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Four-year-old Sierra Sanford raised her empty paint bucket up against an old oak tree and, with a little help from her mom and grandma, gently scraped gooey, whitish globs — a.k.a gypsy moth egg masses — from the bark with a soft putty knife. The three generations — Sierra, her mom Sharon Sanford of Middlesex, and Sierra’s grandmother, Pamela Bayer of Bloomfield, were among more than 25 volunteers who gathered Saturday at the Bare Hill Unique Area for the first of three events to put a dent in the gypsy moth caterpillar population. Last year’s explosion of the leaf-eating caterpill...

NORFOLK — The Norwood-Norfolk Central School District will be using an emergency day Wednesday out of respect for a first-grade teacher who died Feb. 25. A Mass of Christian Burial for Mandy M. Boyd, 41, Norwood, will be held Wednesday at St. Andrew’s Church in Norwood. In a letter to the community, Superintendent James Cruikshank reflected on the impact of Mrs. Boyd’s death on the district. “During times of sadness and tragedy, you often can find spots which brighten your heart. Since learning of the news of teacher Mandy Boyd’s passing, we have witnessed incredible ...

Malone Telegram MALONE — Bare Hill Correctional Facility has recorded its first COVID-19-related death at its prison, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision online database. It is the second recorded virus-related death overall at Malone’s three correctional facilities — the other fatality occurring on Feb. 3, from Franklin Correctional’s prison population. The two deaths at the local prisons are a part of a total state correctional death toll of 32 inmates, according to DOCCS’s database. According to its online database, Franklin County h...

Inmate dies after testing positive for Covid-19 at state-run prison in Oneida County Updated Jan 06, 2021; Marcy, N.Y. -- An inmate has died of Covid-19 at a state-run prison in Oneida County, according to data released by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The inmate’s death was reported at Mid-State Correctional Facility, where 35 people currently have the novel coronavirus, the data shows. It is the second death at a state-run prison in Central New York. The first was reported Dec. 29 at the Auburn Correctional Facility. Forty-three of the state’s ...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com While advising people to not gather for New Year’s Eve celebrations, Essex County public health officials say they are in the midst of seeing a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases stemming from Thanksgiving gatherings. Essex County reported 25 new cases Tuesday and 23 new cases Wednesday. Essex County Public Health Director Linda Beers said these numbers are “unprecedented.” This spike, she said, is not Christmas-related. It is the second wave of the post-Thanksgiving coronavirus spike. The virus has a two-week incubation period. Beers said gathe...