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Ex-Fire Department Treasurer Sent To Prison Tops Putnam News Ex-Fire Department Treasurer Sent To Prison Tops Putnam News
Ex-Fire Department Treasurer Sent To Prison Tops Putnam News PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Michael Klein, the former treasurer of the Mahopac Fire Department, was sentenced to 77 months (more than six years) in prison Wednesday for embezzling more than $5.7 million from the department and failing to report the income to the IRS. Click here to read the story.  Some others top stories of the week include (Click on the link to read the entire story): A 47-year-old Pawling man and former employee has been charged with stealing more than $250,000 from a cemetery in Carmel, state police announced Thursday morning following a months-long investigation. Gary Chadw…

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Dutchess Man Caught Stealing $250K From Cemetery Tops Week's News Dutchess Man Caught Stealing $250K From Cemetery Tops Week's News
Dutchess Man Caught Stealing $250K From Cemetery Tops Week's News DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A 47-year-old Pawling man and a former employee has been charged with stealing more than $250,000 from a cemetery in Carmel, state police announced Thursday morning following a months-long investigation. 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): A state award of up to $3 million to the City of Poughkeepsie announced Monday will help the city increase revenues while cutting costs at the same time. A woman whose body was pulled from the Hudson River Saturday morning committed suicide, acco…

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Woman's Palisades Mall Fourth-Floor Fatal Jump Tops Week's News Woman's Palisades Mall Fourth-Floor Fatal Jump Tops Week's News
Woman's Palisades Mall Fourth-Floor Fatal Jump Tops Week's News ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  Local officials are calling for increased barriers after a 57-year-old woman jumped to her death at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack early Monday afternoon. Click here to read the story. In other news this past week (Click on the link to read entire story): Nyack High School seniors will hold a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. Thursday to honor the memory of a fellow senior who died early in the day, resulting in the postponement of commencement exercises. It's officially summer. Time to head outdoors and enjoy a slice of sunshine with your entree (or cocktail).…

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Garnerville Man Driving Erratically Charged With DWI, Police Say Garnerville Man Driving Erratically Charged With DWI, Police Say
Garnerville Man Driving Erratically Charged With DWI, Police Say ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Garnerville man was charged Sunday with DWI after he was spotted driving erratically, according to  Stony Point Police. Tomas Rivera, 74, faces two counts of DWI and consumption of an alcoholic beverage in a vehicle after officers received information of a person driving erratically on Cinder Road just after midnight, police said. Minutes later, officers were able to locate Rivera, and when stopped he was slow to respond to officer's orders to put the car in park. In addition, officers found an open beer in a cup holder during the stop.  Rivera was processed and …

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Officials Call For Barriers After Palisades Center Mall Fatal Jump Officials Call For Barriers After Palisades Center Mall Fatal Jump
Officials Call For Barriers After Palisades Center Mall Fatal Jump ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  Local officials are calling for increased barriers after a 57-year-old woman jumped to her death at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack early Monday afternoon. Clarkstown police confirmed on Wednesday that the woman jumped from the fourth-floor to commit suicide, said Sgt. JoAnne Fratianni. The unidentified woman is the sixth person to commit suicide at the mall since 2005.  Mitch Saul, an off-duty Orangetown EMT and auxiliary police officer for Orangetown, was on the second-floor escalator when the woman jumped. He said the sound of the woman's body hitting t…

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Town Of Fishkill Teams Up To Build Breakneck Ridge Trail Connector Town Of Fishkill Teams Up To Build Breakneck Ridge Trail Connector
Town Of Fishkill Teams Up To Build Breakneck Ridge Trail Connector Hikers will soon have a new trail to traverse with the approval of a new lease by the MTA to the Town of Fishkill to build a three-quarter-mile hiking trail connecting the MTA's Breakneck Ridge Station to the trailhead of the Breakneck Ridge Trail in Hudson Highlands State Park, straddling Dutchess and Putnam counties. The new trail will be located between New York State Route 9D and Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line and serve as the first section of the proposed Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, a roughly seven-mile trail that will link the Village of Cold Spring and the City of Beacon. Metro…

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Route 45 Reckless Driving Stop Results In Man's Third DWI Charge Route 45 Reckless Driving Stop Results In Man's Third DWI Charge
Route 45 Reckless Driving Stop Results In Man's Third DWI Charge ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A man with two previous DWI convictions was charged with a third after being stopped Saturday by Rockland County Sheriff's deputies for driving erratically. Robert Peterson, 41, of Rensselaer, was stopped around 5:25 a.m. when deputies noticed he was driving in an erratic manner with equipment violations on Route 45 in Hillcrest, sheriff's officials said. During the stop, deputies determined that Peterson was intoxicated. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving and felony DWI, police said. He is being held at the Rockland County Jail on $2,500 bail.  For…

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Police, Medical Examiner Investigating Nyack Teen's Death Police, Medical Examiner Investigating Nyack Teen's Death
Police, Medical Examiner Investigating Nyack Teen's Death ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  Instead of celebrating with tears of joy and whoops of celebration for completing 12 years of school, more than a 1,000 students, and family attended a candlelight vigil Thursday at Nyack High School to honor senior Kailana Koether, who died unexpectedly on Thursday. According to the Clarkstown Police, Koether, 17, who was on the swim and track team, died sometime during the night on Wednesday, or early Thursday morning, Officer Peter Walker said. Police responded to Koether's home around 10 a.m. Thursday at 2 Bexman Green in Upper Nyack after receiving a call for …

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Gabe Pressman, Legendary Newsman Who Worked In Westchester, Dies At 93 Gabe Pressman, Legendary Newsman Who Worked In Westchester, Dies At 93
Gabe Pressman, Legendary Newsman Who Worked In Westchester, Dies At 93 Gabe Pressman, the legendary television newsman whose career started as a cub reporter in Westchester before a half-century-long tenure at WNBC News 4, died Friday at the age of 93. "This is an incredibly sad day for the WNBC family. Gabe Pressman was a television icon who served our viewers for more than 50 years," Eric Lerner, WNBC president and general manager, said in a statement. "He was truly one of a kind and represented the very best in television news reporting. Gabe was still coming to work and thinking about the next story. He was a treasured colleague and friend to…

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Fireworks Spectacular Coming To Lewisboro Fireworks Spectacular Coming To Lewisboro
Fireworks Spectacular Coming To Lewisboro LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- Lewisboro is getting a jump on celebrating the Fourth of July with a fireworks spectacular on Saturday at Onatru Farm Park.The fun-filled evening sponsored by the town along with Mercedes-Benz of Goldens Bridge will include entertainment and fireworks.  Residents are invited to come early (gates open at 5 p.m.) and picnic. They're also reminded to bring blankets, chairs, and flashlights. The park is at 99 Elmwood Road, South Salem. Admission is $20 per car. Entertainment begins at 7 p.m. with the fireworks taking to the skies at 9:30 p.m. For information, click here.

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