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Video Shows Alligator Being Captured Near School In Hudson Valley Video Shows Alligator Being Captured Near School In Hudson Valley
Video Shows Alligator Being Captured Near School In Hudson Valley Video footage has been released showing an alligator being captured near a school in the Hudson Valley. Though the video is just now being made available, the incident occurred Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 in Dutchess County outside Van Wyck Junior High School in Wappingers Falls. East Fishkill Police reported the four- to-five-foot alligator roaming around early that afternoon. "A next-door neighbor, who just happened to look out her living room window, saw the 50-pound animal scurrying from a culvert and into the parking lot of the nearby school and immediately called 911," Daily Vo…

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24-Year-Old Soldier From Westchester Killed In Off-Post Crash 24-Year-Old Soldier From Westchester Killed In Off-Post Crash
24-Year-Old Soldier From Westchester Killed In Off-Post Crash A soldier from the Hudson Valley was killed in an off-post, single-vehicle crash in North Carolina. Northern Westchester native Marcello L. Scrudato, a resident of Fishkill in Dutchess County since 2007, was 24 years old.  He died in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday, Jan. 29 in Sanford, North Carolina, located near the Fort Bragg Army Base, where he was stationed.  “As a soldier, Cpl. Scrudato was an outstanding individual, and as a person he was even better,” Lt. Col. Burton Furlow, commander of 528th Special Troops Battalion said in a statement reported by WNCN, CBS 17 in R…

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Alligator Caught Near School In Hudson Valley Alligator Caught Near School In Hudson Valley
Alligator Caught Near School In Hudson Valley You never know where you'll find an alligator, this week it was in the Hudson Valley at a local unior high school. According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, this time it was Dutchess County when on Tuesday, Sept. 14, around 1:20 p.m., East Fishkill Police reported a four-to-five-foot alligator roaming around the Van Wyck Junior High School, the department said. A next-door neighbor, who just happened to look out her living room window, saw the 50-pound animal scurrying from a culvert and into the parking lot of the nearby school and immediately called 911.  W…

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