WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

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New York City five boroughs report 450% INCREASE: 1,689 persons with new cases of covid in one day of testing Monday.

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS MONITOR. From the New York State Covid Tracker. Analysis by John F. Bailey March 16, 2022 updated 10:40 A.M. EDT:

Westchester County persons testing positive for covid numbered 138 persons Monday, the highest since  the February 27 –to March 5^th week when the county averaged 107 a day and hit 754 cases.

Last week  the county recorded 582 cases an average of 83 per day.

The county positive for covid numbers have been 582 total last week. (Perhaps this is because there are more people testing themselves with home kits.)

The 138 positive new covid-infected was 288% more than the Monday new covid case report of 48. 

With 754 infections two weeks ago February 27 to March 5, and 582 new cases the last 9 days, this means that each of the 754 infections that week of 754 infections Feb 27 to March 5, spread the disease within 9 days (the time it takes for the disease to develop and test positive) to  1 other person, a spread rate of 1 to 1.

At this spread rate the disease continues to be a presence, neither increasing nor declining significantly.

Last week was the first week schools were opened across Westchester and the New York metropolitan area without a mandate to wear masks. Whether this week covid contagion will increase with the socializing of St. Patrick’s Day, parades,  NCAA basketball viewings and parties in sportsbars and in homes, and socializing of students in schools without masks will be factors in creating significantly more spread of the disease.

New York City new cases (all five boroughs) increased 450% in a day Monday from last week 6 week low in infections through last week of  average 600 infections daily .  Sunday New York City reported 374 new cases.

Monday New York’s five boroughs reported 1,689 new cases.

This is a 452% increase in cases in one day.

From February 27 to March 3  New York City had approximately  850 new cases and this means that each of those 850 infections the first week in March  two weeks later have spread the disease to 2 persons, roughly a pace to expand spread in New York city again quickly.

Persons should consider what this means and adjust socializations, gatherings, office and school deportment with caution.

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The Rosedale Residential Association alerted WPCNR to Ms. Ballin’s plight. This what you need to know if you wish to be a donor:

1. Anyone over 21 and in good health can be a donor.
2. Donating a kidney would require about 2 nights in a hospital.
3. After donating a kidney, a donor would go back to lead a normal life without restrictions.
4. People can go to this website to find out more about Natalie’s story, see FAQ about kidney donation, and register to start the process

Helping Natalie:  https://nkr.org/QDR266

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WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Westchester County Department of Communications. March 15, 2022:

County Executive George Latimer announced key new hires and promotions within Westchester County Government. Blanca Lopez has been promoted to Deputy Planning Commissioner, Karen Pasquale has been added as Assistant Director of Operations with Director of Operations Joan McDonald (3rd from left) and Janice Duarte will take a role as a program coordinator in the Department of Finance.

Mr. Latimer clarified Ms. Pasquale’s role this afternoon in his weekly Covid Update, referencing Ms. Pasquale joining the Operations Department saying she would have the title of Director of Programs and Policies.

Ms. Pasquale worked as Senior Advisor to County Executive Andy Spano in his County Administration from 1998 to 2009. She then worked as Vice President, Shared Services for the New York Power Authority for one year before coming to the Mayor’s Office in White Plains as Mayor Roach’s Senior Advisor in July 2011, (after Mayor Roach replaced Mayor Adam Bradley when Mayor Bradley resigned.

Mayor Roach has two important positions to fill. Besides Ms. Pasquale, who handled media relations, he also must appoint a new Commissioner of Public Works, as Richard Hart is retiring.

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WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE IMPRESARIO INTRODUCES WESTCHESTER’S HISTORIC TRADITION OF BROADWAY’S GREATEST HITS APRIL 21. OPENING NIGHT: “MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET”

WPCNCR STAGE DOOR. By John F. Bailey March 15, 2022:

The greatest Broadway Shows of all time are back in Westchester at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center Opening Night April 21.

Bill Sutler and Bob Funking introduced millions of young people and thrilled theatregoers of all ages with their Westchester Broadway Theatre that gave hundreds of actors and actresses their starts.

This April, Mr. Sutler is bringing back a new, one-of-a-kind “Performing Museum of Broadway” which is now all-new in the posh Chappaqua Performing Arts Center at Chappaqua Crossing. The former Reader’s Digest Headquarters converted into a state-of-the-art theater with a proscenium stage which will deliver the greatest shows in show business in a real Broadway venue in the spirit of the WBT decades of recreating the Broadway magic without the big ticket.

The first show MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, literally has “the hits keep on coming,” a Gershwin Entertainment production recreates the night Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and The King Elvis Presley wandered into Sun Records in Memphis and wound up rock n rolling one-upping each other in a jam session that jumps. Shows begin April 21. They sing the hits they’re known for: Blue Suede Shoes, That’s All Right, I Walk the Line, Great Balls of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues, and, yes Hound Dog. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Ghosts rock again.

This is no Juke Box Musical. A clever book winds an intriguing narrative leading into songs. It won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical and received two Tony nominations, one for Best Musical and one for Best Book of a Musical.

Coming up next is Menopause, The Musical and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA and coming this summer, individual entertainment nights.

The former Westchester Broadway Theatre was forced to close in 2020 due to covid and loss of their lease. Now, thanks to a covid-related grant to businesses suffering loss in the pandemic all refunds have been paid last fall to former ticket holders requesting refunds and Mr. Sutler is reestablishing the WBT tradition.

For information contact the box office at 866-806-5777, or go to www.ChappaquaPAC.org or write TheWestchesterTheatre@gmail.com

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