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Woman Killed After Crossing Into Oncoming Lane, Striking Car Head-On In Hudson Valley Woman Killed After Crossing Into Oncoming Lane, Striking Car Head-On In Hudson Valley
Woman Killed After Crossing Into Oncoming Lane, Striking Car Head-On In Hudson Valley A woman was killed in a head-on collision in the Hudson Valley that also left two young children injured as well, police announced.  The crash happened in Putnam County on Thursday, Jan. 25 around 6 p.m., when two vehicles collided in the town of Southeast in the area of 477 Tonetta Lake Rd. An arriving deputy found that one of the drivers was in immediate need of medical attention and began performing CPR and using an automated external defibrillator on her until she was taken to Putnam Hospital Center by Brewster EMS.  After arriving at the hospital, the driver, ident…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Anesthesiologist Drugs, Sexually Assaults Victim: Police Hudson Valley Anesthesiologist Drugs, Sexually Assaults Victim: Police
Hudson Valley Anesthesiologist Drugs, Sexually Assaults Victim: Police An anesthesiologist faces charges after allegedly giving anesthesia to a victim without her knowledge and sexually assaulting her, police announced. Putnam County resident Paul Giacopelli of Southeast, age 59, was interviewed and arrested on Saturday, Dec. 30 on sexual abuse charges, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, Jan. 3.  According to authorities, on Friday, Dec. 29, the Sheriff's Office was told that a female victim known to Giacopelli had been given anesthesia without her knowledge and was then sexually assaulted. This happened multip…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
35-Year-Old Westchester Man Dies In Crash After Hitting Pole 35-Year-Old Westchester Man Dies In Crash After Hitting Pole
35-Year-Old Westchester Man Dies In Crash After Hitting Pole A 35-year-old man from Northern Westchester was killed after his vehicle struck a pole and overturned in the Hudson Valley. The crash happened in Putnam County on Wednesday, Aug. 30 around 4 p.m. when an SUV traveling east on Route 301 in Carmel in the area of Gipsy Trail Road veered off the roadway, hit a pole, and flipped over, according to Carmel Police Lt. Michael Bodo.  First responders who arrived at the scene soon found the driver, 35-year-old Andrew Pesavento of Cortlandt Manor, unconscious and unresponsive with major internal injuries.  Carmel Police along with…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Damages Movie Theater, Assaults Deputies In 24-Hour Span: Police Westchester Man Damages Movie Theater, Assaults Deputies In 24-Hour Span: Police
Westchester Man Damages Movie Theater, Assaults Deputies In 24-Hour Span: Police A Northern Westchester man faces numerous charges after breaking into a Hudson Valley movie theater, damaging property, and assaulting sheriff's deputies in the span of a single day, police said.  The first of these incidents happened on Saturday, July 29 around 8:40 a.m., when Putnam County sheriff's deputies responded to the Carmel Cinema at 156 Route 52, where a commercial burglary alarm had been set off.  According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, arriving deputies found that the front door was no longer locked and that there was a large amount of broken glass from the i…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Fight Over Pet Guinea Pig Leads Roommates To Assault Each Other In Hudson Valley: Police Fight Over Pet Guinea Pig Leads Roommates To Assault Each Other In Hudson Valley: Police
Fight Over Pet Guinea Pig Leads Roommates To Assault Each Other In Hudson Valley: Police Two roommates face assault charges after a verbal dispute over a pet guinea pig on Easter turned violent in the Hudson Valley, police said.  The incident happened on Easter Sunday, April 9 around 7:30 p.m., when police responded to a residence in Mahopac for a reported dispute between roommates, according to Carmel Police.  The fight involved their pet guinea pig and eventually turned physical when both roommates began assaulting each other. They were then each taken to Putnam Hospital Center by emergency responders to receive treatment for their injuries.  Both roommates, w…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Assaults Patient At Rehab Center In Hudson Valley, Police Say Man Assaults Patient At Rehab Center In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Man Assaults Patient At Rehab Center In Hudson Valley, Police Say A man faces assault charges after attacking a fellow patient at a Hudson Valley rehabilitation center, police said. The incident happened on Monday, March 13, around 11:10 a.m., when police responded to the Armes Acres treatment facility in Putnam County located in Carmel at 75 Seminary Hills Rd. for a reported physical assault, according to Carmel Police.  After arriving, officers determined from witness statements that a male patient allegedly assaulted another man who was a patient at the center.  The victim was then taken to Putnam Hospital Center for further treatment. …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Fall From Scaffolding Collapse Sends 2 Men To Hospital In Hudson Valley Fall From Scaffolding Collapse Sends 2 Men To Hospital In Hudson Valley
