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COVID-19: Grocery Workers Should Be Classified As First Responders, Stop & Shop, Union Say COVID-19: Grocery Workers Should Be Classified As First Responders, Stop & Shop, Union Say
Covid-19: Grocery Workers Should Be Classified As First Responders, Stop & Shop, Union Say Stop & Shop and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union are calling on federal and state governments to designate associates at grocery stores as “extended first responders” or “emergency personnel.” Stop & Shop and UFCW additionally announced that a 10-percent increase in pay for union hourly store associates would be extended through Saturday, May 30.  Stop & Shop and UFCW first announced the pay increase on Sunday, March 22, along with flexible hours for associates and up to two weeks of additional paid sick leave for associates required to quarantine …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man Killed In ATV Crash In Area, State Police Say Man Killed In ATV Crash In Area, State Police Say
Man Killed In ATV Crash In Area, State Police Say A 49-year-old man was killed in an ATV accident after crashing into a chain that was stretched across a service road. The incident involving Michael S. Morris, of Wallkill, happened around 1 p.m., Saturday, April 11, on Cottage Street in the Village of Wallkill, said Trooper Steven Nevel, spokesman for the New York State Police. An investigation revealed that Morris was riding a 2001 Honda ATV on a service road off of Cottage Street when he struck a chain that was extended across the service road causing him to fall off of the ATV, Nevel said.  Morris was wearing a helmet at the time.…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Airmont Man Nabbed After Brief Chase For Allegedly Stabbing His Brother Airmont Man Nabbed After Brief Chase For Allegedly Stabbing His Brother
Airmont Man Nabbed After Brief Chase For Allegedly Stabbing His Brother Ramapo Police nabbed an Airmont man wanted for attempted homicide who had barricaded himself in a bedroom and then climbed out a second-floor window and fled on foot.  The incident took place around 7:56 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, when Ramapo Police responded to a residential complex in the village of Airmont for a report of a domestic dispute, Ramapo Police said. When police arrived on the scene, they discovered a 32-year-old man who had been stabbed several times in the torso by his brother, police said. After being removed from the home, the 33-year-old man was treated by police and em…

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by Kathy Reakes