Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington
Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington Longtime Westchester resident Frank C. Dotolo died in Sebastian, FL on May 6. He was a resident of Vero Beach, FL at the time of his death.  Frank was born on July 26, 1948 to Frank and Marie Dotolo in Irvington. Frank attended Immaculate Conception School in Irvington and was a 1966 graduate of Archbishop Stepinac High School.  He attended Westchester Community College and received training as a commercial artist. His career was interrupted when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served a tour of duty in Vietnam as a gunner’s mate on a Swift Boat and was subsequently awarded a Purp…
Manchester: Nanotechnology Firm Among 33 New Business Registrations Filed in June Manchester: Nanotechnology Firm Among 33 New Business Registrations Filed in June
Manchester: Nanotechnology Firm Among 33 New Business Registrations Filed in June A nanotechnology research and development firm and a machinery manufacturer are among the 30-plus new businesses that registered in Manchester this June. The nanotech firm is called T.R.E.E. Metals and it is owned by husband and wife, Eric March, Jr., and Dina March, according to a corporate filing with the state. The Marches were in the news a few years ago when the community came together to support Eric March, a U.S. Navy veteran who underwent a round of difficult surgeries in 2015. A bakery, several beauty salons and retailers as well as home remodelers also registered to do business …
Longtime Hillsdale Resident Larry Loeffler, 90 Longtime Hillsdale Resident Larry Loeffler, 90
Longtime Hillsdale Resident Larry Loeffler, 90 Lawrence Edgar Loeffler formerly of Hillsdale died March 16. He was 90 years old. Born June 8, 1929, Loeffler was raised in Oakmont, PA by Emil “Dutch” and Hilda Loeffler, along with identical twin Emil and sister Louise.  He and his brother started working at an early age with their father at the Oakmont Country Club, where Dutch was the greenskeeper and Pro. Larry graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in Civil Engineering. He enlisted in 1952 in the US Navy and served on the USS Perry as Chief Engineer. In 1958 he joined the Active Naval Reserves and retired as a Commander i…
Maywood Hall Of Famer Thomas Wright, 93, Dies Maywood Hall Of Famer Thomas Wright, 93, Dies
Maywood Hall Of Famer Thomas Wright, 93, Dies TRIBUTE: Longtime Maywood local theater writer and director Tom Wright died at a Bergen County nursing home this past week of what loved ones said was complications from the coronavirus. The Bronx-born Thomas James Wright, who would have turned 94 this Thursday, was a mainstay in Maywood, where he relished writing and directing of shows for charitable organizations, including the Our Lady Queen of Peace Church CYO and several other churches in Bergen County. He coordinated performances for more than 65 years, including last fall, with the Maywood Senior Citizens and the “Country Supper” a…
Hospitals Increasingly Pressed For Space By Coronavirus: HUMC Converts Cafeteria, Pediatric ER Hospitals Increasingly Pressed For Space By Coronavirus: HUMC Converts Cafeteria, Pediatric ER
Hospitals Increasingly Pressed For Space By Coronavirus: Humc Converts Cafeteria, Pediatric ER Although the worst of the coronavirus pandemic isn’t expected in the U.S. for another two weeks, hospitals are already scrambling to find space to treat those infected. Hackensack University Medical Center is converting its cafeteria into a unit for more than 70 patients, health care workers said Monday. Nearly a dozen other units in the hospital have been converted for treating coronavirus patients – as has the pediatric emergency room, they said. Pediatric emergency room patients were being moved to another building. Room for COVID-19 patients is plaguing hospitals throughout the countr…
COVID-19: Trump Considers Enforced Quarantine For Parts Of NY, CT, NJ COVID-19: Trump Considers Enforced Quarantine For Parts Of NY, CT, NJ
Covid-19: Trump Considers Enforced Quarantine For Parts Of NY, CT, NJ Click here for an updated story - COVID-19: Enforced Quarantine For Parts Of NY, CT, NJ Will 'Not Be Necessary,' Trump Says President Donald Trump said he may order the enforcement of a quarantine for parts of the New York, Connecticut, New Jersey tristate area most affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Trump called it a 14-day "forced quarantine" for residents in portions of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. He did not reveal all the areas that may be covered. Related Story: COVID-19: Suburban, Vacation Spots Tell NYC Residents To Stay Away During Pandemic "I'm c…
COVID-19: 7,377 New Reported Cases Statewide; Cuomo Asks FEMA For Four More Temporary Hospitals COVID-19: 7,377 New Reported Cases Statewide; Cuomo Asks FEMA For Four More Temporary Hospitals