Fall From Scaffolding Collapse Sends 2 Men To Hospital In Hudson Valley A helicopter had to rush a man to the hospital after a scaffolding collapse caused him and another person to fall in the Hudson Valley. The collapse happened on Tuesday, Jan. 17 around 3:30 p.m., when Putnam County emergency responders were sent to the Lake Secor area of Mahopac Falls to help the two injured men, according to the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department. After arriving at the scene, firefighters confirmed that two men were injured from the fall and requested help from the Carmel building inspector. One of the injured men had to be taken to Westchester Medical Center by a Li…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
'Person In Crisis' Hospitalized After Hours-Long Standoff In Area, Police Say 'Person In Crisis' Hospitalized After Hours-Long Standoff In Area, Police Say
'Person In Crisis' Hospitalized After Hours-Long Standoff In Area, Police Say A person described as being "in crisis" was hospitalized following an hours-long standoff with responders at a residence in the area. At about 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 in Putnam County, the Carmel Police Department received a call to check on the welfare of a person in crisis at a residence on Union Valley Road.  The subject has had a history of mental health issues and was known to not respond to officers when attempting to make contact with them at the residence, Town of Carmel Police Department Lieutenant Stephen Kunze said. Carmel PD officers attempt…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
COVID-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot COVID-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot
Covid-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot The lowest percentage of hospital employees who have received the COVID-19 vaccine in New York reside in the Hudson Valley. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that 57.9 percent of hospital workers in the Hudson Valley have received the COVID-19 vaccine, while statewide, a total of 60.8 percent of medical professionals have been vaccinated. The percentage in the Hudson Valley is the lowest in the state, behind New York City (59 percent), Long Island (60 percent), Mohawk Valley (60.1 percent), and Western New York (63 percent).  Cuomo also made note that vaccination performance is uneven b…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Photos: Family Finds Way To Welcome Newborn Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Photos: Family Finds Way To Welcome Newborn Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Photos: Family Finds Way To Welcome Newborn Amid Covid-19 Pandemic One brand-new baby boy got a special welcome from his big sisters and grandparents as he was born in the middle of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Because the girls and other family members could not be in the hospital, Gregg and Andrea Whitesell took their granddaughters, Addyson, 7, and Brooklyn, 3, of Hopewell Junction, to meet their new baby brother, Jack at Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel on Sunday, April 26. Knowing it would not be possible to go inside the hospital, they set up a beautiful parking lot surprise for the new parents James and Elaine Sheehy.  The girls …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Photos: Two Hospitalized After Head-On Crash Near Middle School In Area Photos: Two Hospitalized After Head-On Crash Near Middle School In Area
Photos: Two Hospitalized After Head-On Crash Near Middle School In Area Two people were hospitalized after a head-on crash near the entrance to a middle school in the area. It happened on Saturday, Nov. 30 at about 10 a.m. in Mahopac. Mahopac Falls Fire, Heavy Rescue, EMS and Fire Police, in addition to multiple units from Carmel Police, EMStar paramedics and tow trucks responded to the crash on Baldwin Place Road in the area of the entrance to Mahopac Middle School, according to Jack Casey of the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department. First-arriving responders closed the road at Route 6N and Baldwin Place Road and at the entrance to the middle sch…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Kathleen Clemens, Insurance Administrator In Westchester, Dies At 56 Kathleen Clemens, Insurance Administrator In Westchester, Dies At 56
Kathleen Clemens, Insurance Administrator In Westchester, Dies At 56 An insurance administrator in Westchester, 56-year-old Kathleen E. Clemens, died Thursday, Aug. 29 at Putnam Hospital Center. Born on January 26, 1963, in the Bronx, daughter of the late Thomas R. Clemens and Kathleen V. (Cullen) Clemens of Brewster, she graduated from Brewster High School in 1981.  Clemens was an insurance administrator for Donnelly Insurance Center in Elmsford. She enjoyed traveling, especially to Ireland, was an avid Rangers and New York Mets fan and also enjoyed looking into her family history and researching her ancestry.  Clemens had a "big heart and carin…

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by Donna Christopher
Police & Fire
ID Released For Man Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns ID Released For Man Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns
ID Released For Man Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns The man whose body was pulled from the water after police say his kayak overturned in Lake Mahopac has been identified. On Monday, July 22 at 1:40 p.m., the Town of Carmel Police received a report of a missing 55-year-old Mahopac resident, know ID'd as Richard Dudyshyn, Carmel Police Chief Michael Cazzari said. A search of the area around Dudyshyn's South Lake Boulevard home found his kayak overturned in Lake Mahopac, according to Cazzari.  The Carmel Police Department Marine unit began a search of the lake near the kayak and the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department Dive Team …

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
