Health Care and Fitness
It sounds like bad news: two teachers and nine students have tested positive for the coronavirus at Hadley-Luzerne Stuart M. Townsend Elementary School since the pandemic began, but in a way, it's good. The cases were caught early at the school's new health center, the Post-Star is reporting this morning. Hudson Headwaters Health Network set up the center before the pandemic in order to help children generally, but they were there for fast action once the pandemic hit.
Regional hospitals could be hit hard if a federal program dies, according to a story in the Albany Business Review. The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program is slated for cuts by the end of November. For Glens Falls Hospital this could mean losses of $5.2 million and $4.8 million for Saratoga Hospital over a 10-year period, the story says.
Entertainment and Sports
The Post-Star ran a Q&A with Christopher Gaunt, a Queensbury local who grew up in Syracuse. He has left his gig at Proctor & Gamble to produce, write and act in movies. He has a bit role in "Follow Her," a thriller due out next summer.
The National Women's Hockey League will play a bubble season in Lake Placid in January, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise is reporting. A brain child of the NWHL and Olympic Regional Development Authority, the season will last two weeks, be played at the historic 1980 rink and culminate in the 2021 Isobel Cup playoffs with a final on Feb. 5.
Also in the Daily Enterprise: Whiteface Mountain is opening Dec. 4 for skiing. The warm weather has pushed opening back a week, the paper says.