, County of Columbia and State of New York, being the same premises described in a deed from Kathleen Mary Proper, Individually and As Executrix of the Last will and Testament of Mildred Proper to Christian A. Heesch, and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office on September 16, 1996 in Book 282 of Deeds at Page 985, being approximately 1.2 +/- acres of land, more particularly described in Schedule "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof; and Dated: February 25, 2020 David P. Bartlett Columbia County Sheriff SCHEDULE "A" that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York, bounded· and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin in the easterly boundary of the County Road leading from West Taghkanic to Lake Taghkanic, said pin being located S. 64’ ll’ E. distant 18.35 feet from the southeasterly corner of the easterly headwall of a culvert across the above mentioned County road, said culvert being located approximately 80 feet southerly from the house located on the lands herein described, running thence N. 58’ 54’E. 58.19 feet to an iron pin, thence N. 6’ 36’ E. 103.14 feet to an iron pin, thence N. 7’ 17' E. 159.15 feet to an .iron pin, thence N, 37" 03' 185,49 feet to an iron pin, thence N. 37’ 03’ W. 185.49 feet to an iron pin, thence S. 73’ 09’ W. 105.29 feet to an iron pin in the easterly boundary of the above mentioned

County road, thence along the easterly boundary of said County road S. 13’ 26’ E. 261.3O feet, S. 24"29' E. 168.91 feet to the point of beginning containing 1.2 acres more or less.

Being the same premises conveyed to Mildred Proper and Kathleen Mary Proper, as tenants in common, by Mildred Proper by deed dated December 6, 1988 and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office on December 6, 1988 in Liber 614 of Deeds at page 310. The said Mildred Proper died on February 21, 1996,a resident of the town of Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York.

Kathleen Mary Proper was appointed Executrix of the Estate a£ Mildred Proper by Letters Testamentary dated March 29, 1996.

Town of Cairo Ambulance Project Description: The Town of Cairo, NY is engaged in the re-development of the 25 Railroad Avenue in Cairo, N.Y. The project being bid is the abatement of asbestos containing materials (ACM).

Plans and specifications in digital format (PDF) can be acquired by contacting the project Engineer, Kaaterskill Associates.

Bid documents may be examined at no expense at the office of the Town of Cairo Clerk, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, New York 12413, phone (518) 622-3120 x101.

Bids shall be stated as stipulated sums.

Bids shall be submitted as per the project manual.

Bids shall be submitted on the project Bid Form with required attachments.

The contract will be awarded based upon the lowest qualified bid with the sponsor having the right to reject all bids. All bids must reflect prevailing wage rates, NYS Labor Department Regulations, Certified Payroll, etc.

All submitted bids must include a Noncollusive Certification pursuant to NYS General Municipal Law §103-d.

Town of Cairo, N.Y., in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d-d4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

An optional Pre-Bid Conference will be held on the date of Thursday, January 16th, 2020 at 1:00pm at the

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project site, 25 Railroad Avenue, Cairo, N.Y. 12413.

Bid Document Release: 03/09/2020 4:00 PM Pre-Bid Conference: 03/17/2020 1:00 PM at the project site.

Bid Due: 04/03/2020 12:00 PM at the office of the Town Clerk.

Bids Opened: 04/03/2020 12:01 PM at the office of the Town Clerk.

Contract Start: Upon Award *Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers.

Contact 1: Brandan Bachor, Kaaterskill Associates, 517 Main Street, Cairo, NY 12413, 518-622-9667 x210, b.bachor@keaeng.com Contact 2: John Coyne, Supervisor, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, Cairo, N.Y. 12413 (518) 622-3120 x113, supervisor@townofcairo.com Submit Bids to: Kayla L. Warner, Clerk, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, N.Y. 12413 (518) 622-3120 x101, townclerk@townofcairo.com Town of Cairo Ambulance Project Description: The Town of Cairo, NY is engaged in the re-development of the 25 Railroad Avenue in Cairo, N.Y. The project being bid is the Project Monitoring Services during the abatement of asbestos containing materials (ACM) including but may not be limited to the following: • Perform background, during and final air clearance sampling for all interior work areas as required under NYS ICR 56.

