Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Two Rescued After Boat Overturns Off Westchester Coast Two Rescued After Boat Overturns Off Westchester Coast
Two Rescued After Boat Overturns Off Westchester Coast Two boaters were rescued when their boat capsized in the Long Island Sound off New Rochelle. Members of the New Rochelle Police Department Marine Unit and paramedics were dispatched to the area of Huckleberry Island between Davids Island, shortly after noon on Wednesday where there was a report of a capsized vessel. Two boaters were rescued by police and transported back to shore without injuries. The condition of the boat was not immediately available.

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by Zak Failla
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus Man Arrested In Connection With Fatal Hit-Run Boat Crash Paramus Man Arrested In Connection With Fatal Hit-Run Boat Crash
Paramus Man Arrested In Connection With Fatal Hit-Run Boat Crash A 44-year-old Paramus man was arrested Thursday morning for a 2016 hit-and-run boat crash that killed a 72-year-old West Milford man, authorities said. Shawn Kelly was charged with assault and leaving the scene of a boating accident, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. He was lodged at the Passaic County Jail where he awaits a bail detention hearing. On Sept. 5, 2016, the New Jersey State Police Marine Services Bureau responded to a serious boat crash on Greenwood Lake in West Milford where a 2003 18-foot Bayliner boat -- owned by Edwin Lane of West Milford -- was st…

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by Cecilia Levine
Danbury, CT
Obituaries
Victim Of Fatal Candlewood Lake Accident Was Beloved Teacher Victim Of Fatal Candlewood Lake Accident Was Beloved Teacher
Victim Of Fatal Candlewood Lake Accident Was Beloved Teacher The victim of a fatal boating accident on Candlewood Lake in New Fairfield was a beloved middle school teacher and a single mother of two. Wanda Tirado, 38, of Waterbury, was fatally injured when she was swimming near Squantz Cove late Tuesday afternoon. A teacher at St. Mary"s School in Waterbury, Tirado taught both math and science, school officials said.  "Everyone who knew Ms. Tirado knows how much she loved her students and knows that she would have done anything for them," said the school officials in a statement. "We ask that you keep her daughters, Amanda and Da…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Female Swimmer In Critical Condition After Squantz Pond Boating Accident Female Swimmer In Critical Condition After Squantz Pond Boating Accident
Female Swimmer In Critical Condition After Squantz Pond Boating Accident Click here for an updated story: Female Swimmer Dies From Injuries Suffered In Candlewood Lake Accident A swimmer was transported to a local hospital in critical condition following a boating accident at Squantz Pond on Candlewood Lake, according to state officials. Chris Collibee, with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said the female swimmer was injured during a boating accident around 3 p.m. Tuesday in New Fairfield. "We (DEEP) are still investigating the sequence of events that led to the swimmer's injuries," Collibee said.  This is a developing story.…

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by Kathy Reakes