More people are out on the roads as more get the vaccine and so-called normal life resumes again. With an increase in drivers comes an increase in traffic tickets. Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco says the most popular infractions are speeders and those who don’t fully stop at “stop” signs, but officers are trying to be more understanding these days when they pull people over, depending on the violation…
And though the mask mandate has been lifted for those who have already been vaccinated, that rule doesn’t apply everywhere, including the sheriff’s office and jail…
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, no new deaths, the total unchanged since Monday at 957. We’ve got 10 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 218 active cases. Our total case count is 46,715, that’s 11 more than Wednesday.