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Support Swells For Marine Vet Hospitalized In Westchester After Serious Crash Support Swells For Marine Vet Hospitalized In Westchester After Serious Crash
Support Swells For Marine Vet Hospitalized In Westchester After Serious Crash A fundraising campaign has raised tens of thousands of dollars to help a Marine Corps veteran and martial arts school manager who was seriously injured in a Hudson Valley crash. Marine Corps veteran Mickaëlla "Micka" Nugent was seriously injured in a crash in the Orange County village of Harriman on Friday, April 12.  She was then rushed to Garnet Medical Center in Middletown before being airlifted to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where she currently remains.  Because Nugent, a graduate of Mamaroneck High School, was critically injured, she faces rising medica…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
Hudson Valley HS Junior Who Died Suddenly At Age 16 Remembered For 'His Everlasting Smile' Hudson Valley HS Junior Who Died Suddenly At Age 16 Remembered For 'His Everlasting Smile'
Hudson Valley HS Junior Who Died Suddenly At Age 16 Remembered For 'His Everlasting Smile' A Hudson Valley teen is being remembered for his "everlasting smile" after his sudden death. Dutchess County resident Jack Aidan Strehl, age 16, of Arlington, died on Friday, Oct. 14. A cause of death was not provided. Known as a hardworking member of the maintenance crews at The Links at Union Vale, Jack always impressed coworkers with his work ethic for such a young man, his obituary said. In July of 2017, at the age of 11, Jack earned his Blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do at Telesco’s Martial Arts after only five years of training. "We are proud that Jack’s name was always said with excitement …

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
'A Beautiful, Kind Soul': Hudson Valley Community Mourns Sudden Death Of Beloved Sixth-Grader 'A Beautiful, Kind Soul': Hudson Valley Community Mourns Sudden Death Of Beloved Sixth-Grader
'A Beautiful, Kind Soul': Hudson Valley Community Mourns Sudden Death Of Beloved Sixth-Grader Justin Reale spent the last Saturday of his life with family, mentioning how excited he was for the end of the school year and all the fun events that went along with it, his parents in Orange County told the Warwick Valley Central School District. But just hours later on Sunday, June 19, the sixth-grader died unexpectedly in his sleep at just 12 years old, according to his obituary. “When his mother went to wake him up the next morning, he had passed,” the school district said in a statement. An official cause of death has not been released. Born in Suffern, Reale attended Warwick Valle…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lifestyle
Westchester Branding Expert Gets Scoop On The Property Brothers Westchester Branding Expert Gets Scoop On The Property Brothers
Westchester Branding Expert Gets Scoop On The Property Brothers Branding and Public Relations expert Stacey Cohen is passionate about helping people and businesses package themselves and tell their story in compelling ways. Which is why she was excited to interview Jonathan and Drew Scott aka The Property Brothers in late December 2017. Her HuffPost blog post gets the scoop on how they grew their $100 million business empire as well as what it was like growing up as a twin.  The Mount Kisco mom of two and founder of White Plains-based Co-Communications even got a little dirt from Drew on his experience as a finalist on "Dancing With The Stars.&quo…

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by Jeanne Muchnick