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The fury swirling around the president and an apparent whistle blower has consumed Washington over the past 48 hours. New York’s U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says lawmakers need to act in the best interests of the country, not in their political parties…

Fox News reported Thursday that Republican governor Phil Scott of Vermont had become the first GOP governor to back the call for an impeachment inquiry against the president.

The numbers are staggering: the Centers for Disease Control says there are three million emergency room visits and 800,000 hospitalizations a year attributed to senior adults who fall. One-fourth of seniors will fall. This has been Fall Awareness Week, and Montefiore Nyack Hospital’s Departments of Trauma and Paramedicine have a “Falls Awareness Program” running today to help turn those numbers around. Jennifer Pastiglione is the Trauma Program Manager at the hospital, and says today’s free event is for seniors and caregivers who want to learn more about how they can help…

They’ll have blood pressure screenings, medication reviews, nutrition information and more. The event is free, and so is parking, and runs today from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Hospital’s Cafeteria Conference Room. For more information call Jennifer at 845-348-2043.

The town of Haverstraw is hosting a free paper shredding day tomorrow at town hall. Supervisor Howard Phillips says it’s in the town hall parking lot, and you’re also asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to local pantries…

There’s also the Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation fun-run at Bowline Park tomorrow, so expect some road closures in the area tomorrow morning. It’s an inspirational athletic event for people of all abilities, including runners, wheelchair racers, kids and families, all in support of the Helen Hayes physical rehabilitation hospital.

Then on Sunday in North Rockland there’s the 18th annual Neighborhood Cruisers “Cruisin’ for Kids” car show from 8-4pm. Stony Point supervisor Jim Monaghan says money raised goes to a worthy cause…

The car show is at Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw Sunday from 8-4.

Rockland officials yesterday held a press conference to officially declare the measles epidemic over. The outbreak began almost a year ago, but it’s been over 42 days since the last person with the measles was reported. County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert said the outbreak was made more complicated when unreported cases were discovered in doctors’ offices and in emergency rooms…

312 total cases were confirmed in the county. ScienceNews.org says the CDC was hopeful the U.S. will maintain its measles elimination status, but they added “we are not out of the woods yet.” CBS News in Los Angeles reported a traveler came through LAX with the measles earlier this week.

Two men, friends from New Jersey, got into a brawl last summer in Pearl River. 22 year-old Douglas Guido of Hasbrouck Heights got three years’ probation and 60 days weekend work-release for fatally punching his best friend, 21 year-old Richard Hess of Norwood, during a drunken fight outside The Saloon in Pearl River. The Journal News said the prosecutor was unable to charge Guido with a felony since it was only a single punch.