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Residents At Northern Metropolitan In Monsey Get Special Memorial Day Visit Residents At Northern Metropolitan In Monsey Get Special Memorial Day Visit
Residents At Northern Metropolitan In Monsey Get Special Memorial Day Visit MONSEY, N.Y. -- Residents at the Northern Metropolitan in Monsey celebrated Memorial Day with a special visitor to help bring meaning to the day dedicated to honoring those who have served. Petty Officer Jim Cava, U.S. Navy Ret., from Haledon, N.J., who served in Vietnam visited the center and regaled residents with amazing stories from his time in the service. “To have Petty Officer Jim Cava visit us here at Northern Metropolitan was a very special treat to both residents and staff here,” said Brenda Warsaw, recreation director for the center. “This is a Memorial Day they will never forget…

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Obituaries
Funeral Scheduled For Woman Shot In Her Home By Westchester Man Funeral Scheduled For Woman Shot In Her Home By Westchester Man
Funeral Scheduled For Woman Shot In Her Home By Westchester Man A funeral Mass will be held Saturday for Perla Gatchalian, 75, who was killed in her Mahopac home in April by her daughter's father-in-law from Westchester County, according to police. The Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at St. John the Evangelist Church, 221 E. Lake Blvd., Mahopac, according to Joseph J. Smith Funeral Home. Her cremated remains will be taken to Mililani Mauka Memorial Park in Hawaii in August to be reunited with her late husband, Ramon, according to her obituary. Gatchalian, who was born in Baguio City, Philippines on November 14, 1941, to Victor Ventigan S…

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News
Downed Tree Causes Road Closure In Ramapo Downed Tree Causes Road Closure In Ramapo
Downed Tree Causes Road Closure In Ramapo RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A local road was closed for a couple of hours Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on a power line, causing the tree, and the power lines, to lean into the roadway. College Road between Carlton Road and Mountain Road was closed for safety reason by the Ramapo Police from around 1 to 3 p.m. until utility crews arrived and removed the tree.

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Car Flips After Husband Accidentally Hits Gas Pedal In Pleasantville Car Flips After Husband Accidentally Hits Gas Pedal In Pleasantville
Car Flips After Husband Accidentally Hits Gas Pedal In Pleasantville PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- An elderly Pleasantville man and his wife were slightly injured when he mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and hit a fence, flipping their vehicle, police said. The accident occurred Saturday in a parking lot on Marble Avenue, said Pleasantville Police Chief Erik Grutzner.  A Good Samaritan from a nearby apartment complex nearby heard the accident and called 911. Grutzner said both the husband and wife were transported to a local hospital, but that their injuries were minor. 

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Westchester Fatal Road Rage Suspect Arrested Week Before, Police Say Westchester Fatal Road Rage Suspect Arrested Week Before, Police Say
Westchester Fatal Road Rage Suspect Arrested Week Before, Police Say As New York State Police continue to piece together what occurred between two drivers on the Taconic State Parkway late Saturday night that left one of them dead, new details are emerging in the case. According to the state police, neither man knew each other before the fatal road rage incident in which Christian Walczyk, 21, of Pleasant Valley, stabbed Daniel Siino, 28, of Hartsdale to death near mile marker 6.6 in Mount Pleasant. The City of Poughkeepsie Police did know Walczyk a 2014 graduate of Arlington High School, who was arrested last week for disorderly conduct outside of a local b…

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Lifestyle
Grace VanderWaal Plans 'Elaborate Tree House' Near Suffern Home Grace VanderWaal Plans 'Elaborate Tree House' Near Suffern Home
Grace VanderWaal Plans 'Elaborate Tree House' Near Suffern Home She might not be old enough to own a home, but that isn't stopping Rockland's own "America's Got Talent" star Grace VanderWaal from building two luxury treehouses on her parent's property in the Village of Wesley Hills. The 13-year-old, who won $1 million on the show, talked about having Treehouse Masters building her tree houses if she won the show, received permission from the village last week to build two "massive" treehouses in five trees, said Village Mayor Marshall Katz. The larger treehouse is 10-feet-by-15-feet and the smaller treehouse is 10-feet-by-10-feet, both are wired for ele…

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Police & Fire
Man Charged With DWI After Crash In Orangeburg Man Charged With DWI After Crash In Orangeburg
Man Charged With DWI After Crash In Orangeburg ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- A Blauvelt man was nabbed for DWI following a traffic crash on Tuesday, May 23 in Orangeburg, according to the Orangetown Police Department. Ralph Gibbons, 62, was charged after police responded to an accident on Parkway Drive and found Gibbons with slurred speech and the odor of alcohol on his breath, police said. Police conducted a number of sobriety tests on the scene, which Gibbons failed. He also failed a breathalyzer test at the police station, police said. Gibbons was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in court on June 28. 

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Police & Fire
One Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Overturns In Putnam One Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Overturns In Putnam
One Hospitalized After Tractor-Trailer Overturns In Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. --  A tractor-trailer Tuesday sent the driver to the hospital and spilled more than 50 gallons of fuel in the roadway on Route 22 in Patterson. The accident occurred at 11 a.m., when a southbound truck hauling a flatbed loaded with concrete blocks went out of control and ran off the shoulder of Route 22 just south of the intersection with Havilland Hollow Road in Patterson, said Capt. William McNamara. The truck smashed through a guardrail and overturned down an embankment. Sheriff’s deputies and emergency medical responders aided the injured truck driver, who complained…

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Police & Fire
Sex Offender Lies About His Residence, Peekskill Police Say Sex Offender Lies About His Residence, Peekskill Police Say
Sex Offender Lies About His Residence, Peekskill Police Say Police managed to track down and arrest a Level 2 sex offender on Friday who lied about where he was living. Andrew Zambrano, 29, notified the Town of Poughkeepsie Police earlier in May that he was moving to an address in the Dunbar Heights neighborhood in Peekskill. The Poughkeepsie police then notified the Peekskill police of the move so they could monitor his whereabouts, police said. Following the notification, Det. John Marchioni.attempted to verify Zambrano’s reported address, was unable to do so and learned that he had never lived at that address, police said. Marchioni spent the ne…

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Police & Fire
Stony Point Police Arrest Two Locals Over Holiday Weekend Stony Point Police Arrest Two Locals Over Holiday Weekend
Stony Point Police Arrest Two Locals Over Holiday Weekend STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Stony Point police arrested two local people over the holiday weekend, one for drugs and driving on a suspended license, and another for driving on a suspended license. Michelle Squillante, 46, of Stony Point was charged with driving on a suspended license and for possession of a hypodermic needle and a small quantity of marijuana, following a traffic stop around 2 a.m. Sunday, Stony Point, Lt. Daniel Hylas said. Squillante was released on $80 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on June 20. The second arrest occurred at 2 a.m. Monday when Stephen Martinez, 29, of …

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