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COVID-19: NY's First Drive-Through Testing Site, In Westchester, To Close COVID-19: NY's First Drive-Through Testing Site, In Westchester, To Close
Covid-19: NY's First Drive-Through Testing Site, In Westchester, To Close In another sign that New York is in full recovery mode from the COVID-19 pandemic, the state announced that it will be closing down its drive-through testing site in Westchester, the first hotspot for the virus when the outbreak began. The site at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle will close Friday, June 25, representing the closure of the first mass testing site that was set up in New York during the pandemic. Earlier this year, in March, Glen Island Park began to reopen to cars and pedestrians more than a year after serving as Ground Zero of the pandemic in New York, including a New R…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Cuomo Comes To New Rochelle To Launch NY's First Mobile Testing Center COVID-19: Cuomo Comes To New Rochelle To Launch NY's First Mobile Testing Center
Covid-19: Cuomo Comes To New Rochelle To Launch NY's First Mobile Testing Center New York State’s first mobile testing center for coronavirus has set up shop and is now open. Gov. Andrew Cuomo was flanked by some of New York's top health officials in New Rochelle on Friday, March 13 to introduce the public to the state’s first “drive-through” COVID-19 testing center. It was up and running as Cuomo started arrived shortly before 10:30 a.m. The new mobile testing site at Glen Island Park includes include six lanes for area residents to drive in, get tested in their car by doctors or nurses, and then drive away within 15 minutes, Cuomo said.  Cuomo noted that those …

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Stranded Pair Pulled From Water After Boat Sinks In Westchester Stranded Pair Pulled From Water After Boat Sinks In Westchester
Stranded Pair Pulled From Water After Boat Sinks In Westchester Two people were rescued from the water off New Rochelle after their boat hit a rock, stranding them in the water. The incident took place around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday near Glen Island Park, said New Rochelle Police Capt. J.C. Coyne. According to Coyne, the two unidentified people had been out boating when they hit a rock and their boat began to sink.  Luckily, New Rochelle Officer Timothy Childs was out paroling the harbor when he spotted the two in trouble. Childs pulled one onto his boat and the other person swan to nearby Glen Island Park where they were picked up by the Westchester Count…

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by Kathy Reakes