State and local health officials have had a bruising couple of years in New York, where COVID-19, monkeypox and poliovirus have all demanded acute responses. In Orange County, Dr. Alicia Pointer recently took over as the new Commissioner of Health, after previous posts as Chief of Pediatrics at Cornerstone Family Healthcare in Newburgh, Middletown Community Health Center, and Caring Health Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
In early July, the Springfield School Committee welcomed the district’s new superintendent. Dr. Sonia Dinnall, a longtime district educator, was selected to lead Springfield...
We bid farewell to Dr. Steven Leibo of the Sage Colleges, who has been a regular observer of world politics, the climate and American...
We speak with economist Hugh Johnson about the coronavirus’ financial impacts, and we talk with Albany Public Library Executive Director Scott Jarzombek about library...