• A properly certified Project Monitor shall perform a final visual inspection of all work areas as required under ICR 56.

• Air samples will be analyzed by Phase Contract Microscopy (PCM) – NIOSH 7400 method.

• All sample results will be available within 24 hours of collection • Provide notification as required by NYS ICR 56 to the owner and the contractor if the air sampling results are above the acceptable limit of 0.01 f/cc or background level.

• Provide the client with a final written report which will include air sampling locations, results, chain of custody documentation, log sheets, laboratory certifications, company licenses and employee certifications.

• Provide fee schedule including unit costs for hours/days/samples/etc.

Plans and specifications in digital format (PDF) can be acquired by contacting the project Engineer, Kaaterskill Associates.

Bid documents may be examined at no expense at the office of the Town of Cairo Clerk, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, New York 12413, phone (518) 622-3120 x101.

Bids shall be stated as stipulated sums.

Bids shall be submitted as per the project manual.

Bids shall be submitted on the project Bid Form with required attachments.

The contract will be awarded based upon the lowest qualified bid with the sponsor having the right to reject all bids. All bids must reflect prevailing wage rates, NYS Labor Department Regulations, Certified Payroll, etc.

All submitted bids must include a Noncollusive Certification pursuant to NYS General Municipal Law §103-d.

Town of Cairo, N.Y., in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d-d4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

An optional Pre-Bid Conference will be held on the date of Thursday, January 16th, 2020 at 1:00pm at the project site, 25 Railroad Avenue, Cairo, N.Y. 12413.

Town of Cairo Ambulance Project Description: The Town of Cairo, NY is engaged in the re-development of the 25 Railroad Avenue in Cairo, N.Y. The project being bid is the demolition and removal of the existing residence and foundation and the backfill of existing site in accordance with the construction documents. This property is to become the new home of the Cairo Ambulance Department.

Plans and specifications in digital format (PDF) can be acquired by contacting the project Engineer, Kaaterskill Associates.

Bid documents may be examined at no expense at the office of the Town of Cairo Clerk, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, New York 12413, phone (518) 622-3120 x101.

Bids shall be stated as stipulated sums.

Bids shall be submitted as per the project manual.

Bids shall be submitted on the project Bid Form with required attachments.

The contract will be awarded based upon the lowest qualified bid with the sponsor having the right to reject all bids. All bids must reflect prevailing wage rates, NYS Labor Department Regulations, Certified Payroll, etc.

All submitted bids must include a Noncollusive Certification pursuant to NYS General Municipal Law §103-d.

Town of Cairo, N.Y., in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d-d4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regu-

lations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

An optional Pre-Bid Conference will be held on the date of Thursday, January 16th, 2020 at 1:00pm at the project site, 25 Railroad Avenue, Cairo, N.Y. 12413.

Bid Document Release: 03/09/2020 4:00 PM Pre-Bid Conference: 03/17/2020 1:00 PM at the project site.

Bid Due: 04/03/2020 12:00 PM at the office of the Town Clerk.

Bids Opened: 04/03/2020 12:01 PM at the office of the Town Clerk.

Contract Start: Upon Award *Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers.

Contact 1: Brandan Bachor, Kaaterskill Associates, 517 Main Street, Cairo, NY 12413, 518-622-9667 x210, b.bachor@keaeng.com Contact 2: John Coyne, Supervisor, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, Cairo, N.Y. 12413 (518) 622-3120 x113, supervisor@townofcairo.com Submit Bids to: Kayla L. Warner, Clerk, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, N.Y. 12413 (518) 622-3120 x101, townclerk@townofcairo.com Town of Cairo Ambulance Project Description: The Town of Cairo, NY is engaged in the re-development of the 25 Railroad Avenue in Cairo, N.Y. The project being bid is the construction of a new custom-built garage for emergency vehicles and modular building to provide office space and living quarters for staff. This property is to become the new home of the Cairo Ambulance Department.

