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JetBlue To Add Nonstop Flights To New England City From NYC Airport JetBlue To Add Nonstop Flights To New England City From NYC Airport
JetBlue To Add Nonstop Flights To New England City From NYC Airport An airline will soon offer nonstop flights from New York City to another city in New England. JetBlue is expanding its Northeast service with new daily nonstop flights between Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the airline said in a news release on Thursday, Feb. 27. The flight will mark the only direct air connection between New Hampshire and New York City. The summer seasonal service begins Thursday, June 12, and will run through Saturday, Oct. 25.  "With this new route, we're making it easier than ever for travelers in New Hamp…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Breeze Airways Adding Route From Hudson Valley Airport Breeze Airways Adding Route From Hudson Valley Airport
Breeze Airways Adding Route From Hudson Valley Airport Breeze Airways is expanding its reach in New York with new routes from the Capital Region and Hudson Valley. The budget-friendly airline will begin offering nonstop flights from Albany International Airport to Charleston, South Carolina; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and Fort Myers, Florida beginning this spring. Travelers in Westchester County will also gain a new summer seasonal route to Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, the airline announced Wednesday, Feb. 5. New Nonstop Flights from Albany Starting Thursday, June 5, Breeze will launch the following direct routes from Albany I…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
New Video Shows Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Hours Before Murder New Video Shows Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Hours Before Murder
New Video Shows Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Hours Before Murder A new surveillance video from a Whole Foods store shows Gabby Petito hours before she was killed by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. The video, obtained by Fox News Digital, shows the couple driving up to the store in Petito's signature white van on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, just a short time after the two had a fight at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming restaurant called the Merry Piglets. That was the last day Petito, age 22, of Blue Point, in Suffolk County on Long Island, was seen alive in public. In the video, the couple sat in the van for a few minutes, before Laundrie, wearing sunglasses, gets ou…

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by Kathy Reakes
Weather
Ian Takes Aim Again: Here's Where Monster Storm's Now Headed, When It Will Affect Northeast Ian Takes Aim Again: Here's Where Monster Storm's Now Headed, When It Will Affect Northeast
Ian Takes Aim Again: Here's Where Monster Storm's Now Headed, When It Will Affect Northeast After devastating southwest Florida as a strong Category 4 storm, Ian has restrengthened again ahead of what is expected to be its fourth landfall before it will affect much of the Northeast. After being downgraded to a tropical storm, Ian is back to hurricane status as a Category 1 storm. Its latest landfall is expected in South Carolina -- between Charleston and Myrtle Beach -- sometime in the early afternoon on Friday, Sept. 30, according to the National Hurricane Center. Already one of the Top 10 strongest storms on record in the United States, the death toll in Florida continues t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Weather
Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Status As It Takes Aim On US, Projected Path Changes Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Status As It Takes Aim On US, Projected Path Changes
Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Status As It Takes Aim On US, Projected Path Changes Ian has strengthened to Category 4 hurricane status and its projected path has changed as it nears a direct hit on the southwest Florida coast with the potential to be one of the most devastating and costly storms in US history. Early Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, the center of Ian is now heading straight to the Fort Myers/Sarasota, Florida area, a notable shift in the path to the south southeast after early path projections had its track moving farther north toward Tampa and St.Petersburg. It is about 65 miles west-southwest of Naples, Florida at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Area Businessman Killed After Being Hit By Car While Riding Bicycle In Florida Area Businessman Killed After Being Hit By Car While Riding Bicycle In Florida
Area Businessman Killed After Being Hit By Car While Riding Bicycle In Florida A SUNY New Paltz Hall of Famer in business was killed while riding his bike in Florida by a vehicle that veered onto the sidewalk following a two-vehicle crash. The crash took place around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, when Robert Miniger, 65, of Warwick, was riding along a sidewalk on Bonita Beach Road when he was hit by the vehicle, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Greg Bueno in an accident report. The report said the crash occurred when a 2012 Honda CRV driven by Steven Hodge, 72, of PeeWee Valley, Kentucky, and a 1992 Chevy CK 1500 pickup driven by Brandon Strickler, 27, of Fort Myers,…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Fort Meyers Police Officer From Wayne Dies Of Gunshot Wounds Fort Meyers Police Officer From Wayne Dies Of Gunshot Wounds
Fort Meyers Police Officer From Wayne Dies Of Gunshot Wounds A 29-year-old Florida police officer with roots in Wayne died Saturday, a week after a gunman shot him in the head. Fort Meyers Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller had been in critical condition since last Saturday after a man who he was chasing for stealing a cellphone shot him at a local gas station, authorities said. "It is with a heavy heart that we inform our community that Fort Myers Police Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller has passed away," FMPD spokesman Mitch Haley wrote early Saturday evening. "We ask that you continue to pray for Officer Jobbers-Miller’s family, friends and our …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Florida Police Officer, Ex-Wayne Firefighter Critical After Being Shot In Head Florida Police Officer, Ex-Wayne Firefighter Critical After Being Shot In Head
Florida Police Officer, Ex-Wayne Firefighter Critical After Being Shot In Head A 29-year-old Fort Myers, Fla. police officer with roots in Wayne is in critical but stable condition after being shot in the head while  responding to a call of a gunman at a gas station. Adam Jobbers-Miller worked as a volunteer firefighter in Wayne, where his father David Miller was chief for three decades, before moving to Florida to take a job as a police officer in 2015. The officer was shot Saturday and immediately rushed to the Lee Memorial Hospital Trauma Center by a fellow officer, where he underwent emergency surgery, the police department said. A suspect is also custody.  “Wor…

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by Cecilia Levine