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Police: Town Of Poughkeepsie Man Nabbed In Chase After Threatening To Kill Cop, Jump Off Bridge Police: Town Of Poughkeepsie Man Nabbed In Chase After Threatening To Kill Cop, Jump Off Bridge
Police: Town Of Poughkeepsie Man Nabbed In Chase After Threatening To Kill Cop, Jump Off Bridge A man who threatened to kill a police officer and then took police on a chase also called 911 to tell them he intended to jump off the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge. William A. Pascal, 45, of the Town of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Saturday, June 8, following a sequence of events that ended at the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police, Capt. Kevin Faber. The incident began around 11:50 p.m. when a town of Poughkeepsie Police officer stopped Pascal for an equipment violation on Main Street. When the officer approached the vehicle, the recognized Pascal and knew that he was wan…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Poll: What Do You Think About New Name For The Bear Mountain Bridge? Poll: What Do You Think About New Name For The Bear Mountain Bridge?
Poll: What Do You Think About New Name For The Bear Mountain Bridge? Just months after the uproar over the new Tappan Zee Bridge being given the official name of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, residents are up in arms again over the newly enacted name of the Bear Mountain Bridge. The new name, "The Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge," was selected, not by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but by the State Senate which had originally wanted to attach the name to the new Tappan Zee. But before they could make the change, the governor stepped in and named the new bridge after his late father. But unlike the new TZB official name change,  the bill specifies the name c…

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by Kathy Reakes