Plans and specifications in digital format (PDF) can be acquired by contacting the project Engineer, Kaaterskill Associates.

Bid documents may be examined at no expense at the office of the Town of Cairo Clerk, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, New York 12413, phone (518) 622-3120 x101.

Bids shall be stated as stipulated sums.

Bids shall be submitted as per the project manual.

Bids shall be submitted on the project Bid Form with required attachments.

The contract will be awarded based upon the lowest qualified bid with the sponsor having the right to reject all bids. All bids must

reflect prevailing wage rates, NYS Labor Department Regulations, Certified Payroll, etc.

All submitted bids must include a Noncollusive Certification pursuant to NYS General Municipal Law §103-d.

Town of Cairo, N.Y., in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d-d4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

An optional Pre-Bid Conference will be held on the date of Thursday, January 16th, 2020 at 1:00pm at the project site, 25 Railroad Avenue, Cairo, N.Y. 12413.

Bid Document Release: 03/09/2020 4:00 PM Pre-Bid Conference: 03/17/2020 1:00 PM at the project site.

Bid Due: 04/03/2020 12:00 PM at the office of the Town Clerk.

Bids Opened: 04/03/2020 12:01 PM at the office of the Town Clerk.

Contract Start: Upon Award *Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers.

Contact 1: Brandan Bachor, Kaaterskill Associates, 517 Main Street, Cairo, NY 12413, 518-622-9667 x210, b.bachor@keaeng.com Contact 2: John Coyne, Supervisor, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, Cairo, N.Y. 12413 (518) 622-3120 x113, supervisor@townofcairo.com Submit Bids to: Kayla L. Warner, Clerk, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, N.Y. 12413 (518) 622-3120 x101, townclerk@townofcairo.com

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CUSTODIAN NEEDED SBM Management is hiring custodians at our client’s facility in Oak Hill. Full time, full benefits, multiple shifts.

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The Town of Durham, Greene County is seeking to hire a Parks and Cemeteries employee.

They would be a full time employee for the Town of Durham. The responsibility is the maintains of grounds and facility around town. You may pick up an application and description of the job at the Town Hall.

Please return the completed application by March 26, 2020 to 7309 Route 81, E. Durham, NY 12423.

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Heavy equipment operation such as front end loader, backhoe, tractors, etc. a plus. Experience plowing snow with a large truck with plow and wing preferred. Must be willing and able to work long hours, including nights and weekends, during winter months for snow and ice removal. Applicant must pass pre-employment drug screen and alcohol test and random drug and alcohol testing at any time and authorize driver’s license check.

The successful candidate will be considered probationary for six months beginning at hire date. For further information please contact Highway Superintendent Alan VanWormer at (518)756-2078, Ext. 3 M-Th 6AM-3PM and F 6-10AM. Applications are available at the Town Clerk’s office Monday-Friday from 9AM-4PM until April 3.

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out. There was a point where I don’t remember a part of the race. Realistically, I just feel so lucky. On so many levels, I feel so lucky. You look at the crash and you think, ‘That’s spectacular,’ in a bad way, right? You look at the car afterwards and you think about all things of what happened right for me to be sitting here.”

Those things include safety

features that Newman, who has an engineering degree from Purdue, has pushed for over the years. He’s back at the track, watching and not driving, but there’s no timetable for his return. It will be, he said, “as soon as I possibly can.”

Luck helped, too, including “where I was kind of hit, so to speak,” he said.

“The [driver’s] cage was

compromised and all those welds held together, so the guys in the shop did an amazing job. All those things that happened got me here. I got hit from behind by a car going 190 miles an hour and it pushed me back, but then he [Corey LaJoie] pushed me forward. His car actually hit my seat. Lots of things that happened, angels [making air quotes] aligned.”