Covid-19: 7,377 New Reported Cases Statewide; Cuomo Asks FEMA For Four More Temporary Hospitals There have been 7,377 more confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York, bringing the total statewide to 44,635, tops in the nation. New York remains the state most plagued by the virus, with 44,635 cases that resulted in 519 deaths, up from 385 the day before. New Jersey has the next most confirmed cases with 6,876, followed by California (4,060), Washington (3,208), and Michigan (2,878). Of the 44,635 positive cases, 6,481 are hospitalized, with 1,583 patients in ICU. Since the outbreak, 2,045 people who tested positive and were hospitalized have been discharged. New York G…
Retired 23-Year Police Chief In Bergen Finally Gets World War II Medals Retired 23-Year Police Chief In Bergen Finally Gets World War II Medals
Retired 23-Year Police Chief In Bergen Finally Gets World War II Medals More than seven decades after he served in World War II, a 92-year-old Bergen County native who served as a local police chief for 23 years received the medals he earned for his service in Okinawa. Thomas Simpson received his medals Monday at the Sunrise of Old Tappan assisted living facility – where lives with his wife of 70 years, Dorothy -- from U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer. There was the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Honorable Reserve Discharge Button and the Ruptured Duck Honorable Service Lapel Pin. The Congressman also …
Father Of 4-Year-Old South Jersey Boy Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot Charged Father Of 4-Year-Old South Jersey Boy Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot Charged
Father Of 4-Year-Old South Jersey Boy Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot Charged Authorities have jailed the father of a 4-year-old South Jersey boy who was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot earlier this month. Andrew Mack, a 31-year-old active duty member of the U.S. Navy, went to sleep with the loaded 9mm handgun next to him the night of Feb. 7, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Wednesday. Young Lincoln Mack picked up the gun and went into another room of their home in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, about five miles from Fort Dix, to play with his sister, the prosecutor said. He then pointed the weapon at himself and pulled the trigger…
WATCH: Sheriff's Program Provides Freedom To Bergen Police, Navy Vet Who Suffered Stroke WATCH: Sheriff's Program Provides Freedom To Bergen Police, Navy Vet Who Suffered Stroke
Watch: Sheriff's Program Provides Freedom To Bergen Police, Navy Vet Who Suffered Stroke Sometimes you don’t have to move heaven – just a little bit of earth -- to help someone in need. Retired Washington Township Police Capt. Joe Sacchi spent most of his adult life serving others while on the local force and in the U.S. Navy. So it was with immense respect and pride that a team of law enforcement officers united with a group of inmates to assist Sacchi, 81, who suffered a stroke several years ago. It had begun getting more difficult for Carol Sacchi to get her husband in and out of their home as they aged. But Township Police Sgt. Roy Scherer found the answer – as well as a…
Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ
Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ A former active-duty member of the U.S. Navy was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for illegally trafficking guns to a New Jersey couple – including one that ended up being fired on the street hours later. Tesora Amanda Cortes Trejorojas, 24, admitted in federal court in Newark last February that she bought the semi-automatic weapons at a store near her Norfolk, VA home for Azia Sinclair and Shyheim “Shy” Tyson of Newark. She entered the plea in exchange for the more lenient sentence -- all of which she must serve because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The so…
Pulitzer Prize Winner Robert Massie, Longtime Westchester Resident, Dies Pulitzer Prize Winner Robert Massie, Longtime Westchester Resident, Dies
Pulitzer Prize Winner Robert Massie, Longtime Westchester Resident, Dies An award-winning historian who called the Hudson Valley home for much of his life, died in his Westchester home. Robert K. Massie, an author and historian of Europe and pre-Revolutionary Russia, died in Irvington on Monday, Dec. 2. Massie, who was 90 years old, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at the time of his death. A Pulitzer Prize winner, Massie’s published books on Russian tzars that sold more than six million copies, including “Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman,” “Peter the Great,” and “Nicholas and Alexandra,” which he wrote when his son was diagnosed with hemophil…