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Longtime Lacrosse Coach From Area Among Six Killed In Plane Crash Longtime Lacrosse Coach From Area Among Six Killed In Plane Crash
Longtime Lacrosse Coach From Area Among Six Killed In Plane Crash A longtime varsity lacrosse coach who grew up in the area was one of six people killed in a small plane in Texas. The twin-engine Beechcraft BE58 crashed about 70 miles northwest of San Antonio on Monday, April 22. Angela Webb Kensinger, 54, a Fairfield County native who grew up in New Canaan, was killed along with her husband, 55-year-old Stuart Kensinger, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Angela Kensinger, known as "Angie," was the girls lacrosse coach at the St. John's School in Houston. "Our thoughts and prayers are with all members of the Kensinger family, especially their …

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Longtime PepsiCo Paralegal Patti Rockhill Dies Longtime PepsiCo Paralegal Patti Rockhill Dies
Longtime PepsiCo Paralegal Patti Rockhill Dies Patricia (Patti) Rockhill died on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at her beloved harbor-side home in Stamford, surrounded by her books, her dearly loved springer spaniel Georgia and her family. She was 83. The youngest of three children, Patti was born in Rochester, to George and Estell VanEpps and is survived by her brothers George (Grace) and Donald; both residing in Rochester. After graduating high school, Patti moved to New York City and worked at several world-class enterprises as a paralegal, including the L.A. Times and her beloved PepsiCo in Purchase. She attended The College of New Rochelle …

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Police & Fire
Man Taken Into Custody After Trespassing At Elite Prep School, Police Say Man Taken Into Custody After Trespassing At Elite Prep School, Police Say
Man Taken Into Custody After Trespassing At Elite Prep School, Police Say State police arrested a man for trespassing on the property of the elite prep school early in the morning. The incident unfolded around 1 a.m. Friday when school security staff from the Hotchkiss School in Western Connecticut near the New York border contacted state police and reported a trespasser, said Connecticut State Troopers. Troopers from Troop B responded to the campus along with a K-9 officer and quickly took Alexander Gimpelson, 59, of Astoria in Queens into custody, they added. Troopers, along with school officials then performed a headcount to make sure everyone on campus was a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Seven Ex-Faculty Members Sexually Abused Students At Elite Area Prep School, Investigator Says Seven Ex-Faculty Members Sexually Abused Students At Elite Area Prep School, Investigator Says
Seven Ex-Faculty Members Sexually Abused Students At Elite Area Prep School, Investigator Says An independent investigator has determined that seven former faculty members of an elite area prep school sexually abused students. The Hotchkiss School, a boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut near the New York border, issued an apology after the findings became public. "We have read the report with heavy hearts, as it describes multiple instances of Hotchkiss students being abused by teachers or staff members, primarily during the 1970s and 1980s," said Jean Weinberg Rose, president of Hotchkiss' Board of Trustees, and Craig W. Bradley, Head of School, in a statement…

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by Joe Lombardi