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Tupper Lake village public budget hearings to be conducted by phone

TUPPER LAKE — The village will hold its public hearings on the 2020-2021 budget via conference call this year, to support social distancing recommendations. Today, at 5 p.m. the village plans to pass a tax levy limit override, with a public comment period first. This tax cap is commonly ...

N.J. pizzeria borrows to keep workers on job, spurs donations

BELMAR, N.J. — This is a story about bosses and their workers, in the dark days of COVID-19. It’s also a story about how one good turn deserves another and yet another. And this being New Jersey, it’s also a story about pizza. Bryan Morin and his brother Michael operate ...

COVID-19 by the numbers

--- Essex County --- 5 — Confirmed cases, none new 19 — People in mandatory or precautionary quarantine, 11 fewer than Saturday N/A — People who have been tested and received results, 61 as of Friday --- Franklin County --- 5 — Confirmed cases, 2 more than ...

When DIY healthcare supplies are the new normal

I can sew, but I’ve yet to make one of the protective masks for healthcare workers. I want to help, but I’m not sure I will get to the stage where I’m mass producing masks for other people. I selfishly made a few to use so we could take care of my mother. I am in awe of the people that ...

New York delays presidential primary

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo postponed New York’s presidential primary from April to June to keep people from gathering — even to vote — amid of the state’s coronavirus outbreak. With cases expected to mushroom toward a mid-to-late-April peak, nurses made anguished pleas Saturday ...