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Woman, 85, Killed In House Fire In Capital Region Woman, 85, Killed In House Fire In Capital Region
Woman, 85, Killed In House Fire In Capital Region A devastating house fire in the Capital Region claimed the life of an 85-year-old woman. Firefighters in Montgomery County responded to a residence on Abraham Road in the town of Florida for a fully-involved structure fire shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Multiple crews responded to the home, including firefighters from Amsterdam, Fort Hunter, Tribes Hill, and Pattersonville, however conditions made it impossible for them to get inside, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Once the flames were extinguished, crews located the homeowner, 85-year-old Delores Phelps, dea…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Road Checkpoints Planned As New Leads Surface In Decades-Old Hudson Valley Homicide: Police Road Checkpoints Planned As New Leads Surface In Decades-Old Hudson Valley Homicide: Police
Road Checkpoints Planned As New Leads Surface In Decades-Old Hudson Valley Homicide: Police More than four decades after the disappearance and murder of 20-year-old Dawn Marie Marino, police will be conducting road checkpoints in connection to one of Orange County’s most haunting cold cases.   On Friday, April 11, the Town of Warwick Police Department, working alongside the New York State Police and FBI, announced the launch of road checkpoints in the Pine Island and Florida areas as part of the ongoing investigation into Marino’s death.  "New leads continue to be developed in this over forty year old case," the department said in a social media post, adding, "…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Update: Man Found Submerged In Lake In Region ID'd Update: Man Found Submerged In Lake In Region ID'd
Update: Man Found Submerged In Lake In Region ID'd This story has been updated. New York State Police have identified a man who was found in a 2003 Toyota submerged in a Hudson Valley lake. The vehicle was found in Orange County around 1:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 9, in the village of Florida. According to Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police, the department's Underwater Recovery Team responded to Glenmere Lake and began recovery with the Forensics Identification Unit and the Florida Battalion Dive Team. Nevel said the driver, identified as Kumar Budhu, age 47, of Florida, was found inside the Toyota that drove into Glenmere Lake…

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by Kathy Reakes