While we all get ready to celebrate the holidays with our loved ones at least two families in our area are trying to forget that this year there is a Christmas. The parents of Courtney Sipes, the 11 year old girl killed on Main St. in a horrendous hit and run and 15 year old Nicholas Svercel who died while riding his bicycle on 347 are not celebrating this year.
Those of us who live in this town and shuttle our own children to and from this areas can't help but stop and look at the memorials placed on these venues reminding us that a precious life was cut much too short. At this time of year, we all need to vow to Courtney and Nicholas that we will do try harder to make our town a safer place to live.
As a community we need to fix some things that are obviously broken. Perhaps we need re-examine the town speed limit, or move along the plans for Main St. No child should be mowed down in her own community or be afraid to cross a street. Perhaps we need to hire crossing guards as they do in the Hamptons to monitor the crosswalks on Main St. Perhaps we just all need to slow down.
We need to start a discussion as to how to stop this from happening again. We owe that to Courtney and Nicholas.
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