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Missing Local Woman Found Dead In Car Following Taconic Parkway Crash Missing Local Woman Found Dead In Car Following Taconic Parkway Crash
Missing Local Woman Found Dead In Car Following Taconic Parkway Crash A Hudson Valley woman who was reported missing by her family was located off the Taconic State Park in a small body of water, the victim of a car crash. On Monday, Aug. 1, Orange County resident Katherine M. Garcia was reported missing to the state police by her family, said Trooper AJ Hicks. Garcia, age 23, of New Windsor, was reportedly last seen by friends on the night of Saturday, July 30, at a residence in Dutchess County the town of Beekman, Hicks said. While searching for her, a vehicle was located off the roadway in a small body of water off of the Taconic State Parkway near Exit 3…
Hudson Valley Barber, Known As 'World's Oldest,' Dies At Age 108 Hudson Valley Barber, Known As 'World's Oldest,' Dies At Age 108
Hudson Valley Barber, Known As 'World's Oldest,' Dies At Age 108 A Hudson Valley man known as the "world's oldest barber" has died. Anthony Mancinelli died on Thursday, Sept. 19 at his Orange County home in New Windsor. He was 108. Mancinelli started cutting hair at age 11 years old. Remarkably, he kept at it for almost a century.  In 2007, he was cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the “world’s oldest barber” -- a designation repeated each year since then. Mancinelli was born March 2, 1911 in Montemilone, Italy. The son of John and Savino Madrisi Mancinelli. Anthony came to America in September of 1919, on the ship Caserta. …
Ex-Hudson Valley Resident Allegedly Beaten To Death By Parents To Be Buried Ex-Hudson Valley Resident Allegedly Beaten To Death By Parents To Be Buried
Ex-Hudson Valley Resident Allegedly Beaten To Death By Parents To Be Buried A 10-year-old girl who spent the first seven years of her life in the Hudson Valley, will be buried Saturday in Newburgh after allegedly being beaten to death by her mother and step-father. Sharon Carrillo, 33, and Julio Carrillo, 51, were arrested on Feb. 28 in Stockton Springs, Maine, for murder after they beat Middletown native Marissa Kennedy on a daily basis, causing injuries that killed her on Feb. 25, the Bangor Daily News reported. According to the police affidavit, the Carrillos failed to take Marissa to a hospital after she stopped walking and couldn’t speak following a beating. P…