These local students were named to the fall 2020 dean’s list at University of Rhode Island, with a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher:

— Emme Callender of Altamont;

— Meghan Depew of Guilderland;

— Jack Ensslin of Altamont;

— Kate Farman of Slingerlands;

— Austin Fox of Delmar;

These local students were named to the dean’s list from their college or university for the fall 2020 semester:

— Meghan Bucher of Delmar, at Emmanuel College in Massachusetts with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher;

GLENS FALLS — Charles “Chuck” Peter Schiltz, a devoted dad, died on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Glens Falls Hospital with his loving wife by his side. He was 59.

Born April 28, 1961, he was the son of Sylvester Schiltz and Betty (née Lee) Spadaro.

Starting on Wednesday, March 17, vaccine eligibility will expand to public-facing government and public employees, not-for-profit workers who provide public-facing services to needy New Yorkers, and essential in-person public-facing building service workers; also, all providers, except pharmacies, can vaccinate anyone who is eligible to receive the vaccine.

“This is the first time the federal government has provided direct unrestricted aid to the counties and the local governments of the United States. It’s unprecedented,” said Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties.

Restaurants outside of New York City can move to 75-percent capacity on March 19, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday.

“In a time when so much of our politics is bitterly divided, county leaders from both ends of the political spectrum advocated for this package because it will help them help their communities recover from this pandemic,” said Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, a Republican, who is president of the New York State Association of Counties.

The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy is looking to preserve approximately 280 acres of land in the town of New Scotland — 40 acres owned by the village of Voorheesville and about 240 acres of the Heldeberg Workshop.

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy said that 20.5 percent of the county’s population has gotten at least a first shot of COVID-19 vaccine, the second highest rate in the Capital Region and one of the highest rates in the state.

New York State is setting up new sites solely to administer the recently-approved single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which is just as effective in preventing hospitalization and death as the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, according to clinical trials, although not as effective in preventing mild cases of the virus.