After being released from the hospital, he headed back to the track and joined his friend Martin Truex Jr. Last weekend, he was at the NASCAR race in Arizona, just watching with his crew. In his place, Ryan Chastain is driving his Roush Fenway car.

Why, he was asked Wednesday, would he tempt fate by getting behind the wheel again, given how lucky he

had been last month?

“I love it,” he said with a laugh, “because I’m just 42, right? It’s been a little big painful to be out of the racecar, to not be doing what I’ve done for so many years.

I started racing when I was 4 years old - 4-and-a-half years old - it’s just kind of who I am.”

stadium music.

The move to limit access caught most personnel — many of whom walked into clubhouses Tuesday not knowing much about the change — by surprise. The players union had no involvement in the decision, Britton said.

“Kind of above my pay grade,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I heard some buzz about it late last night and showed up this morning. I really don’t understand it all. Kind of in this

spot doing what I’m told.”

Last week, when the first cases were diagnosed in Florida, including one in Hillsborough County, players expressed concern about how the virus could spread.

Numerous players touch the same baseball on every play, baseballs rubbed down by clubhouse attendants before the game, sit with other baseballs in an umpires belt bag. They are rubbed by pitchers, who have licked their hands in order to get moisture to gain a better grip.

Players touch the same rosin bag and the same pine tar rag, all items they use throughout the game to get a better grip on baseballs and bats.

“I don’t ever think there’s going to be a perfect way,” Britton said. “You come in contact with a lot of people every day. In the past, one guy gets the flu in the clubhouse, there’s a good chance a lot of guys are going to get it. A cold, the same thing.

Hopefully, it’s a good first step.”

Members of a team’s

travel party, including general managers and assistant general managers, interpreters and clubhouse attendants, are all considered essential personnel by MLB. Scouts are not, and would be affected by the clubhouse ban. Each team has a different definition of which personnel should be considered essential, but MLB expects teams to be judicious in deciding who to allow into clubhouses.

Some members of the Yankees front office and

analytics staff who would normally be in the clubhouse weren’t inside there on Tuesday morning.

The Blue Jays have a travel party of about 65 individuals, and Atkins said the team is considering trimming that number.

“There are vendors, our own scouts that are coming and going,” Atkins said. “It’s not just the media that’s being limited.”

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Attending ex’s wedding enrages couple’s nephew Dear Abby, My wife and I have a 45-year-old nephew who married for the first time two years ago. Before that, he was engaged to a woman I’ll call Anita for two years. We assumed the reason for their breakup was she wanted children, and he DEAR ABBY did not. Last year, we attended Anita’s wedding, as we are still friendly with her.

Our nephew was, and still is, furious with us for going.

He claims “only 5% of people attend one’s ex’s wedding.” He says we should have been loyal to him and abstained because Anita was a “vicious, lying, rumormonger.”

He still emails and calls us, ranting and raving to the point that we might lose the relationship with him forever. We feel we did nothing wrong and were not obligated to get his permission to attend that wedding. What do you think?

Big Sin In Oregon

JEANNE PHILLIPS

I think you were right to attend Anita’s wedding, in light of the fact that you are still friendly.

You didn’t need your nephew’s permission. I seriously doubt his breakup with Anita had anything to do with whether she and your nephew disagreed about having children. More likely it had everything to do with the fact that your nephew is stubborn and behaves irrationally.

Dear Abby, My wife has no friends of her own and no hobbies. She’s miserable most of the time, and happiness with her seems fleeting. I think she needs to see a counselor, but she refuses.

In couples counseling, when the counselor pushed her on her issues, she quit.

I realize now that she is able to hide these

issues from everyday acquaintances. But we have a 1-year-old daughter, and I’m certain that as she gets older, she’ll see these issues as well.

What do I do?

Looking Forward In Pennsylvania Whether your wife has postpartum depression or longstanding mental health issues I can’t guess, but something is not right with her. I think it could benefit you greatly if YOU go back to that counselor, if only to ask for advice on how to handle this situation and provide as healthy an environment for your daughter to grow up in as possible.

