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Schools
Superintendent Suspension: District Names Acting Replacement Amid Controversy In Hudson Valley
Nearly a week after suspending its superintendent as part of an ongoing investigation and legal proceedings, the Newburgh Enlarged City School District Board of Education has named her acting replacement. In a meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 28, the district's Board of Education named Dr. Lisa Boun Acting Superintendent of Schools in a 5-4 vote. Boun's appointment, which will go into effect on Tuesday, Feb. 11, follows the suspension with pay of Superintendent Jackielyn Manning-Campbell on Thursday, Jan. 23. This action followed a recent budget audit alleged…
Schools
BOE Addresses Superintendent's Suspension Amid Ongoing Investigation In Hudson Valley (
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The Newburgh Enlarged City School District Board of Education has issued a public statement addressing the recent suspension of Superintendent Jackielyn Manning-Campbell, confirming that the decision was made as part of an ongoing investigation and legal proceedings. In a statement made to Daily Voice on Monday, Jan. 27, Board President Christine Bello emphasized the importance of fairness and confidentiality during this process. "The Board understands the concerns and emotions surrounding this decision," Bello said, adding, "Our priority is to ensure fair and thorough proc…
Schools
Newburgh Superintendent Suspended, Report Says: BOE Stays Silent
Newburgh Superintendent Jackielyn Manning-Campbell was suspended with pay during a special board meeting of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District on Thursday, Jan. 23, she confirmed to News12. The board voted 5-4 in favor of the action. Board of Education members declined to comment on the matter, referring to Manning-Campbell only by her identification number, 12325, rather than by name. Earlier that day, Manning-Cambpell released a statement regarding a recent budget audit that allegedly found a multi-million dollar surplus. The suspension came days after police responded to th…
Lifestyle
Jackpot! Lottery Ticket Worth $30K Sold At Hudson Valley Convenience Store
Might this lucky ticket be yours? A lottery ticket promising a five-figure payout was sold at a Hudson Valley convenience store, New York Lottery announced. The top prize-winning TAKE 5 ticket – worth $29,469 – was snagged in Orange County, at the Smokes 4 Less located on North Plank Road in Newburgh. It was purchased for the evening drawing held Tuesday, Jan. 21. TAKE 5 drawings are held twice daily, at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Players can check their ticket status on the New York Lottery website.
Politics
Trump Pardons Westchester Man Convicted In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Days after taking office, President Donald Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentence of more than a thousand people who participated in the deadly riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including a 35-year-old Hudson Valley man who had been convicted of felony charges. The conviction of White Plains resident William Pepe, formerly of the Dutchess County city of Beacon, was overturned by an executive order signed by Trump on Monday, Jan. 20. Pepe had previously been found guilty of charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6 breach in October 2024. According to federa…
Obituaries
Hudson Valley Mom Lindsey Ingram Dies, Leaving Behind HS Sweetheart Husband, Daughter
Lindsey Renee Ingram of Newburgh died unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 29, according to her obituary on the White, Venuto, and Morrill Funeral Home website. She was 35 years old. According to her obituary, Lindsey was a graduate of NFA High School and St. Rose College. She found her greatest joy in life with her husband and high school sweetheart, Travis, and their daughter, Peyton Renee, whom she adored and cheered on as a proud sports mom. A dedicated member of her local book club, Lindsey cherished the friendships formed through her shared love of stories, her obituary reads. Her joy fo…
Police & Fire
Attempted Murder: Duo, Including Westchester Resident, Apprehended After Incident In Region
Two suspects have been apprehended after numerous shots were fired from a vehicle in the Hudson Valley. Officers in Rockland County responded to East Eckerson Road in Spring Valley on Monday, Nov. 25 at about 12:20 a.m. for a report of gunshots fired. Ramapo Police said in an announcement late Friday afternoon, Nov. 299 that it was determined at least nine shots were fired from a passing vehicle. No one was reported to be struck, and there were no injuries. Following an investigating, two suspects were apprehended later in the day on Monday: a 22-year-old Westchester County man, from Yonk…
Lifestyle
$50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Pair Of NY Stores: Here's Where
A pair of $50,000 Powerball tickets were sold for the Saturday, Oct. 19 in New York -- one on Long Island, and the other in the Hudson Valley. The third-place tickets were sold at: Lucky Star Liquor and Winer in Nassau County, located in Bellerose, on Hillside Avenue. Smokes 4 Less in Orange County, located on North Plank Road in Newburgh. The winning numbers for the Powerball game are drawn from a field of one to 69. The red Power Ball is drawn from a separate field of one to 26. The Powerball drawing is televised every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Lifestyle
$1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Hudson Valley
Wow, a winning second-prize Mega Millions ticket was sold at a lucky Hudson Valley business. The $1 million ticket matched all five white balls for the Tuesday, Oct. 1 game and was sold in Orange County at the Smokes 4 Less Store on Plank Road in Newburgh. According to New York Lottery officials, the winning numbers for the game were 27-35-47-50-66 and a Mega Ball of 25. No one hit the jackpot on Tuesday, so the prize will grow to $108 million for the Friday, Oct. 4 drawing. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions game are drawn from a field of one to 70, and the Mega Ball is drawn…
Lifestyle
$50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Convenience Store In Region
Are you feeling lucky? A winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Hudson Valley convenience store. The third prize-winning ticket was sold in Orange County, at Newburgh’s Smokes 4 Less on North Plank Road, for the drawing held on Monday, Sept. 16, New York Lottery announced. Monday’s winning Powerball numbers are 8-9-11-27-31 and the Powerball is 17. Players can check their ticket on the New York Lottery website.
