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Eastchester
Obituaries
Retired Police Sergeant Who Served For Decades In Westchester Dies
A police department in Westchester has announced the death of one of its former members who spent his life serving his community and country. Dutchess County resident Andrew Fischer, Sr., a retired Eastchester Police sergeant, died on Tuesday, April 9 at the age of 84, according to his obituary. Fischer, an Air Force veteran who served during the Vietnam War era, joined the department in 1964 and served until his retirement in 1987 after 23 years, according to Eastchester Police. Born in Yonkers in 1939, Fischer was also an avid outdoorsman in addition to his career in law enfor…
Ocean
Obituaries
Point Pleasant Beach Native Who Became Marine Corps Leader Dies, 95: 'His Legacy Will Endure'
A Jersey Shore native who became the highest-ranking officer in the Marines has died, the military branch said. Retired Gen. Alfred Gray Jr. died on Wednesday, Mar. 20 after "a brief stay in hospice care," the U.S. Marines Corps announced. He was 95 years old. Gray Jr. was the 29th commandant of the Marine Corps from 1987 to 1991. "He was a 'Marine’s Marine'—a giant who walked among us during his career and after, remaining one of the Corps’ dearest friends and advocates even into his twilight," said Gen. Eric Smith, the current commandant of the Marines. "His contributions …
Lehigh
Obituaries
Allentown Police Chaplain Angel Ramos Dies: Officials
Angel Ramos, an Allentown pastor and longtime police chaplain, has died, the department announced on Thursday, Jan. 18. Ramos had served as APD's chaplain for 27 years, said Chief Charles Roca in a statement. "Pastor Ramos served the city and its residents with distinction," the chief said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family during this time." His Facebook profile says he studied at Colegio San José in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and that he served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Ramos is survived by his wife.
Northampton
News
'True American Hero': Northampton County Army Vet With 2 Purple Hearts Receives National Honor
A New Jersey teacher and US Army veteran with two Purple Hearts received a national honor for the sacrifices she made for America. US Army SSG Vanessa Schieber, of Northampton County, PA, was name among the Patriot Project's honorees for 2023. The Purple Heart Patriot Project is a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission. Vanessa SchieberNational Purple Heart Honor Mission Schieber, 37, enlisted in the Army in April 2007 and served for 11 years a member of the 101st Airborne Division, and later the 1st Armor Division. Her first deployment came in 2008, as part of Operation Ira…
Middlesex NJ
Obituaries
Tom Ingegneri, Sr., 80, Former Owner Of The Cranbury Inn, Was A Successful Yet Humble Man
Thomas Christopher Kavanagh Ingegneri, Sr., of Cranbury, NJ, passed away at the age of 80 with his family by his side, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Born Feb. 7, 1943, in Mt. Kisco, NY to immigrant parents from Taormina, Sicily and Dublin, Ireland, Thomas graduated from Fox Lane High School in 1960 where he held the first trumpet seat for 4 years in the New York State Orchestra. He earned a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA in 1964 where he joined R.O.T.C. He was a first-generation American and the f…
Prince George's
Lifestyle
'Mrs. Millionaire' Wins $1M On Scratcher Weeks After Claiming $50K Maryland Lottery Prize
When you're hot, you're hot. A Prince George's County woman was back in the Winner's Circle at Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore to claim a $1 million prize, just two weeks after she won $50,000 playing a different game. The loyal - and lucky - Lottery player from Oxon Hill won $50,000 playing "Pick 5" on July 25, and wasn't content with that paltry prize and decided to up the ante a little bit and hit the jackpot on a $20 on a "$1 Million Royale" ticket. She is the first person to claim a top prize on the newly released game. Lottery Officials said the 67-year-old woman stopped …
Bucks
News
Unclaimed Remains Of US Veterans To Be Laid To Rest In Bucks County
Two US veterans who died in Bucks County and whose remains have not been claimed will be laid to rest, officials say. Both men are veterans of the Vietnam War era, said Bucks Coroner Meredith Buck's Office in a statement on Thursday, June 22. They are: Ralph Burbage, an Airman Second Class in the US Air Force. Burbage, of Middletown, died on April 25, 2022. Stephen Suckey, a Specialist in the US Army. Suckey, of Falls Township, died on June 13, 2018. The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on June 29 at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield…
Hudson
News
Update
: Aging Career Criminal Gets 16 Years In Bizarre Murder-For-Hire Of NJ Politico
An aging Connecticut ex-con would have to turn 90 to taste freedom again after he was sentenced for stabbing a political consultant to death and then torching his Jersey City apartment in a murder-for-hire hit with a longtime crony from Philadelphia. The odds are stacked against George Bratsenis, 74, of Monroe, who reportedly has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer. There's also no parole in the federal prison system. Unless he’s granted a compassionate release for health reasons, Bratsenis will have to serve just about all of the plea-bargained 16-year sentence approved by …
