These local students were named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the spring 2022 semester:

— Rachel Crawford, a Clayton A. Bouton High School graduate, who majored in psychology at Siena College, graduating in May, was on the Dean’s list her final semester;

These local students were named to the dean’s list at Hudson Valley Community College for the spring 2022 semester with a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher:
 

— Latosha Miller of Delmar, majoring in accounting;

— James Gade of Altamont, majoring in architectural technology;

These local students were named to the dean’s list at State University of New York Oneonta for the spring 2022 semester with a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher:

— Joanna Brach of Westerlo, majoring in bachelor of arts in English;

— Anna Ciccarelli of Schenectady;

— Julia Ciccarelli of Schenectady;

While the picture in New York generally improved this week as most of the state has counties with low or medium community levels of COVID-19 — Albany County, for the first time in nearly two months, was deemed “medium” last Friday — most of the nation is seeing an upward trend in cases and in hospitalizations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Food and Drug Adminstration’s advisory committee met to consider authorizing a fourth vaccine against COVID, made by Novavax. And the FDA is expected to make a decision shortly on allowing Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccines to be used for children younger than 5.

A report by the state’s comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, released on Friday, said challenges continue for New York’s Unemployment Trust Fund.

SCHOHARIE COUNTY — Esperance is just one of eight places nationwide to receive a Hungary for History grant to commemorate a famous food with a historic marker: The Great Chocolate Jumble Cookie.

LONG ISLAND — Robert “Bob” Louis West, a music teacher who loved boats and served in the Naval Reserve, loved his family most of all. He died peacefully on Thursday, June 2, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was 85.

Dr. Robin Ganzert, President, American Humane