News
3 Hudson Valley Companies Announce Around 300 Layoffs
Several hundred Hudson Valley workers will lose their jobs as three companies, either close, merge or cutback on production. The companies, all located in Orange County, Frito-Lay and Gen-Pak, both in Middletown, and Amscan in Newburgh, filed WARN Notices with the state that inform them of upcoming layoffs. Frito-Lay said it would lay off 88 workers beginning on Friday, Aug. 30 due to construction projects at the plant. The workers will not be rehired. Gen-Pak, a food packaging manufacturing plant said it would layoff all 138 of its employees due to the rise in the bans on the use of…
Lifestyle
Actor/Writers Group Seeking Talent From Westchester, Hudson Valley
An actors/writers group is looking for talent from throughout the Hudson Valley. The group says it's "Seeking playwrights who like to work with actors, and actors looking to work with new playwrights, to workshop new plays from writers from the Hudson Valley community. People who are motivated to be with a group of artists to share, grow and build." Among the areas it's looking to draw people from are: Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Wappingers Falls, Cold Spring, Hyde Park, Hudson, New Paltz, Saugerties, Kingston, Rhinebeck, Tarrytown, White Plains, Peekskill, Newburgh, Ellenville, Rosendale, Amenia…
News
Hudson Valley Veteran Lies About Earning Purple Heart To Defraud Gov't, Charity Donors: Feds
An Army veteran from New York is accused of lying about earning one of the nation's highest military honors in order to rake in six figures from the government and donors to her charity. Orange County resident Sharon Toney-Finch, of Newburgh, was arrested by the FBI’s White Collar Crime Task Force on Wednesday, May 1, following a two-year investigation. According to federal prosecutors, Toney-Finch falsely claimed that she suffered combat-related injuries during a mortar attack and a separate vehicle rollover while serving in Iraq in 2010. Those claims reportedly led to her receiving hundr…
News
Drunk Driver Leaving Bar Admits Causing Deadly Hudson Valley Crash
An admitted drunk driver is facing years in prison for causing a fatal crash on a Hudson Valley highway that left another person injured. Nicholle Hoke, age 45, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Orange County Court on Wednesday, April 24. Orange County prosecutors said Hoke, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was leaving an Ulster County bar in New Paltz on the night of June 24, 2023, when she crashed into another car on Route 9W in Newburgh at around 10 p.m. The impact killed one passenger in the other car and seriously injured another. An admitted drunk driver is facing years …
Police & Fire
6-Year-Old Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center Following Crash
A 6-year-old boy was airlifted to a hospital with severe lacerations following a crash on I-87 in the Hudson Valley. The collision occurred around 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 22, on I-87 in Orange County in the town of Newburgh. According to Trooper Tara McCormick of the New York State Police, a preliminary investigation at the scene determined that a 2022 Toyota Tundra was parked on the right shoulder when the driver, Connecticut resident Peter W. Nugent, age 42, of the town of Sharon in Litchfield County, reentered the roadway into the path of a 2011 Toyota Venza. The Venza overturned…
Lifestyle
Grave Affair: Inaugural Cemetery Cleanup Day Seeking NY Volunteers
If you enjoy a quiet working environment and don’t mind rubbing elbows with a few ghosts, this could be the opportunity for you. The New York State Department of State is looking for volunteers to take part in the first annual “Caring for Your Cemetery Day,” on Saturday, April 27. Organizers said the idea is to raise awareness of the hard work and dedication that goes into caring for and preserving cemeteries, especially heading into the spring season. The department is also hoping to gin up more interest in cemeteries among younger people and recruit future volunteers or even officers and…
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Charged After SUV Crashes Into Hudson Valley Home
A man is facing charges after an SUV crashed into a house in the Hudson Valley. The chain of events began around 2:10 a.m. Saturday, April 6 in Orange County. New York State Police troopers from the Montgomery barracks attempted to stop a 2018 Nissan Murano on Creek Run Road in the town of Newburgh for vehicle and traffic law violations. The SUV failed to comply and fled from the troopers, state police said. While attempting to elude the troopers, the operator of the vehicle, identified as Hector Balbuena, age 21, of Newburgh, lost control of the car and struck a house at Woodlawn T…
Business
Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters Sole Hudson Valley Store
