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Nanuet’s Roxanne Watson, Host of “Michael’s Gifts” Here on WRCR, Recruits 12,000th Organ Donor

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A Nanuet heart transplant recipient has crossed a major milestone. WRCR’s own Roxanne Watson last week, on Organ Donor Enrollment Day, signed up her 12,000th organ donor. LiveOnNY says that makes her the group’s leading New York recruiter. Yesterday on her show, “Michael’s Gifts,” Watson said it should have happened sooner…

Montefiore Nyack Hospital employee David Rodriguez was Roxanne’s number 12,000…

Rockland County Executive Ed Day stopped by the studio during Roxanne’s show yesterday to congratulate her on achieving the milestone…

Watson’s heart transplant was performed at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in 2010.

Ten year-old Boy Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash on Route 304 in Nanuet

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Several were taken to area hospitals last night, and one was killed, after a two-vehicle crash in Nanuet. Clarkstown Police Detective Norman Peters says the accident involved a Toyota Sienna minivan and a Ford F-150 pickup truck, and occurred around 6:15 at the intersection of Route 304 and West Nyack Road…

Police say a ten year-old boy, a passenger in the minivan, died of his injuries at the hospital, his identity is being withheld as his family is still being notified. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined. If you saw the accident, call Clarkstown Police at 845-639-5800.

Pearl River Crash Victim ID’d, New City Motorcyclist Killed Monday

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Orangetown Police say a 25 year-old New City man died after he crashed his motorcycle into a guardrail in Pearl River Monday night. Police say Christopher Taussi was heading north at 10:45 p.m. when the crash occurred on Route 304 near Hillside Avenue. If you saw the accident, call Orangetown Police at 845-359-3700. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses.

Rockland Loses Three More to COVID-19

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COVID continues to take Rockland lives, the death count is up three since Monday with a total 988 fatalities. We’ve got 21 hospitalized with coronavirus and 895 active cases, that’s a drop of more than 100.

Two Thruway Bridge Replacement Projects in Ramapo Near Completion

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After nearly five months, two State Thruway bridge replacement projects in Ramapo are nearing completion. The Scotland Hill Road overpass in Chestnut Ridge and College Road in Monsey needed to be replaced for wear-and-tear and being struck several times from trucks traveling on the Thruway underneath. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says the projects are near-complete…

The original Scotland Hill Road bridge was built in 1953, and College Road in 1956. Both new bridges will be two feet higher than their predecessors.