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'Tragic Loss': Newlywed Officer Killed In NY Salon Crash Remembered For 'Bravery, Compassion' 'Tragic Loss': Newlywed Officer Killed In NY Salon Crash Remembered For 'Bravery, Compassion'
'Tragic Loss': Newlywed Officer Killed In NY Salon Crash Remembered For 'Bravery, Compassion' Tributes are pouring in for a beloved NYPD officer who was killed alongside three others in an alleged drunk driving crash at a New York nail salon. Emilia Rennhack was off duty and getting her nails done when an SUV came barreling through the front window of Long Island’s Hawaii Nail & Spa, located in Deer Park on Commack Road, on Friday afternoon, June 28. Rennhack was pronounced dead at the scene alongside the salon’s owner, Jiancai Chen, age 37, of Bayside, Queens, according to Suffolk County Police. Also killed were Yan Xu, age 41, and Meizi Zhang, age 50, both of Flushing, Queens.…

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by Michael Mashburn & Joe Lombardi
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'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory 'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory
'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory As teal color ribbons begin to adorn street lamps, mailboxes, and trees throughout a small Long Island hamlet to honor the late Long Islander Gabby Petito, a candlelight vigil is also being planned. The color teal is being used because her mother, Nicole Schmidt, said it matched the color of Gabby's sparkling eyes. Petito's body was found on Sunday, Sept. 19, in the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming, just days after her mother, Nichole Schmidt, reported her missing on Saturday, Sept. 11 to police. Days later, the medical examiner's office confirmed the body was that of Petito, and the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Vigil To Be Held For 'Teacher Of The Year' Killed In CT Motorcycle Crash Vigil To Be Held For 'Teacher Of The Year' Killed In CT Motorcycle Crash
Vigil To Be Held For 'Teacher Of The Year' Killed In CT Motorcycle Crash The Enfield community is gathering Sunday, Aug. 9, to hold a candlelight vigil for a local Teacher of the Year who died earlier this week in a motorcycle crash. Megan Arsenault, 37, is being mourned by the many people in the Enfield community whose lives she touched. “Meg Arsenault was an absolute cornerstone of our CLHS family and was taken way too soon,” said Jeff Larson, the high school’s principal. She was a music teacher at CREC Civic Leadership High School and a former U.S. *Army captain. She was the school’s Teacher of the Year, 2018-19. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at around 2:30 p.m., Ar…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Police Using Camera Surveillance, Warrants In Search For New Canaan Mom Police Using Camera Surveillance, Warrants In Search For New Canaan Mom
Police Using Camera Surveillance, Warrants In Search For New Canaan Mom Police say they have secured search warrants and are also reportedly using camera surveillance as they investigate the disappearance of a 50-year-old mother of five from Fairfield County. Jennifer Farber Dulos, 50, of New Canaan, was last seen on Friday, May 24, dropping off her children at school and was reported missing later that same day after failing to show up for meetings with friends. She is described as being slender, 5-foot-7, with dark brown eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. A search of her home by New Canaan police failed to yield any results and her vehicle, a 2017 black C…

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by Joe Lombardi