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Arthur George, East Fishkill Emergency Responder, 68
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. -- Arthur "Artie" Richard George, 68, an area resident since 1997, and longtime East Fishkill emergency responder, died Wednesday at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne.
He previously lived in Carmel, Yonkers, and the Bronx.
Born in the Bronx on Dec. 14, 1948, he was the son of the late Arthur and Winnifred (Kernan) George. George worked as an electrician for Local 3 IBEW in Queens for 30 years until his retirement in 1999.
George was a dedicated volunteer of the Stormville Fire Company of the East Fishkill Fire District since 1998, where he spent countless hours d…
Charles 'Chuck' Flickinger, Longtime Lake Carmel Firefighter, 56
CARMEL, N.Y. -- Charles “Chuck” Flickinger, 56, of Lake Carmel, died Sunday following a long battle with cancer.
Flickinger, born on April 10, 1960, to Charles and Joan (Markham) Flickinger, Sr., in Middletown, Conn., served with the U.S. Marines from 1978 to 1982 and was a lifetime member of the Lake Carmel Fire Department.
Married to Charlotte Berwind since 1996, Flickinger worked as a registered nurse at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers.
Flickinger sought to serve wherever help was needed including helping to rebuild Homestead, Fla., after Hurricane Andrew, the recovery effort…
22-Year-Old Victim In Fatal Route 44 Crash In Poughkeepsie ID'd
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Andrew V. Davis, 22, of Poughkeepsie, was killed Tuesday when he lost control of his car on Federal Road 44, crossed the double yellow line and slammed into another vehicle in oncoming traffic, according to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department.
An investigation by the department's Traffic Enforcement Unit found that Davis was traveling westbound in a 2006 Volkswagon at 1:50 p.m. when he lost control and hit a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder, operated by a 68-year-old male, with a 68-year-old female passenger, both from Millbrook, according to Capt. Kenneth Roman.
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