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Park Ridge Rescue's 'Throw-Away Dogs' Find Solace In Each Other Park Ridge Rescue's 'Throw-Away Dogs' Find Solace In Each Other
Park Ridge Rescue's 'Throw-Away Dogs' Find Solace In Each Other PARK RIDGE, N.J. — A pair of pups rescued from the streets of Newark by Park Ridge's Halfway Hounds have found comfort in each other's friendship. Dudley and Fred -- both found as strays -- are staying at Pampered Paws Hotel and Spa in Spring Valley, while rescue officials search for their forever families. The dogs were spotted snuggling with each other this week, "enjoying the companionship and security they never had," rescue officials told Daily Voice. Dudley, the black, mastiff mix, is almost three years old and loves the company of other dogs. He is not good with young chi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Oh, Deer! Firefighters Make Quite A Rescue On Frozen Pocantico Hills Lake Oh, Deer! Firefighters Make Quite A Rescue On Frozen Pocantico Hills Lake
Oh, Deer! Firefighters Make Quite A Rescue On Frozen Pocantico Hills Lake It was quite the afternoon for Sleepy Hollow Fire Chief John Korzelius when he crawled out onto a lake to rescue a deer stranded on a frozen lake in Pocantico Hills. The department received the call about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday about a wobbly deer who was slipping and sliding on the ice trying to get to back to land. Sleepy Hollow firefighters, along with Pocantico Hills firefighters were able to rescue the deer by tying ropes around Korzelius, a video of the rescue shows. The chief then made the long crawl out to the frightened deer, maneuvered to grab the deer without getting kicked in the hea…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue Dog From Icy Waters Near Nyack Beach Firefighters Rescue Dog From Icy Waters Near Nyack Beach
Firefighters Rescue Dog From Icy Waters Near Nyack Beach Piermont firefighter Danny Goswick was at work when the fire department received a call to rescue a dog in the icy water on the Hudson River near Nyack Beach. As the department's head scuba instructor, Goswick has rescued a lot of people and animals from the waters, so he suited up and headed to the site Tuesday afternoon. The dog, a small white Shih Tzu, had gotten loose from its dog walker and fell into the water about five to 10 feet from shore when Goswick arrived along with firefighters from the Nyack Fire Department and the Rockland Lake Fire Department. After a little confusion, it …

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by Kathy Reakes