âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
Who watches the Oscars?
Regarding “Ratings Dropoff Could Affect Oscars” by Stephen Battaglio [April 14]: The numbers for the Oscar broadcast will be way down this year for some very obvious reasons.
1. The pandemic.
2. The explosive growth of streaming services showing the films we could not see at the theaters.
3. Unless they have unlimited resources, the average movie fan cannot afford to pay for Amazon, Disney, Apple+ TV, HBO Max, etc.
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Interest in the Oscars must surely be affected by the fact that movies are no longer the big event they used to be.
You used to have to go to a cinema to see the latest important films but these days, some of those in the Academy Award nominations list are already easily accessible on streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, etc.
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The Utica Industrial Development Corporation (UIDC) has received an additional $100,000 to help businesses in Herkimer and Oneida counties recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted: Apr 21, 2021 1:59 PM
Updated: Apr 21, 2021 4:47 PM
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UTICA, N.Y. – The Utica Industrial Development Corporation (UIDC) has received an additional $100,000 to help businesses in Herkimer and Oneida counties recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
UIDC offers the funding through its COVID-19 loan program, which started lending emergency loans of up to $15,000 in May of 2020. In December of 2020, the UIDC received a $50,000 grant from the Opportunity Finance Network to add to the relief effort.
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This image released by Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers shows First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonderâ by Todd Snider. (Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers via AP) April 20, 2021 - 8:32 AM
Todd Snider, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonderâ (Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers)
Freewheeling folkie Todd Sniderâs weekly Sunday morning livestreams from Nashville during the past year have been a sanctuary of craziness amid the insanity of the pandemic.
The title of his new album was inspired by those entertaining shows, and Snider s knack for high hilarity remains, but the music is different from anything he has done before. The virus lockdown gave him R&B fever, and âFirst Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonderâ is filled with funky rhythms while Snider makes like Sly Stoner.