Area Priest Reassigned By Pope Francis Area Priest Reassigned By Pope Francis
Area Priest Reassigned By Pope Francis A popular area priest is going back in the service. Father Bill Muhm, 61, who began his role as an administrator at the Church of the Most Precious Blood in Walden in Orange County late last year, has been given a new assignment by Pope Francis. Last month, Muhm was advised that the pope had chosen him to serve as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of the Military Services. The appointment comes a year after Muhm officially retired from the U.S. Navy. The move reportedly caught Muhm off guard, but he never considered refusing the assignment. Muhm will leave the Hudson Valley this wee…
Anthony Rabasca, Mine Sweeper In Normandy Invasion, Westchester Business Owner, Dies At 94 Anthony Rabasca, Mine Sweeper In Normandy Invasion, Westchester Business Owner, Dies At 94
Anthony Rabasca, Mine Sweeper In Normandy Invasion, Westchester Business Owner, Dies At 94 Anthony D. Rabasca, 94, died February 15, 2019 at Solaris Healthcare Parkway in Stuart, FL. Born in New Rochelle, Anthony lived at The Evergreen Club in Palm City, FL for the past 37 years. He was a business owner of Décor Decorators in New Rochelle for 39 years before retiring in 1980. Anthony served with the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a mine sweeper during the Normandy Invasion. He served for three years until receiving an Honorable Discharge in February 1946. Anthony was married for 71 years to his beloved Julia who passed in December 2018. He wi…
Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94 Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94
Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94 George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died late Friday night, Nov. 30, at his home in Houston. He was 94. Bush, who grew up in the area in Greenwich, was president from 1989 to 1993 after serving as vice president the previous eight years under President Ronald Reagan, and was the father of George W. Bush, who was president from 2001 to 2009, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who ran for president in 2016. Bush's tenure as president was marked by Operation Desert Storm in which the United States and allied forces ejected Iraq from Kuwait. Following an ec…
Vietnam Veteran From Westchester Ralph Giordano Dies At 70 Vietnam Veteran From Westchester Ralph Giordano Dies At 70
Vietnam Veteran From Westchester Ralph Giordano Dies At 70 Westchester native Ralph J. Giordano, 70, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, Florida. Ralph was born in Mount Vernon. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and had been an Operating Engineer for the City of New York prior to his retirement. Ralph was of the Catholic faith and a member of the Friends of Jupiter Beach. His family also remembers him as one who loved animals. Survivors include his sister, Carol (Mitchel) Freeman; brothers, Vincent (Ellyn) Giordano, Jr. and Paul (Patricia) Giordano; Aunt and Godmother, Laura D'Avanzo all of Sebastian; s…
Search For Missing Pair Suspended After Sailboat Found On Long Island Search For Missing Pair Suspended After Sailboat Found On Long Island
Search For Missing Pair Suspended After Sailboat Found On Long Island Related story: Long Island Sound Two-Day Search For Missing Teen Kayaker Suspended The search for two missing persons last heard from early Sunday morning on the Long Island Sound off the coast of eastern Connecticut was suspended after a 14-foot white-and-blue sailboat with no mast was found on Truman Beach, near Greenport in Suffolk County. Missing are Spencer Mugford, 21, and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Sophia McKenna, who were last seen shown paddling on a vessel originally thought to be a kayak via social media at 2 a.m., Sunday. Authorities now believe the two were using a Universi…
George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Intensive Care Days After Wife's Funeral George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Intensive Care Days After Wife's Funeral
George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Intensive Care Days After Wife's Funeral Days after his wife's death, former President George H.W. Walker is hospitalized with several serious complications, according to multiple news reports.  George H.W. Bush is awake, alert and talking after he was admitted to intensive care earlier this week, a family spokesman said Tuesday, April 24. Bush, 93, was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Sunday morning after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, family spokesman Jim McGrath said, a day after a funeral was held for his wife, Barbara Bush. According to McGrath, the 41st President has said he is determined to ge…