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Kauai
Tysons, VA
News
Rising Star In Culinary World, 26, Killed In Freak Accident
She was chasing waterfalls — and a dream — when tragedy struck. A rising star in the culinary world was killed in a freak accident while hiking at a remote location in Hawaii. Gianna Buzzetta, a 26-year-old prodigy and executive pastry chef at the Michelin-starred Jeune et Jolie restaurant in California near San Diego, died on Monday, March 24, after being struck by a falling boulder while visiting Makaleha Falls in Kauai. The accident happened just as she was fulfilling a years-long dream to see a waterfall on the island, with her boyfriend, Connor Quinton, her parents, Caty and Sal…
Dorchester, MA
Neighbors
'Brave' Hawaiian 4-Year-Old Boy Asks Santa For Brain Surgery In Boston
Boston may be swirling with bad weather, but a Hawaiian family is raising money to swap the tropics for snow to get their child the best quality healthcare. Four-year-old Jack was thought to have flu-like symptoms until an ER trip on Thursday, Dec. 15 sent him to a larger hospital in Kauai that revealed a mass in Jack's brain, according to a GoFundMe. The boy's treatment, which will likely include brain surgery, requires a medically-staffed flight to a Boston hospital, with an estimated out-of-pocket cost of $190,000. "Jack has been brave, but also understandably sho…
Mt. Kisco, NY
Obituaries
Mt. Kisco's Carol Gillian Barnes, 78, Loved To Sketch The Nature Around Her
Carol Gillian Barnes—beloved sister, caring aunt, and gifted artist whose sweet and gentle presence graced those around her—died on January 10, 2022. She was 78 years old. Carol was born on July 27, 1943 on the island of Kauai, then a United States territory. Her early years were idyllic, living amid lush gardens, swimming at the beach down the street, sliding down moss-covered rocks into waterfall pools, and riding horses. Perhaps first inspired by her beautiful surroundings, Carol began drawing at the age of two. She drew so frequently that her parents bought her a sketch pad when she …
Middletown, NJ
News
Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie'
"I love my family. I don't want to die." Those were some of the last words spoken by New Jersey’s Matthew Preziose moments before being swept out to sea by the heavy currents on a beach in Hawaii last weekend — never to be seen again. The irony of it all is that his boyfriend, Nick Slawinski, said he’d never seen Preziose, 25, of Middletown, happier than he was that week. The couple chose Lumahai beach in Kauai to visit particularly because of its rave reviews both from tour guides and Google, 26-year-old Slawinski, of Riverside, said. Little did they know, the site is known as a dangerou…
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii
A massive search is underway for a missing New Jersey man who was swept out to sea while swimming in Hawaii waters, authorities said. Matthew Preziose, 25, and another swimmer were in distress off Lumaha‘i Beach just after 1 p.m., Saturday, March 5, Kauai police said. ALSO SEE: Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' One swimmer made it safely to shore, however, the Middletown resident was last seen being swept out to sea, according to local police. Preziose works as a freelance photographer in the NJ and NYC area, according to his Instagram an…
