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Mayor, Good Samaritans Help Residents Escape From A Smoke-Filled Home In Area Mayor, Good Samaritans Help Residents Escape From A Smoke-Filled Home In Area
Mayor, Good Samaritans Help Residents Escape From A Smoke-Filled Home In Area A local mayor and good Samaritans helped evacuate residents from a Hudson Valley home after they failed to react to a fire alarm. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 10 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 23 in the city of Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison was on his way to a church service when driving on Delafield Street he hear a loud fire alarm and smoke coming from the second floor of a home. The mayor pulled over and crossed the street at the same time two women were calling 911 for help. "I ran across the road and stopped and called 911 while the really loud fire alarm…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man With Handgun Leads Police On Chase Through School Zone In Area Man With Handgun Leads Police On Chase Through School Zone In Area
Man With Handgun Leads Police On Chase Through School Zone In Area  A man is in custody after he threatened the security guard of a residential building with an "Uzi-type handgun," then fled from police on foot, causing an area elementary school to lock down after running through a school zone with the loaded weapon, said police.  Maceo B. Lewis, 23, first brandished the gun to a security guard in Poughkeepsie of the Eastmin & Bixby apartments on 22 Montgomery St. at approximately 11:38 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, said City of Poughkeepsie police.  The guard reported the incident to police, who responded to the area.  A detective re…

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by Christina Coulter