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Beloved Business Owner In Hudson Valley Dies At 69 Beloved Business Owner In Hudson Valley Dies At 69
Beloved Business Owner In Hudson Valley Dies At 69 A community is mourning the loss of a Hudson Valley woman who once owned two popular businesses in Northern Westchester and was known for her love of crafting.  Putnam County resident Diane Callahan-Caro of Brewster died on Friday, Jan. 19 in Newark, New Jersey at the age of 69, according to her obituary.  Born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1954, Callahan-Caro went on to graduate from Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak in 1972 before earning her bachelor's degree from Briarcliff College.  Years later in 1978, she married John Caro in Peekskill and together, they live…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Ex-Area College Student Sentenced For Murdering Mom Found In Garbage Container Ex-Area College Student Sentenced For Murdering Mom Found In Garbage Container
Ex-Area College Student Sentenced For Murdering Mom Found In Garbage Container A former Hudson Valley college student has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to brutally murdering his mother and stuffing her body in a garbage can. Jared Eng, age 25, who attended SUNY New Paltz in Ulster County, was sentenced to 22 years to life on Wednesday, Oct. 26, for the January 2019 murder that took place in New York City in the Tribeca apartment he shared with his mother Paula Chin, said the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Eng previously pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to one count of murder in September. “This sentencing finally closes a challeng…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Family Offers $1,000 Reward In Locating Missing Morristown Man SEEN HIM? Family Offers $1,000 Reward In Locating Missing Morristown Man
Seen HIM? Family Offers $1,000 Reward In Locating Missing Morristown Man The family of a missing Morristown man is offering $1,000 to anyone with information leading to his whereabouts. Joseph Pyne, who is homeless and prone to seizures, was last heard from on Oct. 27, his sister Tara Pyne Bartz said, noting his disappearance is "out of character." Pyne -- normally in touch with his family -- typically sleeps at the local shelter an on friends' couches, Bartz said. A community-wide search was held on Saturday in Morristown. "Thank you to all our family and friends near and far who came out yesterday in the cold to help us search for Joe," Bartz said of the sea…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Donations Needed For 8 Families Displaced In Morristown Apartment Fire Donations Needed For 8 Families Displaced In Morristown Apartment Fire
Donations Needed For 8 Families Displaced In Morristown Apartment Fire Donations to the Morristown Fire Relief Fund are needed to assist eight families displaced in a fire. The blaze that broke out Thursday morning in Unit 6's kitchen of the Manahan Village complex, Fire Chief Robert Flanagan said. The fire caused structural damage to the attic, displacing 26 residents, Morristown officials said. The bulk of the blaze was knocked down by 12:20, although firefighters worked until around 1 p.m. to make sure all the pockets of embers were out. Anyone wishing to donate to the Morristown Fire Relief Fund is asked to make checks (only) payable to the same, an…

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by Cecilia Levine