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College Student From Orange County Earns $5,000 Scholarship College Student From Orange County Earns $5,000 Scholarship
College Student From Orange County Earns $5,000 Scholarship One talented college student from Orange County has been awarded with a $5,000 scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. The scholarship was granted by the Louis G. Nappi Construction Labor-Management Scholarship Fund, a major construction industry financial-aid program that was established by former Chairman Emeritus of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester & Hudson Valley, Inc., Louis G. Nappi, in 2009. The Committee, whose members include representatives from both labor and management, selects scholarship candidates based on the exemplification of the “high scholastic a…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Engineering Consultant Robert VanVlack Of Poughkeepsie Dies At 39 Engineering Consultant Robert VanVlack Of Poughkeepsie Dies At 39
Engineering Consultant Robert VanVlack Of Poughkeepsie Dies At 39 Robert David VanVlack, who ran his own consulting business, died on Tuesday, July 2 at his home in Poughkeepsie. He was 39. He was born on Feb. 21, 1980 to Tammy and Robert Van Vlack. He graduated from Arlington High School in 1998 before attending the University of Buffalo, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. He earned his New York State Professional Engineering license and worked on several water remediation and flood protection projects at Metro-North Railroad, as well as private consulting projects for various firms before going into his own Civil Engineering consu…

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by Daily Voice
News
Partial Building Collapse At Rockland Apartment Complex Partial Building Collapse At Rockland Apartment Complex
Partial Building Collapse At Rockland Apartment Complex This story has been updated. A resident of an apartment that partially collapsed earlier Thursday is being housed at a local hotel until repairs can be made to the side and roof of the complex.  The incident took place around 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the Middlewood Senior Citizen Apartment Complex, 80 N. Middletown Road, when part of a roof collapsed and penetrated the exterior wall of another apartment, said Clarkstown police Officer Peter Walker. According to Walker, building officials believe the façade of an exterior wall had come loose from its foundation before hitting the other apartm…

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by Kathy Reakes