Torie Patterson, 12, left, and Oliver Sears, 7, jump into one of the three pools at the Chateaugay Rec Park on Monday. The park opened at the end of last month. Swim lessons will be offered until Aug. 20, Rec Park Director Maggie Farrell said. Lesson times can be scheduled Monday through Fri…

THE BRONX — The state will invest $15 million to encourage the last quarter of New York adults to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as new cases increase in communities with low vaccination rates, officials said.

MALONE — Preparation work for the demolition phase of Citizen Advocates’ Harison Place project has started in the village Monday with work crews installing fencing around the Gorman Building.

AKWESASNE — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe recently acquired more than 41 acres of 1796 Treaty lands, near the Tribal Transfer Station on State Route 37.

MALONE — Bokie’s Drive-In and WICY teamed up to help get the word out about a raffle from Adirondack Energy, organized to help raise funds for Malone Village Memorial Park.

MOIRA — With renovation work underway at a Habitat for Humanity house in Moira, the non-profit organization is looking for more volunteers to help out with renovations.

A medical policy at the center of a lawsuit filed by a former prison doctor is no longer in effect in state correctional facilities, removing an approval process that allegedly prevented incarcerated New Yorkers from receiving certain prescription medications and adequate medical care.

AKWESASNE — Both the emergency operations center and health services for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe are urging unvaccinated community members to get their COVID-19 vaccinations.