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The 24th County Executive’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award, and a tree planted in New City in her honor, went to a Nanuet resident yesterday who got creative by holding ‘virtual hikes’ and ‘virtual campfires’ with ‘virtual smores’ during the pandemic. At a ceremony at Kennedy Dells County Park in New City yesterday, Rockland County Executive Ed Day praised Gale Pisha for working tirelessly at all levels for the environment here in the county, and said she’s literally willing to get her hands dirty…

And that was Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell, who also presented Pisha with a Distinguished Service Award. Pisha wants us to remember, the environment is at the center of everything we do, from our health to our economy…

Besides the work she does here in Rockland, which includes the defeat of the proposed desalinization plant in Haverstraw, she also co-chairs the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter’s Legislative Committee.

New York is opening all state vaccination sites to walk-ins, no appointment necessary, starting tomorrow. Governor Andrew Cuomo said yesterday fewer people are seeking appointments, so vaccination sites have openings for people to get their first shot…

State vaccination rates have dropped from about 175,000 every 24 hours to about 115,000. Possibly to help encourage vaccinations, the governor said fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks outdoors, except in certain crowded settings and venues. The new guidance is based on the CDC’s new suggestions, which note masks should still be worn indoors and by those who are not fully vaccinated.

The Rockland County Department of Health and the Spring Valley NAACP are hosting a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination event at the Martin Luther King Center on Bethune Boulevard this Friday. Spring Valley leads Rockland communities with the highest number of active COVID cases, it also has among the lowest percentage of residents to have gotten their first shot, so Rockland County Executive Ed Day says it’s important to bring the vaccine to those communities that need it most…

The event is open to New York residents 18 and older getting their first shot. To schedule your appointment, call the Rockland COVID Call Center at 845-238-1956. Walk-ins are also welcome and will be registered onsite. You can register online, just click here.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, three days in a row with no fatalities, were still at 949. We’ve got 20 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 733 active cases. Our total case count is 46,149, that’s 36 more than Tuesday.

Rockland’s newest state senator is hosting his first town hall tonight online and it’s your chance, other than when he is live on “The WRCR Morning Show” every Monday at 8:45am, to ask him questions. Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick says you don’t have to ask him about the budget, or the governor, or his experiences that lead him to Albany, you can just watch him answer other people’s questions…

The Virtual Town Hall is at 6pm via Zoom and Facebook live. You’ll need to register and submit your question online.