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The Stony Point EMT who died Saturday will be memorialized at a public service on Sunday. 29 year-old Joey Zask had just finished his shift when he was found unresponsive in the Ambulance Corps Building, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. Town supervisor Jim Monaghan says flags in town are flying at half-staff in honor of their fallen volunteer…

The Stony Point Ambulance Corps is hosting a public memorial service for Joey on Sunday at 6pm at their headquarters at 47 South Liberty Drive. A GoFundMe so far has raised nearly $10,000.

An influential Monsey Rabbi is being mourned today. That’s according to several reports in Jewish media. Rabbi Moshe David Tendler passed away Tuesday. He was the rabbi of the Community Synagogue of Monsey for 54 years. He was also a biology professor and expert in medical ethics. He served as chairman of the biology department at Yeshiva University. A funeral service will take place today at the Community Synagogue of Monsey at 89 Maple Avenue in Monsey at 2PM. He was 95 years old.

COVID numbers are creeping up again as the county has begun offering booster shots for those who have taken the Pfizer vaccine and qualify for it under CDC guidelines. Here in Rockland, we lost another to COVID, the first in a week. Our total coronavirus death toll is now at 979. The number of hospitalized with COVID is up to 27 and the number of current cases, also up, stands at 1,002. Pearl River-based Pfizer meanwhile submitted data to the FDA Tuesday on their COVID-19 vaccine trials for kids ages 5-11. The FDA is expected to take several weeks to review data. The Pfizer vaccine is currently available for those 12 and up.

A booster dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine is now available to certain populations that have already received their first two shots of the Pfizer vaccine. The Rockland County Department of Health will begin giving out 3rd doses of the vaccine beginning today at 3pm. For those who have yet to get any shots, Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the data shows, they are doing their job…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that certain people should get a booster dose six months after getting their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. A booster dose is not yet available for those who got the Moderna or Johnson and Johnson shots. The CDC recommends you should get the Pfizer booster shot if you are 65 and older, 18 and older and are in a long-term care setting, and those age 50–64 with certain underlying medical conditions. Again, this is only if you have had Pfizer already and got the second shot at least six months ago. To make an appointment at the RCDOH, click here. For more information, or to get help scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, call 845-238-1956. Appointments aren’t necessary, but they are strongly encouraged.

Clarkstown Police are still piecing together what happened after a fatal car accident Friday in Congers. Police say the accident occurred Friday night around 11:45 near the intersection of Lake Road and Route 9W. A car had struck a utility pole and overturned. Two men were ejected from the car. An unidentified 35 year-old was killed, the other, a 41 year-old, was brought to Westchester Medical Center. Next of kin was still being notified. The Clarkstown Police Accident Investigation Team is investigating.