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Dutchess Community College Students Will See Cost Of Tuition Rise DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - Dutchess Community College students will see an increase in tuition next year following the approval Monday of the college's budget by the Dutchess County Legislature. Under the new budget, tuition will increase by $168 annually. The college’s 2017-18 budget is up 1 percent from the current $66.1 million, causing the four percent rise in tuition. The budget also calls for a $1 million increase in the county’s contribution to the college, with the county kicking in $14,537,898 to the school. Even with the increase, the school will continue to have the lowest communi…

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07/12/2017

Politics

Lowey Joins Rockland Meals On Wheels For Deliveries ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Congresswoman Nita Lowey rode along with Meals on Wheels of Rockland for deliveries Monday to highlight meal services that could be eliminated if Congressional Republicans enact President Donald Trump's budget proposals. “I’ll fight the cuts President Trump proposed to Meals on Wheels because letting our seniors go hungry just isn’t an option,” said Lowey, (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester). “It makes economic sense to invest in these programs that support seniors in their own homes and keep them out of the hospital, where one day costs the same as one year of Meals on W…

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07/12/2017

Neighbors

Suffern Police Selling T-Shirts To Benefit Family Of Fallen Nypd Officer ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn is at it again -- selling T-shirts. It's not something the longtime chief likes to do, but he does it every time a police officer loses their life in the line of duty to help the ones left behind. He has raised thousands of dollars by selling T-shirts for many families, and although it's a great cause, it's also sad because if Osborn is selling T-shirts it means another officer has fallen. This is the fifth time Osborn has sold T-shirts since December 2014. This time, Osborn, along with some of his colleagues, will be selling T…

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07/12/2017

Police & Fire

Police Investigate Shooting At Town Of Poughkeepsie Route 9 Hotel This story has been updated. DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- An unidentified person shot Tuesday at the Poughkeepsie Inn on South Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie received non-life threatening injuries, according to police. The incident, which occurred around 1:54 p.m. at the hotel at 2625 South Road, is still under investigation as police try to determine the cause and exact location of the incident, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Ken Roman. The victim was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital, he added. "There is no reason to believe that there exists an ongoing public safety ris…

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07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Person Shot At Poughkeepsie Inn, Police Say This story has been updated. DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- An unidentified person shot Tuesday at the Poughkeepsie Inn on South Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie received non-life threatening injuries, according to police. The incident, which occurred around 1:54 p.m. at the hotel at 2625 South Road, is still under investigation as police try to determine the cause and exact location of the incident, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Ken Roman. The victim was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital, he added. "There is no reason to believe that there exists an ongoing public safety ris…

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07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Hillsdale Driver Charged With Vehicular Assault For Crash That Injured 5 HILLSDALE, N.J.-- Five people were injured during a vehicle crash on Sunday when a Hillsdale man driving drunk crossed over a yellow line and slammed head-on into another car in Pearl River, said the Orangetown Police. Kevin Thompson, 27, of Hillsdale, N.J., who is hospitalized with serious injuries, was charged with felony vehicular assault, felony driving without a license, and DWI, following the crash which occurred around 5;45 p.m. on West Washington Ave., said Capt. Don Butterworth. According to police, the five people injured included Thompson, a passenger in his car, and three occupa…

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07/11/2017

News

16 New York Service Members Dead In Mississippi Plane Crash Sixteen service members who died on Monday when a Marine Corps plane crashed in Mississippi were based out of Stewart Air National Guard Base in the Hudson Valley Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. The plane, a KC-130, crashed around 4 p.m. Monday in Leflore County, Miss., the military said on Tuesday. "The crew and passengers consisted of 15 Marines and one Navy Corpsman," the Marines said in a statement. "Equipment on board included various small arms ammunition and personal weapons." The identities of the personnel, all based in Stewart in Newburgh in Orange Count…

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07/11/2017

News

Plane In Crash That Killed 16 Based Out Of Hudson Valley Click here for an updated story: Ramapo HS Grad, 26, Among 15 Marines Killed In Crash Original report: Sixteen service members who died on Monday when a Marine Corps plane crashed in Mississippi were based out of Stewart Air National Guard Base in the Hudson Valley Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. The plane, a KC-130, crashed around 4 p.m. Monday in Leflore County, Miss., the military said on Tuesday. "The crew and passengers consisted of 15 Marines and one Navy Corpsman," the Marines said in a statement. "Equipment on board included various small arms ammunition and p…

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07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Woman Seriously Injured In Two-Car Town Of Poughkeepsie Crash DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 27-year-old Pleasant Valley woman was seriously injured in a two-car crash that resulted in an hours-long closure of Haight Avenue in the Town of Poughkeepsie on Monday, according to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police. The crash occurred at 1:42 p.m. on Haight Avenue (eastbound arterial) at the intersection with Raymond Avenue when a 2017 box truck, driven by a 61-year-old Hopewell Junction man was traveling eastbound in the center lane when he slammed into the woman's 2007 Scion, that was traveling southbound on Raymond Avenue in the right lane, police said. The inj…

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07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Wappingers Falls Man Nabbed With Loaded Firearm, Pot In Beacon Beacon police nabbed a Wappingers Falls man Thursday after officers uncovered marijuana and a loaded firearm from his vehicle, according to Beacon police. Cody Telford, 24, was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon, along with a misdemeanor charge for the marijuana and traffic citations, Detective Sgt. Jason Johnson said. A routine traffic stop on Main Street led to the discovery of the pot and firearm, Johnson said. Telford is being held at the Dutchess County Jail on $2,500 cash or $5,000 bond.

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07/11/2017

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