Horse rustling, multiple aliases and bigamy are probably the furthest things from your mind as you gaze across the peaceful lake at Snooks Bottom Open Space in Fruita.
As the state continues to close its COVID-19 vaccination sites, county public health officials have worked overtime to provide the necessary resources to keep people in Northern New York safe.
The state-run clinic at SUNY Potsdam closed June 21. And its facility near the Plattsburgh International Airport will end its operations Monday.
State authorities have been scaling back these facilities since they reached a benchmark last month. More than 70% of adult New Yorkers received at least vaccination by June 18.
The state-run clinics were critical when they began earlier this year. County public health departments quickly filled in the gaps and opened their own sites. This meant that people were offered numerous opportunities to be immunized at a location convenient to them.