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20-Year-Old Student Dies While Walking Dogs In Dorchester On New Year’s Eve 20-Year-Old Student Dies While Walking Dogs In Dorchester On New Year’s Eve
20-Year-Old Student Dies While Walking Dogs In Dorchester On New Year’s Eve “A sweet, smiling, confident young man” — that’s how friends and family described a college student from Pembroke, who died while out walking his dogs on New Year’s Eve. Callum Tomas DiCenso had just turned 20 when he suffered a cardiac arrest while walking his dogs, Piper and Kevin, on Sunday, Dec. 31. He was excited to see his friends and classmates at the University of Vermont, where he was a sophomore in the Honors College, his obituary read. DiCenso's brother-in-law said in a Facebook post: "My brother in law Callum suddenly passed away this past Sunday. We all loved him so much and …
Trinity College Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In Apparent Hate Crime Trinity College Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In Apparent Hate Crime
Trinity College Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In Apparent Hate Crime A college community in Connecticut, alongside many nationwide, has been left reeling after a student of Palestinian descent was one of three shot in what appears to be a hate crime. Tahseen Ali Ahmad, age 20, who attends Trinity College in Hartford, was one of three men of the same age shot outside of a house in Burlington, Vermont on Sunday, Nov. 26, the school announced. Ali Ahmad and the two other men — Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani, also of Palestinian descent — were lifelong friends visiting a relative’s house near the University of Vermont's campus for the Thanksgiving holid…
Grandson Of NJ Author Dies In PA Wreck Grandson Of NJ Author Dies In PA Wreck
Grandson Of NJ Author Dies In PA Wreck Jerome "Jerry" Derenzo of Saddle River, New Jersey died in a car crash in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania early on Friday, Nov. 17, authorities say. He was 31.  Derenzo, the grandson of the late best-selling novelist Mary Higgins Clark, was headed west on Sunbury Road in Barry Township when he lost control of his truck before 1 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. Posted by Jerry Derenzo on Friday, January 31, 2020 His Chevrolet C/K 3500 hit an embankment after leaving the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.  Derenzo attended St. Joseph’s Re…
Accessible As Toilet Paper: Somerville-Based Company Pilots Free Pad Program Accessible As Toilet Paper: Somerville-Based Company Pilots Free Pad Program
Accessible As Toilet Paper: Somerville-Based Company Pilots Free Pad Program “Public bathrooms provide toilet paper, towels, soap and tissues. Why not pads?” is the question Somerville-based company Egal's founder was looking to solve with a new approach to menstrual products.  Egal created Pads on a Roll, an aptly-named, free-to-consumer product that dispenses pads much like toilet paper rolls. Pilot programs for the product are currently being conducted at several universities and schools in multiple countries using a $1 million angel-funded investment, the company announced on Tuesday, February 28.  🧻 Cycle Care: Egal raises $1M for its "Pads on a Roll"More o…
23-Year-Old Woman Charged After Federal Judge From NY Killed In Hit-Run Crash 23-Year-Old Woman Charged After Federal Judge From NY Killed In Hit-Run Crash
23-Year-Old Woman Charged After Federal Judge From NY Killed In Hit-Run Crash A woman has been charged after a longtime Federal judge in New York was killed in a hit-and-run crash. Sandra Feuerstein, US District Judge of the Eastern District of New York on Long Island, died Friday morning, April 9 after she was struck by a vehicle in Boca Raton, Florida, according to authorities. The driver of the vehicle, identified as 23-year-old Nastasia Snape, of North Lauderdale, Florida, then struck a 6-year-old boy, according to the Sun-Sentinel of South Florida. Witnesses said Snape had been driving erratically and after crashing told emergency responders…
