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Greenburgh, NY
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3 Pounds Of Cocaine, Heroin, Stolen Loaded Gun Found On Thruway Driver In Greenburgh: Police 3 Pounds Of Cocaine, Heroin, Stolen Loaded Gun Found On Thruway Driver In Greenburgh: Police
3 Pounds Of Cocaine, Heroin, Stolen Loaded Gun Found On Thruway Driver In Greenburgh: Police A Bronx man is behind bars after New York State Troopers say he was caught with a stolen gun and a staggering amount of drugs during a traffic stop on I-87 (the NY State Thruway). The arrest happened on Wednesday, Dec. 18, around 1 p.m., when Troop T Troopers from SP Tarrytown pulled over a 2018 Nissan Rogue for vehicle and traffic law violations in Greenburgh (Westchester), police said. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Maximilian X. Blevins, was in possession of a stolen loaded SCCY Industries 9mm firearm from North Carolina, along with a large quantity of illegal drugs, police said. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Kingston, NY
Weather
Tornado Touch Down Confirmed In Hudson Valley Tornado Touch Down Confirmed In Hudson Valley
Tornado Touch Down Confirmed In Hudson Valley A tornado touched down in the Hudson Valley region during a round of isolated, severe thunderstorms earlier this week.The National Weather Service in New York announced on Saturday morning, July 16 that a storm survey conducted in eastern Ulster County found that damage that occurred west of Kingston on Wednesday, July 13 was the result of both a macroburst (straight line winds) as well as an EF-1 tornado. An EF-1 is the second weakest of the six levels of tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Affected communities where there was widespread wind damage were Kingston, Hurley…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Funds Launched To Send Body Of Deceased Bergen Pizzeria Restaurant Employee Home Funds Launched To Send Body Of Deceased Bergen Pizzeria Restaurant Employee Home
Funds Launched To Send Body Of Deceased Bergen Pizzeria Restaurant Employee Home Money is being raised on both sides of the North Jersey state line to transport the body of an 18-year-old Bergen County pizzeria employee home to his native Guatemala. The body of Wilson Atz-Roldan of Suffern was found Sunday in the water under the NY State Thruway bridge where Lake Antrim turns into the Mahwah River in Suffern, just off Route 202. An employee of Kinchley's Tavern in Ramsey, Atz-Roldan had gone missing more than a month earlier. "Wilson was the only family member in the United States with his father," the owners of Kinchley's said. "Now his father has the sad task of sen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours
Snake KO's Power To Mahwah Hotel Complex For Hours A snake estimated at nearly 10 feet long knocked out power for several hours to the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel near the Rockland County border.  Monday's outage at the hotel off Routes 287 and 17 and the NY State Thruway lasted about 4½ hours, Mahwah Fire Chief Michael Roe said. It began around 11 a.m., he said, after the snake got tangled in some switching gear on the property.  A fire alarm sounded as soon as an Orange and Rockland Utilities crew restored power, bringing Mahwah Fire Companies 1 and 2, Roe said. No problems were found, he said. Just a dead snake. ****** ALSO SEE (…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rivertowns, NY
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Here's When Motorists Should Avoid Area During Old TZB Demolition, Thruway Authority Says Here's When Motorists Should Avoid Area During Old TZB Demolition, Thruway Authority Says
Here's When Motorists Should Avoid Area During Old TZB Demolition, Thruway Authority Says The New York State Thruway Authority has a simple message for motorists during the controlled demolition period of the old Tappan Zee Bridge. Stay away. The new TZB will be closed for up to an hour during the old bridge's demolition and significant delays are expected and motorists should avoid the area and take alternate routes, the Thruway Authority said. The demolition will now be held on Tuesday, Jan.15 at 10 a.m. It was originally set for Saturday, Jan. 12 at 9:30 a.m., before being postponed due to windy conditions. State Police will stop New York State Thruway traffic (I-87/I…

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by Joe Lombardi