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September 11, 2001

Obituaries
Funeral Details Released For Former Northern Westchester Fire Chief: 'Selfless Person' Funeral Details Released For Former Northern Westchester Fire Chief: 'Selfless Person'
Funeral Details Released For Former Northern Westchester Fire Chief: 'Selfless Person' Funeral arrangments have been announced for a former Northern Westchester fire chief who spent nearly his entire life serving the public in both his career and as a volunteer.  A wake for Raymond Baker, the former chief of the Somers Volunteer Fire Department who died unexpectedly in his sleep on Saturday, March 9 at the age of 64, will be held on Friday, March 22 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Beecher Flooks Funeral Home in Pleasantville at 418 Bedford Rd.  Earlier Report - Former Somers Fire Chief Dies: 'He Will Be Deeply Missed' A Mass of Christian Burial will also be …

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by Ben Crnic
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COVID-19: Daily Deaths Set Record For Third Straight Day As Hospitalization Rates Fall Again COVID-19: Daily Deaths Set Record For Third Straight Day As Hospitalization Rates Fall Again
Covid-19: Daily Deaths Set Record For Third Straight Day As Hospitalization Rates Fall Again For the third consecutive day, New York set a new daily record for the number of deaths due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the statewide total topped 7,000. The grim news came at the same time hospitalization rates continued to fall, the rate of ICU patients dropped to a new low, and an apparent "flattening of the curve" continued. (See third and fourth images above.) At his daily COVID-19 news briefing on Thursday, April 9 in Albany, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced there were 799 more deaths tied to the virus, bringing the statewide total to 7,067 since the outbr…

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by Zak Failla