Dee Schmitz News Today

Tafari Campbell was not wearing a lifejacket and did not tether his leg to his paddleboard, Massachusetts police say.

Mystery remains around the death of 45-year-old Tefari Campbell. He drowned in only eight feet of water, around 100 feet from the shore.

GREENWOOD LAKE – The sight of dozens of Santa costume-donning residents pushing along on paddle boards for two hours on a three-mile loop may seem absurd. But it has both a higher purpose and a deeper meaning, say those who participate. Santapoloozza  raises food and money — either constitute the price of entry — for the Greenwood Lake Food Pantry. And the event typifies how a community can feel like a family, said Michelle “Micki” Lees. Lees, the owner of Jersey Paddle Boards in ...