6 high school students getting O’Grady-Brown college scholarships
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My colleague Steve Lieberman reports that…
Nyack — Six high school seniors will share $5,000 in college scholarships on Saturday through a fund named for two Nyack officers murdered in the line of duty.The O’Grady-Brown Scholarship Awards breakfast starts at 10 a.m. at the Nyack Seaport. The keynote speaker will be Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe.
The college scholarship fund was established in 1990 in memory of Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown.
Each year the fund awards scholarships to college-bound students who say they plan on careers in law enforcement, South Nyack-Grand View Police Chief Robert Van Cura said. He chairs the scholarship committee’s executive board.
Van Cura said the recipients of $1,000 scholarships this year are:
– James H. Rahill of Stony Point and Don Bosco Prep High School. – Michael B. Kelley of Pearl River and Pearl River High School. – Pamela Samoylo of Valley Cottage and Nyack High School. – Terrence Ambrose of Pearl River and Pearl River High School.Receiving $500 scholarships:
– Charnell N. Neptune of Spring Valley and Ramapo High School. – John Coyle of Sparkill and Tappan Zee High School.Read more about this story tomorrow in The Journal News.
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