It’s the end of an era for bakery bargain shoppers as longtime staple Freihofer’s Bakery Outlet has permanently closed. The discount bakery chain has shuttered dozens of stores across the Northeast, including all of its New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts locations. “After careful analysis and consideration, we made the difficult decision to permanently close 28 of our outlet stores…” a representative for Bimbo Bakeries, Freihofer's parent company, told Daily Voice. Any leftover products were expected to be donated to local food banks. “We appreciate all of our associates who worked …
News
Armed Robbery: Northern Westchester Correction Officer, Man Break Into Home, Feds Say
A duo from Westchester, including a correction officer, face charges after breaking into a Hudson Valley home, restraining the occupants inside, and stealing cash and marijuana, federal officials said. Mount Vernon residents Recaldo Fray and Kaheem Palmer, both age 31, have been charged in connection with an Orange County armed robbery that happened in Newburgh in early December 2023, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday, Jan. 24. According to federal officials, on Monday, Dec. 4, Palmer and Fray, a correction officer at …
Obituaries
'His Loving Nature Shined': Northern Westchester Native Dies At Age 26
A lifelong Hudson Valley resident who demonstrated raw talent for playing guitar and could always be found out in nature is being remembered for his kindness and warmth. Jake Collins of the town of Wallkill in Orange County died on Friday, Jan. 19 at the age of 26, according to his obituary. Born in Westchester County in 1997 in the town of Mount Pleasant, Collins had started a career as a truck driver for Schneider Trucking in New Jersey. Collins was known for "being like an angel" and could always be found hiking or reading. He was also talented at guitar and was …
Obituaries
'Smile, Laugh Were Contagious': Businesswoman, Mom From Westchester Dies At 43
A businesswoman and mother who was a lifelong New York resident has died at the age of 43. Kimberly A. Hallenbeck was born in Westchester, lived in Orange County, and worked on Long Island. Her death, on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, came after a two-year battle with cancer, according to her obituary. A resident of the town of Newburgh, she was the daughter of the late Francis J. Hallenbeck III and Elizabeth (Burns) Laurie, who was born on July 1, 1980 in Bronxville. She worked as a loan mortgage originator for Contour Mortgage in Garden City. She had "a smil…
Traffic
Roadwork Update: I-87 To Remain Open In Hudson Valley Due To Upcoming Snow
This story has been updated. State Thruway Authority officials said planned work this weekend on I-87 on an overpass that was hit nine times last year has been postponed due to a forecast of snow. The New York State Thruway Authority had planned to close all traffic on the northbound lanes of I-87 from exit 17 in Orange County in Newburgh to exit 18 in Ulster County in New Paltz so a portion of the damaged Brookside Road overpass in New Paltz can be safely removed over the northbound lanes. “With several inches of snow expected to fall Saturday, Jan. 5 night into Sunday, Jan. 6, the Thruwa…
Lifestyle
Pair Of Powerball Tickets Worth $100K Each Sold At Stores In Westchester, Hudson Valley
Rather than silver and gold, two lucky lottery players received large sums of cash for Christmas after purchasing winning Powerball tickets at stores in the Hudson Valley. The third-prize-winning Powerball Powerplay tickets were sold for the Christmas drawing on Monday, Dec. 25 at locations in Westchester and Orange counties, New York Lottery officials announced. The winning tickets included: A ticket worth $100,000 sold in Yonkers at Le-Mac Pharmacy located at 623 McLean Ave.; A ticket worth $100,000 sold in Newburgh at Smokes 4 Less located at 59 North Plank Rd. The winning …
Police & Fire
16-Month-Old Child Severely Burned Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center
A 16-month-old Hudson Valley boy was severely burned during an accident at his home. The incident took place in Orange County around 3 p.m., Monday, Dec. 4 in New Windsor. According to Chief of New Windsor Police Daniel Valeri, the toddler was burned after pulling on the cord of a vegetable steamer that was on and it spilled onto his head, chest, and back. The mother took the child to an urgent care center in Newburgh who immediately called for a helicopter to fly the child to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, the chief said. The condition of the child was not known on Tuesday, Dec.…
Lifestyle
Yowza! Winning $1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold At Hudson Valley Convenience Store
Just in time for the holidays, a lucky lottery player’s bank account is about to receive a major boost. A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in Orange County at the Smokes 4 Less in Newburgh, located at 59 North Plank Road. The second prize-winning ticket was sold for the drawing held on Friday, Nov. 17, New York Lottery announced. Two other million-dollar winners were announced in North Carolina and South Carolina. Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prize money. Players can check their numbers on the New York Lottery website.
