Jeff Lewis

The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland County is hosting a special free event that’ll teach you about water conservation and integrated pest management. Mike Wilson is Extension’s Horticulture Lab Technician and hosts the Stormwater Consortium show here on WRCR. Wilson says this latest event in the “Sustainable Landscapes” series will show you how to properly landscape your property as the climate continues to change…

The program (“Sustainable Landscapes: Water Conservation and Sustainable Pest Management in your Backyard”) is being held Thursday, September 23rd via Zoom from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. It’s hosted by Senior Extension Associate Brian Eshenaur, an expert in integrated pest management, plant diagnostics and plant pathology. For more information and to register, visit https://rocklandcce.org/slpests.

New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation is tracking suspected cases of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, or EHD, in deer in Rockland and other Hudson Valley counties. EHD virus is typically a fatal disease for deer that is transmitted by biting midges, small insects sometimes called no-see-ums or ‘punkies.’ The disease is not spread from deer to deer and humans cannot be infected by deer or bites from midges. There have already been confirmed cases on Long Island and upstate in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, and Ulster counties. Last year at this time, a large EHD outbreak centered in Putnam and Orange counties killed around 1,500 deer.

Several New York agencies are working to address the school bus driver shortage with several short-and long-term fixes. They’re looking to make it easier to get traditional and non-traditional Commercial Driver’s Licenses and expand CDL testing opportunities. The state also wants more drivers, so they’re reaching out to over half a million current CDL license holders to lure them back into the work force.

Syracuse University’s 2020 graduates finally got their graduation ceremony…this weekend. The commencement address was given by 1980 Syracuse grad, Governor Kathy Hochul. Governor Hochul told the graduates she needs their help in spreading truth instead of lies…

Hochul got a bachelor’s degree in political science from Syracuse in 1980 and got a juris doctor degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.