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Northern Westchester Native Dies At Age 99 Northern Westchester Native Dies At Age 99
Northern Westchester Native Dies At Age 99 George R. "Dick" Clarke, a native of Northern Westchester, died at the age of 99 in hospice care after a "long and full life." Born in 1925 in Ossining to William C. and Edith R. Clarke, George Clarke attended St. Augustine Parochial School and Ossining Jr./Sr. High School. Well-known throughout the area, Clarke graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor of electrical engineering degree and worked for more than 40 years for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, with 20 years being in the International Division traveling the world, his obituary said. He was a member of the…

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Teen Undergoes One-In-A-Million Surgery At Northwell Health Teen Undergoes One-In-A-Million Surgery At Northwell Health
Teen Undergoes One-In-a-million Surgery At Northwell Health A teen recently underwent a one-in-a-million surgery at Northwell Health. Taina Contreras, a 19-year-old student from Briarwood, Queens, knows she has a lot to smile about these days. Her new sense of confidence stems from a very rare surgery to correct congenital facial differences performed by Northwell Health New Hyde Park plastic surgeon Dr. James Bradley. Contreras was just five months old when she had her first surgery to correct an open cleft lip. Since birth, she has endured more than 21 surgeries—sometimes two or three in a year---to correct abnormalities in her face and eye forma…

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by Kathy Reakes