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Grave Affair: Inaugural Cemetery Cleanup Day Seeking NY Volunteers Grave Affair: Inaugural Cemetery Cleanup Day Seeking NY Volunteers
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…
Jackpot! $2M Powerball Prize Claimed By Long Island LLC Jackpot! $2M Powerball Prize Claimed By Long Island LLC
Jackpot! $2M Powerball Prize Claimed By Long Island LLC A limited liability company (LLC) on Long Island hit a massive jackpot after taking a chance on a Powerball ticket. The 3317 Holdings LLC of Huntington claimed a $2 million Powerball Powerplay prize for matching the first five numbers drawn on Oct. 2, 2023, New York Lottery said. When purchased, the optional $1 Powerplay feature automatically doubles the $1 million second prize to $2 million. The winning ticket was purchased in Orange County in Newburgh, at the Smokes 4 Less located at 59 North Plank Road. Lottery officials said the LLC received a single lump sum payment of $1.3 million a…
Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters All NY Stores Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters All NY Stores
Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters All NY Stores 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 …
Ex-Con Who Stabbed Long Island Nurse To Death Gets Decades In Prison Ex-Con Who Stabbed Long Island Nurse To Death Gets Decades In Prison
Ex-Con Who Stabbed Long Island Nurse To Death Gets Decades In Prison A convicted felon who stabbed his nurse ex-girlfriend to death on Long Island will spend decades more in prison. Wayne Chambers, age 51, was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Jan. 25 after a jury convicted him of murdering Sandra McIntosh. The 46-year-old Stony Brook University Hospital nurse and Medford resident was found with multiple stab wounds on the night of July 22, 2021 in a wooded area of Holtsville. Earlier Report: Ex-Con Guilty Of Murdering Stony Brook Nurse Sandra McIntosh According to prosecutors, Chambers picked McIntosh u…
'Smile, Laugh Were Contagious': Garden City Businesswoman, Mom Dies At 43 'Smile, Laugh Were Contagious': Garden City Businesswoman, Mom Dies At 43
'Smile, Laugh Were Contagious': Garden City Businesswoman, Mom 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…
Ex-Con Stabbed Long Island Nurse 25 Times, Left Her For Dead In Woods, Jury Finds Ex-Con Stabbed Long Island Nurse 25 Times, Left Her For Dead In Woods, Jury Finds
Ex-Con Stabbed Long Island Nurse 25 Times, Left Her For Dead In Woods, Jury Finds Sandra McIntosh died at the same hospital where she spent her days caring for others. The Stony Brook University Hospital nurse and Medford resident was found with multiple stab wounds on the night of July 22, 2021 in a wooded area of Holtsville. On Thursday, Dec. 7, a Suffolk County jury found her ex-boyfriend, 51-year-old Wayne Chambers, guilty of her murder. According to prosecutors, Chambers picked McIntosh up in her car at around 7:45 p.m. that evening following her nursing shift at the hospital. The two had previously dated for six years but were broken up at the time. Nearly 20 m…
Ex-Knick Amar'e Stoudemire Charged After Punching Daughter: Report Ex-Knick Amar'e Stoudemire Charged After Punching Daughter: Report
Ex-Knick Amar'e Stoudemire Charged After Punching Daughter: Report Ex-New York Knick Amar'e Stoudemire has been charged with battery after allegedly punching his teen daughter in the jaw at his Miami condo, the Miami Herald reports. The 40-year-old former basketball great's daughter, who is between ages 14 and 17, allegedly told cops that her 6-foot and 10-inch tall dad slapped her hard enough to draw blood and punched her sometime over the weekend, the outlet says citing police papers. The girl allegedly sent a photo to her mom of herself with blood on her face, sweater and sweatpants, crying, the Herald says citing the arrest report. The former NBA star…
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NY As Monday's Jackpot Hits New Record $1.9B $1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NY As Monday's Jackpot Hits New Record $1.9B
