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Medical issues
Carmel, NY
News
Putnam County Sheriff Dies At Home Months After Halting Reelection Campaign
The Putnam County community is mourning the loss of Sheriff Kevin J. McConville, who died Friday morning, Aug. 22, at his home with his family by his side, officials announced. The Sheriff’s Office confirmed his death in a statement on Friday morning, writing that he died "at his home with his loving family by his side." He was 65. McConville, a Republican, had served as Putnam County Sheriff since winning office in 2021. Before taking on the county’s top law enforcement role, he spent 30 years with the MTA Police Department, where he began as a patrolman and rose through…
Hartford, CT
News
'Plastics Crisis' Costs $1.5T Annually, Study Says: 'World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out'
Researchers are warning about a "global plastics crisis" that's costing about $1.5 trillion a year in deaths and medical issues. The estimate comes from a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Sunday, Aug. 3. Plastic production is projected to triple by 2060, and less than 10% is ever recycled. Plastics are made from fossil fuels and contain more than 16,000 chemicals. Around 8,000 megatons are polluting Earth's environment, including the most remote places on the planet. Chemicals and microplastics have been found in the brains and other body parts of humans, along with lan…
Springfield, MA
Obituaries
Family Wants Proper Goodbye For Late West Springfield Single Mom
The son of a 44-year-old Hampden County single mother wants to send her off with the funeral he says she's earned. Tara Terenzi died unexpectedly on May 29, her son Logan said in a GoFundMe for her. He noted that she'd sacrificed for him while suffering from medical issues that left her unemployed late in life, and he wanted to give back for her hard work. According to her obituary, Tara served as a registered nurse at the former Parkview Hospital in Springfield and as a traveling nurse. It noted her life was punctuated by the depth of her caring. She will be remembered b…
Middletown, NJ
News
Monmouth County Girl Shows Strength Through Major Surgeries
A valiant, Monmouth County 5-year-old girl has maintained her strength through a series of major surgeries, her family says. Charli has endured an open heart surgery, two brain surgeries and countless more over the years, her aunt Mathyer Meghan of Freehold wrote on this GoFundMe page. The youngster again has landed in the hospital, and this time, medical experts are puzzled. "This current hospitalization has her team scratching their heads," the GoFundMe page reads. "A high fever that just won’t break and a blood transfusion." Charli's mother, Monica, is starting a new job and …
North Hunterdon, NJ
Lifestyle
‘Dire Situation:’ Warren County Community Supports Elderly Couple Desperate To Dig New Well
The Warren County community is coming together during the holiday season to support a beloved couple in desperate need of a new well after years of ongoing medical and financial issues from a head-on crash. Longtime Warren County residents Walter and Brenda Kuntz were in a head-on car accident about 15 years ago that caused them to suffer from life-changing injuries and left them unable to work full-time, according to a GoFundMe launched by their children. Walter Kuntz was “forced to retire early” due to the extent of his injuries and has been in and out of the hospital ever since, the camp…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Man Missing From Wakefield Group Home Found After Over 2 Weeks: Police
UPDATE: Wakefield Police said Colby Clerie has been found. Wakefield Police are trying to find a man who went missing from a Wakefield group home more than two weeks ago. Colby Clerie was last seen at the Malden train station around noon on Thursday, Nov. 10, according to WPD. While Clerie no longer lives in Wakefield and is homeless, he usually stays in touch with his team at the home, police added. Clerie recently stayed at a shelter in Boston and a motel in Danvers, police said. He also has medical issues and has not been taking his medication. Clerie is described as a 36-year-old Bla…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Lehigh Driver Crashes Into Building, Causing Gas Leak: Police
A Lehigh County driver crashed into a building and caused a gas leak, authorities announced Thursday, Nov 10. First responders in Emmaus Borough were called to United World Travel Service at 1031 Chestnut Street for a reported car accident just after 12:30 p.m., officials said. On scene, the building’s facade was badly damaged but stable, police said. There was one person in the building at the time of the crash, but neither they nor the driver was injured, authorities added. In the parking lot, investigators found the driver had struck the building’s gas meter. Police and firefighters ev…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Missing Allentown Man
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a man who has gone missing in Allentown. Carlos Hernandez, 46, was last heard from on Dec. 6 when he told a relative he was going shopping at Walmart in Whitehall and did not return home, Allentown police said. Police say Hernandez has medical issues that require daily medication. He is also known to walk in local parks during the day, police said. He drives a 1992 maroon Toyota Corolla with a black hood, police said. His license plate number is KZF6296. He is 6'1" tall, weighs 220 pounds, and has brown hair. Anyone with inform…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Obituaries
Northern Westchester Couple ID'd In Medical Center Murder-Suicide
The two people who died in a murder-suicide incident at Westchester Medical Center on Wednesday morning have been identified as a married couple from Yorktown. They are Richard DeLucia, 71, and his wife, Ann DeLucia, 70, who was a patient at the hospital, according to Kieran O'Leary, public information officer for the Westchester County Police Department. Richard DeLucia shot his wife in her hospital room and then shot himself, O'Leary said. Each died of a single gunshot wound. County Police detectives found a note early this afternoon at the DeLucia residence. In that note, Richard DeLuci…