Worcester
Obituaries
Retired Worcester Asst. Principal, Harvard Grad Dies After Suffering Emergency On Vacation
A 74-year-old former Worcester Public Schools teacher and administrator died last week after suffering a medical emergency while on vacation in Mexico, a fundraiser said. John McFadden, of Paxton, died Friday, March 3, after being airlifted from Cancun to UMass Medical Center in Worcester, his family wrote in a GoFundMe. They wrote McFadden suffered a stroke and took a hard fall, causing a traumatic brain injury. He underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. They wrote he died surrounded by his family after returning to the United States. The …
Alexandria
News
Army Colonel From Alexandria Awarded Medal Of Honor After Recommendation Was 'Lost' Twice
One of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team into combat has received the Medal of Honor from President Joe Biden, nearly 60 years after his heroic efforts in the Vietnam War. Alexandria resident Col. Paris Davis finally received the prestigious honor after it was re-submitted for a third time, on Friday, March 3 after several attempts in submitting a recommendation. Col. Davis's recommendation was lost not once, but twice after submission. Davis was recommended for the honor after he heroically led the charge with the 5th Special Forces Group and went into hand-to-ha…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
News
Artillery Shells Found In Vacant Wyckoff Home
Two investors who bought a vacant home in Wyckoff got a surprise when they found a safe inside containing a pair of decades-old artillery shells. Members of the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad collected the projectiles from the Sunset Boulevard home just after noon on Thursday, Jan. 12. Over the years, home buyers and families of aging or deceased war veterans have unexpectedly found the souvenirs, authorities say. Service members either brought ordnance home after overseas combat or bought them later for sentimental reasons. Most come from World Wars I and II, as well as from the Kore…
Scarsdale
Obituaries
Businessman From Scarsdale Who Made Mark In Real Estate, Autos, Insurance Dies
A Connecticut resident who grew up in Westchester County and worked in insurance, automobiles, and real estate over the course of his career has died at the age of 78. Fairfield County resident Kurt Hothorn Jr., of Greenwich, died at Greenwich Hospital on Friday, Sept. 23, according to his obituary. He was born in New York City and raised in Scarsdale, his obituary said. Hothorn graduated from Concordia Prep, and he went on to study at Valparaiso University in Indiana. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War, his obituary said. "His professional life st…
York
Obituaries
PA Police Officer Who Served 3 Departments Over 30 Years, Vietnam Veteran Dies Suddenly
A Vietnam veteran and police officer who served his community in multiple counties for over 30 years died suddenly on Sept. 5, authorities say. Retired police officer Ronald E. Stiles, 74, of East Hanover Township, served with the Carroll Township Police Department from July 2003 until August 2015, the department said in a release on Friday, Sept. 9. During received numerous service awards and commendations during his 12 years of service including the Carroll Township Police Department Officer of the Year Award of 2009. "Stiles took great pride in teaching the D.A.R.E. program to the st…
Middlesex MA
Obituaries
Retired Cambridge Police Officer, Vietnam Veteran Dies Unexpectedly
A retired Cambridge Police Officer and Vietnam War Veteran died unexpectedly at the age of 78 on Friday, June 3. David Weaver, of Somerville, was "a respected officer," who also served on CPD Honor Guard, Cambridge Police said on Facebook. It is with heavy hearts we announce that retired Cambridge Police Officer David Weaver passed away on June 3rd. A... Posted by Cambridge Police Department on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 Weaver joined the force after serving in the US Navy in Vietnam, the post said. Weaver leaves behind his wife Lorraine, children, brother among other family, friends an…
White Plains
News
Covid-
19: Former Secretary Of State Colin Powell Dies From Complications Of Virus
Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state and a retired four-star general, has died at age 84 of COVID-19 related complications. "General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19," Powell's family wrote on Facebook on Monday morning, Oct. 18. "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great America." Powell's family said he had been vaccinated. Powell was known as the epitome of a soldier-statesman who put his country and family above all…
Adams
News
Army Vet Struck Dead By Lighting While Playing Golf In Pennsylvania
Severe weather has claimed the life of a Pennsylvania man, who was struck by lightning during a round of golf. Joseph Slivinski, 71, of Lackawanna County, was struck by lightning while playing golf on Friday at Pine Hills Golf Course, according to the county coroner. Slivinski was attempting to find shelter when he was fatally injured, he died at the golf course around 1:30 p.m. A South Jersey golfer was struck and killed by lightning last month. Born in Scranton, Slivinski spent 33 years his life in Peckville with his of 44 years the late Christine M. Klonoski, according to the Times-Tri…
