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Storyteller Jonathan Kruk Weaves Tales At Lindsey School Storyteller Jonathan Kruk Weaves Tales At Lindsey School
Storyteller Jonathan Kruk Weaves Tales At Lindsey School MONTROSE, N. Y. -- The youngest students at Frank G. Lindsey Elementary School in Montrose learned how stories can come to life when award-winning storyteller Jonathan Kruk paid a recent visit to the school.Kruk made a special presentation to kindergartners and first-graders, telling them to "catch and toss a few stories into my magic hat." Once his hat was on top of his head, Kruk was ready to share with the students. Among the tales he presented were "Big Fish, Little Pond," "Snowy Squirrel" and others. The message from Aesop’s fable, "The Lion and the M…
Two Injured When Car, Garbage Truck Collide In Millwood Two Injured When Car, Garbage Truck Collide In Millwood
Two Injured When Car, Garbage Truck Collide In Millwood MILLWOOD, N. Y. -- Two people were injured Thursday morning when a garbage truck crashed head-on into a car on Shingle House Road in Millwood, according to News 12 Westchester.New Castle police said the accident closed Shingle House Road for several hours Thursday, Lohud.com reported. The Mercedes, headed northbound, slammed head-on into the garbage truck, which had flipped over. Both drivers were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.  Click here to read the News 12 Westchester article.
South Nyack Man Faces DWI Charge After Stop In Nyack South Nyack Man Faces DWI Charge After Stop In Nyack
South Nyack Man Faces DWI Charge After Stop In Nyack NYACK, N. Y. -- A South Nyack man is facing a driving while intoxicated charge after Orangetown police stopped his car Thursday on Main Street in Nyack, police said.Michael J. Cobb, 30, was released on $100 bail and due back in Nyack Justice Court on Feb. 16, police said. Orangetown police say they stopped Cobb's 2004 Chevy Suburban on Main Street at around 10 p.m. for unspecified traffic and car violations.  The driver failed field sobriety tests, and during later processing at the Orangetown Police Station, failed a a Breathalyzer test, police said.
Police To Question Jailed Sex Offender In Lauren Spierer Case Police To Question Jailed Sex Offender In Lauren Spierer Case
Police To Question Jailed Sex Offender In Lauren Spierer Case BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Police and FBI agents investigating the disappearance of Westchester's Lauren Spierer, an Indiana University student missing for more than four years, plan to question convicted sex offender Justin Wagers, whose Indiana property was searched earlier this week, according to CBS New York.Though police did not find any remains in Thursday's raid of Wagers' Morgan County property, Spierer's mother, Charlene, said she hoped this new lead will give the family some answers, CBS New York reports.  Spierer, of Edgemont, was last seen June 3, 2011, after a night out with friends. …
Stratford's Public Safety Dive Team Take A Dip In Beaver Dam Lake Stratford's Public Safety Dive Team Take A Dip In Beaver Dam Lake
Stratford's Public Safety Dive Team Take A Dip In Beaver Dam Lake STRATFORD, Conn. -- Nearly a week before the East Coast was pounded with snow, members of the Stratford Public Safety Dive Team took advantage of the relative calm to practice cold water diving in Stratford's Beaver Lake Dam.Because Stratford's coastline is one of the longest in the state, the newly formed combined police and fire dive team members want to be prepared for water emergencies, Stratford firefighters said in a recent Facebook post. The 11 members practiced from Jan. 15 through Jan. 18 in the lake on the north end of town near Trumbull for a certification program in dry suit divi…
Malloy's Affordable Housing Initiative Includes $4.5M For Brookfield Malloy's Affordable Housing Initiative Includes $4.5M For Brookfield
Malloy's Affordable Housing Initiative Includes $4.5M For Brookfield BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- Gov. Dannel Malloy announced this week a state funding package aimed at affordable housing that includes a $4.5 million low-interest loan to Bookfield Village. The development plans to include 48 affordable-housing units. The entire $78 million housing investment involves projects across the state to create more affordable housing and generate economic growth.  Malloy's plan will go before the state Bond Commission for approval at the boards' 10:30 a.m. meeting Friday in Room 1E of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. A big part of the spending package is a sta…
Teacher At Orange County School Killed In Route 6 Crash Teacher At Orange County School Killed In Route 6 Crash
Teacher At Orange County School Killed In Route 6 Crash GREENVILLE, N. Y. -- Christopher Corwin, a well-liked teacher at Minisink Valley Middle School, was killed early Thursday in a one-car crash on Route 6 in Greenville while he was on his way to work. Grief counselors were at school Thursday when school officials got the news that Corwin, of Glen Spey, in Sullivan, did not survive his injuries. New York State Police said the car went off the roadway trying to negotiate the curve, then hit a tree. He was taken to Orange Regional Medical Center where he died, officials said. Corwin was a technology teacher at the middle school in Slate Hill, N,…
Man Faces DWI Charge After Wrong-Way Stop On Taconic Man Faces DWI Charge After Wrong-Way Stop On Taconic
Man Faces DWI Charge After Wrong-Way Stop On Taconic LAGRANGE, N.Y. -- A 25-year-old Pleasant Valley man is facing an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge after New York State Police responded to a 911 call Wednesday about a car going in the wrong direction on the Taconic State Parkway near LaGrange, police said. Louis Fusilli is due back in court Tuesday in LaGrange to answer to the misdemeanor charge, police said. His breath sample showed a blood alcohol content of 0.19 percent, more than two times the legal limit, police said. State police from Poughkeepsie responded to the Dutchess County 911 call Wednesday of a wrong-way driver on…
Warwick Moves To Install Traffic Light At Scene Of Deadly July Crash Warwick Moves To Install Traffic Light At Scene Of Deadly July Crash
Warwick Moves To Install Traffic Light At Scene Of Deadly July Crash WARWICK, N.Y. -- Months after a fatal traffic accident at the intersection of routes 1A and 41, Warwick town leaders are moving ahead with putting up a traffic light, Time Warner Cable Hudson Valley is reporting.Bidding for the work is expected in February with installation in the summer. Three teens were killed last July when a tractor-trailer struck their driver's education car at the intersection, Time Warner Cable Hudson Valley says. Click here to read the Time Warner Cable article.
Spring Valley Mayor May Take Legal Action After Board Blocks Appointment Spring Valley Mayor May Take Legal Action After Board Blocks Appointment
Spring Valley Mayor May Take Legal Action After Board Blocks Appointment SPRING VALLEY, N. Y. -- Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme said he might seek a court order to force a conflicted village board to approve his appointment of Robert Yodowitz as village attorney, lohud.com reports.Spring Valley has been without a village attorney, as well as a deputy attorney, for about a year. Delhomme selected Yodowitz, who has experience as a muncipal attorney in Suffern and Hillburn, but the board has been blocking the appointment, lohud.com says. Three trustees abstained from voting on the appointment recently, meaning it was not confirmed. Delhomme and a few trustees h…
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