from 1945 to 1965. As a teen I met a German fellow who had the only gas station in Sparkill. His name was Horst Heinlein, known by everyone as Hans. Hans had been a Luftwaffe pilot in the war flying the ME109. He was shot down and captured. He escaped and got back to Germany to fly again. He was shot down again, and this time he was shipped to Camp Shanks, where he stayed until the war’s end when he was returned to Germany. He said he liked it here so much, he came back and settled in Sparkill and bought the station which he ran for years. He has since passed away. Good man.Ed BeachPleasant View, TNVia hvmag.com

In our Spa Week rundown (“Autumn Tune-up,” October), weAlfie, terminally ill British boy taken off life support, dies: Father The boy became a rallying point after a series of court rulings.

Alfie Evans, the terminally ill British child who gained international attention due to a series of court cases surrounding his removal from life support, has died, according to his family.

Thomas Evans, the father of 23-month-old Alfie, announced his son had died in a Facebook post at about 6 a.m. British time.

The post already had over 41,000 interactions and 23,000 shares within an hour of Thomas Evans' posting the news. Thomas wrote, "My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02:30."

Alfie suffered from a neurodegenerative disease that ravaged his brain and left him hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit in Liverpool since December