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Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Run Over By Vehicle Outside Area Convenience Store Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Run Over By Vehicle Outside Area Convenience Store
Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Run Over By Vehicle Outside Area Convenience Store The quick actions of two Good Samaritans are credited with rescuing a woman who was run over by a vehicle outside a convenience store in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened in Dutchess County on Friday, Feb. 10 at approximately 2:20 p.m. in the parking lot of the Extra Mart located at 2 West Market St. in the village of Red Hook. An investigation determined that the 76-year-old Red Hook woman was walking through the parking lot when a 2017 Buick being operated by a 90-year-old Red Hook man attempted to back out of a parking space and struck her.  This caused the woman to fal…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Area Home 'Uninhabitable' Following Kitchen Fire Area Home 'Uninhabitable' Following Kitchen Fire
Area Home 'Uninhabitable' Following Kitchen Fire A kitchen fire at an area home left one family homeless due to fire and water damage. The fire took place around 12:08 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, in Dutchess County. The Red Hook Fire Company and Tivoli Fire Department were dispatched to a stove fire at 32 Garden St., in the Village of Red Hook, said John Lauffer, public information officer for the Red Hook Fire Department.  When the first Red Hook fire engine arrived less than three minutes after the initial alarm they found smoke coming from the building in several locations and immediately initiated an interior attack.  Shortly after the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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House Built In 1900 At Total Loss Following Three-Alarm Fire In Area House Built In 1900 At Total Loss Following Three-Alarm Fire In Area
House Built In 1900 At Total Loss Following Three-Alarm Fire In Area A three-alarm fire destroyed a 120-year-old home in Dutchess County. The Milan and Red Hook fire department responded to the fire around 1:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11 at a home located at 345 Fitzsimmons Road, in Milan on the Columbia County Line with Dutchess County, said the Milan Fire Department. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found heavy smoke and heavy fire from the ground through the roof, the department said. Firefighters quickly worked to tamper down any exposures to the garage, a barn, vehicles, and a camper trailer that were heating up. The home, built in 1900, was und…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash Involving Ulster County Man Woman Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash Involving Ulster County Man
Woman Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash Involving Ulster County Man A woman was killed in an early morning three-vehicle crash in the area. The crash happened at around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8 in Dutchess County, on Route 9G just north of West Market Street/Route 199 in the town of Red Hook. An initial investigation by state police shows Ulster County resident Dino J. Macaluso, age 54, of Saugerties, was operating a 2005 GM Envoy northbound on State Route 9G when he entered the southbound lane and struck two vehicles.  Both southbound vehicles were slowing for a red traffic signal at the Route 9G and West Market intersection, accord…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Area Man Charged With Murder After Victim Found On Front Lawn Area Man Charged With Murder After Victim Found On Front Lawn
Area Man Charged With Murder After Victim Found On Front Lawn An area man is facing a murder charge after he was caught by police standing over a fatal stabbing victim, authorities announced. Dutchess resident Robert Streib, 36, of Red Hook, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 3, and remanded to Columbia County Jail without bail following his arrest at approximately 1 a.m., following reports of the stabbing. Members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a Clermont home near the in Columbia County/Dutchess County-line, investigators said. When they arrived, sheriff’s deputies found area resident Glenn Unson, 43, lying on the ground with …

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by Zak Failla