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning 'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning A New Jersey mother is opening up on social media to spread awareness of counterfeit drugs after the sudden death of her 25-year-old son due to fentanyl poisoning. Denville native and Morris Knolls High School graduate Ross Michael Kaplowitz died Dec. 13, his obituary says. The University of Vermont student had gone out to smoke in the family’s garage and was found dead hours later, his mother, Marisa, details in a public Facebook post -- which had nearly gone viral as of March 3. “There was nothing we could do to revive him, although we tried," she wrote. "He died in his tracks.” Though…
Newly Hired Hofstra Associate Women's Basketball Coach Dies After Fall Newly Hired Hofstra Associate Women's Basketball Coach Dies After Fall
Newly Hired Hofstra Associate Women's Basketball Coach Dies After Fall Longtime women’s college basketball coach Cathy Inglese, who was hired by Hofstra as associate head coach earlier this summer, died after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a fall. The 60-year-old, who was head coach at Boston College from 1993 through 2008 - making the NCAA Sweet 16 three times - was hired by Hofstra in June. Hofstra announced her death on Wednesday, July 24, a week after the fall. “Our hearts are hurting with the passing of Cathy,” Hofstra women’s basketball coach Danielle Santos Atkinson stated. “Cathy was one of the kindest and nicest people I have come to know in t…
Horace Greeley HS Names New Principal Horace Greeley HS Names New Principal
Horace Greeley HS Names New Principal Less than a week after the Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education announced that Horace Greeley High School Principal Robert Rhodes will resign from his job, a successor has been appointed. The board appointed Andrew Corsilia as Greeley's next principal. The appointment is effective Aug. 1. No stranger to Chappaqua’s schools, Corsilia has been with the district for 20 years. During his tenure, he served as an English teacher and assistant principal at Greeley, and is currently the principal of Seven Bridges Middle School. “Over the years, Andrew has earned the respect and adm…
River Vale Teen: How Much Longer Will Silence Ring Over Bergen County? River Vale Teen: How Much Longer Will Silence Ring Over Bergen County?
River Vale Teen: How Much Longer Will Silence Ring Over Bergen County? This opinion piece is written by River Vale native Sydney Pleasic, 19, a sophomore at the University of Vermont. As part of a school assignment, Pleasic has chosen to examine the abundance of deer and alleged lack of an action plan to decrease the rising number. The views in this article do not reflect those of Daily Voice.  March marked the first time in a month that the Hilltop Reservation fell silent, bullets ceased firing and protesters stopped bellowing. This past February, in Essex, a neighboring county, the annual deer hunt came to an end for its 11th year, but towns all across New…
Armonk Store Is Still 'Tweeding' 57 Years & Counting Armonk Store Is Still 'Tweeding' 57 Years & Counting
Armonk Store Is Still 'Tweeding' 57 Years & Counting If you've never been to Hickory & Tweed before, you might think you've stepped into someone's home.  Shoppers to this Armonk ski and bike store will find a lone patch of grass outside of the front porch complete with a small picnic table and swing. Inside, there's an assortment of pictures hanging on the walls and countertops. Sounds cozy, right? That's precisely the point -- and one of the secrets to its 57-year-old success. Some history: Jimmy and Roberta Ross founded the store in 1961. It was once the home of a friend, but Jimmy curated it into an exclusive ski shop with equipment f…
Attorney Ari Diaconis Of Armonk Dies At 33, Talented Musician Attorney Ari Diaconis Of Armonk Dies At 33, Talented Musician
Attorney Ari Diaconis Of Armonk Dies At 33, Talented Musician Attorney Ari J. Diaconis of Armonk died on Monday, Jan. 29. He was 33. He was born Oct.15, 1984 and graduated from University of Vermont, where he studied economics, philosophy and Afro-Cuban percussion. During and after college, Ari played with musical groups, such as Rubblebucket, and performed at renowned venues including Blue Note Jazz Club New York. With increasing interest in law, Ari began teaching the Law School Admission Test. This allowed him to live in diverse cities, including Los Angeles, Seattle, Baltimore and Missoula. Ari went on to graduate magna cum laude and Order of the…