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These Hudson Valley Properties Nominated For State, National Historic Registers
They tell the history of New York, and now these landmark properties could soon have the paperwork to prove it.
Fifteen properties across the state have been nominated for addition to the State and National Registers of Historic Places by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation.
The registers serve as the official list of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects, and sites that are deemed significant to the history, architecture, archaeology, and culture of New York State and the country.
Of the 15 nominees statewide, the following Capital Region and Hudson Valley s…
NY Personal Pilot To Billionaire Investor Admits Role In Insider Trading Scheme
A private pilot from New York has admitted to taking part in an insider trading scheme involving his billionaire boss.
Albany County resident Patrick O’Connor, age 67, of Preston-Potter Hollow, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in Albany federal court on Monday, Feb. 26.
O’Connor worked as a personal pilot to billionaire Joseph Lewis, a British businessman and investor who is the principal owner of the Tavistock Group, an international private investment organization.
According to prosecutors, Lewis, age 87, was regularly given material, non-public information about various companies for …
Temple Shooting: 28-Year-Old Federally Charged After Gunshots At NY Synagogue
The man accused of opening fire at a New York synagogue on the first day of Hanukkah has been federally charged.
Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 28, of Schenectady, appeared in Albany federal court on Friday, Dec. 8, where he was arraigned on one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm.
According to the criminal complaint, Alkhader approached Albany’s Temple Israel, located on New Scotland Avenue, at around 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7 armed with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun.
He then fired the weapon twice into the air, prosecutors allege.
Earlier Report: New Update: Shooting At NY Syna…
19-Year-Old Steals Over $10K Worth Of Products From Yorktown Store: Police
A 19-year-old woman has found herself facing grand larceny charges after stealing over $10,000 worth of merchandise from a Northern Westchester County beauty store, police said.
Capital Region resident Desiree Fowler, age 19, of Albany, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 2 on a grand larceny charge after turning herself in to Yorktown Police, the department announced.
According to Yorktown Police, on Monday, May 22 around 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a reported theft at the Ulta Beauty location in the Jefferson Valley Mall at 650 Lee Blvd. Responding officers conducted an investigatio…
ShopRite To Close 5 NY Locations: Here's Rundown
Supermarket chain ShopRite is closing five stores in New York.
The closures, scheduled for early December, are all in the Capital Region, according to a report by Winsight Grocery Business: Albany, Colonie, Niskayuna, Slingerlands, and North Greenbush.
The closures are due to underperforming sales, the report said.
ShopRite, which launched in the mid-1940s, has stores in six states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
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