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The Daily Mail WEEKEND Copyright 2021, Columbia-Greene Media All Rights Reserved Serving Greene County since 1792 Price $2.50 Volume 229, No. 51 Saturday-Sunday, March 13-14, 2021 n FORECASTWEATHER FOR HUDSON/CA TODAY TONIGHT SUN Inmate virus cases on the rise By Sarah Trafton Visitation has been suspended at Columbia-Greene Media correctional facilities statewide since Breezy and Mostly sunny COXSACKIE — Inmate COVID-19 December. Clear cooler and windy cases accounted for 43% of the total “Community spread has been a Melanie Lekocevic/ number of Greene County’s cases driving factor behind the spread of CO- HIGH LOW 43 Columbia-Greene Thursday. VID-19,” DOCCS spokesman Thomas Media Greene County reported 88 active Mailey said in a statement. “In re- 45 29 19 Greene County cases, 38 stemming from the two state sponse, the department implement- is planning a correctional facilities in Coxsackie. Of ed a number of protocols to stop the Complete weather, A2 vaccination the 36 new cases reported, all but four spread of COVID-19, including a state- POD, or point of were linked to the facilities. wide asymptomatic surveillance pro- distribution, next The state Department of Correc- gram developed in consultation with week to protect tions and Community Supervision the Department of Health to test ran- against the novel reported five cases at Coxsackie Cor- dom populations in every facility each coronavirus. rectional Facility on Wednesday and weekday; a regular, voluntary staff 35 at Greene Correctional Facility. An testing program at each of its facilities additional 14 tests at Greene Correc- statewide; temporary suspension of tional were pending. Four inmates intake of state-ready individuals from have died from the virus at Coxsackie INSIDE TODAY! Correctional. See VIRUS A8

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The false veneer of a free Chilling film reveals persecutionthe country ofmost impacted free by press press is something that in Res- P growing disinformation under Rappler, had published before the film. “A Thousand Cuts” sa and others reporting on Philippine President Rodrigo will be available free online in Duterte’s violent drug war ‘A THOUSAND CUTS’: such a crime as cyber-libel Duterte, a populist strong- existed in the country’s legal the Philippines starting March encounter daily. They can ‘Frontline’ will air the man. 13 on YouTube, as well as the publish dogged reports, as code. But while the PBS-backed film for free online in Ressa is now appealing a show’s website. Diaz explained, but they never film earned rave reviews since “While making the film, you know when another court case Italian immigrant turns 100, citing six-year prison sentence over - the South Asian nation its Sundance premiere and will be thrown at them. the article, which concerned a never think that it’s not actu - will be seen in nearly every Eu- ally going to be shown in the Two journalists are impris By ELAHE IZADI businessman’s alleged ties to ropean nation, no broadcaster Philippines,” director Ramona oned in the Philippines — La- Washington Post a top judge and illegal drugs. - in the Philippines was willing Diaz said.”I’m naive, I guess. I dy Ann Salem and Frenchie On the evening before Val- Her arrest and the legal cam to air it. Mae Cumpio — on what press - was like, ‘Oh there’s still press entine’s Day in 2019, journal paign against her and Rappler So for the first time in its freedom advocates say are is captured in “A Thousand - freedom, someone will pick ist Maria Ressa was arrested - four-decade history, “Front trumped-up charges. “I’m Cuts,” a chilling new docu this up, right?’ I just never - by the Philippine government line” has bought out a docu- See FILM C2 mentary from “Frontline” that thought it would be this diffi and charged with “cyber- mentary’s distribution rights cult to do.” looks behind the scenes at the to make it directly available in libel.”At issue was a 7-year-old repression of journalism and article that her news website,

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Maines’ buzzer- beater Hudson’s Vic Gorman defends against a Maple Hill player during Contributed photo Thursday’s basketball Antoinette Wilson immigrated to Hudson from Italy as an infant game and spent much of her life living in Catskill and Athens. PAGE B1 By Sarah Trafton per day, while her older siblings Columbia-Greene Media worked at their aunt and uncle’s After surviving her voyage grocery store on Columbia n DECISION 2021 to America, World War II, the Street. Great Depression and more, Anthony sent money back to Antoinette Wilson will ring in Italy so his family could join him 100 years in the midst of a pan- in America. Village demic. “My oldest brother [Joseph] Antoinette’s mother, Mad- was a tailor, the next two [Frank eline Tamburro, left Caserta, and Vito] were barbers and my Election Italy, with six children in tow sisters [Mary, Theresa, Anna] when Antoinette was an infant. were seamstresses,” Wilson Page The family followed her father, said. “When we came to Hud- Anthony, and her eldest sib- son, everybody went to work. lings, Joseph and Mary, to the My mother, Madeline, was the A3 new world, settling in Hudson. matriarch of the family. She was Anthony Tamburro had been a redheaded and freckled Italian Contributed photo working at a pants factory at Four compete Antoinette Wilson, of Catskill, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Sunday. Columbia and 2nd Street for $1 See 100 A8 for two seats Tuesday’s Catskill village Board of Trustees race will pit incumbents Defiant Cuomo stands his ground against newcomers PAGE A3 By Kate Lisa Jones, D-White Plains; Carolyn Johnson Newspaper Corp. Maloney, D-Manhattan; Adri- n INDEX ALBANY — Gov. Andrew ano Espaillat, D-Manhattan; , D-Queens; Nydia Region A3 Cuomo stood his ground Friday defying louder and more nu- Velazquez, D-Brooklyn; Jerry Opinion A4 Nadler, D-Manhattan and Ja- State/Nation A5 merous calls for his resignation. Two-thirds of the state’s maal Bowman, D-Bronx. Obituaries A5 “I’m not going to resign,” Sports B1 Democratic congressional del- egation called for him to step Cuomo said on a conference Classified B4 call with reporters Friday after- Comics/Advice B7-B8 down on the heels of accusa- tions made by six women of noon. “I was not elected by the politicians. I was elected by the On the web sexual misconduct, including one potential report of sexual people of the state of . www.HudsonValley360.com assault. Part of this is, I am not part of At least 19 of the state’s 27 the political club. And you know Twitter what? I’m proud of it.” members of the U.S. House of U.S. Rep. , D- Follow: Representatives have called for Long Island, was the first Demo- @CatskillDailyMail Cuomo to resign. As of press crat in the state’s Congressional Facebook time, nine Democrats released delegation to call for Cuomo to www.facebook.com/ statements Friday pushing the resign last week. CatskillDailyMail/ governor to leave office, includ- The third-term Democratic ing U.S. Reps. Antonio Delgado, governor blasted the growing D-Rhinebeck; Paul Tonko, number of elected officials, D-Amsterdam; Sean Patrick including dozens of state rep- Maloney, D-Cold Spring; Brian resentatives of his own party, Higgins, D-Buffalo; Alexandria calling for him to step down as Ocasio-Cortez, D-Bronx; Yvette Courtesy of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Office Clark, D-Brooklyn; Mondaire See CUOMO A8 Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a COVID-19 briefing in the state Capitol in Albany in December.