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WINDHAM — Plans to expand a popular community trail in the name of increasing access to nature and connecting the public to the outdoors received a positive response from the Batavia Kill Watershed District board. Opened in 2013, the Windham Path is a 1.5-mile loop with an additional half-mile section. After receiving a $50,000 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Smart Growth Grant to extend the path, Windham
Area Recreation President Nick Bove looked for possible options. After several unsuccessful attempts and having to extend the grant twice, Bove presented a proposal to add another two-mile loop — Windham Path 2.0 — near the historic Nauvoo dam. “What’s exceptional about this location is it’s kind of a hidden gem,” Bove said. “Most people don’t know it’s public land.” The Windham area is landrich but access-poor, Bove said.
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A plaque near the Nauvoo dam that lists the original members of the Batavia Kill Watershed Board.
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NY officials trace four COVID-19 clusters
Baseball is back The home plate area of Rickey Cramer Field in Catskill was part of a spring renovation project. PAGE B1
By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.
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A remarkable year in the book Class of 2020 looks back on an amazing year PAGE A3
n WORLD
U.S.-China feud worsens Red tape latest weapon in war of words PAGE A5
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleads during a pandemic briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for federal lawmakers to pass COVID-19 legislation to assist state and local governments during the pandemic. The state Department of Health is investigating COVID-19 exposure in four virus clusters after officials traced multiple new infections to a student who recently traveled to Florida and attended a downstate graduation ceremony.
The state Department of Health continues to investigate COVID-19 exposure in four virus clusters after officials traced multiple new infections to a student who recently traveled to Florida and attended a downstate graduation ceremony, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed an executive order over the weekend limiting virus paid sick leave eligibility for state employees. The student started exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms shortly after attending Horace Greeley High School’s drive-in graduation ceremony June 20 at the Chappaqua train station in Westchester County and tested positive for the virus. Twelve other people who had contact with the student at the ceremony also tested positive and are self-isolating, according to the governor’s office. Health officials and contact tracers have identified three other clusters of COVID-19 cases across New York at the Oswego Apple Factory, the Washington County/Vermont Slate Quarry and the Montgomery County Aluminum factory. The state reported 12 cases from the quarry, 82 apple factory employees infected with the virus of 179 tested and 74 COVID-19 cases from the aluminum See CLUSTERS A8
Cuomo: Tell the truth about coronavirus
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo gestures to a tall Styrofoam figure the governor unveiled during a pandemic briefing Monday to represent New York’s trajectory of COVID-19 and how it took 42 days for New Yorkers to climb up, and 69 to come back down “the mountain.”
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump and the federal government must stop the denial and tell the truth about the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, before calling on the president to mandate Americans wear masks in public as the virus spreads like wildfire across the United States. Cuomo sharply criticized federal government for a lacking “failure” of a coronavirus response Friday, saying Trump has made several excuses as COVID-19 outbreaks continue to spike nationwide, with rising cases in 32 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. “The denial by the federal government of the severity of this virus was followed by the
federal government’s abandonment of responsibility,” Cuomo said Monday during a pandemic briefing at his Manhattan office. “They never believed it was a problem, so they didn’t believe they needed to solve it.” The president should sign an executive order mandating all Americans to wear masks or face coverings in public, Cuomo said. The governor signed a similar mask-wearing mandate in New York in April. “Let the president lead by example and let the president put a mask on it because we know it works — we’ve proven that it works in the state of New York,” Cuomo said. “If you want to help stop COVID-19, then start telling the people of this country
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