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Hudson Valley High School Student With Passion For Sports Dies At Age 16
A Hudson Valley high school student who loved sports, has died at the age of 16.
Sam Lown, age 16, a longtime Dutchess County resident from the town of Red Hook, died on Tuesday, July 26, following a courageous battle with cancer, according to his obituary.
Born on April 7, 2006, in Poughkeepsie, he was the son of Donald and Jennifer (Spencer) Lown.
Sam was a student at Red Hook Central School and had a "great passion" for many different sports including football, lacrosse, and basketball.
He played and enjoyed them all starting with flag football, then Pop Warner football,…
Westchester Woman Among 17 Charged During Fourth Of July DWI Crackdown In Region
A four-day impaired driving enforcement effort in a Hudson Valley county led to the arrests of 17 people.
The enforcement effort in Dutchess County centered around the Fourth of July holiday, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office said the following people were arrested:
Atiya Barnes, age 20, of Hyde Park - DWAI
Perla Canales Castrejon, age 21, of Red Hook - DWAI
Madlyn Castell, age 28, of Saugerties - DWI
Brian Dagget, age 33, of Rhinebeck - DWI
Shari Haddock, age 56, of Cortlandt Manor - DWI
Rufus Harvey, age 68, of Poughkeepsie - DWI
Jessica Kravit, age…
Hudson Valley Man Busted With Heroin, Cocaine, 'Billy Club' In State Police Stop
A Hudson Valley man with a warrant out for his arrest was one of two busted by New York State Police troopers with drugs and an illegal weapon during a traffic stop, officials announced.
Troopers from the Catskill barracks in Greene County stopped a 2004 Acura TSX on West Bridge Street in the Town of Catskill for violating traffic laws.
During the stop, police said that it was determined the driver, Angelo Salvatore, age 38, and his passenger, Dutchess County resident Michael Scalice, age 35, of Red Hook, were in possession of cocaine and heroin.
A further search of the vehicle led to the …
64-Year-Old Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Raping Child
A 64-year-old Hudson Valley man has been arrested for allegedly raping a child, police announced.
Dutchess County resident Gary Cowperthwaite, age 64, of Red Hook, was arrested by state police on Friday, March 11, after the department received a tip.
An investigation into the tip determined that Cowperthwaite sexually assaulted a child, Trooper AJ Hicks said.
He was charged with rape and two counts of a criminal sex act, all felonies, Hicks said.
Cowperthwaite was arraigned before the town of Red Hook court and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bail, $40,000 sec…
Netflix Movie About Manhattan Couple Moving To Hudson Valley Debuts
A hot new movie filmed in New York's Hudson Valley is making its debut on Netflix.
"Things Heard & Seen," a psychological thriller, based on the book "All Things Cease to Appear," by Elizabeth Brundage, stars James Norton, Amanda Seyfried, Natalia Dyer, and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, started streaming on Thursday, April 29.
Brundage said she got the idea for the book while living in Monroe County, New York, in the Town of Brighton, where she learned of the 1982 death of Cathleen Krauseneck, a resident there who was found in bed with an ax lodged in her head. Her 3-year-old da…
Netflix Movie About Manhattan Couple Moving To Hudson Valley Debuts
A hot new movie filmed in New York's Hudson Valley is making its debut on Netflix.
"Things Heard & Seen," a psychological thriller, based on the book "All Things Cease to Appear," by Elizabeth Brundage, stars James Norton, Amanda Seyfried, Natalia Dyer, and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, started streaming on Thursday, April 29.
Brundage said she got the idea for the book while living in Monroe County, New York, in the Town of Brighton, where she learned of the 1982 death of Cathleen Krauseneck, a resident there who was found in bed with an ax lodged in her head. Her 3-year-old da…
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Region
The slow-moving, two-part Nor'east has now moved out off the coast, but it resulted in difficult travel conditions, school delays and closing and scattered power outages.
Here are some selected snowfall totals from the region. Add the total for your town by leaving a comment below.
Westchester County
Chappaqua, 2 inches, 8:35 p.m., Monday, Dec. 2
North Salem, 3 inches, 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
Nassau County
Merrick, 1.5 inches, 5 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
Putnam County
Mahopac, 4 inches, 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
Dutchess County
LaGrange, 9 inches, 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
Red Ho…
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Westchester Man Charged With DWI In Detail
During a Halloween crackdown on impaired drivers, law enforcement agencies in Dutchess County arrested more than two dozen drivers for alleged DWI.
Between Thursday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 3, local, county and state police agencies teamed to increase DWI checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout Dutchess.
In total, 26 arrests were made, 25 of which were for impaired driving. The crackdown was the first of eight planned during the holiday season.
According to Dutchess County Sheriff’s Lt. Frank LaMonica, Jr., “The objective of this continued enforcement grant is to revitalize and en…
Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival
Four residents of the Hudson Valley and two from Fairfield County were among 68 people charged during a four-day New York State Police detail that focused on the illegal distribution of controlled substances at the Disc Jam Music Festival in Stephentown, New York, east of Albany.
The detail was held from Thursday, June 6 to Monday, June 10 by members of Troop G and Troop K uniform and BCI, along with the Troop G Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team.
State Police seized quantities of cocaine, doses of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ketamine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA, and …
