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04/20/2026: OLD BEDFORD RD LEWISBORO, Cross: PARK AVE, Type:BRUSH, default, Time out: 15:27:38 Area: GBRDG,Alarm lev: 0
The incident began at around 8:20 a.m. on Friday, April 10, when Goldens Bridge Deputy Fire Chief Robert Melillo was driving southbound on I-684 when he got a call from a fellow firefighter who had just been involved in a minor crash near Exit 6 in Katonah. Melillo headed to the scene, where two vehicles were pulled over on the narrow shoulder. While checking on those involved and using his emergency ... (Full Story & Photos)
Thirty years ago, Edward Brancati was asked to consider serving on the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Golden’s Bridge Fire District. Though he had never been a volunteer firefighter, his long record of community service and experience in high-level government roles made the decision an easy one.
Three decades later— including the last two as chairman of the board—Brancati was honored for a lifetime ... (Full Story & Photos)
Edward Brancati with daughter Allison, son Edward Jr., and State Senator Peter Harckham.
GOLDENS BRIDGE, N.Y. - This story brings new meaning to the phrase “a car that drives itself.”
Robert Melillo, deputy fire chief of the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department, was traveling northbound on Interstate 684 in a marked SUV when a vehicle pulled alongside him in the right lane well before the Katonah exit. The driver, a woman, frantically honked her horn and shouted that there might be something ... (Full Story)
The Golden’s Bridge Fire Department spent most of Saturday gearing up for the impending blizzard that forecasters say will drop heavy amounts of snow Sunday into Monday. As they did ahead of Winter Storm Fern less than a month ago, Golden’s Bridge firefighters are taking extraordinary readiness measures to be prepared for all emergencies during the latest storm heading our way.
