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May 15, 2021 at 8:00 AM
ROXBURY, NJ A Roxbury police chief who was killed in a 1929 motorcycle accident is among the law enforcement officers honored this week for losing their lives in the line of duty.
On the rainy night of April 11, 1929, former Roxbury Police Chief Fred Plumstead died while riding his town-issued 1927 Harley-Davidson police cycle home from a court appearance in Newark, according to his obituary.
Plumstead, a 29-year-old Kenvil resident and father of five young daughters, couldn’t stop in time to avoid a truck stopped on a road in Mine Hill while its operator worked on its lights, said the obituary.
New York Poised To Expand Voting Rights As Other States Suppress Them
arrow At P.S. 93 in Brooklyn on November 3, 2020 Scott Lynch / Gothamist
Voters across New York State will have the chance to fundamentally expand voting access this fall when two state constitutional amendments appear on the ballot: one would establish same-day voter registration and the other would allow for no-excuse absentee ballots.
The November referendums are the final step, according to state law, to amending the constitution. They follow the passage by the New York State Assembly on Tuesday of both resolutions, for the second time. The State Senate also approved the proposals twice in consecutive sessions.
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The body of missing Drew University student Ajay Sah, 22, was found in the Anchorage Channel in Brooklyn, said the Morris County Prosecutor s Office.
The New York Police Department found the body on March 9, but was unable to confirm the identity. The department contacted the Morris County Prosecutor s office last week and confirmed Sah s identity.
Sah, a junior, was last seen taking a train into New York City on Jan.19 at around 11 p.m.
“The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office extends its condolences to the Sah family for their loss, said Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll. The circumstances of this disappearance were challenging, however, were investigated thoroughly by the MCPO, Madison Police Department and its law enforcement partners.