ID Released For 14-Year-Old Area Drowning Victim ID Released For 14-Year-Old Area Drowning Victim
ID Released For 14-Year-Old Area Drowning Victim The 14-year-old boy who drowned in Tonetta Lake in Southeast on Monday night has been identified. Oscar Gonzalez, who would have been a sophomore at Brewster High School when school begins Wednesday, was reported missing in a 911 call around 9 p.m. when he was swimming with a group of friends off of a floating dock on Shore Drive in Southeast.  When Putnam County Sheriff's deputies arrived they observed a group of individuals at the end of the dock and an adult male in the water. The adult male informed the deputies that he was nearby when he heard cries for help. He dove into the water to…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area
Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area A lightning strike on Lake Mahopac sent three people out boating to the hospital and slightly injured another. The incident took place around 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 4 when Putnam County Sheriff's Sgt. Matthew Monroe of the department's Marine Patrol Unit responded to a report of an occupied disabled boat on Lake Mahopac, the department said. During heavy rain and frequent lightning strikes Monroe was able to locate the disabled vessel, near the northwest corner of the lake. The vessel was occupied by two men and two women, all ranging in age from 28-41, officials said. One male passenger t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
All First-Graders Released From Hospital After Ceiling Collapses All First-Graders Released From Hospital After Ceiling Collapses
All First-Graders Released From Hospital After Ceiling Collapses All students who were at the Madden Outdoor Education Center in Putnam County when a portion of the ceiling collapsed on Friday were released from Putnam Hospital Center by 3:30 p.m., said Ellen Lane, communications director of Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES. The students, first-graders from Fulmar Road Elementary School in Mahopac, were at Madden participating in a lesson on the food web when a portion of the ceiling gave way at 11:30 a.m.  A teacher notified Mahopac Central School district and called 911. Kent Police were the first on the scene followed quickly by Kent Fire Department …

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Six First-Graders Injured, 18 Examined After Ceiling Collapses Six First-Graders Injured, 18 Examined After Ceiling Collapses
Six First-Graders Injured, 18 Examined After Ceiling Collapses Click here for an updated story: All First-Graders Released From Hospital After Ceiling Collapses Twenty-four first-grade students were hospitalized after a portion of the ceiling in a teaching station at the Madden Outdoor Education Center in Putnam County collapsed. The incident took place around 11:30 a.m. Friday while the students from the Mahopac-based Fulmar Road Elementary School were participating in a lesson at the center in Kent, said Ellen Lane, communications director for PNW/BOCES. A teacher notified the Mahopac Central School District and called 911. Six students appeared to …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
DWI BMW Driver Slams Into Patrol Car On Taconic Parkway DWI BMW Driver Slams Into Patrol Car On Taconic Parkway
DWI BMW Driver Slams Into Patrol Car On Taconic Parkway A 30-year-old man driving a BMW who crashed into a Putnam County Sheriff patrol car on the Taconic State Parkway has been charged with driving while intoxicated. Deputy Shane Rossiter was on the right side of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley, sitting in his marked patrol car with its emergency lights activated, after pulling over a vehicle for a routine traffic infraction on Tuesday, April 3 at approximately 2:20 a.m., Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley, Jr. said. Rossiter had just issued a ticket to the driver of that vehicle and was in his car waiting for the dri…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Two healthcare giants that serve residents in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut are about to join forces to create a health system that will form a huge system offering services from the Hudson River to Long Island. The merger of the Western Connecticut Health Network, based in Danbury, and Health Quest Systems, based in Lagrangeville in Dutchess County, will create a seven-hospital network serving 1.5 million people across the two states and include seven hospitals, with combined project revenues of $2.4 billion. Health Quest's affiliates are: Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Putnam Hospita…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Hits Tree, Knocking Out Passenger In Hudson Valley, Police Say Drunk Driver Hits Tree, Knocking Out Passenger In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Drunk Driver Hits Tree, Knocking Out Passenger In Hudson Valley, Police Say A 22-year-old man is facing multiple charges of DWI after driving into a tree, knocking a passenger unconscious, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Maxwell Archer, of New Milford, Conn., was charged Feb. 2 with DWI and leaving the scene of a personal injury crash in the Town of Southeast, the sheriff's office said.  Deputy Ronald Yeager was on routine patrol when he was dispatched to Cameron’s Deli, in the Town of Southeast, in response to a 911 call for the report of an unconscious female inside a vehicle. When Yeager arrived at the location, EMS personnel were already on th…

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by Kathy Reakes