Police & Fire
Staff Member Strikes Student In Head At Northern Westchester School: Police
A 38-year-old Hudson Valley man faces charges after allegedly striking a physically disabled student in the head at a Northern Westchester school, police said. Orange County resident Manuel Pirella of Newburgh, age 38, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 16 in connection with an incident that happened at the Shrub Oak International School in Yorktown at 3151 Stony St., Yorktown Police announced. According to the department, on Saturday, Oct. 21 around 1:45 p.m., Yorktown officers received a report from the administration at the school that a student had been struck in the head by a f…
Police & Fire
Westchester County Anti-Gun Leader Busted As Alleged Kingpin Of Hudson Valley Drug Network
A Hudson Valley leader against gun violence is one of 15 people busted for allegedly dealing drugs throughout the region. The busts, which took place in Orange County and also included the seizure of numerous guns and money, were announced on Tuesday, Aug. 1 by Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, and numerous law enforcement leaders. The busts were the result of a two-year-long narcotics investigation that utilized court-ordered eavesdropping. Seven search warrants were executed during the investigation which resulted in the seizure of over 1516 grams of cocaine cr…
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman Killed In 2-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash
The identity has been released of a woman killed in a two-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley. The crash happened at around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, July 27 in Orange County on I-87 in the town of Cornwall, between Exit 17 (Newburgh) and Exit 16 (Harriman) and involved a passenger car and motorcycle. On Saturday morning, July 29, New York State Police announced that a preliminary investigation has determined that the driver of a 2017 Chevy Malibu, a 41-year-old of from the Orange County hamlet of Highland Mills, was traveling northbound in the left lane when he collided wit…
News
Lotto Mania Pays Off For $1M Winning Westchester Powerball Player
While no one from New York took home the mega Powerball prize of $1 billion, three people in the region won a total of $1,150,000 in second- and third-prize winnings, with a million-dollar winning ticket sold in Westchester County. New York Lottery officials made the announcement early Thursday, July 20, saying three players managed to pocket $1.150 million for the Wednesday, July 19 game. The winning numbers for the Powerball game were 7-10-11-13-24, with a Powerball of 24, Lottery officials said. One player purchased a second-prize ticket worth $1 million in White Plains at the Cen…
News
US Army Sergeant's Brother Now Also Charged For Murder Of Hudson Valley Father Of Two
The brother of a United State Army sergeant from the Hudson Valley who was indicted for the murder of a father of two has now been charged in connection to that crime. Orange County resident Junando Dawkins, age 29, of Newburgh, was apprehended at the US Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, this past March and charged with the death of Daniel Spotards, age 41, whose body was found in Ulster County at the end of his driveway by a sanitation worker in the Town of Plattekill on Monday, Jan. 2. An investigation found that Spotards was shot multiple times on New Year's Day, Sunday, Jan. 1, t…
Police & Fire
Police Officer In Hudson Valley Accused Of Sexual Assault Against Child, Rape
A 23-year-old police officer who was employed at two different agencies in New York has been been charged with sexual assault against a child, rape and two other offenses. New York State Police Latham Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested Orange County resident John Kyle B. Dizon, age 23, of Cornwall, on Friday, June 9, and charged him with the following: Predatory sexual assault against a child, Criminal sexual act in the first degree, Rape in the first degree, Sexual abuse in the first degree. On Thursday, June 1, state police received information that an adult man had se…
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