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Rockefeller Center to open skating rink with COVID restrictions
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Center ice-skating rink is opening in a limited way but on time for the holidays. The Rockefeller Center website says the iconic, sunken rink in midtown Manhattan is welcoming skaters Saturday afternoon as part of a tradition dating to the 1930s. The rink is operating at reduced capacity, with…
AstraZeneca says its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective
LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca says late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University were “highly effective’’ in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analysis of trials in the U.K. and Brazil of the vaccine. Dr. Andrew Pollard said “these findings show that we have an effective vaccine that will save…
Free COVID-19 test site opens today in Riverhead
(Riverhead, NY)- Starting Monday, November 23, 2020 a free COVID-19 test site will open in Riverhead at the County Center. The no-cost, outdoor test facility at the Riverhead County Center, 300 County Center Drive, will be operational Monday through Friday, by appointment only, from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. To schedule an coronavirus…
COVID-19 testing at 2 East End schools
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Two East End communities are struggling with high coronavirus infection rates. On Thursday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that voluntary rapid COVID-19 testing would begin at schools in Riverhead and Hampton Bays. In Riverhead, the 7 day positivity rate was at 5.6 and in Hampton Bays 6.5%. The current seven day…
NYC Mayor suggests indoor dining might shut down
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says indoor restaurant service will likely shut down within a week or two to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Thursday’s announcement comes a day after de Blasio announced that city schools would close to in-person learning. The mayor noted that Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
Police investigate Wading River house fire
(Wading River, NY)- Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police Department detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person or people who caused a fire at a home in Wading River this month. Officials say that an incendiary device was thrown at a residence on Sound Road in Wading River…
Teenager in serious condition after being found stabbed in East Farmingdale
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Suffolk Police say a 19 year old is hospitalized in serious condition after being found, stabbed on Route 110 in East Farmingdale. Officials say the man’s body was found in front of 2265 Broadhollow Road, across the street from Farmingdale State College, just before 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday. The…
Pfizer to ask FDA today for emergency use for its COVID vaccine
(AP) NEW YORK — Pfizer will ask U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting a process that could bring first shots as early as next month. The announcement comes days after Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech offered preliminary data to suggest its vaccine appears 95% protective. Over the next few…
Child airlifted to hospital after Amityville house fire
(Amityville, NY)- A four year old boy was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital last night after a fire broke out in a basement of an Amityville house. Police say they responded to the house fire on Ronek Drive around 9pm on Thursday. A 51-year-old woman was transported to NUMC with non-life-threatening injuries. A third…
LI Parents wonder if Nassau and Suffolk schools will close
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Some parents on Long Island are concerned about if or when their children schools might close down after the news broke on Wednesday, that New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, cancelled in person classes for its nearly 1 million public school students.The metric used for closing The New York City public school…
Owl in Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
NEW YORK (AP) — A worker helping set up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree found a holiday surprise — a tiny owl among the massive branches. The little bird, now named Rockefeller, was discovered on Monday, dehydrated and hungry, but otherwise unharmed. Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, New…
Election update: Gordon concedes to Garbarino
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Jackie Gordon has conceded to Republican Andrew Garbarino in a closely watched battle to succeed a longtime GOP congressman in a swing district on Long Island’s South Shore. Gordon says she congratulated Garbarino on his victory, writing in a statement posted on Facebook that she was “grateful for every single…