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Mom Killed, Daughter Hurt In Plane Crash On Long Island Were Fulfilling Lifelong Flying Dream
A woman who was killed and a daughter who was injured when a small plane crashed on Long Island were fulfilling a lifelong flying dream.
Roma Gupta, age 63, of Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, died, while her daughter, Reeva Gupta, age 33, of St. Davids in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, remains in critical condition following the crash in North Lindenhurst on Sunday, March 5.
The plane’s pilot, New York City resident Fayzul Chowdhury, 23, of the Bronx, also remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital.
Earlier report: IDs Released For Woma…
Support Pours In For Family Of Sixth-Grade Student Who Died After Redding House Fire
Support is pouring in for the Redding family who lost their 11-year-old son during a raging house fire that also injured their daughter.
The blaze began around 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Redding at the Karlson family home on Diamond Hill Road, officials said.
A sixth-grader at John Read Middle School, Brien Karlson suffered life-threatening injuries, and after a courageous fight, he died on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
According to a fundraiser set up by friends Jessica Jacob and Elissa Williams on GoFundMe, the terrifying ordeal resulted in the parents, Tara and Scott, and Brien's 9-year-old …
Boy Born In CT Who Died After Falling Through Ice Remembered For 'Amazing Smile'
A teen who died after falling through the ice at a park in the Hudson Valley is being remembered for his "amazing smile," and " infectious laughter."
Dutchess County resident Noah Michael Thompson, age 17, of Amenia, died Friday, Feb. 10, at Sharon Hospital in Litchfield County, Connecticut, after falling through the ice at the Taconic State Park in the village of Millerton, located in the Town of North East.
Noah was a high school student at Webutuck High School in Amenia and was expecting to graduate this spring, according to his obituary.
The son of Terry Lee Thompson of Poughkeep…
Beloved Former Teacher In Stamford, New Canaan Native Dies
A former teacher who worked for schools in both Northern Westchester and Fairfield County has died.
Margaret "Peggy" Beccaria died on Sunday, Jan. 15 at the age of 85, according to her obituary.
A native of New Canaan, Beccaria graduated from high school there before attending college at Western Connecticut State University. She then became a teacher in Stamford.
During this time, she married her husband, Peter, in 1959, and then moved to Westchester County, settling in Pound Ridge where the couple raised their two children, Michael and Patrick.
After tak…
Paul Silas, 3-Time NBA Champion Player/Coach Who Lived In Lewisboro, Dies
Former NBA player and coach Paul Silas who lived in Northern Westchester for a period of his life has died.
Silas died on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the age of 79, according to a tweet by the Houston Rockets, where Silas' son Stephen, is the team's head coach.
The cause of death was cardiac arrest, his daughter, Paula Silas-Guy, told The New York Times.
The Silas family lived in the town of Lewisboro hamlet of Waccabuc while Paul Silas was an assistant coach with the New York Knicks from 1989 to 1992 and New Jersey Nets from 1992 to 1995.
During part of that time, Stephen, a guard, was a baske…