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16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Region 16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Region
16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Region A teenager has died after jumping from a popular waterfall in the region. The Greene County incident happened at around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Fawn’s Leap, located near the hamlet of Haines Falls in the Town of Hunter. Greene County Sheriff’s officials said a group of teens, all from Brooklyn, was swimming in Kaaterskill Creek when a 16-year-old boy and a friend jumped from a ledge at the top of the falls. Both teens landed in the water at the base of the falls where the current proved to be too strong for them to swim out of. Another swimmer noticed they were struggling and was ab…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Trailer: 'Stay Awake,' Film Shot In Hudson Valley Opens Locally Trailer: 'Stay Awake,' Film Shot In Hudson Valley Opens Locally
Trailer: 'Stay Awake,' Film Shot In Hudson Valley Opens Locally A riveting film starring Chrissy Metz of "This Is Us" fame, which was shot throughout the mid-Hudson Valley will be screening locally beginning this weekend. “Stay Awake," which is directed and written by Jamie Sisley, will be screening in Ulster County at the Upstate Films Orpheum Theatre at 156 Main Street in Saugerties on: Saturday, June 10, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, 7 p.m. (Live Zoom Q/A with writer/director Jamie Sisley) Saturday, June 17, 2:15 p.m. The film is an American drama that tells the very "today" story of a mother who is an addict and the lengths her two sons go to …

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by Kathy Reakes