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Air Quality Alert Issued For Hudson Valley, Long Island Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke Air Quality Alert Issued For Hudson Valley, Long Island Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke
Air Quality Alert Issued For Hudson Valley, Long Island Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke New Yorkers are under an air quality health advisory Monday, Aug. 4, as wildfire smoke and ozone pollution push levels into the unhealthy range. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of Health (DOH) issued updated advisories for both fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone pollution, warning residents to limit outdoor activity and take precautions. The updated advisory, issued Monday morning, includes potential visible smoke and hazy skies statewide due to drifting wildfire smoke from Canada. Residents may experience temporary spikes in smoke-rel…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Navy Vet, Cemetery Caretaker Killed In NY UTV Crash 'Lived Life Marked By Strength, Service' Navy Vet, Cemetery Caretaker Killed In NY UTV Crash 'Lived Life Marked By Strength, Service'
Navy Vet, Cemetery Caretaker Killed In NY UTV Crash 'Lived Life Marked By Strength, Service' Carl Gray will be laid to rest in the same cemetery he spent years caring for. The 74-year-old retired Navy chief from Fort Plain died following a UTV crash in the Fulton County town of Ephratah on Thursday, July 24, according to New York State Police. Gray was operating the vehicle on Tilboro Road when he went off the south side of the roadway and struck a utility pole at around 9:20 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at Nathan Littauer Hospital. A Little Falls native, Gray graduated from Fort Plain High School before “proudly” serving in the US Navy for 24 years, retiring at the r…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hero Boyfriend Drowns Trying To Save GF At NY Lake On Fourth Of July Weekend: 'True Friend' Hero Boyfriend Drowns Trying To Save GF At NY Lake On Fourth Of July Weekend: 'True Friend'
Hero Boyfriend Drowns Trying To Save GF At NY Lake On Fourth Of July Weekend: 'True Friend' Tributes are pouring in for a young man who died while attempting to save his girlfriend on a New York lake over the Fourth of July weekend. Vickram “Kevin” Roopnarine, 24, of Schenectady, died Sunday evening, July 6, after rushing into the waters of the Great Sacandaga Reservoir to help rescue his girlfriend, whose inflatable tube had capsized more than 200 feet from shore near the former Broadalbin Beach. Roopnarine never made it back. Emergency crews—including the NYS DEC, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, NYS Rangers, and multiple fire departments—worked through the evening hours on …

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Pastor's Daughter, 21, Killed In NY Jet Ski Accident Remembered As 'Caring, Talented' Pastor's Daughter, 21, Killed In NY Jet Ski Accident Remembered As 'Caring, Talented'
Pastor's Daughter, 21, Killed In NY Jet Ski Accident Remembered As 'Caring, Talented' Tributes are pouring in for a young woman who died following a jet ski crash on Great Sacandaga Lake in Fulton County. Grace Clark, 21, was killed when the jet ski she was operating collided with a pontoon boat just north of the Broadalbin Boat Launch on Monday evening, June 23, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Clark’s passenger, a 29-year-old man from Schoharie County, survived the impact and remains hospitalized at Albany Medical Center. Nobody on the pontoon boat was injured. A preliminary investigation found that the boat was traveling at about 20 miles per hour, while …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Woman, 22, Killed In Jet Ski, Boat Crash On Great Sacandaga Lake Woman, 22, Killed In Jet Ski, Boat Crash On Great Sacandaga Lake
Woman, 22, Killed In Jet Ski, Boat Crash On Great Sacandaga Lake A young woman was killed and a man hospitalized following a crash between a jet ski and a boat on Great Sacandaga Lake in Fulton County. The incident happened around 6:15 p.m. Monday, June 23, near Van Allen Road in the town of Broadalbin, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. First responders from multiple counties rushed to the scene after reports came in of a serious water rescue involving a boat and a personal watercraft. A 22-year-old woman died in the collision, authorities confirmed. A male victim survived and remains in the hospital. Their names have not been publicly rel…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Death Of 7-Year-Old NY Boy Ruled Homicide After 3 Years Death Of 7-Year-Old NY Boy Ruled Homicide After 3 Years
Death Of 7-Year-Old NY Boy Ruled Homicide After 3 Years Three years after a 7-year-old boy was found dead in his upstate New York home, police have ruled his death a homicide. Hunter Degroat was found unresponsive at a Fulton County residence in Johnstown on the afternoon of Aug. 9, 2022, according to New York State Police. Despite life-saving measures, he was pronounced dead at Nathan Littauer Hospital. Three years would go by with no updates in the case, until Thursday, Feb. 20, when State Police revealed that Hunter died from blunt force trauma to his head, and officially ruled the death a homicide. The death certificate, issued by pathologi…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
Election 2024: Here's NY County-By-County Presidential Roundup, How Dutchess Voted Election 2024: Here's NY County-By-County Presidential Roundup, How Dutchess Voted
Election 2024: Here's NY County-By-County Presidential Roundup, How Dutchess Voted Overall New York State Vote Election Districts Reporting: 13,077 of 13,357  Kamala Harris (D) 54.64%, 4,328,017 votes Donald Trump (R) 43.26%, 3,426,964 votes Breakdown: Albany County Harris 61.01% 87,849 Trump 36.48% 52,532 Allegany County Trump 71.63% 13,102 Harris 27.65% 5,058 Bronx County Harris 71.25% 244,385 Trump 26.69% 91,542 Broome County Trump 49.34% 42,644 Harris 48.70% 42,093 Cattaraugus County Trump 65.79% 21,936 Harris 32.73% 10,914 Cayuga County Trump 55.83% 19,959 Harris 42.74% 15,278 Chautauqua County T…

