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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Man Who Backs Into Police Car Charged With DWI, Orangetown PD Says Man Who Backs Into Police Car Charged With DWI, Orangetown PD Says Man Who Backs Into Police Car Charged With DWI, Orangetown PD Says
Man Who Backs Into Police Car Charged With DWI, Orangetown PD Says ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- A man who had too much to drink backed into an Orangetown Police car on Sunday, according to the Orangetown Police. Jose Guardao of Brooklyn, 27, backed into the police car when he was leaving a parking spot on Artopee Way around 5:24 a.m., police said. When officers spoke to Guardao they smelled alcohol and he had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes, police added. After failing numerous field sobriety tests, Guardao was arrested and charged with DWI. During his arrest, officers also found marijuana, so the charge of possession of marijuana was added, police said. Once at…

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Mount Pleasant, NY
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Mount Pleasant Settles Wrongful Death Suit With Family Of Football Player Mount Pleasant Settles Wrongful Death Suit With Family Of Football Player Mount Pleasant Settles Wrongful Death Suit With Family Of Football Player
Mount Pleasant Settles Wrongful Death Suit With Family Of Football Player WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The parents of Danroy "D.J." Henry Jr., a football player at Pace University who was killed during an encounter with police officers in 2010, have settled their civil suit against the Town of Mount Pleasant.Henry was shot and killed when a police officer knocked on the driver's side window of Henry's car as he was parked in a fire lane outside of Finnegan's Bar & Grill in Thornwood.  Officers from both Pleasantville and Mount Pleasant shot at the car, police said. Although the financial terms of the settlement were not made public, they did include …

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New City, NY
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Inmate, 20, Caught Trying To Escape From Rockland Correctional Facility Inmate, 20, Caught Trying To Escape From Rockland Correctional Facility Inmate, 20, Caught Trying To Escape From Rockland Correctional Facility
Inmate, 20, Caught Trying To Escape From Rockland Correctional Facility ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  An inmate at the Rockland County Jail was caught Tuesday trying to escape by cutting through a plexiglass cell window, according to Sheriff Louis Falco. Julio Lema-Caguana, 20, who was being held at the jail on a charge of sexual misconduct, was caught trying to cut through the layers of his cell window during a routine cell inspection, said Det. Lt. Ted Brovarski. Brovarski said Lema-Caguana used improvised tools to attempt the escape. He also attempted to remove concrete from the frame of another cell window. After the discovery, Lema-Caguana was charged with at…

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Hyde Park, NY
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Robotics Team From Red Hook Wins World Championships Award Robotics Team From Red Hook Wins World Championships Award Robotics Team From Red Hook Wins World Championships Award
Robotics Team From Red Hook Wins World Championships Award DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Red Hook High School robotics team -- the RoboRaiders -- recently captured a championship award for outstanding community service when they competed at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics World Championships in St. Louis. The RoboRaiders were one of only a handful of teams from New York and 128 teams from all over the U.S. and 10 foreign countries to compete during the event.  The student-run team has been successful at local, regional, and state contests for the past four years, and this was their first opportunity to compete at the national and internation…

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Monsey, NY
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Giving It Their Best Shot: Ramapo PD Holds Firearms Range Day Giving It Their Best Shot: Ramapo PD Holds Firearms Range Day Giving It Their Best Shot: Ramapo PD Holds Firearms Range Day
Giving It Their Best Shot: Ramapo PD Holds Firearms Range Day RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Members of the Ramapo Police department were busy Tuesday sharpening their weapons skills during a tactical firearms range training day.All members of the department have to qualify annually in the use of their firearms and issued weapons.  Of course, officers were still on the street to protect residents. They rotate training days so someone is always "on duty."

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Monsey, NY
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SUEZ Workshops On Customer Assistance Programs Set For RCC SUEZ Workshops On Customer Assistance Programs Set For RCC SUEZ Workshops On Customer Assistance Programs Set For RCC
Suez Workshops On Customer Assistance Programs Set For RCC ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- SUEZ Water New York will hold two workshops on May 15 and June 22 to discuss the company's proposed programs to provide financial assistance and other incentives for qualified Rockland customers.  Earlier this year, as part of the rate case settlement, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) directed the company to study the feasibility of developing programs to assist low-income customers. The workshops are part of that process. Company officials will present a proposed low-income discount program as well as a low-income rebate program at the meetings sc…

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Monsey, NY
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Spring Valley, Monsey Retailers Rally Around Route 59 Improvement Plan Spring Valley, Monsey Retailers Rally Around Route 59 Improvement Plan Spring Valley, Monsey Retailers Rally Around Route 59 Improvement Plan
Spring Valley, Monsey Retailers Rally Around Route 59 Improvement Plan ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Fed up with congestion on the Route 59 corridor, retailers and residents are taking action by getting behind a grassroots coalition -- Improve59 -- to come up with solutions for major improvements. "Having been in business in the Route 59 corridor for over two decades, I have seen first-hand the need for better road infrastructure, traffic safety, and pedestrian safety,” said Sam Friedland, CEO of Amazing Savings. “I also know that there are people who avoid this corridor due to the congestion on the roads. Avoiding Route 59 is not the answer for our businesses.…

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Poughkeepsie, NY
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Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal
Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. --  A box of cereal can mean a lot to a hungry child. One box can offer that child something to eat for breakfast for at least a week over the long summer months when they won't have access to the free breakfast offered at their school.  Dutchess County residents can help those hungry children by donating a box of cereal through the Cereal Counts! initiative started 13 years ago by Nancy and Dave Samson of Dutchess County. The premise is simple -- local residents and organizations donate a box of cereal to the effort, the cereal is then donated to various local food b…

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Monsey, NY
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Seen Him? Man Steals Woman's Phone From Sloatsburg Dunkin' Donuts Seen Him? Man Steals Woman's Phone From Sloatsburg Dunkin' Donuts Seen Him? Man Steals Woman's Phone From Sloatsburg Dunkin' Donuts
Seen Him? Man Steals Woman's Phone From Sloatsburg Dunkin' Donuts ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man wearing a brace and walking with a cane who stole a woman's cell phone from the Sloatsburg Dunkin Donuts on Saturday. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. when the village resident entered the Dunkin Donuts on Route 17, ordered and paid for her items, but accidentally left her cell phone on the counter, Ramapo Police said. Shortly after a man wearing a brace and walking with a cane can be seen on surveillance video picking up the phone. Police are trying to identify the man for questioning.  Anyone with info…

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Yonkers, NY
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Historic Yonkers Church May Be Razed For Apartment Tower Historic Yonkers Church May Be Razed For Apartment Tower Historic Yonkers Church May Be Razed For Apartment Tower
Historic Yonkers Church May Be Razed For Apartment Tower YONKERS, N.Y. -- One of Yonkers oldest churches may soon be home to a 156-unit apartment tower and parking garage if approved by the Yonkers Planning Board when it's presented during Wednesday's meeting. The church, the former Christian Life Fellowship Church at 40-48 Hudson St., which dates back to 1874, was sold last year to Hudson Holdings NY LLC of Kew Gardens, New York for $4.7 million, according to lohud.com. If approved by the board, the church would be razed and replaced with 156 apartment units and a 153-car parking lot, according to the site plans submitted for review. In additio…

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