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White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Teen Trio Charged After Altercation In Front Of School In White Plains Teen Trio Charged After Altercation In Front Of School In White Plains
Teen Trio Charged After Altercation In Front Of School In White Plains Three young teenagers aged 12 and 13 face criminal charges following an incident between them and a woman walking her dogs in front of an elementary school in Westchester, police said. The arrests of the three teenagers in connection with an altercation in front of the Church Street School at 295 Church St. in White Plains were announced by White Plains Public Safety on Monday, Aug. 26.  According to authorities, the altercation happened in July when a 58-year-old woman was walking her dogs in front of the school near a group of youths.  The teenagers arrested and their charges i…

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by Ben Crnic
Cortlandt, NY
News
Support Rises For Beloved Dog-Walker Severely Injured By Pickup Truck In Croton-On-Hudson Support Rises For Beloved Dog-Walker Severely Injured By Pickup Truck In Croton-On-Hudson
Support Rises For Beloved Dog-Walker Severely Injured By Pickup Truck In Croton-On-Hudson Following a devastating incident at a Northern Westchester gas station that left a woman with several severe injuries, community members are making sure she has financial support while she endures her recovery process.  The effort follows an incident in Croton-on-Hudson on Tuesday, May 7, when a beloved dog-walker named Alex, whose last name was not made public, was struck by a pickup truck at a Gulf gas station at 380 South Riverside Ave. and pinned against a wall. Earlier Report - Pickup Truck Severely Injures Woman At Croton Gas Station After she was struck, a bystander r…

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by Ben Crnic
Teaneck, NJ
Schools
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (UPDATE) FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (UPDATE)
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (Update) FDU's Metro Campus briefly went into a shelter in place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU security immedi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Dog-Walking Woman, 40, Struck Crossing Glen Rock Street, Hawthorne Driver, 76, Cited Dog-Walking Woman, 40, Struck Crossing Glen Rock Street, Hawthorne Driver, 76, Cited
Dog-Walking Woman, 40, Struck Crossing Glen Rock Street, Hawthorne Driver, 76, Cited A 40-year-old Glen Rock woman walking her dog was hospitalized after she was struck by an SUV while crossing the street in broad daylight, authorities said. A 76-year-old Hawthorne resident received a summons for failing to yield following the Nov. 14 noontime crash. The pedestrian and her dog were crossing Ackerman Avenue when the driver made a left from westbound Rock Road heading south and his 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek hit her, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Obituaries
NJ Dog-Walker's Fatal Motorcycle Crash Devastates Clients NJ Dog-Walker's Fatal Motorcycle Crash Devastates Clients
NJ Dog-Walker's Fatal Motorcycle Crash Devastates Clients A 23-year-old motorcyclist killed in a North Bergen hit-and-run crash is being mourned as a beloved pet caretaker.  Josh Huayamave died when his motorcycle was struck near Granton and Liberty avenues, around 9 p.m., Friday, May 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Josh HuayamaveJosh Huayamave Facebook photo Huayamave was found on 76th Street and rushed to the hospital, where he died. The driver of the striking vehicle fled the scene. A GoFundMe campaign launched in Huayamave's memory says his care for his clients' pets was unmatched. "When we met Josh, he was starting his d…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hartford, CT
Police & Fire
Black Bear Bites CT Woman Walking Dog Black Bear Bites CT Woman Walking Dog
Black Bear Bites CT Woman Walking Dog A Connecticut woman is recovering after being bitten by a black bear while walking her dog along a roadway. The incident took place in Hartford County early Friday, April 21 in the town of Avon. According to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, a 74-year-old woman was walking her dog on a leash along Berkshire Crossing Road when a female black bear approached and bit her.  The woman received non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by EMS personnel to a local hospital, DEEP officials said. The bear was humanely euthanized at the scene, they added…

