The eight people connected to a COVID-19 outbreak in Clarkstown decided to work with the Rockland Health department’s contact tracers instead of facing fines of $2,000-a-day. The eight attended a party last month where the host had reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. No fines were issued.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, in Rockland, we’ve got 7 in the hospital being checked out, and another 6 confirmed with coronavirus. The state says we’ve got 13,612 reported cases, and the Rockland Health Department confirms 668 fatalities here in the county, holding steady since July 1st.

A Blauvelt man has been arrested and charged in Connecticut with making anti-Semitic death threats to a Stratford resident. The U.S. Attorney in Connecticut says 48 year-old Christopher Rascoll is accused of sending several threatening text messages starting around Hanukkah last year. He faces 20 years in prison on several charges if convicted.

St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill has a new president. Kenneth Daly took over this week as the ninth President at STAC, replacing Dr. Margaret Fitzpatrick, who leaves after 25 years with the college. Daly recognizes he’s taking over the school at a particularly tumultuous time in our history …

Dr. Fitzpatrick will keep busy in her retirement years, looking to work with the disadvantaged here and around the world…

Daly has been working to prepare for the college’s Fall re-opening for students scheduled for September 8th.

SUEZ has an official moving date. Suez New York’s Director of External Affairs Bill Madden says as of July 6th, the company will be located at 162 Old Mill Road in West Nyack…

The new office has more parking, and conference rooms for private consultations. Customers who don’t want to go to the office can use contactless bill-paying options by phone or online at mysuezwater.com.

The South Nyack Village Board yesterday decided to hire an attorney to review any land-use applications for the 107-acre Nyack College. They’re also bringing in a consultant to appraise the property. Concern has been growing in the area about what may replace the campus, which shut down and relocated students into the city last December. No buyer has been officially revealed.

There’ll be fireworks tonight in the town of Haverstraw. They’re for residents only, though nothing’s stopping anyone from getting a good view outside of Bowline Point Park. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips says when you come to the park tonight be prepared to follow COVID-19 social distancing guidelines…

The Daddy-Pop band performs at 7pm, the fireworks start around 9pm.

Sometimes people insist on doing the fireworks themselves…Rockland officials are urging caution when it comes to that…we get more from WRCR’s Kathryn Cambrea…