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May has been Community Living Month in Ontario.
In Haldimand-Norfolk, Community Living Access, Norfolk Association for Community Living, Haldimand Norfolk REACH, and Community Living Tillsonburg teamed up to celebrate the month.
That was Lori Hooyenga-Howe, Manager of Lifestyle Services at Norfolk Association for Community Living.
Due to the pandemic, a lot of this past year has been figuring out how to stay connected to the community safely.
Summer Vacations Are Selling Out Fast. Hereâs How To Outsmart The Crowds
Demand for travel is sky high but many top hotels, resorts and rental homes are already booked for the season. Hereâs where to look and what to book instead.
In a normal year, planning a summer vacation weeks before Memorial Day weekend would leave a traveler spoiled for choice. But as the country awakens from its Covid-19 hibernation, this season is shaping up to be anything but normal.
âThe pent-up demand is real,â says Betsy OâRourke, CMO for Xanterra, the countryâs largest national park concessions management company. âWeâve all been sequestered for a year, and many of our guests have saved money, so the desire to travel along with the funds to pay for it are combining for a swift recovery for our cruise, tour and train brands.â
Southampton Town police arrested a wrong-way driver for DWI along Flanders Road Sunday night.
Police observed Julio Diaz-Lopez, 23, of Riverhead driving northbound in the southbound lane and crossing over the double yellow lines.
He reportedly told police he’d had two beers earlier and an officer noticed multiple open Modelo beer bottles in the front seat and on the passenger-side floor.
Mr. Diaz-Lopez was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and taken to police headquarters, reports said.
• A 24-year-old Flanders man was arrested for DWI following a crash in Hampton Bays Sunday.
Police responded along Montauk Highway after hearing a loud crash and found Edgar Garcia and a passenger exiting a vehicle, stating they had no injuries and refusing medical attention.
âItâll Get Betterâ: Chaplains Play Essential Role for Transit Workers
Metropolitan Transportation Authority chaplains have long provided counseling to workers, a role that is even more important during the pandemic.
Barbara Morton, left, chaplain for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Frank Lamorte, an agency painter, who was counseled by Ms. Morton after he contracted the coronavirus. Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
By Diana Kruzman
May 11, 2021
A few days after Frank Lamorte tested positive for the coronavirus, he got an unexpected phone call.
Mr. Lamorte, a painter for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, had a persistent cough and a high fever. He worried about infecting his wife, his stepdaughter and his five-month-old grandson, who live with him in Oak Ridge, N.J., about 40 miles west of Manhattan.