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by Kathy Reakes
Greenwich, CT
Police & Fire
Greenwich Dog Walker Crtically Injured In Crash, Police Say Greenwich Dog Walker Crtically Injured In Crash, Police Say
Greenwich Dog Walker Crtically Injured In Crash, Police Say A Greenwich resident is in critical condition after being struck by a 2016 Lexus ES350 while walking their dog. The incident took place in Greenwich on Thursday, March 9 around 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of Weaver Street and Hawthorne Street North. The Lexus was traveling North on Weaver Street when it suddenly crossed the double yellow line and mounted the curbing in the northwest corner of the intersection, said Capt. Mark Zuccerella, of the Greenwich Police. A pedestrian had been walking their dog, off the roadway, in the northwest grassy area of this intersection, Zuccerella said. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Middletown, NJ
Lifestyle
NYC Teacher-Turned-Dog-Walker Living In Monmouth County ‘Puts The Pups First’ — And It Pays NYC Teacher-Turned-Dog-Walker Living In Monmouth County ‘Puts The Pups First’ — And It Pays
NYC Teacher-Turned-Dog-Walker Living In Monmouth County ‘Puts The Pups First’ — And It Pays A former teacher who gave up his position to launch a dog-walking company that’s soon expanding to Monmouth County says he “always puts the pups first" — and it certainly pays. Michael Josephs, 34, used to work as a movement teacher for children who were neurodiverse at a school in Manhattan, he tells Daily Voice. Meanwhile, Parkside Pups came to fruition in 2019 after Josephs rescued his own black lab Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, Willy, aka “the pup who inspired it all." “I trained him very young in Prospect Park and we would be out there every single day,” says Josephs, who was raised in Ea…

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by Valerie Musson
Cherry Hill, NJ
News
NJ Puppy, Owner's Aircraft Mechanic Roommate Recover After Brutal Attack NJ Puppy, Owner's Aircraft Mechanic Roommate Recover After Brutal Attack
NJ Puppy, Owner's Aircraft Mechanic Roommate Recover After Brutal Attack A 4-month-old dog and his owner's roommate were recovering from a brutal attack by an unleashed pit bull in Camden County. The puppy's owner, Nicholas Denny of Cherry Hill, recently became a dad to Cheddar. He works as an aircraft mechanic at McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base with his roommate, Brett Spaulding. Nick Denny and Cheddar.Nick Denny Facebook "Tonight my roommate was taking the little guy for a walk around our neighborhood when the worst possible thing happened," Denny wrote on this GoFundMe page about last week's attack.  "They were attacked by an unleashed, unmuzzled dog…

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by Jon Craig
Paterson, NJ
News
Beloved Pet Services Company Owner From Clifton, 31, Struck, Killed, Arrest Made Beloved Pet Services Company Owner From Clifton, 31, Struck, Killed, Arrest Made
Beloved Pet Services Company Owner From Clifton, 31, Struck, Killed, Arrest Made Detectives arrested a driver who they said struck and killed a beloved pet services company owner outside a Clifton supermarket. Chloe Villar-Severino, 31, was struck by an SUV in the parking lot of the Aldi on Lakeview Avenue on Tuesday, authorities said. Villar-Severino, who owned and operated Ruff Lyfe, died the next day at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, they said. “My heart is broken to a million pieces on the passing of my beautiful daughter,” wrote her mother, Esther Velez. Digna A. Lazala, 63, of Randolph, was driving the 2010 Honda Pilot that struck Villar-Seve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Elderly Man Fights Off Raccoon Walking Dogs In Hunterdon County Park Elderly Man Fights Off Raccoon Walking Dogs In Hunterdon County Park
Elderly Man Fights Off Raccoon Walking Dogs In Hunterdon County Park An elderly man walking his dogs was attacked by a raccoon in a Hunterdon County park over the weekend. The animal bit the 79-year-old man's pants legs and refused to let go in Christie Hoffman Farm Park in Tewksbury, around 7 p.m. Friday, Chief Tim Barlow said. The man was able to fight off the raccoon, and later went to a local hospital for treatment for scratches to his arm. Neither of his dogs were hurt, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine