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🌱 How a Valley Cottage dad’s commute ended in deadly bridge gunfire.

Valley Cottage, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Valley Cottage dad’s commute ended in deadly bridge gunfire.
  • Retired detective freed on bail in killing of Valley Cottage driver.

Also on today's calendar: Community Conversation about the Future of Healthcare: January 1 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why was the skeleton lonely? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 71 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 59, low: 37.
  • Wednesday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 59 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How an every day trip home turned into a deadly fit of road rage on the George Washington Bridge (nydailynews.com) — A Valley Cottage father and Con Edison technician was fatally shot in an alleged road rage incident on the George Washington Bridge while driving home to his family. The story details his move from Brooklyn to Rockland County, his close relationship with his wife and children, and relatives’ anger that the shooter, a retired NYPD detective, faces manslaughter rather than murder charges.
   

• Retired NYPD detective charged in George Washington Bridge killing out on $1M bail (gothamist.com) — Residents of Valley Cottage are learning that the retired NYPD detective accused of killing local ConEd worker Koran Irvine in a George Washington Bridge road rage shooting is now free on $1 million bail. Prosecutors say surveillance video shows the suspect tailgating Irvine before firing into his car; the charge has been reduced from murder to manslaughter, with another court date set this Tuesday.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I have a family members mail in prescriptions She passed away.
    I have gabapentin glipizide performing tricor zeros trulicity. I contacted OptumRX. They can’t take them back. It’s a shame that I have to dispose of… (Nextdoor Valley Cottage Orchards)
  • Gap posted a job opening for Retail Supervisor, Part Time - Palisades Center in West Nyack. Apply here.
  • Target posted a job opening for GM and Food (General Merchandise, Closing, Fulfillment, Inbound, Food and Beverage , Food Service, Starbucks) (T1083) in West Nyack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Valley Cottage here.

🗞 Nearby News

Nyack

  • Carson McCullers' Columbus: How a Local Writer Published Her First Novel at 23, and 14 Dates to Know (columbustimes.com)
  • 'Ali G' is Only Playing in Most Theaters Today and Tomorrow, Not Sunday Even Though It's Considered The Weekend: And In Helen Hayes' Old Hometown (showbiz411.com)
  • Rockland County Injury Firm Marks 45 Years with Website Rebuild and Plain-Language Legal Information (citybuzz.co)

West Nyack

New City

  • County Participating in Operation Green Light, Illuminating Buildings Nov 4-11 for Veterans (rocklanddaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the skeleton lonely?" — He had no body to play with. (Thank you Margie S. for sending it in!)
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