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Man Fleeing Troopers Hit By State Police Car In Dutchess County Man Fleeing Troopers Hit By State Police Car In Dutchess County
Man Fleeing Troopers Hit By State Police Car In Dutchess County New York State Police are investigating a vehicle/pedestrian crash in which a wanted man was struck by an unmarked state police car. The incident occurred in Dutchess County around 5 p.m., Thursday, on Cannon Street in the city of Poughkeepsie. According to State Police, an unmarked state police vehicle was traveling westbound on Cannon Street, attempting to locate Conrad J. Bailey, a fugitive from justice from Fulton County and the City of Gloversville. Bailey was found on foot in the area of Main Street in the city of Poughkeepsie. He noticed the patrols and began to run on foot, enterin…

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by Kathy Reakes
Weather
2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where 2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where
2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where A pair of new tornadoes have been confirmed in New York this week. Both occurred upstate on Wednesday, July 24, and they come after 10 twisters hit central and northern New York last week. In Oswego County, the first tornado on Wednesday touched down just before 3:30 p.m. in the town of Orwell, about 40 miles north of Syracuse. It left a short, coherent path of broken tree limbs extended down an east-west path and had peak winds of 85 miles per hour, ranking it as an EF-0 tornado, the weakest of six levels on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, according to the National Weather Service. The o…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Duo Charged In Connection To Shooting Death Of Hudson Valley Man Duo Charged In Connection To Shooting Death Of Hudson Valley Man
Duo Charged In Connection To Shooting Death Of Hudson Valley Man Two men have been charged with murder and manslaughter for allegedly shooting Hudson Valley resident Jaquan Fryar in March and who later died from his injuries. Related: Duo Nabbed In Connection To Shooting Of Poughkeepsie Man Fulton County resident Jan Michael Deere, age 38, of Gloversville, was charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon on Friday, June 28, said Det. Lt. Terrance Beam of the Poughkeepsie Police. Also charged was Dutchess County resident Joseph R. Gonzalez, age 46, of Rhinebeck, with manslaughter, Beam added. Fryar, age 34, of Poughkeeps…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Rookie 21-Year-Old Cop In Capital Region Illegally Accessed Computer Records, Police Say Rookie 21-Year-Old Cop In Capital Region Illegally Accessed Computer Records, Police Say
Rookie 21-Year-Old Cop In Capital Region Illegally Accessed Computer Records, Police Say A rookie cop in the region is facing misconduct charges after he allegedly abused his authority by illegally accessing computer records. Fulton County resident Chance Petteys, age 21, of Johnstown, was arrested Monday, June 17, on suspicion of official misconduct and related charges following an investigation by New York State Police. According to troopers, Petteys used his position at the Gloversville Police Department to improperly access computer records “without any legitimate law enforcement purposes.” The records included sensitive personal information and accounts of prior police int…

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by Michael Mashburn