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LIVE REAL TIME VIDEO OF EARLY VOTING PLACES IN GREENBURGH
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WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER OCTOBER 28, 2024
This is the link to the live stream of Greenburgh Town Hall early voting site. Lines were very long on Saturday and Sunday (close to two hours). We provided a live stream four years ago of early voting. It helped voters decide when lines were shortest. The live stream will be up till the end of early voting on Sunday. We want the voting process to be as convenient as possible.
https://www.greenburghny.com/722/Stream-Town-Hall-Video
PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor
OCTOBER 28—WHOOPING COUGH SYMPTOMS. CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH IN NEW JERSEY SURGE
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As Caitlin Rivers reports in this morning’s “Outbreak Outlook:Northeast Whooping Cough has doubled since last year in New Jersey. What is Whooping Cough? Here is the Mayo Clinic on the symptoms:
Overview
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. In many people, it’s marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like “whoop.”
Before the vaccine was developed, whooping cough was considered a childhood disease. Now whooping cough primarily affects children too young to have completed the full course of vaccinations and teenagers and adults whose immunity has faded.
Deaths associated with whooping cough are rare but most commonly occur in infants. That’s why it’s so important for pregnant women — and other people who will have close contact with an infant — to be vaccinated against whooping cough.
Symptoms
Once you become infected with whooping cough, it takes about seven to 10 days for signs and symptoms to appear, though it can sometimes take longer. They’re usually mild at first and resemble those of a common cold:
- Runny nose
- Nasal congestion
- Red, watery eyes
- Fever
- Cough
After a week or two, signs and symptoms worsen. Thick mucus accumulates inside your airways, causing uncontrollable coughing. Severe and prolonged coughing attacks may:
- Provoke vomiting
- Result in a red or blue face
- Cause extreme fatigue
- End with a high-pitched “whoop” sound during the next breath of air
However, many people don’t develop the characteristic whoop. Sometimes, a persistent hacking cough is the only sign that an adolescent or adult has whooping cough.
Infants may not cough at all. Instead, they may struggle to breathe, or they may even temporarily stop breathing.
When to see a doctor
Call your doctor if prolonged coughing spells cause you or your child to:
- Vomit
- Turn red or blue
- Seem to be struggling to breathe or have noticeable pauses in breathing
- Inhale with a whooping sound
OCTOBER 28 OUTBREAK OUTLOOK NORTHEAST: ALL QUIET EXCEPT FOR WHOOPING COUGH SURGE IN NEW JERSEY
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Welcome to the Northeastern edition of Outbreak Outlook! It is only available to paid subscribers. If you wish to become a paid subscriber and access region-specific information, please click the Subscribe now button below. Thanks for reading! -Caitlin Respiratory DiseasesILIInfluenza-like illness is minimal across most of the Northeast. The bottom line is that very little influenza is circulating, but if you want the details: Connecticut and New Jersey report outpatient activity at a “low” level, but wastewater concentration remains minimal in these states, so not much is happening. Similarly, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts have low wastewater concentration but show minimal outpatient illness. Rhode Island has moderate levels of wastewater concentration but minimal outpatient visits. Activity in New York City is minimal. P.S. New to the regional editions? This information will get more detailed when activity picks up later in the season. COVID-19Things are quiet with Covid-19. Covid-19 wastewater activity is minimal across the region. That increase I reported last week appears to have been a blip; rates are now lower than they were before that transient increase. Severe illness is low and declining, with minimal visits to the emergency department for Covid-19.
Source: CDC Only one state in the region is reporting high wastewater activity: New Hampshire (limited coverage), but it appears to be declining there. In addition, wastewater activity has declined from high to moderate in Maine and Vermont.
These states have similarly seen a drop-off in ED visits over the past month. In Maine, ED visits declined substantially this past week to 0.9%, down from 2.6% of all ED visits a month ago. And in Vermont, rates have fallen from 3% a month ago to 1% this past week.
Source: CDC Wastewater activity is low in Pennsylvania (limited coverage), and minimal in Rhode Island and New Jersey. The exceptions to these improving trends are Connecticut and Massachusetts where wastewater activity is moderate and increasing. However, in both of these states, ED visits declined (in the case of Massachusetts) or held steady (Connecticut) at minimal levels this past week, and hospitalizations decreased in Connecticut. (Massachusetts did not report Covid-19 hospitalizations). Last week I reported that it looked like there might be a notable increase in wastewater activity in New York, but that there were lags in reporting, so this increase was based on data from <5% of the state’s population. The data caught up and fortunately that increase was just sampling error: activity remains minimal for the state. Further supporting that rates are low, ED visits in the state were minimal (0.5% all ED visits were for Covid-19) and hospitalizations decreased (to 4.0 per 100,000). In New York City, the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations has declined steadily, now averaging less than 20 city-wide. Still, the City reports an average of one death per day. RSVAs noted last week, test positivity is increasing, but continues to be very low. One curious data point is that wastewater concentration in Connecticut is coming in as “very high,” but again test positivity in the state is very low so I am not too concerned right now. Other BugsCommon causes of cold- and flu-like symptoms are picking up steam. Parainfluenza has increased rapidly the past few weeks, and is now at a moderately high level. Adenovirus activity has also increased moderately. Human coronaviruses have started increasing as well, but remain at low levels. Stomach BugsNo updates this week; there were reporting delays. Food recallsThe following foods are being recalled because they are contaminated. Please check your cupboards and throw out any of these items: New:
Previously reported:
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OCT 27–SUNDAY EARLY VOTING IN WHITE PLAINS NY USA.
