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Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Monticello Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Monticello
Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Monticello A three-alarm fire destroyed a Hudson Valley home and kept firefighters on the scene for more than seven hours. The fire took place in Sullivan County around 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 at 132 Haddock Road in Monticello. While en route Sullivan Fire was told that a man that had reportedly jumped from a second-floor window had suffered multiple burns. Three fire trucks responded within a minute and arrived at the fire within four minutes, to find a working fire, said the Monticello Fire Department.  Mutual aid was requested from the Town of Bethel Fast, Rock Hill, and Forestburgh. Addi…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
ID Released For 10-Year-Old Killed In Hudson Valley Crash ID Released For 10-Year-Old Killed In Hudson Valley Crash
ID Released For 10-Year-Old Killed In Hudson Valley Crash Police have identified a 10-year-old boy who was killed in a two-vehicle crash. in the area. Rockland County resident Michael Bosco, of Pomona, was killed around 6:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the crash in Nanuet, at the intersection of Route 304 and West Nyack Road, in Nanuet. Arriving officers discovered two vehicles heavily damaged, a Toyota Sienna and a Ford F-150 both with airbag deployment, according to Detective Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police Department. Earlier Story: 10-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash Each of the involved vehicles was…

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by Kathy Reakes
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EMS Volunteer Dies At Ambulance Headquarters In Area EMS Volunteer Dies At Ambulance Headquarters In Area
EMS Volunteer Dies At Ambulance Headquarters In Area This story has been updated with corrected information. An EMS volunteer unexpectedly died at his ambulance headquarters in Rockland County, authorities announced. Stony Point EMS volunteer Joey Zask died on Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Stony Point Ambulance Headquarters from causes that have not been disclosed by officials. Zask worked for Rockland Mobile Care as a dispatcher and was also a volunteer in Orange County, in Cornwall, according to a GoFundMe page set up for his family. He was a driver training to get his EMT certification for both Hudson Valley companies. “Members of the Piermo…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Heart Disease And COVID-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution Heart Disease And COVID-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution
Heart Disease And Covid-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution If you have a pre-existing heart disease and become ill with COVID-19, you are at a higher risk for a heart attack or developing congestive heart failure. This is likely due to a combination of the severity of the viral illness and its increased demands on the heart (fever causes rapid heart rate, for example), compounded by low oxygen levels and an increased likelihood for blood clot formation. In addition to the increase in these heart problems, a more unusual condition called myocarditis where the virus infects the heart muscle directly, has also been observed in COVID-19 patients. If you…

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Condition Of Accused Killer Of Missing Mom 'Dire' As Court Orders Rearrest If He Survives Condition Of Accused Killer Of Missing Mom 'Dire' As Court Orders Rearrest If He Survives
Condition Of Accused Killer Of Missing Mom 'Dire' As Court Orders Rearrest If He Survives Three new arrest warrants were issued for Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of Fairfield County missing mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos, at an emergency bond hearing, as his attorneys described his condition as "dire." “His medical condition is dire,” Norm Pattis, Dulos' attorney told Judge Gary White on Wednesday, Jan. 29 during the hearing in Stamford.  Pattis also said Dulos' family was expected to arrive later Wednesday from his native Greece and waived extradition proceedings so the family could visit him at the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. See Previous Story: Emergency…

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by Kathy Reakes