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Duo Nabbed For Having Fires Amid Burn Ban In Hudson Valley: Police Duo Nabbed For Having Fires Amid Burn Ban In Hudson Valley: Police
Duo Nabbed For Having Fires Amid Burn Ban In Hudson Valley: Police Two 46-year-old men received summonses after having fires on their properties in the region amid a statewide burn ban, authorities said.  Both incidents happened in Putnam County on Sunday, Nov. 17, and were in violation of Gov. Kathy Hochul's ban on burning for brush and debris disposal, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The first occurred just after 5 p.m., when a sheriff's deputy encountered a possible brush fire on Nichols Road in Southeast. A closer inspection revealed it to be burning construction material in a residence's backyard, the Sheriff's O…
18-Year-Old State Parks Worker From Rockland Killed Battling Sterling Forest Wildfire 18-Year-Old State Parks Worker From Rockland Killed Battling Sterling Forest Wildfire
18-Year-Old State Parks Worker From Rockland Killed Battling Sterling Forest Wildfire A teenage New York State Parks and Recreation worker died battling one of the latest in a rash of wildfires in the region. Click here for a new, updated story - 18-Year-Old Killed In Wildfire At Sterling Forest Remembered As HS Baseball Standout The blaze broke out in Orange County at Sterling Forest State Park in Tuxedo on Saturday, Nov. 9, and spread into parts of neighboring New Jersey. He's been identified as 18-year-old Dariel Vasquez, police said. Vasquez suffered fatal injuries after a tree fell, according to the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Pr…
Super Soaker: Slow-Moving Storm System Brings Drenching Downpours, Flooding To Region Super Soaker: Slow-Moving Storm System Brings Drenching Downpours, Flooding To Region
Super Soaker: Slow-Moving Storm System Brings Drenching Downpours, Flooding To Region Labor Day marked the unofficial end of summer. It also led to the much-awaited easing of severe drought conditions in much of the region as drenching downpours moved through the region during the afternoon, evening, and overnight hours. And it's not over yet, with plenty more rainfall falling on Tuesday, Sept. 6 as a slow-moving storm system barrels through from the west to the east. Downpours are expected at times through the early evening, before tapering off to showers after nightfall. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected across much of the area, with locally higher…