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Dutchess County School Dismissed After Bomb Threat: Police Dutchess County School Dismissed After Bomb Threat: Police
Dutchess County School Dismissed After Bomb Threat: Police Students and staff have been sent home for the day to allow police to investigate a bomb threat at a Hudson Valley high school. The Town of Poughkeepsie Police said Spackenkill High School in Poughkeepsie received the threat late Monday, Dec. 9d. The department said several other school districts in the region also received the threat. The threat is believed to be a hoax. Out of an abundance of caution, the Spackenkill School District has dismissed the high school students and staff to allow for a complete investigation. Police did not reveal how the threat was received.  This is a …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
COVID-19: Area High School Sees Week-Long Spike In Cases COVID-19: Area High School Sees Week-Long Spike In Cases
Covid-19: Area High School Sees Week-Long Spike In Cases A small Hudson Valley school district is contending with a spike in COVID-19 cases, with the most new cases at its high school. In the past week, from Friday, March 19 through Thursday, March 25, the Spackenkill High School in Poughkeepsie has reported 15 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in students and staffers, while there were 16 reported the week before. Of the new cases, nine were from students on-site, while 20 students were off-site. One staff member on-site and one off-campus. Spackenkill High School has a total of 351 students and staffers districtwide, 231 of whom have been on cam…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police Locate Driver Who Approached Student In Dutchess County Police Locate Driver Who Approached Student In Dutchess County
Police Locate Driver Who Approached Student In Dutchess County Following a warning Tuesday to parents of the Spackenkill School District about a person who asked a student to get inside a white van, police say they have located the vehicle and the driver. Town of Poughkeepsie Capt. Kevin Faber said the department had located the white commercial van and man that approached a 14-year-old girl around 3:45 p.m. Monday while she was walking on Spackenkill Road. The girl told her parents that the man had asked the Spackenkill High School student to get inside the van, officials said. After being notified of the incident, police traced the van on Wednesday …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Driver Of Van Asks Student To Get Inside, Spackenkill School District Says Driver Of Van Asks Student To Get Inside, Spackenkill School District Says
Driver Of Van Asks Student To Get Inside, Spackenkill School District Says Click here for an updated story: Police Locate Driver Who Approached Student In Area Spackenkill School District officials are warning parents about a person who asked a student to get inside a white van on Tuesday. The notice, sent out via school messenger by Superintendent of Schools Mark Villanti, said the district was notified by parents of a high school student that she was approached on Spacenkill Road by a person in the van that had commercial lettering on the side. "Fortunately, the high school student had the good common sense to flee the scene," Villanti said in the ale…

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by Kathy Reakes