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VOTER LINES AT BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR EARLY VOTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN WHITE PLAINS NY USA
End of voterline at 1:30 PM. An official in the parking said it was about a 45 minute wait to vote
AUTUMN! IN NEW YORK! PHOTOS OF THE DAY
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CIDER PUMPKINS THE COLORS OF THE GREAT NORTHEAST AT WILKINS FRUIT FARM
HAY!
THE CORN MAIZE
CIDER DONUTS PIES PICNIC APPLE PICKING
TRACTORS OF THE PAST
AND YOU CAN VOTE AT THE LINCOLN DEPOT IN DOWNTOWN PEEKSKILL.
Sailboat tacking smart off the northwest wind 25 knot sustained wind off Peekskill Saturday.
Foilage palate on the mountains overlooking the Hudson, while the doughty sailboat continues on the Northwest wind.
THE SHELLEY MAYER –TRICIA NIXON FORUM LINK REPLAY REPLAY REPLAY– 37TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT RACE
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EARLY VOTERS LINING UP!
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AND THE VOTERS KEPT ON COMING 20 VOTERS IN PEEKSKILL NEW YORK AT 3 PM TODAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN NEW YORK.
AT 2 PM BELOW THERE WAS THE SAME PATIENT WAITING BY THE PREVIOUS 20-SOMETHING WAITING
AN HOUR EARLIER AT 2 PM THE LINE WAS THERE.
SUNDAY: THE BIG STOP: THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS REMEMBRANCE AT JACOB PURDY HOUSEW
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THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS is THE BIG STOP.
THE BATTLE THAT AFTER THREE DAYS STOPPED THE ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY PUSHED GEORGE WASHINGTON’S TROOPS OUT OF THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN, OUT OF NEW YORK GORGE WASHING ENCAMPED AT PURDY HOUSE THEN LOCATED NEAR BATTLE HILL BUT ON LOWER GROUND.
THE TIME WHEN BRITISH TROOPS WERE MARCHING UP BATTLE HILL, MOSTLY GERMAN HESSIANS ALLIES OF THE BRITISH AND REGULAR BRITISH TROOPS. THE EFFORT WAS TO OVERWHELM THE RETREATING FORCES GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO HAD CONSOLIATED ON THE HIGH GROUNDS ABOVE THE SMALL SETTLEMENT AT THE TIME OF WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK.
RESIDENTS AND COLONIAL SOLDERS WERE DUG IN ON THE TOP OF BATTLE HILL WITH CANNON AND THEIR LONG RIFLES ABOVE THE BRONX RIVER IN WHITE PLAINS
THE CHARGE UP THE HILL WAS MET WITH CANNON FIRE AND RIFLE SHOT. THE BRITISH ATTACK WAS STOPPED WITH DEVASTATING CASUALTIES AND SHIFTING ATTACKS ON MILLER HILL TO THE EAST WERE STYMIED. THE BRITISH CALLED OFF THE ATTACKS AND THE BIG STOP HAD BEEN MADE AFTER A STRING OF COLONIAL ARMY DEFEATS.
IT IS NOTWORTHY THAT IN THOSE DAYS IF YOU WERE WOUNDED YOU DIED. WOUNDS GOT INFECTED. YOU HAD TO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM ENOUGH TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR IT.
THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THOSE BATTLES THAT LEAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT HAS BEEN THE HOPE OF THE WORLD AGAINST DICTATORS, ARROGANT KINGS AND ENSLAVERS OF MANKIND FOR 249 YEARS.
SUNDAY AT PURDY HOUSE RECREATORS RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES AND LEGACY OF THAT BATTLE—THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS.
MS. LAURA ECKLEY APPOINTED NEW WHITE PLAINS LIBRARY DIRECTOR
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White Plains, NY. – October 24, 2024.
The Board of Trustees of the White Plains Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Eckley as the new Director of the White Plains Library following the retirement of Brian Kenney.
Mr. Kenney led the library for the last thirteen years and was responsible, in partnership with the Board, the City of White Plains and the Library Foundation for the transition to digital media, the creation of The Edge (teen library), the transformation of the first floor, the art gallery and auditorium.
Ms. Eckley was recommended unanimously to the Trustees by a Committee comprised of members of the Board of Trustees, Library staff and community members that conducted a nation-wide search.
She will begin her role as the Library Director on this Monday October 28, 2024.
Ms. Eckley brings 25 years of experience, most recently as the Director of the Larchmont Public Library and previously as Library Director of the Bronxville Public Library where she also served as the Director of Children’s Services.
Ms. Eckley received her MLIS from the Palmer School of Library and Information Sciences at Long Island University and holds a certificate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design on the future of library design.
Ms. Eckley has stated, “I’m honored to join the exceptional staff of the White Plains Public Library. I look forward to working with their dedicated Board of Trustees and continuing to build on the Library’s tradition of providing exceptional library service to the White Plains community.”
Elaine Summers, the President of the Library Board of Trustees said, “The Board is so excited to have attracted such an experienced and energetic new Director.”
Tom Roach, White Plains Mayor stated, “I appreciate the work done by the Library Board of Trustees in finding such an eminently qualified candidate. Having met her, I believe she is the right person at the right time to lead the library into the future.”