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Obituaries
Former Fort Lee Teacher, Mount Vernon-Born Barbara Rosen, 75, Remembered For Fortitude Former Fort Lee Teacher, Mount Vernon-Born Barbara Rosen, 75, Remembered For Fortitude
Former Fort Lee Teacher, Mount Vernon-Born Barbara Rosen, 75, Remembered For Fortitude A retired school teacher who taught nearly 1,000 students during her 38-year career in the Fort Lee, New Jersey school system, Barbara Rosen died on June 22.  Her greatest lesson came well into retirement when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer: She learned that strength comes not just from within but from those loved ones who surround you.  Born Oct. 24, 1945, in Mount Vernon, NY, Barbara Gail Schaeffer was the first child of Janice Taussig Schaeffer and Israel Richard Schaeffer. Barbara and her sister, Lori Schaeffer Cohen, spent most of their childhood in Washington Heights,…

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB A 67-year-old long-distance swimmer who went missing Friday in the Hudson River drowned, authorities confirmed early Saturday. What initially had been a search became a "recovery effort," the Coast Guard said. The unidentified swimmer was participating in a 15.7-mile next-to-last leg of the “8 Bridges Hudson River Swim” -- which began at the Tappan Zee Bridge and was headed to the George Washington Bridge -- when a spotter saw him go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard joined the NYPD Habor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Details Emerge In Sexual Assault Charges Against Teacher From Hudson Valley Details Emerge In Sexual Assault Charges Against Teacher From Hudson Valley
Details Emerge In Sexual Assault Charges Against Teacher From Hudson Valley A teacher who lives in the Hudson Valley who was arrested for having oral sex with a 14-year-old student has been removed from having any contact with children, according to the New York Department of Education. Dori Myers of Garnerville in Rockland County, a 29-year-old social studies teacher at The New School for Leadership and the Arts the in the Bronx, was charged Friday with a criminal sexual act in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child, said the New York City Police Department. According to the criminal complaint provided by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office,…

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by Kathy Reakes