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2 hrs ago | Times Herald-Record

NYC buying underground rights for $1.5B water tunnel

A New York City agency expects to make offers soon to buy the rights to a subterranean corridor as it prepares for major repair work on the city's water supply lines.

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6 hrs ago | City Limits

Real Estate Management Co.: Residential Maintenance Director.

Description Established NYC based property management company seeks an experienced professional to supervise on site managers with maintenance, regulatory compliance and tenant relations issues.

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10 hrs ago | FOX23

Charges dropped against man arrested for 2 extra bullets under SAFE Act

The Columbia County District Attorney has decided to drop the charge a Dutchess County man was initially facing under the New York SAFE Act for having two extra bullets in his handgun.

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Related Topix: Columbia County, NY, Hopewell Junction, NY

12 hrs ago | Watersblogged

Hughsonville Fire Department Joins New York Statewide Bid System the...

The Hughsonville Fire District announced today that it is has joined the Empire State Purchasing Group, an online procurement system that provides vendors with an easier and more economical way to access and compete for local government bids from agencies throughout the state of New York.

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Related Topix: Hughsonville, NY, Fire, New York, Fishkill, NY

Wed May 22, 2013

Examiner.com

Straight line winds, not a tornado, hit Columbia county on Tuesday

The National Weather Service in Albany has completed a storm survey in Columbia, Dutchess, Litchfield, and Berkshire counties on Wednesday after a reported tornado on Tuesday afternoon in Copake, New York.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Weather, The National, Columbia County, NY, Entertainment, Television, Copake, NY

Hudson Valley Press

Beacon marks 100th anniversary with Centennial Kick-off event

May 15, 2013 marked the 100th anniversary the City of Beacon became incorporated.

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Related Topix: Beacon, NY, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Pop/Rock

Tue May 21, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Local jobless rates fell in April

Unemployment rates dropped in the mid-Hudson region last month compared to the same time a year ago, with some of the biggest employment gains found in the leisure and hospitality industries.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law

Press & Sun-Bulletin

With Lopez gone, focus shifts to Silver

Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez resigned at 9 a.m., but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver remains under fire for not doing more to curb Lopez's years of alleged sexual harassment of aides.

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Related Topix: US News, Fishkill, NY, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors

Fri May 17, 2013

Your News Now

Officers honored at NYSP awards ceremony

The day was May 14, 2012. The call: A home invasion/robbery. Trooper Daniel Hoffman entered the front door while his partner came in through the back.

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Related Topix: Chateaugay, NY

Thu May 16, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Shadowland, R&F Handmade Paints among Ulster arts winners

Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, in conjunction with the Dutchess County Arts Council, announced Thursday the winners of his first Ulster County Executive's Arts Awards.

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Related Topix: Ulster County, NY, Ellenville, NY, Boiceville, NY, Kingston, NY

Times Herald-Record

Hudson River search to resume for missing NY man

Authorities say they plan to resume the search for an upstate man now that a body found in the Hudson River earlier this week has been identified as his companion in a canoe that capsized last December.

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Related Topix: Hyde Park, NY, Poughkeepsie, NY

Wed May 15, 2013

National Review Online

New York's SAFE Act Ensnares Man with 9 Bullets in His Gun

Senator Greg Ball Chairman of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee issued the following statement in regards to the recent reports of a Dutchess County man being arrested for violating the "NY SAFE Act". Gregory D Dean Jr., 31, of Hopewell Junction, was pulled over on Sunday evening in New Lebanon because the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Hopewell Junction, NY

Times Herald-Record

Bonacic: Gov's plan hurts Nevele's chances

State Sen. John Bonacic told the Ulster Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that the Nevele could lose the race for a casino if the bidding follows Gov.

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Related Topix: Andrew Cuomo, US Governors, Columbia County, NY

Mon May 13, 2013

Newsday

Gregory Dean Jr., of Hopewell Junction, charged with gun magazine violation

In Yaphank closed due to accident on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X67/Yaphank Ave and X68/William Floyd Pkwy in Suffolk Cnty.

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Related Topix: Hopewell Junction, NY, Yaphank, NY

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Upstate man arrested for having nine - not seven - bullets in magazine

The state's new gun-control law led to the arrest Sunday of a Dutchess County man for having nine bullets in a magazine instead of seven, the Journal News reported.

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Related Topix: Columbia County, NY, New Lebanon, NY, Hopewell Junction, NY

Times Herald-Record

Temporary water woes possible in region as NYC projects begin

A bare hillside along Route 9W is one of the first signs of nearly $1.7 billion in spending New York City has in store for its water supply.

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Related Topix: Hudson, NY, Wawarsing, NY, Newburgh, NY, New Windsor, NY

Sun May 12, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Cops: Drunken man broke into American Legion, crashed car in Kingston

A drunken Dutchess County man burglarized the Shandaken American Legion on Saturday, then led police on a chase into Kingston, where he crashed his car and was arrested, police said.

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Related Topix: Kingston, NY, Shandaken, NY

Fri May 10, 2013

Newsday

Cassandra Perri charged with carrying several packages of heroin in Pleasant Valley, police say

Dutchess County sheriff's deputies found a Dover Plains woman carrying small bags of heroin and syringes following a traffic stop in Pleasant Valley, police said.

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Related Topix: Pleasant Valley, NY, Dover Plains, NY

Thu May 09, 2013

Newsday

Mark Mendoza of Kent tied to Patterson burglary, cops say

A man caught breaking into a Dutchess County home in February was also responsible for another burglary in Patterson, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Patterson, NY, Putnam County, NY

Tue May 07, 2013

WABC 7

Guns marketed to children?

Gun makers have cute names for kid guns, like the Crickett or Chipmunk and they come in bright colors, even pink for little girls.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime