Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 14

June 21, 2020photographyart, black lives matter, blue, cars, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, covid19, crying, drive-in, eric garner, george floyd, graduation, hastings-on-hudson, lady liberty, lockdown, mask, movie, mural, new york, pandemic, parade, prom queen, protest, quarantine, rally, sean bell, seniors, silent vigil, statue of liberty, tears, theater, vigil, walking, westchester, westchester ny, yellow, yonkersojodeperojo Leave a comment

*A protester wipes aways her tears during a moment of silence at a Black Lives Matter vigil held in Yonkers, NY.*

*Prom Queen T’Nyas Catalan waves at her classmates while waiting to depart on a graduation parade through the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*Hastings-on-Hudson High School seniors gather in a parking lot before departing on a village wide graduation parade.*

*A waitress brings an order of drinks during a showing of Labrynth at a makeshift drive-in theater* *in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY*.

*Wearing a mask and gloves, a woman walks past a mural of the Statue of Liberty in downtown Yonkers, NY.*

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 13

June 15, 2020photographyamerican flag, black lives matter, clown, coronavirus, flag, george floyd, hastings-on-hudson, henry hudson, kneeling, masks, new york, pandemic, protest, quarantine, signs, silent vigil, westchester, westchester ny, yonkersojodeperojo Leave a comment

*Protesters assemble for a slient vigil below the statue of Henry Hudson in Yonkers, NY*

*A man reflects during an 8:46 seconds moment of silence* *at a silent vigil held under the Henry Hudson statue in Yonkers, NY.*

*A man dressed as a clown salutes customers at a local restaurant in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY*

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 12

June 7, 2020photographyamerican flag, black lives matter, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, covid19, demonstration, fish, fishermen, fishing, flag, george floyd, hastings-on-hudson, laundromat, laundry, MacEachron Waterfront Park, mask, masks, new york, outbreak, pandemic, park, protest, quarantine, racial, racial inequality, racism, rivertowns, sign, stars and stripes, systemic racism, vote, water, waterfront, westchester, westchester nyojodeperojo Leave a comment

*People gathered to peacefully protest racial injustice at Dobbs Ferry Waterfront park.*

*A local fisherman reels in an eel at MacEachron Waterfront Park in Hastings-oon-Hudson, NY.*

*Local residents in front of a laundromat in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*The Stars and Stripes flies in front of the local firehouse in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 11

June 7, 2020photographyceremony, coronavirus, covid, covid 19, covid-19, face mask, fire department, firefighter, flower, graffiti, hastings-on-hudson, heroes, mask, memorial day, new york, open, outbreak, quarantine, red rose, reflection, restaurant, rivertowns, rose, salute, scooter, sign, small town, westchester, westchester ny, wreathojodeperojo Leave a comment

*On Memorial Day, members of the Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department lay a wreath in honor of those who have died in service of their country.*

*A Hastings-on-Hudson firefighter holds a rose during a Memorial Day ceremony meant to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.*

*A man rides a Onewheel scooter down a street in Hastings-on_hudson, NY.*

*Graffiti decorates two slabs of concrete meant to close access to an abandoned bridge in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*Signs warn customers to wear masks before entering a local restaurant in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 10

May 25, 2020photographyafrican-american, american flag, birthday, boyfriend, caravan, child, children, distance learning, drive by, fire department, flag, girlfriend, hastings-on-hudson, hoodie, jogger, jogging, mask, memorial day weekend, new york, parade, paramedic, parents, park, runner, school, signs, tattoos, teen, teenager, veterans, world war iiojodeperojo Leave a comment

*WW II veteran, Jim Pasanello, salutes the passing Hastings Fire Department trucks as they drive by his home.*

*Jim Pasanello waves at this girlfriend Anne Schnibbe. This is the first time Jim and Anne have seen each other since the quarantine began.*

*Anne Schnibbe waves back at her boyfriend Jim Pasanello.*

*Sy Schlachter, a 95 year old WW II veteran, stands and waves outside his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*Sy Schlacter waves as the Hastings Fire Department parades outside his home in honor of his 95th birthday.*

