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These Rockland Students Named National Merit Semifinalists These Rockland Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
These Rockland Students Named National Merit Semifinalists Some of Rockland County’s best and brightest students were among those chosen as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, which celebrates academic achievement in high school students. On Wednesday, 16,000 high school seniors were chosen from around the country. Those 16,000 will soon be pared to 7,500 finalists, who will be picked to receive upwards of $31 million in scholarships, which will be announced next spring as they prepare to continue their educations in college. Semifinalists from Rockland County are:  Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley Elisheva Jacobson. Clarkstown …

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Clarkstown North HS Grad's Fight With Flu Has Changed Life Forever Clarkstown North HS Grad's Fight With Flu Has Changed Life Forever
Clarkstown North HS Grad's Fight With Flu Has Changed Life Forever Who knew that a bout of the flu could change a life so drastically? But that's what happened to Will McCue, 19, who is a probationary firefighter with the New City Fire Department. McCue has been fighting for his life in the intensive care unit at Montefiore Hospital since contracting the flu earlier this year.  It's been a rough go and has changed how he will live his life forever following complications that caused pneumonia, and that further caused issues with sepsis throughout his body, the department said in a post on Facebook. As his condition worsened, doctors were forced to take a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Neighbors
Community Rallies Behind Rockland Teen Firefighter Hospitalized With Flu Community Rallies Behind Rockland Teen Firefighter Hospitalized With Flu
Community Rallies Behind Rockland Teen Firefighter Hospitalized With Flu The community is coming together in support of a teenage New City Fire Department volunteer who has fallen critically ill after contracting the flu. A GoFundMe fundraising campaign was started by Clarkstown High School North football coach Joseph Trongone on behalf of 19-year-old Clarkstown resident Willy McCue, who contracted the flu and has since been hospitalized with complications. A graduate of Clarkstown High School North and current college student, McCue has been transferred to the intensive care unit at Montefiore Hospital. He is currently being isolated to prevent any further comp…

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by Zak Failla