MidHudson News is reporting Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro Tue., March 16, delivered his annual state of the county address virtually from his office in Poughkeepsie. During the 16-minute presentation he spoke of unity, love, and hope as the COVID-19 pandemic reaches the one-year mark. He traced the impacts the virus has had on loss of life, employment, housing, and the basic necessities of life. Molinaro also spoke of the good the county, its organizations, and volunteers have done, and continue to do, to help people during troubled times. He said the county and nation will come back stronger than before. "I have said in the past, and believe now more than ever, our future rests upon our ability to solve problems, seek refuge on common ground, think big to build and dream — together,” he said. The new way of life is already emerging with the vaccines and new jobs being created, he said. Read the full story at MidHudsonNews [dot] com.