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Arlington HS Junior Who Died Suddenly Remembered For His 'Everlasting Smile' Arlington HS Junior Who Died Suddenly Remembered For His 'Everlasting Smile'
Arlington HS Junior Who Died Suddenly 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
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'Life Spent Helping Others': Woman Fatally Stabbed In Wappinger Remembered 'Life Spent Helping Others': Woman Fatally Stabbed In Wappinger Remembered
'Life Spent Helping Others': Woman Fatally Stabbed In Wappinger Remembered Family and friends of a Hudson Valley woman stabbed to death are remembering her for spending her life helping others. Dutchess County resident Melanie Anne Chianese, age 29, of the town of Wappinger, a lifelong area resident, was killed on Sunday, May 29 in Wappinger, an innocent, secondary victim of domestic violence, her obituary said. Born in Poughkeepsie, Chianese graduated from Arlington High School in 2012 and the Institute for Integrated Nutrition. She was scheduled to graduate from Dutchess Community College with her associate and CSAC. She was a certified health coach who spent he…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Arlington HS Grad Who Was College Athlete, Longtime Firefighter Dies At 63 Arlington HS Grad Who Was College Athlete, Longtime Firefighter Dies At 63
Arlington HS Grad Who Was College Athlete, Longtime Firefighter Dies At 63 A former college athlete and longtime member of a Westchester County fire department has died at the age of 63. Joseph J. Garan III, a resident of Putnam Valley, died suddenly at home on Friday, March 11, according to his obituary. Garan was born in Yonkers, and he participated in a number of sports growing up, such as baseball, golf, and football. He graduated from Arlington High School and received a bachelor's degree from Iona College in New Rochelle, his obituary reads.  He was also played for the Manhattan College baseball team. Garan spent 20 years with the Yonkers Fire Depart…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Wappingers Falls Man, 38, Struck Twice After Fight With Girlfriend Dies Wappingers Falls Man, 38, Struck Twice After Fight With Girlfriend Dies
Wappingers Falls Man, 38, Struck Twice After Fight With Girlfriend Dies UPDATE: A Dutchess County, NY man who was killed when he was struck by two vehicles on Route 4 in Paramus deliberately walked into traffic, witnesses said. One witness was getting gas at the BP station next to the McDonald's on the highway's westbound side moments before 9 p.m. Saturday. "My husband was inside the [gas station] store when the man walked over from McDonald's with a blank stare on this face," she told Daily Voice. Ryan O’Keefe, 36, of Wappingers Falls, NY man had been fighting with his girlfriend both inside and outside the McDonald's, near the highway's Forest Avenue exit, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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7-Year-Old Killed In Wappinger Fire Was Playful Boy Who Loved Superheroes 7-Year-Old Killed In Wappinger Fire Was Playful Boy Who Loved Superheroes
7-Year-Old Killed In Wappinger Fire Was Playful Boy Who Loved Superheroes The 7-year-old killed in a house fire is being remembered as a playful boy who enjoyed video games and the outdoors and who loved superheroes. Sean Christian Burlingame, a lifelong area resident, died on Friday, Aug. 31 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Related story: 7-year-old killed in house fire Emergency responders rushed to the scene of the fire in Dutchess County on Relyea Terrace in the town of Wappinger just before dawn. Upon arrival at the scene, state police troopers were told a child may still be in the residence. Troopers made entry to the house without prote…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Former Hopewell Junction Resident Lori Heady Dies At 57 Former Hopewell Junction Resident Lori Heady Dies At 57
Former Hopewell Junction Resident Lori Heady Dies At 57 Lori Ann Heady, formerly of Hopewell Junction, died on Thursday, March 15 after a battle with cancer. She was 57. Born in Poughkeepsie on March 3, 1961, she was the daughter of the late George and Marion (Fisher) Lown.  On June 4, 1988 in Hopewell Junction, Lori married Kenneth P. Heady, Sr. who predeceased her on March 15, 2011. Lori is survived by her son, Kenny Heady of Cornelius, NC, her daughter, Cheyanne Heady of Huntersville, NC; her boyfriend, David Brown of Ladson, SC; her siblings, Theresa Nemeth and her husband Bill of Hopewell Junction; Roz Garcey of Hopewell Junction; and Geor…

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by Daily Voice