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WSKG’s Learn at Home Schedule 5/4/20 – 5/8/20

By J. Stapleton-Durham | April 30, 2020

WSKG's Learn at Home Schedule 5/4/20 - 5/8/20

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New York home care shortage’s impact on dementia caregiving: ‘It takes so much out of you’

WBFO - Karen Eichelberger cooks turkey burgers for her husband, Steve Henderson, on a spring weekday afternoon. Henderson, 72, had asked for a turkey sandwich, but they didn’t have any, so Eichelberger, 65, suggested a turkey burger instead.
NY-19 primary: Jamie Cheney emphasizes agriculture roots, women’s health care

Jamie Cheney is one of two Democrats seeking the nomination to run in New York's new 19th Congressional District, comprising of Broome, Tompkins, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Delaware, Columbia and Sullivan counties and parts of Ulster County. Her opponent in the primary is Josh Riley.
To reduce stigma, Oneonta recovery center uses vending machine to distribute overdose-reversal drug

An addiction recovery center in Otsego County has introduced the first naloxone vending machine in New York. Naloxone, also known as the brand name drug Narcan, can reverse opioid overdoses.
Zeldin, farm owners push back against state wage board proposal for 40-hour week for farmworkers

WSKG - The Republican candidate for governor, Rep. Lee Zeldin, appeared Monday with other federal and state officials at a farm in Albany County to urge Democrats in power in state government to reverse a plan to phase in a mandatory 40-hour workweek for farm laborers. The state’s Farm Laborers Wage Board has already approved a plan to end the 60-hour-per-week overtime threshold for farmworkers and replace it, over the next decade, with a 40-hour workweek.
New York officials: Spotted Lanternfly in Broome, Tompkins counties

WXXI - State officials are warning residents about the Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species from Asia that represents a threat to New York’s agriculture, and especially the wine and grape industry. Early notification is key in combatting the Spotted Lanternfly, according to Chris Logue with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.