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Yonkers Families Displaced After Apartment Fire Yonkers Families Displaced After Apartment Fire
Yonkers Families Displaced After Apartment Fire YONKERS, N.Y. -- Two families were left homeless after a fire tore through their apartment building on Wednesday, according to News 12. Firefighters arrived around 8:45 p.m. to flames coming from the back of the building at 358 Nepperhan Ave., said News 12. No one was injured and investigators are working to determine if the fire began inside or outside the apartment building, added News 12. The Westchester Red Cross is helping the 16 people, including eight children. whose apartments were damaged from water and smoke, said News 12. Click here to read the News 12 report.

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Police & Fire
Kent Man Strikes Woman In Head During Dispute, Police Say Kent Man Strikes Woman In Head During Dispute, Police Say
Kent Man Strikes Woman In Head During Dispute, Police Say KENT, N.Y. --  A Kent man was charged with harassment and unlawful imprisonment after getting into a dispute with a woman, according to the Kent Police Department. Jeffrey Oakes, 47, was charged Saturday after he was accused of striking the woman in the head and holding her down, preventing her from leaving the area, Kent Police Officer Brian Forde said. Oakes was arraigned in front of Kent Town Justice J. Peter Collins and released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, Nov. 14.

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Nyack Motorist Involved In Hit-Run Crash Was Drunk, Police Say Nyack Motorist Involved In Hit-Run Crash Was Drunk, Police Say
Nyack Motorist Involved In Hit-Run Crash Was Drunk, Police Say ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- A Nyack man was charged with driving while intoxicated following a hit-and-run accident in Nyack, according to the Orangetown Police Department.Jose Zaruma Galan, 31, was arrested after officers responded to the accident where officials said Galan tried to leave the scene, police said. Officers reported that while speaking with Galan they could tell he was intoxicated and administered several field sobriety tests, which he failed, police said.  He was released on his own recognizance to a friend and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 22. 

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Poughkeepsie Woman Arrested After Striking 12-Year-Old In Face, Police Say Poughkeepsie Woman Arrested After Striking 12-Year-Old In Face, Police Say
Poughkeepsie Woman Arrested After Striking 12-Year-Old In Face, Police Say DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Poughkeepsie woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after striking a 12-year-old special needs child in Red Hook, according to the New York State Police. The arrest of Margaret Namulanga, 33, comes after a month-long investigation into an allegation by co-workers that she struck the child in the face, state police said. During the course of her employment, Namulanga's job was to care for the boy with special needs. According to witnesses, on Sunday, Sept. 25, Namulanga was supervising the boy when he acted out and she struck him in the face…

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News
Wingdale Woman Suffers Serious Injuries In Dover Bus Crash Wingdale Woman Suffers Serious Injuries In Dover Bus Crash
Wingdale Woman Suffers Serious Injuries In Dover Bus Crash DOVER PLAINS, N.Y. -- A Wingdale woman suffered serious injuries during a Dover school bus crash on Wednesday on Route 343, according to the New York State Police. Troopers from the Dover Plains barracks responded to the one-car collision around 8:30 a.m. involving a 15 passenger school bus that occurred on Route 343 between Hammond Hill Road and Chestnut Ridge Road. The bus, operated by the 60-year-old woman, was traveling eastbound on Route 343. An investigation indicates that the bus exited the right shoulder of the roadway, struck a telephone pole, a rock wall, and a tree before it cam…

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South Salem Fire Department Responds To Halloween Evening Incidents South Salem Fire Department Responds To Halloween Evening Incidents
South Salem Fire Department Responds To Halloween Evening Incidents SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. -- As the power went out on Halloween, South Salem firefighters handled at least four calls while helping to make sure that all of the trick-or-treaters were safe, according to South Salem Fire Department Chief Avery Scott. Firefighters responded to a call for loose wires, in addition to another for someone cooking on a camp stove, who was looking for an alternative way to cook but ended up with a small fire, Scott said. "It really was business as usual as far as the type of calls we get," said Scott. In addition, firefighters also responded to calls for carbon …

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News
Nine Cases Of Mumps Confirmed At SUNY New Paltz Nine Cases Of Mumps Confirmed At SUNY New Paltz
Nine Cases Of Mumps Confirmed At SUNY New Paltz SUNY New Paltz health officials have confirmed that nine students have come down with the mumps, with eight of the nine being members of the school's swim team. "Eight of the nine confirmed cases are swimming-related," said Melissa Kaczmarek, SUNY New Paltz's director of Media Relations  "The pool is open to the public, but swimmers are not using the pool." Swim meets for the month of November have been cancelled, she added. Dr. Jack Ordway, director of Student Health Services, said in the letter to students that the nine students, who had been immunized against the mum…

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Politics
Charges Against Spring Valley Mayor In Shoving Incident Dismissed Charges Against Spring Valley Mayor In Shoving Incident Dismissed
Charges Against Spring Valley Mayor In Shoving Incident Dismissed SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme said he is happy the charges against him for allegedly shoving the town lawyer have been dismissed and he is ready to move on. "This was all a big misunderstanding and not something that I would ever do," said Delhomme. "It's time to move forward and work for the good of the village." Delhomme, who had been charged with harassment, was accused of shoving Larry Weissman, a Village Board-appointed special prosecutor, three times on the shoulder and neck during a confrontation in the Village Hall trustee's room on S…

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Westchester Storage Donates To Tarrytown Cheerleaders Westchester Storage Donates To Tarrytown Cheerleaders
Westchester Storage Donates To Tarrytown Cheerleaders This article has been updated. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Tarrytown cheerleaders will be sporting new jackets thanks to a $1,000 donation from Paul and Peter Ferraro from Tarrytown Self Storage. Peter Ferraro, vice chairman and chief executive officer, made the donation after noticing the team was having a hard time raising the money for the jackets. "We are excited to be able to help the community in any way," said Ferraro. "We are a very community-minded organization that is always looking for ways to help those in need."  The family-owned business, has storage facilities lo…

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Former Patterson FD Treasurer Admits To Embezzling More Than $1.1M Former Patterson FD Treasurer Admits To Embezzling More Than $1.1M
Former Patterson FD Treasurer Admits To Embezzling More Than $1.1M PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Albert Melin, the former treasurer of the Patterson Fire Department, pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $1 million from the department, according to Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.  Melin, 46, of Patterson, who served as treasurer beginning in 2013, pled guilty to wire fraud and false subscription to tax returns before Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy in connection with his embezzlement of more than $1.1 million from the PFD, Bharara added. "As he admitted today, Albert Melin betrayed the trust placed in hi…

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