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UPDATE: New Milford High School Student Drowned Trying To Retrieve Ball For Soccer Players UPDATE: New Milford High School Student Drowned Trying To Retrieve Ball For Soccer Players
Update: New Milford High School Student Drowned Trying To Retrieve Ball For Soccer Players UPDATE: The body of a New Milford High School senior was removed from a borough pond hours after what witnesses said was a tragic accident. Clinten Ajit, 18, was doing a good deed when he went into the Hard Castle Pond behind the Dorchester Manor Apartments near the borough athletic fields around 7:15 p.m. Friday, April 22. "Some kids accidentally kicked a soccer ball in the water and [he] said he would get it for them," a responder said after police spoke with witnesses. "He didn't know how to swim and never came back up." Responding officers found Ajit's shoes on the bank, the ball floa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Union County High School Soccer Player Daniel Tavit Dies, 18 Union County High School Soccer Player Daniel Tavit Dies, 18
Union County High School Soccer Player Daniel Tavit Dies, 18 The Summit community is mourning the loss of high school senior Daniel Pratt Tavit, who died on Sept. 20. He was 18. Born in New York City, Tavit was raised in Summit, his obituary says. A lifelong soccer fan, Tavit had played for two years on his school’s team as well as private club teams such as Summit Hot Spurs, Center Court FC, and the NJ Stallions in Clifton. Tavit also loved music and expressed himself through saxophone and drum performances in local music groups, according to his obituary. As a stock market enthusiast, Tavit had planned on pursuing economics and business in college…

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by Valerie Musson