Dutchess
County officials say 35 cases have been directly related to the Hedgewood
Assisted Living Facility.
There has
been a spike in coronavirus cases at an assisted living facility in Beacon.
Dutchess County officials
say 35 cases have been directly related to the Hedgewood Assisted Living
Facility.
At least 30 of those cases
are considered currently active, including 13 residents and 17 staff members.
The number is up from 13
cases which was reported just this past Monday.
County health officials say
a quarantine order has been issued to all 200
residents.
Officials add there is
currently no "spill over" of cases into the surrounding community.
Pat Quinn
returns to Iona College to raise money with his Ice Bucket Challenge
Quinn was
diagnosed with ALS at the age of 30 in 2013, and the following year, helped
create the challenge to raise money to find a cure for the disease.
Campus
pride is loud and proud at Iona College today.
One of the school's most
important alumni is back on campus this afternoon and is raising money with his
Ice Bucket Challenge.
Dozens of Iona College
students have joined in the fight against ALS with college alumnus and
co-founder of the challenge Pat Quinn.
Quinn was
diagnosed with ALS at the age of 30 in 2013, and the following year, helped
create the challenge to raise money to find a cure for the disease.
Since then, events like
these have helped raise more than $200 million.
Each
year, the Iona community looks forward to coming together to show support for
Quinn. "It
really means a lot when everyone comes out. We have a wide variety of people on
campus that come, athletes, students, commuters. It's really reassuring to know
that people care about the cause and that they're willing to go out of their
way to come and donate to his foundation," says senior Oliva
Santos.
While
there's still no cure for ALS, a new drug funded by the money raised through
the challenge was showing promise in stopping some of the effects of the
terrible disease as
recently as September.
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Senior citizen charged with murdering elderly girlfriend
Authorities
say Thomas Montanya, 84, used a shot gun to kill his live-in girlfriend,
74-year-old Helen Dutcher.
A
Sullivan County senior citizen is accused of
murdering his elderly girlfriend.
Authorities
say Thomas Montanya, 84, used a shot gun to kill his live-in girlfriend,
74-year-old Helen Dutcher, at their home earlier this month in Forestburgh.
They say
her body was found after Montanya crashed his car in Montgomery and was
hospitalized.
Montanya
is now charged with second-degree murder and is
being held without bail.