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Man Killed In Single-Car Crash In Area, Police Say
Police are investigating after a man died following a single-car crash in the area.
Dutchess County resident Avinash Harrindranauth, age 28, was killed around 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, in the town of Union Vale on Verbank Club Road, police said.
According to Captain John Watterson, of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, a preliminary investigation shows that a 2021 Audi Q5 operated by Harrindranauth, of Union Vale, crashed when he failed to negotiate a hillcrest and slight curve in the roadway and traveled off the roadway and hit a tree.
Harrindranauth, who …
Here's How Many Are Still Without Power In Area County Hit Hardest By Storm
Four days after a wintry storm rolled through the region, hundreds in the Hudson Valley are still without power.
In Ulster County, the area hit hardest by the storm, more than 1,900 Central Hudson customers were still reporting outages late Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, while there were 54 in Dutchess also left in the dark, according to the utility company.
“This has been a historic storm for Ulster County and we are extremely grateful for the tremendous efforts given by all of our municipal, county, and New York State partners,” Central Hudson Vice President of Electric Engineering and Operatio…
Police Officer From Orange County Accused Of Breaking Into Children's Camp
A police officer has been arrested for allegedly breaking into and damaging property at a children's camp in the Hudson Valley.
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the New York State Police in conjunction with the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Matthew E. McGrath, age 37, of Middletown in Orange County, for breaking into and damaging property at the Camp Young Judaea on Sprout Lake Camp Road in the town of Union Vale.
McGrath, an officer with the NYPD, was charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of criminal mischief, Trooper AJ Hicks said.
McGrath, who was off-duty at the time …
Two Orange County Residents Charged With DWI In State Police Stops
New York State Police troopers removed nine area residents for alleged impaired driving.
Local residents charged include:
Westchester County
On Saturday, Jan. 4, State Police from Cortlandt arrested Billy J. Batalla Fuentes, 26, of Peekskill, for DWI. He was traveling on State Route 9 in the village of Croton-on-Hudson, when he was stopped for a violation of the vehicle and traffic law. Investigation revealed he was under the influence of alcohol, and was subsequently arrested.
On Sunday, Jan. 5, State Police from Cortlandt arrested Daniel A. Jimenez, 38, of Tarrytown, for DWAI Drug…
NTSB Releases Findings On Plane Crash That Killed Pilot, Man In House In Area
A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board regarding the August plane crash in the area that killed two says the pilot experienced engine failure.
The crash happened in Union Vale in Dutchess County just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17 on South Smith Road in Union Vale, just south of Sky Acres Airport and east of the Taconic State Parkway.
The two who died were the pilot of the Cessna 303, identified as Francisco Knipping-Diaz, 61, of Woodmere in Nassau County, and a man who was in the house at the time, Gerard Bocker, 61, state police said.
In a five-page …
Two Orange County Towns Rank Among Highest In NY For Most Black Bears Taken
Hunters in the Hudson Valley were among the most proficient in taking bears, according to the DEC’s Black Bear Harvest summary.
During the 2018-2019 hunting season, New Yorkers hunted down 1,295 black bears statewide, a decrease of 125 from the previous year.
Of the bears that were hunted, 349 were killed by bow, 66 were killed by a muzzleloader and 11 were taken by youth hunters. In the Southern Zone, 804 bears were killed, 60 percent of which were male, and 491 bears were killed in the Northern Zone.
In Dutchess, a total of 16 bears were killed in Amenia, Dover, Northeast, Pawling, Stanf…
Number Of Power Outages Surges In Afternoon In Rockland, Orange Counties
With winds whipping between 20 and 30 mph and gusts approaching 65 mph in the area, thousands remain without power as utility crews scramble to restore service to the region.
As of around 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Feb. 25, Orange & Rockland had 1,120 customers in Orange County and 578 customers in Rockland without power, led by Warwick (648); Nyack (253); Florida (247); Clarkstown (137) and Tuxedo Park (130).
On the other side of the river, 3,117 of Central Hudson’s Dutchess County residents were without power. Hyde Park led the way with 1,136 outages, followed by Rhinebeck …
