With massive adjustments being foisted upon educators and students across the area, many of the traditional modes of learning have shifted dramatically at every grade level for both public and private schools. Still, as educators and institutions continue to learn how to adapt across the nation as well as in the Tri-Corner region, the advancement […]
Columbia County’s Healthcare Consortium is a rural health network made up of residents and professionals from the health care, business and consumer sectors throughout our area whose mission is to increase access to quality health care through collaboration, education, information and service delivery for those within the county in need of support. Though the spread […]
In anticipation of Columbia County small businesses reopening once New York State COVID-19 mandates are lifted, Board of Supervisors Matt Murell plans to establish an advisory committee in the coming days that will help owners and residents determine what needs local businesses will have once the time arrives. The committee, to be known as the […]
Local financial advisors and banks supporting small businesses across the area have recently felt the fear and anxiety from small business owners as a result of the COVID-19 mandates. Many small business owners nationwide are hurting due to the economic uncertainty and feel as though they cannot find support after the original $349 billion Paycheck […]
Columbia County officials announced Friday plans to proceed with the purchase of an additional 1,000 COVID-19 testing kits. Officials had already previously announced the first order of 1,000 testing kits in response to county needs but have since decided to increase that amount yesterday bringing the amount spent to $24,000 of the $26,150 donated to […]
As May draws closer, and questions remain as to how long state-mandated shutdowns will remain in place, the town of Hillsdale provided a wealth of updates and resources for its residents per its newly scheduled Special Weekly Newsletter. Despite the spread of the coronavirus pandemic bringing the area a spring season that nobody anticipated, Hillsdale […]
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Despite the financial vice currently gripping the nation’s small businesses due to ‘social distancing’ mandates initiated
as result of the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, in Millerton, NY one local diner remains steadfast in its commitment to propel its community forward by offering free meals to […]
Despite the inherent stress, underlying fear, and instinctive pessimism brought on by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic causing the shuttering of daily life across the region, hope springs eternal for area residents and families in the form hand-made rainbows that have begun to dot the landscape. The rapidly growing 518 Rainbow Hunt Facebook group […]
The sudden and unprecedented arrival of the COVID-19 virus resulting in the onset of wide swaths of school closures across our area has understandably sent many educators and families scrambling to find solutions to problems that were unimaginable mere weeks prior. Now, in the throes of pandemic, many questions still linger for local institutions as […]
In just a few short weeks, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic throughout much of the tri-state region has forced many small businesses to change the way they operate and adapt to an uncertain economic present. Those who have not been deemed ‘non-essential’ and have not been mandated to temporarily close their doors have had […]