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A salute to Staten Island nurses — heroes in our hour of desperate need Updated on May 06, 2021; Published on May 06, 2021 Nurse Brittany Bonfiglio in the COVID-19 Unit at Staten Island University Hospital, South in 2020. (Courtesy/Brittany Bonfiglio) Twitter Share It is May 6, and – well over a year into a global pandemic that has impacted every member of the Staten Island community – it is time to pause for National Nurses Day 2021, part of this year’s nurse appreciation week. It is difficult to send our thoughts back to last spring, when New York City was the epicenter of an emer...

'Healthy and active' dad of six dies days after panicked phone call to son James Fitzgerald had rang his son and complained of having a cough before his sudden death Updated James Fitzgerald, 79, a much-loved dad-of-six who died with Covid-19 (Image: Mike Fitzgerald) A son has described how he lost his "healthy and active" dad within just nine days after he contracted coronavirus. James Fitzgerald lived in sheltered accommodation in Knotty Ash and the 79-year-old was described as a sociable and hugely-loved man who played poker twice a week, went to the casino and enjoyed going out to sing k...

Homeschool help: retired teacher helps grandkids learn during the pandemic Jody Kerzman BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - They say it takes a village to raise a child. That’s something one Bismarck family has learned first-hand this school year. Moments like these, are the highlight of the week for the Andrist kids, their mom Bethany, and her mom, Mary Beth Orn. “My grandkids give me joy and purpose,” said Orn. This year, they’ve given her even more purpose. Every Friday, Orn drives from her farm near Wimbledon to her daughter’s Bismarck home to teach her grandkids North Dakot...

The fear I see in my patients’ eyes, the grief I hear when I tell families their loved one is dying, but no, they cannot come in to see them — it cuts through my soul.