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NY As Monday's Jackpot Hits New Record $1.9B Powerball’s lottery jackpot has soared to a new record $1.9 billion after there was no first-place winner in the drawing held late Saturday night, Nov. 5. The winning numbers for the $1.6 billion jackpot on Saturday were 28-45-53-56-69, and the Powerball was 20.  There were 16 winners matching the five white balls for $1,000,000 nationally in the following states: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota. In New York, the $1 million winning ticket was sold in the Hudson Valley at Smok…
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NY As New Jackpot Balloons To Near-Record $1.5B $1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NY As New Jackpot Balloons To Near-Record $1.5B
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NY As New Jackpot Balloons To Near-Record $1.5B With no first-place winner in the latest Powerball drawing, the jackpot has just jumped to a near-record $1.5 billion. It's the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history, only behind the world record $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot in 2016. The winning numbers in the drawing on Wednesday, Nov. 2 were 2-11-22-35-60 with a Powerball number of 23. The Power Play was 2X. Three tickets worth $2 million matched all five numbers and added the Power Play. They were sold in New Jersey, Arizona, and Montana. New York was one of nine states where $1 million second-place tickets th…
Queens Man Claims $2 Million Lottery Prize Queens Man Claims $2 Million Lottery Prize
Queens Man Claims $2 Million Lottery Prize A man won a $2 million lottery prize from a ticket purchased in the Hudson Valley. The winning ticket was purchased in Orange County at Smokes 4 Less, which is located at 59 North Plank Road in Newburgh, the lottery said.  Giaminh Dao, of Queens, claimed his Megaplier second prize for matching the first five numbers drawn in the Friday, Sept. 2, Mega Millions drawing, New York Lottery announced on Monday, Oct. 31. NY Lottery said the winning numbers from the drawing were 39 40 52 60 67 Mega Ball 20. Dao received his prize as a single, lump-sum payment of $1,224,481 after require…
Police ID 'Persons Of Interest' In Shooting After HS Football Game In NY Police ID 'Persons Of Interest' In Shooting After HS Football Game In NY
Police ID 'Persons Of Interest' In Shooting After HS Football Game In NY Do you know them? Police have identified two "persons of interest" after three people were shot following a high school football game overnight in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 in Orange County at the Newburgh Free Academy when police say a fight broke out in the north parking lot after the game against visiting Warwick Valley High School. Five shots were fired as soon as the fight broke out, according to Newburgh Police.  Officers on the scene who responded located the three victims:  A 43-year-old woman who was shot in…
Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling To NYC Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling To NYC
Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling To NYC A man has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses after an assault on a commercial bus on the New York Thruway. Original report: Police Investigating Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling On NY Thruway The bus was traveling southbound from Albany to New York City, with approximately 30 passengers on board when a physical altercation began between two male passengers at about 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, according to New York State Police.  The bus pulled over onto the shoulder of I-87 at mile marker 60.1 in the town of Newburgh where troopers responded and we…
$2M Lottery Ticket Sold At Store In NY $2M Lottery Ticket Sold At Store In NY
$2M Lottery Ticket Sold At Store In NY A New York Lottery ticket worth $2 million was sold at a store in the Hudson Valley. The second-prize Mega Millions ticket was purchased in Orange County at Smokes 4 Less in Newburgh, located at 59 N. Plank Rd., the NY Lottery announced Saturday morning, Sept. 3. There were no first-place winners in the $169,000,000 jackpot. The Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday, Sept. 2 were 39, 40, 52, 60, and 67, and the Mega Ball was 20. The Megaplier was 2X.
