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Hiker Suffers Head Injury In Fall Off Trail In Dover, Police Say Hiker Suffers Head Injury In Fall Off Trail In Dover, Police Say
Hiker Suffers Head Injury In Fall Off Trail In Dover, Police Say A man was injured while hiking in Dover on Tuesday in the Stone Church Lane area, according to the New York State Police. The man fell from a trail around 12:26 p.m. and sustained a head injury, said Trooper Melissa McMorris. The unidentified man was transported to Westchester Medical Center with a laceration to his head, she added. The state police were assisted by Northern Dutchess paramedics and JH Ketcham Hose Company.  Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Sloatsburg Man Found Dead In Ramapo River, Police Say Sloatsburg Man Found Dead In Ramapo River, Police Say
Sloatsburg Man Found Dead In Ramapo River, Police Say This story has been updated. A 51-year-old man was found dead Tuesday in the Ramapo River around noon, according to the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Numerous police departments were on the scene off Waldron Terrace, behind the I-87 Thruway rest stop within the Eleanor Burlingham Memorial County Park, a 45-acre nature preserve in Sloatsburg Village. The Thiells Fire Departments responded to the scene with its new underwater search & rescue truck as well as the Stony Point Fire Department to assist the Sloatsburg Fire Department. Police know the man's identity but have not made it …

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Fox In Mahopac Attack Tests Positive For Rabies Fox In Mahopac Attack Tests Positive For Rabies
Fox In Mahopac Attack Tests Positive For Rabies A gray fox that attacked a Mahopac woman on Saturday and then chased her inside her home has tested positive for rabies, the Putnam County Department of Health told Daily Voice on Tuesday afternoon. Barbara Ilardi, the spokeswoman for the department, said it received the results Tuesday morning: "As expected, the fox tested positive for rabies." The woman began undergoing rabies treatments right after the attack due to the number of rabid animals found recently in that area, county health officials said. The attack occurred around 5:45 p.m. Saturday when the woman was in the yard…

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Rocklander Celebrates Her 101st Birthday Rocklander Celebrates Her 101st Birthday
Rocklander Celebrates Her 101st Birthday ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A lucky Rockland resident not only reached her 101st birthday, she was also presented with the county's Award of Excellence, by Rockland County Executive Ed Day. During the special celebrations for Laura Nochomovits at the Northern Metropolitan Nursing Home in Monsey,  family, friends and fellow residents gathered to celebrate, including four generations of her family.

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Man Nabbed After Scamming Yonkers Grandmother Of $10K, Police Say Man Nabbed After Scamming Yonkers Grandmother Of $10K, Police Say
Man Nabbed After Scamming Yonkers Grandmother Of $10K, Police Say WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- An elderly Westchester grandmother was robbed of $10,000 by telephone scammers who told her that her grandson had been arrested in the Dominican Republic, Yonkers police said. The 75-year-old woman received the first call from the scammers telling her the grandson was in jail and she needed to go to the Western Union and wire $980 to bail him out, said Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. The woman did so, but shortly after she received another call and was told the judge was mad the money was late and told her to send another $965, Politopoulos said.  This time the woman we…

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Police: Poughkeepsie Man Caught With Meth After Suspicious Vehicle Check Police: Poughkeepsie Man Caught With Meth After Suspicious Vehicle Check
Police: Poughkeepsie Man Caught With Meth After Suspicious Vehicle Check DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Poughkeepsie man was nabbed Saturday for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop, police said.Ian Woerner-Blumer, 24, was arrested by the Ulster Police Department police after they received a report around 10 a.m. of a suspicious vehicle on private property on Route 9W, police said. When officers responded, the vehicle had left the area, but was later located in a parking lot in the Town of Saugerties, police said. During an investigation, officers found a pipe containing methamphetamine and a small amount of marijuana, police added. Woerner-Blumer…

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Tree Brings Down Power Lines, Igniting Fire In Valley Cottage Tree Brings Down Power Lines, Igniting Fire In Valley Cottage
Tree Brings Down Power Lines, Igniting Fire In Valley Cottage ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A downed tree has closed Christian Herald Road in Valley Cottage for at least the next two hours as Orange & Rockland Utilities work to replace a transformer and downed lines, police said. The large tree, which came down around 3:45 p.m., sparked a small brush fire as the wires and transformer landed in the roadway and nearby brush. The fire has been extinguished.  The Valley Cottage Fire Department and Clarkstown Police Department are on the scene monitoring traffic. The road is closed between Route 303 and Storms Road.  Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Police: Teen Stabbed After Leaving Yonkers Party May Have Known Attackers Police: Teen Stabbed After Leaving Yonkers Party May Have Known Attackers
Police: Teen Stabbed After Leaving Yonkers Party May Have Known Attackers WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 17-year-old Yonkers resident was stabbed and robbed on Thursday on his way home from a party, police said. Officers responding to the attack in the vicinity of Prospect Street at Riverdale Avenue around 10:30 p.m.,  found the teen on the sidewalk with numerous stab wounds, said Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. Officers rendered aid pending the arrival of EMS as the victim related information to the officers; he was then transported to a local area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, Politopoulos said. Results from the preliminary investigation foun…

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ID Released For DWI Driver In Ramapo Crash That Caused Power Outage ID Released For DWI Driver In Ramapo Crash That Caused Power Outage
ID Released For DWI Driver In Ramapo Crash That Caused Power Outage This story has been updated.ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Spring Valley man who police say was driving drunk and caused an hours-long power outage in Ramapo after he crashed into a utility pole around 9:20 p.m. Sunday, bringing down power lines on top of his box truck. Following the crash, Orange and Rockland Utilities responded and shut off power to the wires. The Spring Valley and South Spring Valley Fire Departments then extricated the driver, Wojciech Niespodziewanski, 34, from the vehicle. He was charged with felony DWI, police said. More than 300 residences were without power following …

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Woman Begins Rabies Shots Following Mahopac Fox Attack Woman Begins Rabies Shots Following Mahopac Fox Attack
Woman Begins Rabies Shots Following Mahopac Fox Attack A Mahopac woman has begun undergoing rabies treatments after being bitten by a fox who attacked her outside home on Saturday, according to the Putnam County Department of Health. Although the official rabies tests will not be complete until Tuesday, officials said that because they have had several rabid animals in that area, the decision was made to start treatments, said Barbara Ilardi, spokeswoman for the department. The attack occurred around 5;45 p.m. Saturday when the woman was in the yard of her home on Agor Lane, said officials with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. The woman was…

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