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Youth Gymnastics Coach From Westchester Sentenced As Sex Abuse Victims Speak During Hearing
A former gymnastics coach has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually abusing several students for years.
Joseph Lewin, 68, of Port Chester, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 9, after facing his victims during the sentencing at the Rockland County courthouse in New City.
In addition to the four years, Lewin will serve five years post-release supervision, he will have to register as a sexual offender upon release and stay away from his victims, said the Rockland County District Attorney's Office.
During sentencing, the victims told the judge how they had suffered from depression, a…
Area Native Valerie Harper, Who Earned Fame As TV's 'Rhoda,' Dies At 80
Hudson Valley native Valerie Harper, who achieved fame in a sidekick role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” before starring in her own, top-rated show, “Rhoda,” died on Friday, Aug. 30. She was 80.
She had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, in which cancer cells invade the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.
For her work on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series three times, and later received the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on "Rhoda/"
Harper was born on Aug. 22, 1939…
Marisa Rose Verbraak Of Suffern Dies At Age 18
Marisa Rose Verbraak of Suffern died in the early morning on Sunday, April 28. She was 18.
According to her obituary, Marisa will be greatly missed and remembered by her family, friends and community as a loving sister, daughter, friend and niece, a distinguished old soul who loved reading, writing, spending time with her friends and going on spontaneous adventures.
She is survived by her mother Carolyn, her father Edward, her two sisters Melanie and Grace, her father's girlfriend Michele, her mother's boyfriend Brian, her beloved cat Tiggy and several aunts, uncles and cousins. …
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