A portion of Route 137 in Pound Ridge is now renamed in honor of a local veteran who died while deployed overseas.

State officials unveiled the new road sign yesterday in front of family members and friends of Marine Capt. Eric Jones, of Pound Ridge.

Jones' mother Cindy says she is touched by the support. "For us, Eric will always be with us and the pain will always be there, but knowing that the town and the State of New York has honored our son is far beyond anything we ever dreamed of for our son."

Capt. Jones was a graduate of Fox Lane High School. He served two tours in Iraq before being deployed to Afghanistan, where he was killed in a helicopter collision during a combat mission in 2009. He was 29.