Day: March 5, 2025

How Not to Let Daylight Savings Time Screw Up Your Sleep

On Sunday, March 9, at 2:00 a.m., it will be time to Spring Forward and set your clocks ahead by one hour to enter Daylight Savings Time. According to the CDC, switching to Daylight Savings Time can disturb sleep, cause health issues, and lead to an increase in traffic accidents and work-safety events. As part […]
How Not to Let Daylight Savings Time Screw Up Your Sleep

Science Stories with Joe Johnson

Our resident science guy Joe Johnson is back with some science stories that caught his eye recently, including the commercial spacecraft carrying NASA experiments that successfully touched down on the moon’s surface early Sunday morning, ushering in a new phase of private space exploration. Image: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed on the […]
Science Stories with Joe Johnson

Facing Closure and Losing Staff, Refugee Groups Ask Albany to Replace Lost Federal Funds

Agencies that work with refugees called on New York lawmakers on Tuesday to double state funding that supports resettlement efforts, seeking to fill a hole made by the Trump administration’s executive orders. Assemblymember Jonathan Rivera, a Democrat from Buffalo, is pushing to increase funding for the New York State Enhanced Services to Refugees program to […]

More Than Half of Corrections Officers Still on NY Prison Strike

Two thousand striking corrections officers returned to work over the weekend, according to the state — but more than 8,000 remain on the picket line. The wildcat strike continues at 32 correctional facilities statewide, despite a tentative deal. Staffing at Elmira, Attica and Wende in Western New York is thought to be among the most […]
More Than Half of Corrections Officers Still on NY Prison Strike

Enhanced ID Hours Extended in Goshen

The Orange County Department of Motor Vehicles is extending its operating hours at its Goshen location to meet the demand for Enhanced and Real ID driver’s licenses. The extended hours will be in effect throughout March 2025. The DMV office, located at 255 Main Street, Goshen, NY, will be open: * Tuesday, March 11: 9:00 […]
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