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New Info: 2 Dead, 5 Critically Injured In HS I-84 Bus Crash In Orange County New Info: 2 Dead, 5 Critically Injured In HS I-84 Bus Crash In Orange County
New Info: 2 Dead, 5 Critically Injured In HS I-84 Bus Crash In Orange County Two adults were killed, including a high school band director, and at least five students suffered critical injuries in a bus rollover crash in the Hudson Valley.  New Update: Band Director, Retired Teacher ID'd As Victims In Horrific Hudson Valley Bus Crash The crash happened in Orange County on I-84 near Exit 15 at around 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. "This was a day of terror," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said just hours after the crash in the small town of Wawayanda, located about 45 miles northwest of New York City. Band, cheerleading, and dance students from Farmingdale H…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
School Bus Driver Charged: Accused Of Slamming On Brakes, Injuring Kids In Hudson Valley School Bus Driver Charged: Accused Of Slamming On Brakes, Injuring Kids In Hudson Valley
School Bus Driver Charged: Accused Of Slamming On Brakes, Injuring Kids In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley school bus driver has been charged with allegedly endangering the welfare of children after he intentionally slammed the brakes sending students flying. The incident took place in Ulster County around 8 a.m. Thursday, April 13, in the town of Ulster. According to Ulster Town Police Chief Kyle Beradi, the Ulster Police School Resource Officer assigned to Miller Middle School was notified by administrators regarding an incident involving a bus driver and the students on the bus.  An investigation revealed that Christopher Bauer, age 64, of Kerhonkson, who …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Ex-Rockland Bus Company Magnate Sentenced For Bribery, Theft, Fraud Ex-Rockland Bus Company Magnate Sentenced For Bribery, Theft, Fraud
Ex-Rockland Bus Company Magnate Sentenced For Bribery, Theft, Fraud The former owner of a local bus repair and transportation company has been sentenced to time in prison for fraud, bribery and theft. Richard Brega, who owned Brega D.O.T. Maintenance Corp. in Rockland County, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison after he was found guilty by a federal jury in White Plains, following a three-week trial. The convictions were for Brega’s billing the Rockland Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) for maintenance of school buses that were never performed, and bribery of a Rockland BOCES official. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said that Brega, 51…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
State's First Electric School Buses Unveiled In Hudson Valley State's First Electric School Buses Unveiled In Hudson Valley
State's First Electric School Buses Unveiled In Hudson Valley The first all-electric school buses have rolled out on the streets of Westchester. The White Plains School District is testing out five buses that will be operated through National Express, marking the state's first foray into an electric fleet of buses.  The 100-percent electric buses will get an estimated 66 miles on a full battery charge, and drivers will be able to track battery life through their cell phones. There is also a dial inside and outside the vehicle. While regular school bus engine can be heard from a block away, the electric buses are nearly silent and emit a four-ton…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames
Cool, Calm Mahwah Boy, 11, Smells Smoke Before School Bus Goes Up In Flames Nothing rattles 11-year-old Rocco Arcese of Mahwah – the kid’s an award-winning downhill racer. So when the school bus he’d just gotten on caught fire Tuesday morning, he calmly told the driver he’d better pull over. Rocco was the Durham Bus Company driver’s first pickup on the way to Joyce Kilmer Middle School. They’d gone barely 300 yards on Chapel Road in Fardale when the fifth-grader smelled smoke. So they quickly got off. SEE: Flames Consume Mahwah School Bus Police officers were there instantly and members of Mahwah Fire Co. 4 quickly doused the Durham Bus Company engine fire. Whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Two School Buses Involved In Area Crash Two School Buses Involved In Area Crash
Two School Buses Involved In Area Crash About 20 students and a couple of adults are being evaluated following a crash between two school buses at the intersection of Route 311 and North Terry Hill Road in the Hamlet of Lake Carmel in the Town of Kent. No injuries were reported in the crash that occurred around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. Check back to Daily Voice for updates. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Bus Company In Area To Lay Off More Than 160 Bus Company In Area To Lay Off More Than 160
Bus Company In Area To Lay Off More Than 160 More than 160 jobs face elimination at the end of June following the announcement that First Student Bus Company had lost its contract with the Pine Bush School District. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification on April 3, which notified the state that 166 employees would be laid off as of June 29. The notice also said the Depot Street plant would close. First Student listed the “loss of Pine Bush School District contract to Birnie Bus” as the reason for the elimination of jobs. A media spokesperson for neither First Student or Birnie Bus were not available for co…

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by Kathy Reakes