Dear Abby, I am having issues with one of my good friends. When we hang out one-on-one, she’s great. We laugh at just about everything and agree on a lot of different topics. However, when we hang out with other people, it’s a different story. It seems as though all attention needs to be on her. She’s almost like a 4-yearold who needs constant attention.

I enjoy hanging out with her when it’s just us because I don’t see this side of her, but in groups or even with one other person, it’s like it’s her world and we are just living in it. We are planning a trip soon, and I feel hesitant about being with her for long periods of time.

Wearing Thin In Washington

DR. KEITH ROACH

Most people have probably not heard of protein S or protein C, but these are important regulators of the body’s capacity to form a clot. Unlike the other clotting factors, these act AGAINST the blood clotting cascade and so help prevent inappropriate clotting in the body. When people have low levels of either of these proteins, they are at risk for developing a blood clot, such as a deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.

People with protein S deficiency are treated with anticoagulants if they have a clot, but are

generally not treated with anticoagulants if they have not had a clot, even if they have known deficiency. However, some people with protein S deficiency but no history of abnormal clotting may be given anticoagulants before surgery, for example, especially if there is a strong family history of abnormal clots.

The choice of anticoagulants includes both warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants such as apixaban (Eliquis). One major advantage to apixaban and similar drugs is that routine blood testing is not required. They do not work the same way warfarin does, so checking the INR (international normalized ratio) is not appropriate. Head-to-head testing of warfarin and the newer agents like apixaban has shown that apixaban is at least as good as warfarin. Both apixaban and warfarin are Food and Drug Administration-indicated for treatment of deep venous thrombosis, but neither is specifically indicated in people with protein S deficiency.

Anticoagulants sometimes fail. If a person does develop a clot on one treatment, his or her physician may choose a different treatment, such as apixaban for a person who developed a clot on warfarin, or vice versa. Low molecular weight heparin, such as Lovenox, is an injection medication seldom used for prolonged periods of time, such as the year your grandson took it.

But there have been cases. I agree with you that difficult or complicated cases are ideally managed by a hematologist when available.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — “You can’t unring a bell” — or so they say. Today, you can prove them wrong as you make peace among those who have been at war for some time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Things haven’t exactly been working out as you had hoped of late, but today you can enjoy a real turnaround. A friend sings your praises.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Things risk getting

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a fan of the simple and straightforward, and you have little use for anyone who prefers to complicate matters and mess things up with the extraneous, inappropriate, unrelated or unnecessary. Everything you do you do with a sincerity that borders on religious fervor: You insist on saying only what you mean, and doing only what you say you will do — the way you say you will do it!

Your path to professional success is likely to be unusually swift and direct — but it depends upon two things: First, you must accept the fact that luck will always play a role in your professional affairs; and second, you must always have a plan squarely in mind that you can visualize, contextualize and realize.

Also born on this date are: James Taylor, singer-songwriter; Liza Minnelli, actress and singer; Myrna Fahey, actress; Aaron Eckhart, actor; Jack Kerouac, author; Jaimie Alexander, actress; Edward Albee, playwright.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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I’m puzzled as to why, knowing your friend behaves the way she does, you would be planning a trip with her. Considering who she is, the less time you spend in groups larger than two, the better.

Proper anticoagulant therapy for protein deficiency Many members of my family and I have protein S deficiency and are prescribed warfarin. We are aware of the effects that food, exercise and medicines have in reaction to warfarin. Several of us have INR meters and do our testing at home. I have been on warfarin since 1991, TO YOUR with only a couple of clots, GOOD HEALTH usually when dehydrated.

My grandson was on Eliquis, and had a DVT despite this, so he is back on warfarin. It is my understanding that none of the other “blood thinners” are testable to determine INR. Why do doctors prescribe them for protein S deficiency?

Aren’t they approved just for atrial fibrillation? Why would a doctor prescribe Lovenox and warfarin together for over a year for my grandson? Hematologists, not internists, should be the doctors to treat protein S deficiency.

