One firefighter was slightly injured and more than 30 firefighters battled a brush fire that burned more than 20 acres near Van Wagner Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie, according to Arlington Fire Chief Tory Gallante.Arlington firefighters responded to the fire around 5 p.m. Saturday for a report of black smoke from the woods behind the home at 342 Van Wagner Road, Gallante said.The ...

Western Connecticut State University in Danbury is closed Monday due to more than 100 students suffering from a viral-like illness, the university said in a statement.John B. Clark, university president, said he made the decision to close the university following discussions with the State Department of Public Health, the Danbury Department of Health, Danbury Hospital and the WCSU ...

Two women were arrested on felony drug charges following the overdose death of a Port Jervis man.Katelynn Smith, 23, of Port Jervis and Gloria Bruno, 62, of Glen Spey, were arrested on Thursday for criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies, said Port Jervis police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.The women ...

Two Danbury residents were busted for dealing drugs after police received complaints of illegal drug activity in the area.Oliver Joan Ubiera and Daritza Rivera-Nunez were arrested Thursday by Danbury Police for a variety of drug-related offenses during the execution of a search warrant of their home and cars, said Det. Lt. Mark Williams.Williams said the search was initiated after ...

Two women were busted by the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for offering massages without a license, one was also accused of offering sex for extra cash.The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office arrested Li Xu-Campbell, 54, of New Windsor, and Wang Chai Xia, 34, of Flushing, around 7 p.m. Thursday in connection with an investigation into illegal activity at Your Green Spa located at 1315 ...

A Poughkeepsie man was nabbed within hours of robbing a local TD Bank branch, police said.Jake R. Oliva, 27, was charged with felony robbery, around 4:50 p.m. Thursday after officers spotted the car used in the heist on South Road. Oliva was arrested without incident, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Kevin Faber.The robbery took place around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, after he walked ...

 Police busted more than 100 underage drinkers inside a Norwalk bar, most of them Fairfield University students. The bust took place around 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Johnny Utah's at 80 Washington St., when the Norwalk Police Special Services Division and agents from the Connecticut Liquor Control Commission conducted liquor compliance checks within the city, police said.According to ...

A busy roadway in Northern Westchester has reopened following a crash between a school bus and another vehicle in which multiple students received minor injuries, according to state police.The crash, which occurred around 7:25 a.m. Friday on Route 139 (Primrose Street) in Somers caused multiple minor injuries, including to students, said New York State Trooper AJ Hicks.Hicks was not ...

A 60-something couple pleaded guilty to tax fraud for failing to pay taxes or report money they earned, according to the Orange County District Attorney David  Hoovler.John Quick, 68, and his wife, Mary Quick, 63, both of the Town of Goshen, admitted Thursday that they had not only failed to file state personal income tax for 2012, but also failed to report money they had obtained from ...

Town of Poughkeepsie police are searching for a man who robbed the South Road TD Bank branch in the Town of Poughkeepsie.Police said the robbery took place at 9:27 a.m. Thursday when the man walked into the bank at 1850 South Road and demanded money by passing a note to a teller, said Capt. Kevin Faber.The man indicated he had a gun but did not display one, he added.The suspect, ...