Dauphin
News
US Supreme Court Rules In Favor Pennsylvania Cheerleader In First Amendment Case
The Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling in the case of a cheerleader who took to SnapChat to vent her frustrations for not making the cheer squad. When Brandi Levy, of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County was 14 she posted on SnapChat after she did not make the school’s junior varsity cheerleading squad by posting, “F——— school f——— softball f——— cheer f——— everything,” in a post over a photo of her and a friend giving the middle finger, as the Daily Voice previously reported. The Supreme Court ruled in her favor in this first amendment case, in an 8 to 1 ruling, with Justice Cl…
Dauphin
News
Snapchatting Cheerleader Will Have Landmark Freedom Of Student Speech Case In SCOTUS
A 14-year-old girl from Pennsylvania who blasted her school on Snapchat is getting her day in court: The Supreme Court. This is the first case addressing the freedom of speech of students or minors that the Supreme Court has heard in 50 years. The last was the landmark case of Tinker v. Des Moines in 1969, when students wore armbands to protest the Vietnam War and their school suspended them. The Supreme Court sided with the students, declaring students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Brandi Levy, of Mahanoy Cit…
Worcester
News
US Flags Flying At Half-Staff In Recognition Of 500,000
Covid-
19 Deaths
American flags in Massachusetts and around the country are flying at half-staff today, Tuesday, Feb. 23, in recognition of the 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19. The US reached this tragic number of deaths on Monday, Feb. 22. More Americans have died of COVID-19 than in all of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined, according to the White House. The lowering of the American flag is in line with a presidential proclamation that flags should be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings. The flag will be flying at half-staff until sunset on Friday. F…
Hackensack
News
American Hero Aviator Chuck Yeager Dies At 97
He was born in an Appalachian hollow and went on to become a real-life American hero who was considered the country's greatest pilot. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter ace who displayed “the right stuff” when he became the first aviator to break the sound barrier nearly three quarters of a century ago, died Monday night in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 97. “My life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9 pm ET,” his widow, Victoria, tweeted. “An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest pilot & a legacy of strength, adventure” N…
Rivertowns
Obituaries
Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington
Longtime Westchester resident Frank C. Dotolo died in Sebastian, FL on May 6. He was a resident of Vero Beach, FL at the time of his death. Frank was born on July 26, 1948 to Frank and Marie Dotolo in Irvington. Frank attended Immaculate Conception School in Irvington and was a 1966 graduate of Archbishop Stepinac High School. He attended Westchester Community College and received training as a commercial artist. His career was interrupted when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served a tour of duty in Vietnam as a gunner’s mate on a Swift Boat and was subsequently awarded a Purp…
Essex NJ
Obituaries
Robert Brack, 73, Of West Caldwell; Earned Silver Star In Vietnam
Robert F. Brack Sr. of West Caldwell died Nov. 22. He was 73 years old. He is survived by his wife, Rosa; children Nicole Pezzola, Brian Brack and Bobby Brack, and his wife Christine; grandchildren MIcaela, Dante and Penelope; and his former wife Barbara Brack, mother to their children. Robert Brack was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, serving four tours as a staff sergeant with Special Forces Group with the U.S. Army Airborne in Khe Sanh, A101 in 1965; I Corps C-Team S-2 and Psy Ops 1966; in Thuong Doc, A-109 in 1968; and in a mobile strike force from 1967 through 1968.&nbs…
Essex NJ
Obituaries
‘American Gangster’ Frank Lucas, Onetime Drug Kingpin, Dead At 88: Report
Frank Lucas, a notorious drug dealer who became something of a folk hero after he was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the blockbuster mob movie “American Gangster,” died Thursday, TMZ reported. Lucas, 88, passed away while being transported to a medical facility in New Jersey, where he lived, TMZ also reported. Lucas rose to underworld fame in the late 1960s after spending years as a protege to Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, an African-American gangster based in Harlem. Lucas soon began importing pure heroin from Southeast Asia in the caskets of soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. He was a…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater
Police & Fire
Integrity And A Warm Smile: Longtime Hudson/Bergen Responder, Navy Vet James Brierty III, 74