Family Circus

out of hand today as your penchant for the overdramatic compels you to do what no one in his or her right mind would do!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re going to have to choose which of two destinations will win out today as you consider all variables and plan travel accordingly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Now is no time to keep silent about what you know. Share freely with those around you — but remember that not everyone likes surprises.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You can minimize the impact of a certain event today — but you may have to take the brunt of something others have been trying hard to avoid.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may be thinking that things are heading in a certain direction, but today others may demonstrate that’s not at all the case! Be ready!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll have to work hard to tell what is real and what is not, what is genuine and what is not and what is “good” and what is “bad” — all day long.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may not be able to trust your first impressions today — and that’s all right, because you’ll have time to investigate further very soon.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You know you’re on the right track at this time, even though you’re not at all close to your final destination. It’s about the journey!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Take care that you don’t actually make things worse by stepping in and helping others work things out. It’s a molehill, not a mountain!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’ll want to do a little research today before you make the important decision that many are waiting for you to make.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HATSS JOEYN GHNETL CURHOC

Four-letter blanks Level 1

2

3

Fill in the blank with a four-letter word. (e.g., A miss is as good as a ____. Answer: Mile.)

Freshman level 1. Do not cut off your nose to spite your ____.

2. He who pays the piper calls the ____.

3. As you sow so shall you ____.

Graduate level 4. When nothing goes right, go ____.

5. Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad _____.

6. There is no substitute for hard ____. (Thomas Edison) PH.D. level 7. Fight to the last ____. (Shakespeare) 8. Reality is wrong; dreams are for ____. (Tupac Shakur) 9. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever ____. (Suzy Kassem)

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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

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Yesterday’s

Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

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Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: EXERT SKIMP HOTTER ANYWAY Answer: With so many horses being used to get around, the Old West town had a — “MANE” STREET

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Face. 2. Tune. 3. Reap. 4. Left. 5. Life. 6. Work. 7. Gasp. 8. Real. 9.

Will.

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

Mutts

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Pickles For Better or For Worse

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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Part of R & R 5 Socrates’ last letter 10 Gooey lump 14 Airport in Paris 15 Fit for a king 16 Out of __; inappropriate 17 Grows old 18 Lack of attention to one’s duties 20 Knotts or Rickles 21 National League team 22 Superior & Geneva 23 Entryways 25 Slight twitch 26 Peanut butter buyer’s choice 28 Architectural style 31 Birds that sing in flight 32 Military air raid 34 Org. for Kings & Senators 36 Big clubs 37 Baton __, LA 38 “My Country, ’Tis of __” 39 “Oui!” 40 Hunger pains 41 Self-confidence 42 Like a clear night sky 44 Misgivings 45 Actress West 46 Isle of __; Italian resort 47 Quaking tree 50 Dwindle 51 Egypt’s boy king 54 Covering completely 57 Metal thread 58 Jack or joker 59 Actor Willem 60 Swine 61 Prepares Easter eggs 62 Look of contempt 63 Individuals DOWN 1 On the __; traveling 2 Thus

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3 Thinnest 4 Cobb & Burrell 5 Cross 6 Encounters 7 Breakfast order 8 “My __ Sal” 9 MacGraw or Larter 10 Whitener 11 Chain piece 12 Back in the day 13 Spelling contests 19 Flashiness 21 Many PTA members 24 Thousand __, CA 25 Carry 26 Potter’s material 27 Marathons 28 Musician’s bookings 29 Personal fear 30 Bosom 32 Emaciated 33 Drag something heavy 35 Marvin & Meriwether 37 Seldom seen 38 Sightseeing trip

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Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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40 April 1st antic 41 Clement X or Pius XI 43 Make __; show remorse 44 Hazard 46 Narrow boat 47 Alphabet openers 48 Kill

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49 Remove apple skins 50 Mrs. 52 Strong desire 53 Actress Harper 55 Asner & Harris 56 Fawn’s color 57 “__ goes there?”; sentry’s query

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