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Over 40 Aftershocks Keep NY Rockin' Days After Rare 4.8 Quake Over 40 Aftershocks Keep NY Rockin' Days After Rare 4.8 Quake
Over 40 Aftershocks Keep NY Rockin' Days After Rare 4.8 Quake Call it jealousy over the total solar eclipse? As millions geared up to watch the sun and moon’s rare celestial spectacle, Mother Earth continued to put on a show of her own in the days after a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook much of the Northeast on Friday, April 5. Since then, at least 44 aftershocks have been recorded in Hunterdon and Somerset counties in New Jersey, according to data from the US Geological Survey (USGS). Earlier Report: New York Feels 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Aftershock The tremors, ranging in magnitude from 1.3 to 2.6, were felt across New Jersey, New York…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Here's How Northeast 4.8 Magnitude Quake Stacks Up Against Prior Tremors To Rattle NY Here's How Northeast 4.8 Magnitude Quake Stacks Up Against Prior Tremors To Rattle NY
Here's How Northeast 4.8 Magnitude Quake Stacks Up Against Prior Tremors To Rattle NY As nerves were still settling following an earthquake that rattled much of the Northeast late Friday morning, April 5, social media was flooded with lifelong residents proclaiming the tremor was the strongest they’d ever felt. “That might’ve been the biggest earthquake I’ve ever felt because the whole house was actually shaking. Pretty crazy,” one user posted on X. Though Friday’s magnitude 4.8 quake was among the largest to hit the Northeast in the last century, it is classified as a "light" quake on the Richter scale, which runs from a 1.0 magnitude (micro) to 9.9 (extreme). Original R…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Indicted For Death Of College Student From Area Man Indicted For Death Of College Student From Area
Man Indicted For Death Of College Student From Area The man accused of gunning down a college student from the Hudson Valley has been indicted on murder charges for allegedly killing the 21-year-old, authorities announced. St. Lawrence County resident Matthew Snow, age 31, of Massena in New York, is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, April 11 for his alleged role in killing Elizabeth Howell, a SUNY Potsdam student from Putnam County. Original story - Brewster HS Grad Killed In Upstate Shooting Was An Aspiring Educator It is alleged that Snow shot and killed Howell, a Putnam Lake resident from the town of Patterson, on Friday, Feb. 18 whe…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Release New Info On Fatal Shooting Of College Student From Area Police Release New Info On Fatal Shooting Of College Student From Area
Police Release New Info On Fatal Shooting Of College Student From Area The 21-year-old SUNY Potsdam student from the Hudson Valley who was killed just off-campus was fatally shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting, according to new information released by police. Putnam County resident Elizabeth Howell, age 21, who was a senior at SUNY Potsdam, was struck by three bullets that were fired from a grey, four-door Honda Civic at around 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, investigators from the Potsdam Police Department announced. Original story - Brewster HS Grad Killed In Upstate Shooting Was An Aspiring Educator Police said that her alleged shooter, St. Lawrence C…

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by Zak Failla
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College Student From Area Killed In Shooting Was An Aspiring Educator College Student From Area Killed In Shooting Was An Aspiring Educator
College Student From Area Killed In Shooting Was An Aspiring Educator A female college student from the Hudson Valley who was shot and killed on a street just off-campus in upstate New York is being remembered  as an aspiring educator and talented musician. Putnam County resident Elizabeth Howell, age 21, was a senior at SUNY Potsdam, where she was a music education student at the college's prestigious Crane School. At about 5:50 p.m. on Friday, Feb.18, police in Potsdam, New York, located in St. Lawrence County, responded to a report of an unconscious female on College Park Road near the entrance to SUNY Potsdam. Responding patrols located Howell, of t…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Police Seek Info On Suspect In Murder Of College Student From Area Police Seek Info On Suspect In Murder Of College Student From Area
Police Seek Info On Suspect In Murder Of College Student From Area Police have asked the public for information about a man accused of murdering a 21-year-old Hudson Valley woman who was due to graduate this spring from SUNY Potsdam. Michael Snow, age 31, of Massena, located in St. Lawrence County, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Elizabeth Howell, of the Putnam County town of Patterson, said New York State Police. Earlier report - College Student From Putnam County Shot, Killed Near Upstate NY Campus Howell was found dead on College Park Road in Potsdam, near the main entrance to SUNY Potsdam, just before 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, stat…

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by Nicole Valinote
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College Student From Area Shot, Killed Near Upstate NY Campus College Student From Area Shot, Killed Near Upstate NY Campus
College Student From Area Shot, Killed Near Upstate NY Campus Updated story: Police Seek Info On Suspect In Murder Of College Student From Hudson Valley A female college student from the Hudson Valley was shot and killed on a street just off campus by a man who had no affiliation with the upstate New York university, according to authorities. At about 5:50 p.m. on Friday, Feb.18, police in Potsdam, New York, located in St. Lawrence County, responded to a report of an unconscious female on College Park Road near the entrance to SUNY Potsdam.  Responding patrols located the 21-year-old victim, now identified as Putnam County resident&nbs…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hudson Valley Man, 34, Survives Upstate Helicopter Crash That Killed Two Hudson Valley Man, 34, Survives Upstate Helicopter Crash That Killed Two
Hudson Valley Man, 34, Survives Upstate Helicopter Crash That Killed Two A 34-year-old Hudson Valley man was one of two survivors in a helicopter crash that killed two people in upstate New York late Tuesday afternoon. Two utility workers were killed and two others hurt when the maintenance chopper got caught on power lines and crashed, catching fire in cornfields in Beekmantown, north of Plattsburgh, near the Canadian border. Scott Fabia of Hyde Park in Dutchess County and 30-year-old Benjamin McAllister of Hopkinton survived, state police said. The two men killed were the pilot, 56-year-old Robert Hoban Jr., of Shamang, New Jersey, and 30-year-old Jeremy Kear…

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by Joe Lombardi