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Two Rockland Communities Mourning Deaths of Beloved Football Coaches

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North Rockland is mourning the loss of its head football coach. The Journal News says Stony Point’s Tom Lynch, a coach and teacher at North Rockland High school, died Tuesday following a bout with cancer. Lynch went to Clarkstown South High School, and played baseball at Oneonta State. He went on to coach South’s varsity baseball and football teams, before becoming head coach at North Rockland in 2011. He was 60 years old. Funeral service information has not been released.

The Suffern football community is mourning the loss of their former coach, Robert Veltidi, who died on Monday. Thoughts and prayers were sent to Coach Veltidi’s family via the Suffern Football Twitter feed. Veltidi retired from coaching after the 1995 season. Veltidi graduated from Nanuet High School, and taught for 33 years in the Suffern School District. A service is being held tomorrow from 2:00pm-7:00pm at Wanamaker & Carlough Funeral Home in Suffern. Veltidi was 74 years old.

New York to Distribute COVID Test Kits, as Numbers Continue to Rise

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New York will be distributing more coronavirus testing kits around the state as the numbers continue to rise. At her daily COVID press conference yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul said New York’s not the only state to see the numbers moving up…

Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett says the numbers of pediatric admissions to the hospital due to COVID are also on the increase…

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jackie Bray says the state is getting six million COVID test kits, half of them are going out this week, and two-thirds of those are going directly to New York City…

Rockland County Executive Ed Day says we won’t see any at-home test kits likely until next week. Day says the county’s already received more than 13,000 test kits and they’ve been distributed to local school districts…

Once again, the numbers in Rockland of active COVID cases continue their climb from 3,462 as of Friday to 4,875 as of yesterday afternoon. The number of hospitalized with confirmed COVID cases has risen from 46 to 59. The death count remains steady at 1,010. Day reminds people that we’re in much better shape than when the pandemic began thanks to the vaccination effort.

Airmont Opts-In to Marijuana Sales, But Rejects Pot Lounges

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The village of Airmont last night narrowly opted “in” to marijuana sales, but decided against permitting lounges. The vote was two to two, until Mayor Nathan Bubel cast the deciding vote…

Two other trustees, deputy mayor Brian Downey and trustee Migdalia Pesante, had voted to opt in completely. Last week, town of Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips told “The Morning Show” that the board may decide to do nothing before year’s-end, thereby opting “in” to the state’s marijuana program by default. If that happens, Haverstraw would be the only Rockland town to opt in.

AARP Recommends Uninsured Who Can’t Get Medicare Check out Obamacare Before Year’s End

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New Yorkers have until the end of the year to get health insurance coverage that begins January 1st on the health insurance marketplaces through the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. A-A-R-P New York is encouraging anyone who is uninsured, especially if you’re in your 50s and early 60s and not yet eligible for Medicare, to enroll in a plan now. A-A-R-P New York’s Erin Mitchell says many folks can qualify for low- or no-cost health insurance…

In 2019, the A-A-R-P says nearly half of Americans ages 50 to 64 spent nearly a third of their income on health-insurance premiums. For more information about the plans available in New York, call 855-355-5777 or visit NYstateofhealth.ny.gov.

Governor Opens Additional COVID Testing Sites, But Not One for Rockland

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Despite pleas from area officials to open a COVID testing center at the Anthony Wayne recreation center, the governor has thus far declined to do so. Last week, Rockland state senators Elijah Reichlin-Melnick and James Skoufis, and Rockland assemblyman Ken Zebrowski joined Rockland County Executive Ed Day in asking for the drive-thru center to be re-opened. On Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul opened 13 more testing sites around the state, but Anthony Wayne isn’t one of them…

But county executive Day has thus far refused to make Health Department staff available to enforce the state’s indoor mask-wearing mandate, instead focusing their efforts where he feels they are more greatly needed…

Here in Rockland the active COVID case count has jumped from 2,523 reported on Wednesday to 3,462 as of Friday. The number of hospitalized with confirmed COVID cases has risen from 39 to 46. The death count remains at 1,010.