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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Cal Cosman’s final call
Past Marlboro fire chief is laid to rest
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week the Marlborough Town
Board approved a cooperative agreement
with the Ulster Regional Gang
Enforcement Narcotics Team [URGENT].
By approving this annual agreement
one Marlborough Police Officer will be
assigned to work in a specialized unit “to
investigate gang members and affiliates
involved in criminal enterprises as well
as investigate narcotic related offenses
and the possession and sale of illegal
firearms in Ulster County.”
Marlborough Police Chief Gerald
Cocozza said the town has the choice of
how many officers to appoint to the Task
Force but presently they have one officer
who is assigned to the team.
“Two days a week, regular schedule,
he goes to Kingston and does whatever
the URGENT Task force needs,” Cocozza
said. He added that the officer is paid
his regular salary by the Town of
Marlborough.
“The advantage to it is that if we have
an issue or problem or maybe we don’t
even know we have an issue but they do,
they will send people here to deal with
that issue or problem,” Cocozza said.
Cocozza said the team deals with more
than drug related issues.
“They help with a lot of different
things where we need extra manpower,
their expertise, their equipment, so it’s
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Photos by Mark Reynolds
Ruthann says a final farewell to her husband Cal Cosman
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last Wednesday Marlboro native
G. Calvin Cosman took his last call,
accompanied by family, relatives, friends
and fellow firefighters. He passed away
on January 19 at the age of 91. A Mass of
Christian Burial was held at St. Mary’s
Church in Marlboro, officiated by Rev.
Thomas K. Dicks, followed by burial
with full Military Honors at Cedar Hill
Cemetery in Newburgh.
Rev. Dicks recalled that during Cal’s
illness he received a phone call from
Cal’s wife Ruthann while he was visiting
his own mother in Staten Island. She
informed him that Cal was not doing
too well and perhaps he could stop by
when he arrived home. Rev. Dicks did
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so, ministered to Cal and he passed away
about thirty minutes later.
Cosman was born in 1926, the year
plans were unveiled for the construction
of the George Washington Bridge, the
Army Air Corps was established by
Congress, the Book of the Month Club
was organized, the Pittsburgh Pirates
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