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Family Loses Four Pets, All Belongings In Massive Suffern House Fire
A Suffern family lost everything it owned, including four beloved pets during a massive house fire.
The Suffern Fire Department said when they responded to the fire on Wednesday on Washington Avenue, they encountered heavy fires and worked for more than three hours before the fire was out. The department was assisted by numerous neighboring fire departments.
The family, Debra McGhee, her brother and her three sons, 15, 22, and 24 years old, lost everything, including four of five family pets only weeks before the holidays, said a GoFundMe effort.
The lost pets included a dachshun…
Son From Rockland Starts GoFundMe To Bring Late Father's 'Baby' Home
Sometimes there's one thing that is important enough in life to ask for a little help from friends, and strangers, to make it happen.
That's the case with Dave Mumford of Garnerville and a firetruck that was very special to his father before his death while at the scene of a fire on May 9, 1998, at the age of 48.
A member of the S.W. Johnson Fire Company in Garnerville, Dave's father, Daniel W. Mumford, devoted years to the fire department as a firefighter, corresponding secretary, assistant chief chauffer and chief chauffer over the years.
During that time he had one firetruck, "Bab…
Support Pours In For Family Of Police Officer Killed 8 Days Before Wedding
Instead of wedding bells and cheers of joy, friends and family members of Carmel Police Officer Gary Pietropaolo Jr.'s, will be mourning the loss of the young officer who died in a crash eight days before his wedding.
Pietropaolo, 29, who lived in Fishkill, died Thursday after his motorcycle was struck by a mail truck on Route 301 in Carmel while he was off duty, according to Kent Police Chief Alexander DiVernieri Jr.
A GoFundMe page, set up to help his fiancée, Jacqueline "Jaci" Krampitz, keep their home and have time to grieve, shows photos of the two smiling and happy with fun…
Patterson Relay For Life Marks 10th Year
Patterson's 10th annual Relay for Life is Saturday, June 9, and lasts from 8 a.m. until midnight, helping raise money for the American Cancer Society branch based in New Windsor.
While the walk around the track for a loved one begins at 8 a.m., opening ceremonies start at noon at the Patterson Fire House, 13 Burdick Road.
A luminary ceremony begins at 9:30 p.m. and the fund-raising relay concludes at midnight.
Festivities include kids games, a petting zoo, butterfly release, food, desserts, raffles, a DJ and musical bands.
For more details or to register click here: www.relayforlife.or…
