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Community mourns girl in Bear Mountain State Park fall

The Putnam Valley community is mourning a teenager who fell 30 feet from a Bear Mountain State Park cliff, hitting her head. Kelly Cortesi, 16, died Wednesday morning after her three-day struggle in

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