Police Investigating Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling To NYC Police Investigating Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling To NYC
Police Investigating Assault On Commercial Bus Traveling To NYC State Police are investigating a reported assault on a commercial bus traveling on the New York Thruway overnight. The bus was traveling southbound from Albany to New York City, with approximately 30 passengers on board when a physical altercation began between two male passengers at about 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, according to police.  The bus pulled over onto the shoulder at mile marker 60.1 in the town of Newburgh where troopers responded and were assisted by the Town of Newburgh Police. Both males sustained injuries as a result of the fight, one of whom is the suspect who …
Road Rage: Bronx Man Damages Mercedes During NY Thruway Incident, Police Say Road Rage: Bronx Man Damages Mercedes During NY Thruway Incident, Police Say
Road Rage: Bronx Man Damages Mercedes During NY Thruway Incident, Police Say A man is accused of causing damage to another vehicle during a road-rage incident in the Hudson Valley. It happened around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3 in Rockland County on northbound I-87 in the town of Ramapo, according to state police. Troopers located and stopped both vehicles.  The investigation at the scene determined that Davonne S. Wilmore, age 31, of the Bronx, threw a water bottle at a 2019 Mercedes-Benz truck, causing damage, said state police.  Wilmore was taken into custody, transported, and processed at the State Police barracks in Newburgh.   He wa…
Man Fatally Shot In NYC After Facebook Marketplace Sale, Police Say Man Fatally Shot In NYC After Facebook Marketplace Sale, Police Say
Man Fatally Shot In NYC After Facebook Marketplace Sale, Police Say A Hudson Valley man was shot dead in broad daylight while attempting to purchase a motorcycle off of Facebook Marketplace. The incident took place in the Bronx around 3:40 p.m., Wednesday, May 18 at East 144th and Exterior streets in Mott Haven, said the NYPD. The victim, Rockland County resident Jefferson Jimenez Hernandez, age 20, of Spring Valley, was found unconscious and unresponsive, with gunshot wounds to the head, NYPD said. EMS responded and transported Hernandez to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln where he was pronounced dead, they added. A firearm was recovered on the…
Casting Call: Peacock Show Filming In NY Needs Extras Casting Call: Peacock Show Filming In NY Needs Extras
Casting Call: Peacock Show Filming In NY Needs Extras Calling all wannabe actors of all ages. A new TV series streaming on Peacock -- "Poker Face" -- is looking for extras from ages 9 to adults to play restaurant customers and staff. The show, which stars Benjamin Bratt and Natasha Lyonne, is looking to cast local Orange County adults and kids between the ages of 9-13 years old, according to the Orange County Film/Tourism and the Hudson Valley Film Commission. The roles, the commission said, are best for anyone living within 30 minutes of Newburgh and Walden. The dates run from Monday, May 16 through Thursday, May 26. For kids parts, pa…
Silver Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Woman Silver Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Woman
Silver Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Woman A silver alert has been issued for a missing Long Island woman who authorities say may be headed to the Hudson Valley. Suffolk County Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing West Babylon woman who suffers with the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.   Helen Benjamin, age 70, of West Babylon, was last seen leaving her home at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, Suffolk County Police said.  She was heading to a church meeting at Kingdom Hall in West Babylon, and it is unknown at this time whether she arrived.  She is 5-foot-2 and approximately 130 pounds with…
Police Officer Dies In Upstate NY Snowmobile Crash Police Officer Dies In Upstate NY Snowmobile Crash
Police Officer Dies In Upstate NY Snowmobile Crash A police officer from the Hudson Valley died in an off-duty snowmobile crash in upstate New York. Orange County resident Daniel "DJ" Romano, of Newburgh, died on Friday, Jan. 38, after the snowmobile he was riding crashed into a tree in the Herkimer County town of Webb, according to WKTV. Romano was an officer with the Town of Newburgh Police Department. Posted by Town of Newburgh PBA on Saturday, January 29, 2022 A GoFundMe set up for Romano's wife, Kate, and his 2-year-old daughter Adrianna and 1-year-old daughter Alina has received $174,992 as of Sunday, Jan. 30. "A proud member o…