Jim Brierty had a lion’s heart – at once huge and comforting, yet fiercely protective. It’s how many have remembered him since news came that the Navy veteran, longtime police officer, firefighter and high school security guard from Ridgefield died last week at 74. Brierty “was a man of honor, respect and dignity,” said former Ridgefield Fire Chief Mike Kees. “He was a man who brought talent and dedication not only to our company but to the entire department.” "Jim's purpose in life was to serve and show how you treat people," former firefighter Steve Rosone added. "That ultimately tells …
DV Plus - Westchester
Politics
Mount Kisco's Bill O'Reilly: Republican Politico Works Behind Scenes To Buck Rising Blue Wave
Who's the man behind New York's GOP curtain? This consulting wizard has blue blood in his family roots as a political columnist and campaign strategist. By choice and profession, the Mount Kisco resident, formerly of Scarsdale and Manhattan, remains behind the scenes. As a teenager growing up during the Vietnam and Watergate eras, William F. B. O'Reilly said he was "always curious about politics of the day. The only thing I loved was current events." He said he hid his "nerdy" knack for listening to WINS news radio from his friends who would not have seen it as too cool while they we…
Harrison
News
War Dog Memorial Planned For Lasdon Park In Northern Westchester
Lasdon Park, located on Route 35 in Katonah, will soon be the home to a new war dog memorial. Westchester County Executive George Latimer made the announcement on Wednesday, March 13, also known as National K-9 Veterans Day. In total, more than $30,000 has been raised by Friends of Lasdon Park & Arboretum to erect a memorial statue that will be dedicated to military hero dogs. The sculpture is a life-size depiction of Chips, a World War II War Dog. It will serve to honor the thousands of service dogs who have fought to protect soldiers in violent war zones throughout the country. Pres…
Mount Pleasant
Lifestyle
Stray Elephant Strolls Off Sanctuary, Onto Road In Hudson Valley
An elephant that survived the Vietnam War took a Veterans' Day stroll off an animal sanctuary in the Hudson Valley and onto a local road before New York State Police quickly responded and helped escort her back home. The incident occurred Sunday night in Orange County. Troopers from the Middletown barracks responded to a roadway alongside a field near the Sanctuary for Animals in Westtown, where they found the wandering tusker. She "was escorted back home by troopers and workers from the sanctuary," state police said. The 44-year-old elephant was burned by Napalm as a baby in 1974 dur…
Fairfield
Politics
Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator
As President Trump mocked U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal at a Tennessee rally on Monday night, the Connecticut senator revealed he tried to help a Yale classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh send potentially incriminating emails to the FBI. The emails reportedly show that Kavanaugh's legal team tried to discredit the story of sex assault victim Deborah Ramirez, according to multiple media reports. Ramirez accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a college party. Kerry Berchem, a corporate attorney from Fairfield attended Yale with Kavanaugh and Ramirez. According to NBC…
Mount Vernon
Obituaries
Vietnam Veteran From Mount Vernon Ralph Giordano, Dies At 70
Westchester native Ralph J. Giordano, 70, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, Florida. Ralph was born in Mount Vernon. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and had been an Operating Engineer for the City of New York prior to his retirement. Ralph was of the Catholic faith and a member of the Friends of Jupiter Beach. His family also remembers him as one who loved animals. Survivors include his sister, Carol (Mitchel) Freeman; brothers, Vincent (Ellyn) Giordano, Jr. and Paul (Patricia) Giordano; Aunt and Godmother, Laura D'Avanzo all of Sebastian; s…
Armonk
Lifestyle
American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall Comes To Westchester
A slice of Americana celebrating the lives of more than 50,000 soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam has made its way to Greenburgh. This week, the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT)Traveling Vietnam Wall was escorted into Elmsford, down Main Street and North Hillside Avenue before coming to a stop at DeLuca Park, where it will remain open to the public through Sunday afternoon. The wall is 360 feet long and is an 80 percent replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. It arrived late on Thursday, by way of an escort of more than 100 Vietnam veterans on motorcycl…
Clarkstown
Obituaries
Rockland Mourns Death Of Purple Heart Recipient, Vets Chief Jerry Donnellan
Former longtime Rockland Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan died Friday at his home in Clarkstown. He was 71. He had retired last year after 30 years of county service. Donnellan was a three-time Purple Heart recipient and U.S. Army sergeant who has shown generations of returning members of the service that they can live productive lives – even if they suffered devastating injuries as he did. His full obituary can be found by clicking here: He took the county job after losing his right leg during the Vietnam War and working as a stage manager for Frank Sinatra. There were s…
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