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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 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.

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A jogger runs in front of the St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY.

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Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past a thank you sign in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

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Sitting by their apartment window, two girls bang their pots and clap in appreciation of the frontline healthcare workers in Yonkers, NY.

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A train conductor peers out of a window wearing a mask from a departing Metro-North train at the Greystone station in Yonkers, NY.

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A local wine store in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY advises customers to keep their social distance.

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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a local market in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 5

April 17, 2020photographybear, cheer, church, coronavirus, covid-19, face mask, hastings-on-hudson, lockdown, new york, pandemic, park, religion, sign, statue, supermarket, yonkers, zoomojodeperojo Leave a comment

The seven o’clock cheer. Standing outside her apartment building, Ellen bangs her pot lids in appreciation for the frontline healthcare workers who put their lives on the line so that others may live.

*A sign warns residents to observe social distancing guidelines at a neighborhood park in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*Virtual services are now being offered at one of the local churches through the popular Zoom app in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*A woman walks past the statue of David in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*In keeping with the current pandemic guidelines, a wooden statue of a bear stands outside a home while wearing a face mask in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*A woman walks down an empty street while wearing a face mask in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

*Local residents line up to buy groceries at one of the area supermarkets in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.*

Coronavirus Chronicle – Week 3

April 3, 2020photographychurch, coronavirus, covid-19, hastings-on-hudson, new york, skateboard, skateboarding, thank youojodeperojo Leave a comment

It’s the third week of the quarantine and the days now starting to blend with one another. The weekends, which used to provide an escape from the daily work routine and a much-needed break from the commute to the city, seem to have lost all meaning. Yesterday, as I walked through the neighboring village of Hastings-On-Hudson, I saw a teenage girl riding her skateboard down Main Street wearing a surgical mask. A scene that may have looked odd only a few weeks ago now a sign of the new normal.

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View of St. Matthews’s Catholic church in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY. Due to the virus outbreak, the church has canceled all on-site services. Instead, services are now being streamed via Facebook.

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By now we’ve all heard the stories of New York City residents who give a nightly round of applause to the healthcare workers and other people who keep life moving. While I haven’t seen that gesture of gratitude here, as I was walking, I did notice this thank you sign hanging from a light post outside a home.

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