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Police & Fire

Two Charged In Counterfeit-Money Scheme In Beacon BEACON, N. Y. -- Two people are facing forgery-related charges after Beacon police say they tried to use counterfeit money at Beacon businesses, according to The Poughkeepsie Journal reports.Beacon officers arrested Shatika Gorhan, 23, and Craig Roberts, 32, at about 8:43 p.m. Friday on Main Street, and found both in possession of counterfeit money, police said. They are each being held on $20,000 bond, or $10,000 cash, at the Dutchess County Jail, The Poughkeepsie Journal says. Police told The Poughkeepsie Journal that Gorhan is charged with first-degree criminal possession of a forged inst…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/11/2016

Police & Fire

Power Returns For Thousands In Hudson Valley After Squirrel Caper A squirrel traipsing through an electric transformer temporarily knocked out power Sunday to thousands of Orange & Rockland Utilities customers west of the Hudson River, according to News 12. The outage started Sunday morning, but power was back on by the afternoon to about 3,600 customers, News 12 says. In a separate but related issue, customers in Monroe reported a power outage Thursday and said it has become a growing problem in that area, News 12 reports. Click here to see the News 12 report.

by Amy Maciaszek

07/11/2016

Sports

Bronxville Native Mary Cain Competes For Chance At Olympics BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Bronxville native Mary Cain takes her shot at qualifying for the 2016 Olympics Sunday after narrowly making it into the 1,500-meter final on Friday at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., according to a report in lohud.com. Local fans can catch the Bronxville High School graduate running at 8 p.m. Sunday on NBC. She'll have to go up against a tough field of competition, including Shannon Rowbury, who holds the U.S. record, lohud.com reports. Cain, 20, who turned pro at 17, holds a record for the fastest time ever run by an American high school student in the …

by Amy Maciaszek

07/10/2016

Police & Fire

Bardonia Man Faces Drug, License Charges After Suffern Traffic Stop SUFFERN, N. Y. -- A 38-year-old Bardonia man is facing criminal charges after Suffern police stopped his car on Clinton Place in Suffern and later found prescription drugs, police said.The man was charged with driving with a suspended registration and possession of a controlled substance, police said. He was released pending a future court date, police said. Officer Andrew Yorke stopped the car after being alerted to the suspended license by a license plate reader, police said. Police saw a clear bag in the car, then found more prescription pills with the help of the K-9 unit, police said.

by Amy Maciaszek

07/10/2016

Obituaries

'Killing Fields' Journalist Sydney Schanberg Dies In Hudson Valley POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. -- Sydney H. Schanberg, who earned a place in history with his chronicles of war-torn Cambodia in the 1970s for The New York Times, died Saturday in Poughkeepsie, The New York Times reported. He was 82.Schanberg, a foreign correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in Cambodia that continued even after most other Western journalists fled the war zone, suffered a heart attack Tuesday, The New York Times said. A Harvard-educated journalist known for his tenacious quest to capture the suffering during Cambodia's civil war and ultimate fall to the Khmer Rouge, Schanb…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/10/2016

Obituaries

'Killing Fields' Journalist Sydney Schanberg Dies In Hudson Valley POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. -- Sydney H. Schanberg, who earned a place in history with his chronicles of war-torn Cambodia in the 1970s for The New York Times, died Saturday in Poughkeepsie, The New York Times reported. He was 82.Schanberg, a foreign correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in Cambodia that continued even after most other Western journalists had fled the war zone, suffered a heart attack Tuesday, The New York Times said. A Harvard-educated journalist known for his tenacious quest to capture the suffering during Cambodia's civil war and ultimate fall to the Khmer Rouge, Sc…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/09/2016

News

Construction Worker Injured At Wilton's Miller-Driscoll School WILTON, CONN. -- A 50-year-old construction worker injured his ribs while working Thursday on the major renovation project at Miller-Driscoll School in Wilton, according to The Wilton Bulletin. Miller-Driscoll Building Committee members recently learned of the accident, which happened late in the afternoon Thursday when the steel worker was moving equipment and lost his balance. He was treated at Norwalk Hospital, The Wilton Bulletin reports. The estimated $43 million renovation project includes remodeled classrooms and a new preschool addition, among other things. Click here to see The W…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/09/2016

Lifestyle

River Vale's Jewish Home Offers Free Cyber Security Seminar RIVER VALE, N. J. -- The public is invited to a free program July 18 in River Vale that focuses on scams and indentity theft issues faced by senior citizens.Veronica Ross of Kearny Bank will present the seminar, titled "Indentifying and Avoiding Scams," at 11 a.m. July 18 in the theater in the Jewish Home Assisted Living facility, 685 Westwood Ave., River Vale. Ross is vice president/small business banker at Kearny Bank. The presentation was developed by the American Bankers Association and covers tips for avoiding common scams targeting senior citizens. The program also covers ti…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/09/2016

Police & Fire

Haverstraw Man Faces Charges After Trying To Flee Police HAVERSTRAW, N. Y. -- A 36-year-old Haverstraw man is facing assault and resisting arrest charges after he tried to flee Haverstraw police by running into a Garnerville house, then injured police as they tried to arrest him on charges of possessing stolen property, according to lohud.com. Donny Santana, of Broad Street, is being held in Rockland County Jail on felony charges of second-degree assault and resisting arrest. Police were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for possession of stolen property, lohud.com reports. Officers saw him on Bridge Street in Garnerville on July 1 w…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/08/2016

Police & Fire

Driver Charged After Accident Seriously Injures Pine Plains Man MILAN, N. Y. -- A 25-year-old Elizaville man is facing felony vehicular assault after the car he was driving struck a pole in the town of Milan on Thursday, critically injuring his passenger, a 25-year-Pine Plains man, Dutchess County Sheriff's Office officials said.Anthony Stoddard is charged with second-degree felony vehicular assault and misdemeanor driving while impaired by drugs. He was injured in the crash, along with a third passenger. After being treated in the hospital, Stoddard was released on appearance tickets for a future court date, officials said. Dutchess County officials sa…

by Amy Maciaszek

07/08/2016

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