Valley News Dispatch

New Kensington honors first responders for recent efforts to save lives

Brian C. Rittmeyer
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Brian C. Rittmeyer | Tribune-Review
New Kensington Mayor Tom Guzzo (center) swears in police officer Christian Leonarski (right) as police Chief Bob Deringer looks on during a city council meeting on Monday, April 4. Leonarski was one of three new officers sworn in that night. Leonarski, Officer Jerry Hobeck and assistant fire Chief B.J. Kersey received commendations from the city for trying to save Angel Gray from a house fire on Fourth Avenue on March 6. Gray, 49, did not survive.
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Brian C. Rittmeyer | Tribune-Review
Butch Hurley (left), an employee of The Lighthouse Marina, shakes New Kensington Mayor Tom Guzzo’s hand on Monday after Guzzo commended him and city first responders for their efforts saving a woman who had jumped from the Ninth Street bridge into the Allegheny River on March 18.

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