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Hudson Valley Assisted Suicide Case: Arizona Resident Convicted Of Manslaughter Hudson Valley Assisted Suicide Case: Arizona Resident Convicted Of Manslaughter
Hudson Valley Assisted Suicide Case: Arizona Resident Convicted Of Manslaughter An out-of-state man has been convicted of manslaughter in connection with the assisted suicide death of a woman in a Hudson Valley hotel room. Stephen Miller, age 85, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to five years of probation on Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Ulster County Court in Kingston.  The conviction is in connection with the Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, death of a woman found unresponsive by the cleaning staff at the Super 8 Motel in Kingston, said Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji. According to Nneji, the Kingston Police Department, Fire Department, and other emergency person…

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by Kathy Reakes
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School Bus Crash Sends 8 Kids To Hospitals In Hudson Valley School Bus Crash Sends 8 Kids To Hospitals In Hudson Valley
School Bus Crash Sends 8 Kids To Hospitals In Hudson Valley Eight middle school students were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a crash between a school bus and an SUV in the Hudson Valley. The crash took place in Ulster County around 7:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 27, in the town of Ulster at the intersection of Enterprise Drive and Town Hall Drive. When police arrived on the scene, officers located a 2018 Nissan Rouge driven by John Pierre-Louis of Kingston who was traveling eastbound on Town Hall Drive when he crashed into a 2023 Freightliner school bus driven by Orange County resident Julian Franklin, of Pine Bush, who was traveling northb…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Tanker With Thousands Of Gallons Of Tar Crashes In Hudson Valley Tanker With Thousands Of Gallons Of Tar Crashes In Hudson Valley
Tanker With Thousands Of Gallons Of Tar Crashes In Hudson Valley A sticky situation was averted when a tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of tar overturned on a Hudson Valley roadway. Emergency crews in Ulster County were called just after 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, with reports of an overturned semi-truck with a tanker trailer in the Town of Esopus, at the intersection of Old Post Road and Maple Street. By the time deputies arrived the truck driver, identified as a 58-year-old man from Freehold in Greene County, had extricated himself from the cab, the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office said. He was treated by medics at the scene before being transported b…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Apartment Complex In Area Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Apartment Complex In Area
Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Apartment Complex In Area A mother and a newborn were able to escape a roaring three-alarm apartment fire in the area due to a warning from a smoke detector.  The blaze broke out in Ulster County around 12:50 p.m., Monday, Jan. 31, at 109 Rondout Drive in Kingston. When Kingston firefighters arrived on the scene located at the Roundout Gardens Apartments, they found heavy fire coming from a second-floor apartment, extending to the attic, said the Kingston Fire Department. When the fire started, the mother and her newborn were able to escape without injuries due to a smoke detector, the department said. "She was a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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One Killed After Train Hits Jeep In Area, Police Say One Killed After Train Hits Jeep In Area, Police Say
One Killed After Train Hits Jeep In Area, Police Say One person was killed and another injured after the Jeep Cherokee they were driving was hit by a train in the region. The incident took place around 4 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Ulster County when Kingston Police responded to a report of a car struck by a train at the Smith Avenue crossing. An initial investigation found that a 1996 Jeep Cherokee operated by a 29-year-old Saugerties woman was traveling on Smith Avenue in a south-easterly direction, said the Kingston Police. It is apparent that the railroad crossing gates were completely down for an approaching northbound CSX on the m…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Tractor-Trailer Near Intersection In Area Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Tractor-Trailer Near Intersection In Area
Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Tractor-Trailer Near Intersection In Area An investigation is taking place after a bicyclist was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Ulster County around 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18, in the area of Broadway and East St. James Street in Kingston, police said. According to detectives, officers arrived on the scene and found the bicycle rider had received severe injuries due to the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Ulster County Medical Examiner, said the Ulster County Police. Police did not release the name, age, or hometown of the bicyclist or the driver of the t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit, Pinned Beneath Vehicle In Area, Police Say Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit, Pinned Beneath Vehicle In Area, Police Say
Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit, Pinned Beneath Vehicle In Area, Police Say A bicyclist was killed after being struck by and pinned underneath a vehicle in the area. The incident took place around 8:10 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, when a 57-year-old Albany man, was riding southbound on Washington Avenue, heading toward Schwenk Drive, in Kingston, when he was hit by a vehicle, said authorities. Responding officers attempted to extricate the man from underneath the vehicle but were unsuccessful, the Kingston Police said. They then rendered first aid to the man until emergency medical responders from the Kingston Fire department and Mobile Life Support Services …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Found Hiding Under Table Killed In Three-Alarm Fire Woman Found Hiding Under Table Killed In Three-Alarm Fire
Woman Found Hiding Under Table Killed In Three-Alarm Fire A woman was found dead hiding under a kitchen table after a three-alarm fire broke out at a multiple-family structure in the area. The blaze began in Ulster County around 10:52 p.m., Wednesday, May 20, at 77 Abruyn Street in the City of Kingston. Cit of Kingston firefighters arrived on the scene within three minutes and found smoke coming from a first-floor apartment, said Kingston Assistant Fire Chief Chris Rea. Occupants had already evacuated by the time firefighters arrived, but one tenant informed fire personnel that a woman who lived in a basement apartment was not accounted for,…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Parents Charged After Infant Found Dead In Bathtub Hudson Valley Parents Charged After Infant Found Dead In Bathtub
Hudson Valley Parents Charged After Infant Found Dead In Bathtub A man and woman have been charged with criminally negligent homicide after a 6-month-old infant was found dead in a bathtub. Ulster County residents Jordan E, Balcom, 29, and Ashante D. Inniss, 26, both of Kingston, were arrested around 6 p.m., Saturday, April 18, after Kingston Police responded to a home at 59 Gill St., for a report of a possible drowning, the department said. Officers responded to along with the Kingston Fire Department and Mobile Life Ambulance. Once on-site, officers began CPR on the unresponsive child and the child was transported to Health Alliance Broadway campus whe…

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by Kathy Reakes