NY Man Among 11 Charged With Seditious Conspiracy In Capitol Riot Case NY Man Among 11 Charged With Seditious Conspiracy In Capitol Riot Case
NY Man Among 11 Charged With Seditious Conspiracy In Capitol Riot Case A business owner from the Hudson Valley already awaiting trial for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC is among those charged with seditious conspiracy charges after being named in a federal indictment along with the leader of the Oath Keepers militia. Roberto Minuta, age 37, who owns an Orange County tattoo shop in Newburgh, was among the members of the right-wing group who were indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. this week along with Oath Keepers founder and leader Stewart Rhodes. On Jan. 6, 2021, Minuta was caught on camera with …
Boyfriend Nabbed In Fatal Stabbing Of Long Island Woman Boyfriend Nabbed In Fatal Stabbing Of Long Island Woman
Boyfriend Nabbed In Fatal Stabbing Of Long Island Woman A Long Island man has been apprehended in the Hudson Valley for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. Wayne Chambers, age 49, of Medford, was arrested on Friday, July 30 in Orange County in connection with the Thursday, July 22 murder of 46-year-old Sandra McIntosh, in Holtsville, said Suffolk County Police. Chambers, 49, was apprehended in Newburgh by Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives, members of the City of Newburgh Police Department, the New York State Police, and United States Marshals Service. McIntosh was found when a resident of Woodlawn Avenue heard a woman…
Queens Man Accused Of Sparking Fire During Domestic Dispute In Upstate NY Queens Man Accused Of Sparking Fire During Domestic Dispute In Upstate NY
Queens Man Accused Of Sparking Fire During Domestic Dispute In Upstate NY A New York City man with warrants out for his arrest is facing a host of new charges after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend and setting fire to their Hudson Valley condominium, damaging at least 10 units, police announced. First responders in Orange County were dispatched to the Buttonwood Hills Condominiums, in Middletown, on Concord Lane at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 17, where there was a report of a fire that broke out in the complex. Original story - 10 Families Displaced After Condo Fire Breaks Out In Area Upon arrival, police said that officers found a 37-year-old woma…
Long Island School District Names New Superintendent Long Island School District Names New Superintendent
Long Island School District Names New Superintendent A longtime Long Island educator has been chosen to take over as the superintendent of the Riverhead Central School District. Dr. Augustine Tornatore, a Long Island native who is a nominee for 2021 Superintendent of the Year, was chosen by the Board of Education following an extensive search that included dozens of candidates. Tornatore, who grew up in Glen Head, officially takes over for Superintendent Aurelia Henriquez, who announced her resignation last summer, officially as of Thursday, July 1. Christina Tona has been acting as acting superintendent since Henriquez’s resignation in Ju…
Man With Six Kids In Vehicle Charged With DWI/Leandra's Law, State Police Say Man With Six Kids In Vehicle Charged With DWI/Leandra's Law, State Police Say
Man With Six Kids In Vehicle Charged With DWI/Leandra's Law, State Police Say A 34-year-old man has been charged with DWI under Leandra's Law in the Hudson Valley after allegedly driving drunk with six children in the vehicle. Tysean Afflick, of the Bronx, was arrested around 12:40 a.m., Sunday, April 18, after being stopped in Orange County by New York State Police in the town of Newburgh, said Trooper Tara McCormick. During the stop, Afflick was found to be intoxicated while traveling with six children ranging in age from 4 to 13 in the vehicle, McCormick said. Afflick was taken into custody and processed where his blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.12 p…
Feds Arrest NY Man Seen With Trump Aide Roger Stone Before Capitol Riot Feds Arrest NY Man Seen With Trump Aide Roger Stone Before Capitol Riot
Feds Arrest NY Man Seen With Trump Aide Roger Stone Before Capitol Riot A tattoo artist from the Hudson Valley with ties to the Oath Keepers militia group who was seen with former President Donald Trump’s longtime advisor Roger Stone before the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested. Orange County resident Robert Minuta, age 36, of Newburgh, was caught on camera with Stone wearing a baseball hat and military-style vest with the Oath Keeper logo prior to the violent insurrection on Wednesday, Jan. 6 prosecutors said following his arrest. Following his greeting with Stone, Minuta can later be seen among the crowd that approached the Capitol and intera…