*Lisa O’Reilly, Recreation Assistant for the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, makes sure the flags are properly placed on the lawn at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Park.*

*Parents and students hold up signs and wave at the passing cars as they participate in the Hastings School District Teacher Parade.*

*A teenager wears a face mask as he waits for the bus in the Greystone neighborhood of Yonkers, NY.*

*A jogger crosses the street in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*A tired paramedic responds to a non-Covid-19 call.*

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 9

May 17, 2020photographyamerican flag, birthday, bread and brine, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, covid19, face mask, fire, fire truck, firefighter, flag, hastings-on-hudson, lockdown, mail, mail carrier, mailbox, mailman, mask, new york, newspaper, pandemic, portrait, red, restaurant, rivertowner, rivertowners, rivertowns, senior, skateboard, skateboarding, thank youojodeperojo Leave a comment

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Bread and Brine owners Jeremy Mclellan, Alex Sze, and Corey Gelber pose outside their Hastings-on-Hudson, NY restaurant.

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Seniors enjoying a warm sunny day in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A mail carrier out making his rounds in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A thank you sign on a post. One of many gestures of gratitude that can be seen outside homes and in yards in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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Seven-year-old Simon Lan and his mother wave at the passing fire truck, part of the birthday drive-bys organized by the Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department.

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Street scene in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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Skateboarders hanging out by the Hastings-on-Hudson train station.

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 8

May 11, 2020photographybicycle, business, chairs, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, covid19, cyclist, dead, divino, dog, dogs, dogwalker, dogwalking, ellen sledge, face mask, firefighter, gino uli, hastings-on-hudson, ice cream, laundromat, laundry, lenoir preserve, lockdown, mask, memorial, new york, pandemic, penny lick, portrait, ribbons of remembrance, ristorante, yonkersojodeperojo Leave a comment

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A firefighter looks out from his window while responding to an alarm in the Greystone neighborhood of Yonkers, NY.

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Gino Uli, the owner of Divino, poses inside his restaurant in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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Ellen Sledge, the owner of Penny Lick, poses outside her ice cream shop in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A woman reads a newspaper inside a laundromat in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A cyclist rides past closed businesses in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A man walks his dog in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A girl walks her dog in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A new memorial called “Ribbons of Remembrance” now stands at Lenoir Preserve overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades dedicated to Westchester County residents who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

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Enjoying a quiet contemplative moment, a woman sits down to view the sun set over the Palisades Cliffs in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 7

May 3, 2020photography#newyork, african-american, ambulance, applause, birthday, braids, caravan, cheer, child, coronavirus, covid, covid19, daughter, emergency, emt, father, firedepartment, firetruck, hair, hastings-on-hudson, man, mask, neighbors, orange, paramedics, parent, patient, red, salon, senior, shadow, tosses, trucks, wave, yonkersojodeperojo Leave a comment

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Igor Brinman holds his daughter Leah in as they wave the fire department’s birthday caravan.

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Igor Brinman tosses his daughter Leah in the air as they await the fire department’s birthday caravan.

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T’nyas Catalan gets her hair done outside her home in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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On what has become a daily ritual in New York, residents of an apartment complex applaud and cheer the healthcare workers working on the front lines.

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A man walks down a street in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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Paramedics load a patient into an ambulance in Yonkers, NY.

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A face mask lies discarded on the street in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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A makeshift altar sits on a sidewalk in the village of Sleepy Hollow, NY.

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 6

April 25, 2020photographyamerican flag, bicycle, business, cheer, children, clapping, conductor, coronavirus, covid-19, exercise, face mask, firefighters, flag, girls, greystone, hastings-on-hudson, healthcare, heroes, hospital, jogger, lockdown, market, mask, new york, pandemic, running, signs, social distancing, station, store, thank you, train, walkingojodeperojo Leave a comment

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Firefighters gathered in front of the Andrus-on-Hudson senior nursing home to cheer and thank the nurses and staff who work in the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.