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K Reakes

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Neighbors

Dutchess Won't Be 'A Quiet Place' During Paramount Horror Movie Production Now Hudson Valley knows the name of the major motion picture that will lead to the closure of a road in Dutchess for nearly two months starting next week. "A Quiet Place," a supernatural horror film starring John Krasinski and his wife Emily Blunt, will result in the closure of West Dover Road in the towns of Dover and Pawling from Sept. 6 to Oct. 23 as the film is produced at Starkdale Farm. As reported on Friday by Daily Voice, a quarter-mile section of the road near Blackberry Road will be closed and a detour has been posted, redirecting traffic over Route 22 via Pleasant Ridg…

by K Reakes

08/28/2017

Police & Fire

Bicyclist Killed In Route 6 Crash ID'd As Doctor A bicyclist killed Friday on Route 6 near the Putnam/Westchester border has been identified as a 68-year-old doctor from Danbury, Conn., according to Putnam County Sheriff Donald Smith. David Eric Wellin, a well-known orthopedic surgeon, was bicycling westbound along Route 6, just east of Starr Ridge Road in Southeast at about 9:05 a.m. along the right-hand shoulder of the road and when he tried making a left turn across the roadway, when he crossed into the path of a car that was overtaking him from behind in the westbound lane of the road, said Capt. William McNamara. The car struck the b…

by K Reakes

08/28/2017

Schools

Felix Festa MS Taps Former Clarkstown Teacher As Secondary Principal ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Rockland native Michael St. John has been named the new secondary principal at a place he's very familiar with, the Felix Festa Middle School in the Clarkstown Central School District. St. John's return to Festa brings him back to the school where he began his employment in the district as a Social Studies teacher in 2003. “Felix Festa Middle School will be fortunate to have Dr. St. John provide leadership for students, teachers, staff, and parents,” said Marty Cox, CCSD superintendent of schools. “I have had the great opportunity to closely work with Dr. St. John d…

by K Reakes

08/28/2017

News

Fatal Wrong-Way Crash, New TZB Opening, Schools Threat Top Week's News WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Three stories topped the news in Westchester County for the week including: Additional details have emerged from Sunday’s early morning fatal crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway. Click here to read the entire story. More than one reference was made to the fact that "someone was looking down and smiling" at the more than 800 dignitaries, union workers and residents from Rockland and Westchester gathered on the cable-stayed area of the first span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge on Thursday, Aug. 24. Click here to read the entire story. An unspecified thr…

by K Reakes

08/27/2017

News

Double Murder/Suicide, Schools Threat Top Week's News WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- An apparent murder/double suicide occurred in Pound Ridge on Friday morning in which a husband apparently killed his wife and daughter, then himself. Click here to read the story. An unspecified threat targeting an unnamed Westchester school on Thursday does not "appear credible," according to county police. Click here to read the story. Some others top stories of the week include (Click on the link to read the entire story): The White Plains-based Holocaust and Human Rights Center was among organizations and officials to condemn an email by Westches…

by K Reakes

08/27/2017

News

Man Sentenced After Fleeing Porsche In Crash With Gun Tops Putnam News PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 36-year-old man with a criminal history was convicted of illegally possessing a loaded handgun after fleeing when he crashed his Porsche on the Taconic State Parkway, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Tuesday. Click here to read the entire story. Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the story): Hey, area cell phone users, sick and tired of not getting any reception during your travels? More than one reference was made to the fact that "someone was looking down and smiling" at the more than 8…

by K Reakes

08/27/2017

News

New TZB Opening, Fatal Crash Top Week's Rockland News ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Two stories topped the news for the week in Rockland County including the opening ceremony of the new Tappan Zee Bridge to a Rockland woman killed in a car crash. More than one reference was made to the fact that "someone was looking down and smiling" at the more than 800 dignitaries, union workers and residents from Rockland and Westchester gathered on the cable-stayed area of the first span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge on Thursday, Aug. 24. Click here to read the story. A Pomona woman who was killed in an early morning crash on Sunday on Route 45 has …

by K Reakes

08/27/2017

News

Missing Poughkeepsie Sailor Tops Week's News DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Corey George Ingram, a 28-year-old Poughkeepsie resident, is one of nine sailors missing following a collision between the USS John McCain and a merchant vessel in Singapore on Monday, Aug. 21. Click here to read the story. Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the story): Town of Poughkeepsie police are asking the public for help in identifying and locating a man who robbed the Trustco Bank on Wednesday. A City of Beacon man will spend the next 23 years in state prison after being sentenced Monday in Dutchess County Court …

by K Reakes

08/27/2017

Police & Fire

Man Found Asleep In Running Car Near School Charged With DWI In Stony Point ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 32-year-old Rockland man was charged with DWI after police found him asleep in a running car near a school on Route 210, said Stony Point police. Elvis Ortiz, of Garnerville, was charged with DWI and DWI refusal after police found him asleep near the Farley School on Route 210 in his vehicle with the engine running around 6:30 a.m. earlier this month, said Lt. Daniel Hylas. Ortiz was found when officers on patrol noticed a car at the exit road from the school. When they stopped, they found the engine running and in neutral. Officers reached in and turned off the i…

by K Reakes

08/26/2017

News

Car Fires Break Out At Walmart In White Plains WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Walmart shoppers got quite a scare on Wednesday night when the store was evacuated because of multiple vehicle fires in the store's parking garage in White Plains. Eight vehicles caught fire around 9:30 p.m. in the parking garage on the sixth-floor in the center of Lot P3, according to White Plains Fire Chief Rich Lyman. As firefighters used a ladder truck and pulled hoses through the garage, shoppers were evacuated in the event the fire spread, he said. The fire was contained within 30 minutes, he said. One firefighter was transported to the hospital from ex…

by K Reakes

08/26/2017

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