College Student From NYC Accused Of Rape, Police Suspect More Victims College Student From NYC Accused Of Rape, Police Suspect More Victims
College Student From NYC Accused Of Rape, Police Suspect More Victims A student has been arrested for the alleged rape on the campus of a college in the Hudson Valley. Anthony S. Pennachio, age 19, of Brooklyn, who attends Mount St. Mary's College in Newburgh, was arrested on Thursday, March 4, after police were called to the college in Newburgh for a reported rape on campus. "The criminal investigation into the incident reveals the potential for additional that may have been sexually assaulted by Anthony S. Pennachio,"  said Newburgh PD Lt. Kevin Lahar. Lahar said the college has been completely cooperative and is also encouraging other potential victi…
Long Island Man Asleep Behind The Wheel Charged With Aggravated DWI Long Island Man Asleep Behind The Wheel Charged With Aggravated DWI
Long Island Man Asleep Behind The Wheel Charged With Aggravated DWI A Long Island man found asleep behind the wheel of his truck on I-87 in the Hudson Valley allegedly had a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit during a late-night bust by New York State Police over the weekend. New York State Police troopers on patrol shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31 stopped to investigate a suspicious Ford F250 that was stopped in the right lane of the interstate in Plattekill. While checking the vehicle, troopers found the driver, Copiague resident Karol Giembic, who was asleep in the front seat of the truck. Giembic was woken up by the troop…
NY Man Charged In Connection To Alleged Role In Deadly Capitol Riot NY Man Charged In Connection To Alleged Role In Deadly Capitol Riot
NY Man Charged In Connection To Alleged Role In Deadly Capitol Riot A Hudson Valley man was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wednesday, Jan. 6 storming of the United States Capitol during the deadly pro-Trump riot, the FBI announced on Saturday, Jan. 16. Federal authorities apprehended Edward Lang at his Orange County home in Newburgh, according to NBC New York. "Decisions have consequences," said William F. Sweeney, Jr., assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office. "Edward Lang is in custody for the ones he made during the assault on our Capitol. "FBI special agents and employees have sworn an oath to protect our natio…
COVID-19: Video Shows Woman Refusing To Wear Mask At Upstate NY Store COVID-19: Video Shows Woman Refusing To Wear Mask At Upstate NY Store
Covid-19: Video Shows Woman Refusing To Wear Mask At Upstate NY Store A video of a woman becoming combative while refusing to wear a mask at a Hudson Valley department store has gone viral after she went on a tirade against customers asking her to cover up during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the video, a man at a Marshall’s in Orange County, located in the Town of Newburgh, can be seen and heard asking the only person on line without a facial covering to put one on, at which point she refused, and went on an expletive-laced tirade against him and other customers waiting to pay. Video of the exchange can be seen on YouTube here. Note: Graphic language. In t…
Tattoo, Piercing Shop Reopens In Defiance Of State Order Tattoo, Piercing Shop Reopens In Defiance Of State Order
Tattoo, Piercing Shop Reopens In Defiance Of State Order The owner of a Hudson Valley tattoo parlor is standing up to “the tyrants running this country” and has reopened his business in direct violation of an executive order issued by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Orange County resident Roberto Antonio Minuta, who has owned Casa di Dolore in Newburgh for seven years, announced the reopening in a video on social media on Tuesday, May 26. The shop reopened Saturday morning, May 30. “As far as I’m concerned, I’m essential, and so is anyone else out there, especially when you have dependents such as children and so on,” he said in the near five-minute…
Nassau County Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award Nassau County Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award
Nassau County Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award A group of student-athletes in New York has been nominated for a prestigious award sponsored in part through the New York Giants. Football players in Freeport and Coram on Long Island, Port Chester in Westchester, Bardonia in Rockland and Newburgh and Wallkill in Orange County have been nominated for the “Heart of a Giant” award, and now need their communities to vote them into the finals. Each week, 10 football players in the tristate area are nominated for voting, and their communities have 25 days to note them in. Six finalists and four honorable mention finalists will ultimately be…