St. Elizabeth Medical Center officially closed just before 2 p.m., MVHS announced. The last patients have been discharged from the ER and the last inpatients transferred to the Wynn Hospital, which opened in downtown Utica at 6 a.m. The transfers continue from St. Luke's.

Utica school board voted 4-2 to put employee on unpaid administrative leave pending paid, independent investigation. Then voted to appoint interim superintendent. Super Bruce Karam outed himself as the employee, claims board didn’t follow legalities, acting on ‘vendetta.’

Utica school board just walked out of executive session at a special meeting. Voted 4-3 to end half-hour executive session, then voted 4-3 to go into another executive session. ????

Sitting in the bleachers watching my youngest graduate from high school. Nothing prepared me for this.

Steve Wynn family foundation giving $50 million to @MVHealthSystem. New downtown hospital under construction will be named the Wynn Hospital. Wynn grew up in Utica. Story coming soon on

My kids are away. I'm working from home. You know I'm starting to get a bit lonely when I keep trying to have a conversation with Alexa. Please tell me I'm not the only one!

The Mohawk Valley will not enter phase two of reopening on Friday as expected while the state has experts review COVID-19 data. Oneida Co. Exec.@AJPicenteJr "outraged" by the "11th hour" news. https://t.co/cPBIYSkxHe

Serious medical question that needs research: do calories eaten during quarantine count or do we all get a do-over when shelter in place ends?

Quarantine has even gotten to the dog! This is right behind my chair so my apologies to anyone I have to speak to on the phone.

COVID-19 is sickening hospital finances as they spend on surge plans and lose elective surgery and other revenues. @MVHealthSystem is furloughing 20 percent of its workers for up to four months.

COVID-19 antibody testing now taking place at Price Chopper in South Utica to gauge how many have been exposed, acc. to county officials. Uncertain how long it will continue.

Five new COVID-19 cases in Oneida County today. Six yesterday. @AJPicenteJr : “That’s certainly good news in terms of what we've been seeing over the last couple of weeks, in terms of double-digit numbers that we've had."

Oneida County has first COVID-19 death on Monday, @AJPicenteJr announceds at daily briefing. Also, camp and RV sites in county being shut down.

From distilling hand sanitizer to making ultraviolet disinfectant lights, local companies are helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic. And others are volunteering to convert their production facilities to make medical supplies. https://t.co/TWqphmG1CB

Hospitals used to do surgery; now they focus on surge. Here's today's story on what @MVHealthSystem is doing.

This is Kious Kelly, he was an assistant nursing manager at Mount Sinai West in New York. His colleagues tell me he was caring for COVID19 patients. Hospital confirms he died: "Today, we lost another hero - a compassionate colleague, friend and selfless caregiver.”

Some people say that just the smell of coffee helps them to wake up in the morning. But the smell of cheap hand sanitizer really gets me going!

Made a stop on the Arterial to support local businesses. Here’s my yummy haul at ⁦@uticabread⁩ ⁦@Hemstroughts⁩ ⁦@ArtisanCheeseCo⁩ being a good citizen sure is tough... on my waistline!!

One job purr-k of working from home. Meet Nonnie.

Maybe we should start the emergency manufacture of treat balls for all the bored humans.