Politics & Government
Portion Of Route 118 To Be Renamed In Yorktown
The road will honor the memory of Army Major Clayton Carpenter.
YORKTOWN, NY — A portion of Route 118 will be dedicated to the memory of a Lakeland High School graduate killed in a 2014 training mission at an Army airfield. The dedication ceremony honoring Major Clayton Carpenter will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 near the intersection of Routes 118 and 202.
The portion of the road will be renamed the “Army Major Clayton Carpenter Memorial Highway,” tapinto.net said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
He was killed Jan. 15, 2014 in a training-related incident in Savannah, GA at Hunter Army Airfield.
Find out what's happening in Yorktown-Somersfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
For more details, including the exact location of the memorial highway, read tapinto.net here.
Photo credit: Google Maps.
Find out what's happening in Yorktown-Somersfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
