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Triple-Fatal Crash: National Guard Solider, State Trooper From NY Both ID'd As Victims Triple-Fatal Crash: National Guard Solider, State Trooper From NY Both ID'd As Victims
Triple-Fatal Crash: National Guard Solider, State Trooper From NY Both ID'd As Victims A National Guard soldier from New York has been identified as one of the victims of a helicopter crash that killed three people. Click here for a new, updated story: National Guard Soldier From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash The incident happened around 2:50 p.m. Friday, March 8 while the UH-72 Lakota chopper was flying over the US-Mexico border near Rio Grande City, Texas, according to the Joint Task Force North. National Guard soldier Casey Frankoski, age 28, who grew up in Rensselaer County, was a graduate of Columbia High School in East Greenbush. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Police: Man Driving Tractor Was Plowed -- At Nearly Four Times Legal Limit Police: Man Driving Tractor Was Plowed -- At Nearly Four Times Legal Limit
Police: Man Driving Tractor Was Plowed -- At Nearly Four Times Legal Limit New York State Police are saying a man was driving a tractor while his blood alcohol content was nearly four times the legal limit. State troopers arrested Steven Harrison, age 42, on Monday, July 5 in the area of Weaver Dam Road in Petersburg, located in Rensselaer County, about 28 miles east of Albany, near the Massachusetts border. Police had received a report of a tractor swerving as it drove down the street.  Police said state troopers located the driver, who was identified as Harrison, a resident of Petersburg. He was taken into custody after failing a roadside sobriety test, S…

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by Nicole Valinote
Weather
Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Parts Of Region With Strong Winds, Tornadoes Possible Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Parts Of Region With Strong Winds, Tornadoes Possible
Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Parts Of Region With Strong Winds, Tornadoes Possible A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has now been issued for parts of the region. It lasts until 11 p.m. Monday, June 21, and covers Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Greene, Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Otsego, Rensselaer, and Schenectady counties in New York, Litchfield County in Connecticut, and Berkshire County in Massachusetts. Torrential rainfall is possible during storm activity. Large hail of 1 inch in diameter or greater, damaging winds, and an isolated tornado or two are the main threats, said the National Weather Service, which issued the watch. More storms are expected again on Tuesd…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Rare Sighting: Moose Spotted In Area Rare Sighting: Moose Spotted In Area
Rare Sighting: Moose Spotted In Area Social media is abuzz with comments from Northern Westchester residents who've reported seeing a moose that has been making the rounds in the area. It was last spotted on Thursday, June 28 near the Teatown Lake Reservation Nature Preserve and Education Center, which is located in the towns of Yorktown, Cortlandt and New Castle. On Facebook, posters reported seeing the moose on Cedar Lane in Ossining and Croton-on-Hudson. One even noted that she saw a neighbor using a drone to try and track down the animal. “This morning at about 9:20, there was a moose standing on Cedar Lane between (a loc…

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by Zak Failla