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Rose Valley

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Home Destroyed by Fire Demolished

Crews have taken down a Russell Drive home ravaged by a late October fire.

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Rose Valley Residents Flooded by Storm

Some residents of Upper Southampton's Rose Valley section suffered heavy damage after flood waters from Irene hit their homes.

The flood waters had receded by Monday afternoon, but mud and debris still covered portions of Charles Street and Holly Drive in the township's Rose Valley section. The flood, which happened at the peak of Hurricane Irene, was many feet high, according to neighbors whose homes were damaged. Anna Malofiy, whose home is on the corner of Marian Avenue and Holly Drive, had water fill her basement and a nearly a foot of her first floor. "It was the worst it has ever been," said Malofiy. So bad, she says, the Southampton Fire Company was forced to come to help some residents escape their homes. "I feel asleep at like 10, and then later I woke to water touching my feet," said Walt Fox, who was rescued by firefighters. Fox, owns the home on Holly …

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