Alfredo Merat and more at Baron's Cove, Hot Lava and the Groove Kings at the Talkhouse, and upcoming broadcasts of the Jam Session on the radio

Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming, flanked by Democratic and labor leaders, announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination for New York’s First Congressional District on Monday.

Citing continuing downward trends in New York State’s Covid-19 infection and hospitalization rates and seven million of its residents being fully vaccinated, an upbeat Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday “a major reopening of the state” on May 19. 

Inspired by "On Line With the Supervisor," a program that ran when Tony Bullock was in office in the late 1980s, "Ask the Supervisor" now airs Wednesdays at 2 p.m. on Channel 20.