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Six First-Graders Injured, 18 Examined After Ceiling Collapses Six First-Graders Injured, 18 Examined After Ceiling Collapses
Six First-Graders Injured, 18 Examined After Ceiling Collapses Click here for an updated story: All First-Graders Released From Hospital After Ceiling Collapses Twenty-four first-grade students were hospitalized after a portion of the ceiling in a teaching station at the Madden Outdoor Education Center in Putnam County collapsed. The incident took place around 11:30 a.m. Friday while the students from the Mahopac-based Fulmar Road Elementary School were participating in a lesson at the center in Kent, said Ellen Lane, communications director for PNW/BOCES. A teacher notified the Mahopac Central School District and called 911. Six students appeared to …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
DWI BMW Driver Slams Into Patrol Car On Taconic Parkway DWI BMW Driver Slams Into Patrol Car On Taconic Parkway
DWI BMW Driver Slams Into Patrol Car On Taconic Parkway A 30-year-old man driving a BMW who crashed into a Putnam County Sheriff patrol car on the Taconic State Parkway has been charged with driving while intoxicated. Deputy Shane Rossiter was on the right side of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley, sitting in his marked patrol car with its emergency lights activated, after pulling over a vehicle for a routine traffic infraction on Tuesday, April 3 at approximately 2:20 a.m., Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley, Jr. said. Rossiter had just issued a ticket to the driver of that vehicle and was in his car waiting for the dri…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Two healthcare giants that serve residents in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut are about to join forces to create a health system that will form a huge system offering services from the Hudson River to Long Island. The merger of the Western Connecticut Health Network, based in Danbury, and Health Quest Systems, based in Lagrangeville in Dutchess County, will create a seven-hospital network serving 1.5 million people across the two states and include seven hospitals, with combined project revenues of $2.4 billion. Health Quest's affiliates are: Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Putnam Hospita…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Hits Tree, Knocking Out Passenger In Hudson Valley, Police Say Drunk Driver Hits Tree, Knocking Out Passenger In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Drunk Driver Hits Tree, Knocking Out Passenger In Hudson Valley, Police Say A 22-year-old man is facing multiple charges of DWI after driving into a tree, knocking a passenger unconscious, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Maxwell Archer, of New Milford, Conn., was charged Feb. 2 with DWI and leaving the scene of a personal injury crash in the Town of Southeast, the sheriff's office said.  Deputy Ronald Yeager was on routine patrol when he was dispatched to Cameron’s Deli, in the Town of Southeast, in response to a 911 call for the report of an unconscious female inside a vehicle. When Yeager arrived at the location, EMS personnel were already on th…

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by Kathy Reakes