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Offensive Images, Words Spray Painted On Public Property In Hudson Valley Offensive Images, Words Spray Painted On Public Property In Hudson Valley
Offensive Images, Words Spray Painted On Public Property In Hudson Valley Police in Northern Westchester are searching for the person responsible for spray-painting racist graffiti. The graffiti was discovered in Yorktown where the Taconic Parkway passes over the Croton Reservoir northbound on Saturday, May 21. The graffiti, which was signed with the initials JJC, was done in blue spray paint and said "Jackson C. Hates N....S" as well as an anti-semitic statement, said Chief Robert Noble, of the Yorktown Police. "While these hateful and hurtful statements were reported on Saturday, May 21, our investigation thus far has led us to believe that the crime was commi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
State Police Dish Out 49 Tickets In Operation Hard Hat Patrols State Police Dish Out 49 Tickets In Operation Hard Hat Patrols
State Police Dish Out 49 Tickets In Operation Hard Hat Patrols New York State Police troopers went deep undercover, posing as construction workers, handing out nearly 50 tickets to motorists during “Operation Hardhat” in Westchester and Putnam counties. This week,  troopers teamed with the New York State Department of Transportation for the special detail, dishing out a total of 49 tickets to speedsters and distracted drivers on I-684, the Taconic and Sprain Brook Parkways. During the two-day detail, troopers patrolled highway work zones for violations that include speeding, failing to adhere to the "Move Over" law use of a cell phone while d…

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by Zak Failla
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Bear, Cub Found Dead On Area Parkway Bear, Cub Found Dead On Area Parkway
Bear, Cub Found Dead On Area Parkway An adult bear and her cub that were apparently struck by a vehicle on the Taconic Parkway in Putnam Valley will be removed from the roadway by the Department of Transportation.The pair, first noticed by Daily Voice reader John Askildsen of Millbrook, has been on the southbound side of the highway, immediately south of the entrance at Peekskill Hollow Road, since Monday.  "When I first noticed them down an embankment I thought maybe it was a piece of carpet or something," he said. "But then I realized it was a bear and her cub." Officials with the state Department of Cons…

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by Kathy Reakes