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Video: Bobcat Gets Up Close, Personal In Backyard Of Area Home Video: Bobcat Gets Up Close, Personal In Backyard Of Area Home
Video: Bobcat Gets Up Close, Personal In Backyard Of Area Home An area family got an unexpected visitor when a bobcat was caught on camera making the rounds. The bobcat was captured slinking through the backyard of the Putnam County home on Long Pond Road in Mahopac at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17, before trotting off into a neighbor’s yard. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, “Bobcats are about twice the size of a domestic cat and usually smaller than the Canada lynx.  "Their fur is dense, short, and soft and is generally shorter and more reddish in the summer and longer and more gray in the wint…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Car Crashes Into Stone Wall In Mahopac Car Crashes Into Stone Wall In Mahopac
Car Crashes Into Stone Wall In Mahopac Traffic was backed up on Long Pond Road in Mahopac due to a car crashing into a stone wall, according to the Mahopac Fire Department. The incident occurred around  4 p.m. Thursday when the driver swerved, crossed the road and hit the stone wall, ripping off a door of the vehicle, officials said. The driver received minor injuries and was not transported to the hospital.  Multiple departments responded to the crash including Mahopac Fire and EMS, multiple units from Carmel Police, and paramedics from EMStar.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Truck Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Mahopac Truck Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Mahopac
Truck Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Mahopac The driver of a dump truck was hospitalized after a rollover crash that brought down a pole and power lines in Mahopac on Wednesday. The still-energized 13,000-volt wires above the wreck on Long Pond Road near Pleasant Road prevented first-responders from approaching or removing the loan driver from the truck, said Tom Beatty of the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department. By order of MVFD Chief Bill Nikisher, the road was closed to all traffic by Carmel Police, MVFD personnel and with the assistance of MFVFD Chief Brian Sacher. NYSEG crews soon removed power from that stretch of power lines, an…

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by Daily Voice