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Elderly business owner dead following brutal robbery

Police in Port Jervis say a beloved 77-year-old shoemaker has died after being brutalized in a vicious robbery. The victim, Josef Kucher, owned Kucher's Shoe Sales and Repairs on Front Street. Kucher

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Nov 9, 2014, 10:26 PM

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