Massive Fire Destroys Hudson Valley Car Dealer Being Used As Set For HBO Miniseries Massive Fire Destroys Hudson Valley Car Dealer Being Used As Set For HBO Miniseries
Massive Fire Destroys Hudson Valley Car Dealer Being Used As Set For HBO Miniseries A massive fire destroyed a Hudson Valley car dealership where HBO was filming a mini-series starring Mark Ruffalo and former Nyack resident Rosie O'Donnell. The fire started around 12:58 a.m., Thursday, May 9, at 188 South Main Street, in Ellenville at 613 Automotive, said Ellenville Police Chief Philip Mattracion. The business was being used to film the upcoming mini-series based on the Wally Lamb book "I Know This Much Is True." The movie production company had been filming on Wednesday, May 8 and there were numerous vintage cars on the lot to be used in the film. When police officers ar…
Retired Briarcliff High School Teacher Rita MacDonald Cooney Dies At 90 Retired Briarcliff High School Teacher Rita MacDonald Cooney Dies At 90
Retired Briarcliff High School Teacher Rita MacDonald Cooney Dies At 90 Rita MacDonald Cooney, 90, a retired Briarcliff High School Teacher died peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 12, 2018 Born in Ossining on May 8, 1928. Cooney was raised in Ormond Beach, FL, and Creek Locks, NY. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth MacDonald. A 1946 graduate of St. Paul’s High School (Daytona Beach, FL), Cooney graduated from the College of St. Rose (Albany, NY) in 1950. She continued her education, earning a masters in elementary education and secondary education from the University of Florida in 1952, a master's degree in business education from the University of Bri…
Missing Hudson Valley Teen Found Missing Hudson Valley Teen Found
Missing Hudson Valley Teen Found Update: The teenage girl who went missing in the Hudson Valley was located alive and well in Aurora, Colorado at the home of a relative, police said. Original report: A teenage girl has gone missing in the Hudson Valley and police are asking the public's help in finding her. The Ellenville Police Department in Ulster County issued an alert on Tuesday morning, July 3 related to the disappearance of 17-year-old Hallen M. Schafer. She is 5-foot-6, 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police say she left her cell phone at home as well as medications that need to be taken daily. Share…
Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend
Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend This story has been updated. When Police Chief Philip Mattracion responded to a murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley Village of Ellenville Thursday morning, he never expected to find one that one of his closest friends had shot and killed two people and then turned the gun on himself. "I just spoke with him last night and he was joking and laughing," Mattracion said. "This is just so sad for all involved and I'm questioning why I didn't see or notice something last night with all my years of law enforcement." The Ulster County murder-suicide took place around 10 a.m. whe…
Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend
Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend This story has been updated. When Police Chief Philip Mattracion responded to a murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley Village of Ellenville Thursday morning, he never expected to find one that one of his closest friends had shot and killed two people and then turned the gun on himself. "I just spoke with him last night and he was joking and laughing," Mattracion said. "This is just so sad for all involved and I'm questioning why I didn't see or notice something last night with all my years of law enforcement." The Ulster County murder-suicide took place around 10 a.m. whe…
Three Reported Dead In Hudson Valley Murder-Suicide Three Reported Dead In Hudson Valley Murder-Suicide
Three Reported Dead In Hudson Valley Murder-Suicide Click here for an updated story: Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend This story has been updated. Three people were killed in an apparent murder/suicide at an apartment complex in Ellenville Thursday morning, according to Village Police Chief Philip Mattracion. In a brief press conference, Mattracion said the shootings took place at the Canal Lock apartments, at 110 Center St. The chief said the department is still investigating a motive for the shootings and any relationship that exists between the people killed. Ellenville schools were placed on …