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Report: Athlete From New England Died After Choking During Charity Contest Report: Athlete From New England Died After Choking During Charity Contest
Report: Athlete From New England Died After Choking During Charity Contest A college student from the Hudson Valley who died over the weekend in Massachusetts choked during an eating contest for charity, according to a report. Rockland County resident Madie Nicpon, age 20, a 2019 graduate of Suffern High School, was a junior at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Nicpon choked during a hot dog eating contest held at an off-campus home and died of her injuries at Massachusetts General Hospital on Sunday, Oct. 17, according to a report by WCVB, ABC 5 in Boston. She was a biopsychology major and a member of the college's women’s lacrosse team. Earlier report: …

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by Joe Lombardi
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College Student-Athlete In New England Dies In Accident College Student-Athlete In New England Dies In Accident
College Student-Athlete In New England Dies In Accident Updated story: College Athlete Died After Choking During Charity Contest, Report Says A college student from the Hudson Valley has died from injuries in an accident on Saturday, Oct. 16. Rockland County resident Madie Nicpon, a 2019 graduate of Suffern High School, was a junior at Tufts University in Massachusetts.  She was a biopsychology major and a member of the college's women’s lacrosse team. The specific nature of the accident has not been released. News of the tragedy was shared with the university community in a statement signed by Tufts' president, dean of student…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Suzanne Grant Of Mount Kisco, Store Owner, Bedford School Board Member, Dies At 56 Suzanne Grant Of Mount Kisco, Store Owner, Bedford School Board Member, Dies At 56
Suzanne Grant Of Mount Kisco, Store Owner, Bedford School Board Member, Dies At 56 A Mount Kisco resident and shop owner, six-year Bedford school board member Suzanne Grant, died Sunday, Sept. 1, at age 56. She was born on Oct. 8, 1962, in Rochester to Ronald (deceased) and Dolores Sibs. Grant was a graduate of Tufts University. She was a member of the Bedford Central School Board for six years, and a local volunteer.  She was also the co-proprietor of PORCH Home + Gifts, a retail store in Mount Kisco. Grant is survived by her husband of 29 years, David Grant, with whom she has two children, Samantha (23) and Dylan (20). She also leaves behind her mother, Dolores,…

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by Donna Christopher
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Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship
Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship When Norwalk High School senior Emilia Cuevas found out she had won a $100,000 college scholarship, the young woman said she was speechless. Cuevas, this year’s winner of the 23rd annual Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship for Norwalk High School students, named after Kevin M. Eidt, who was an 18-year-old Boston College freshman when he died suddenly in 1997 from cardiac arrest while playing in a basketball game.  "I was so overwhelmed at the thought that I had won," Cuevas. "All of the other finalists were so qualified and have such amazing accomplishments so it is an ho…

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by Kathy Reakes