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Health-Care Company Honors Mount Vernon's Angela Tucker VALHALLA, N.Y. — Mount Vernon resident Angela Tucker of The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Valhalla has been named 2016 Professional of the Year by health-care company CareRite Centers.Held in observance of National Nursing Home Week to recognize the hard work and dedication of staff throughout CareRite Centers’ network, nominations for CareRite Centers’ Professional of the Year program began in 2015 and concluded in May 2016. Tucker was recently designated CareRite Centers’ 2016 Professional of the Year for the devotion and level of care she provided. Not long ago wh…

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

Real Estate

Irvington Home Restored To Look Of Gilded Age IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Inanda, a Gilded Age home in Irvington, has been restored recently, according to lohud.com. Many of the features of the home had been maintained well from the Tiffany glass windows, nine fireplaces and brass door hardware, according to lohud.com. The Gilded Age in United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900, according to Wikipedia. Click here to read the article at lohud.com.

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

News

Mountain Biking Lanes In Blauvelt State Park Stir Debate BLAUVELT, N.Y. -- Mountain bikers will be welcome in Blauvelt State Park in the near future but some locals disagree with the idea, according to lohud.com. The 590-acre park will welcome bikers and hikers to share a multi-use mountain bike trail. Led by the community group Palisades MTB they plan to carve out a single-track trail five miles long and between one and two-feet wide throughout, according to lohud.com. Since the work on the path began, several local residents affiliated with Friends of Blauvelt Parks are raising issue against the trail, according to lohud.com. Click here to re…

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06/15/2016

Police & Fire

Three Apprehended After Chase On I-84 Ends In Crash With Police Car MONTGOMERY, N.Y. -- A police chase on I-84 West in Montgomery ended with the recovery of a stolen car out of Rhode Island and the arrest of three people after they crashed into a state cop car. The driver of the vehicle, Jason Swan, 31, of Woonsocket, R.I., drove off after being pulled over for speeding after officers determined he was driving a stolen vehicle, New York state police said. A pursuit ensued for 12 miles until the car Swan was driving they struck a state police vehicle, and came to a stop. The trooper in the vehicle was uninjured. Swan was charged criminal possession of stole…

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

Schools

Paralegal, Occupational Therapy Info Sessions Coming Up At Rockland CC RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Rockland Community College is hosting several upcoming information sessions.The sessions are as follows: Paralegal Program Information Sessions will take place in the Technology Center (room 8371) from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, June 20, August 1, August 22. Contact department chair Patricia Szobonya at pszobony@sunyrockland.edu for additional information or visit this link. Attend a free information session to learn about enrolling in American Bar Association approved paralegal programs at RCC. Earn an associate’s degree, or, if you already have a degree, you may enroll in th…

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

News

Old Eyesore To Be Demolished In Hyde Park HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- An abandoned gas station in the Greentree neighborhood off Route 9G is coming down and will be replaced by a green space, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. The issue was resolved in a three-way deal between Dutchess County, the Town of Hyde Park and the state, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. Click here to read the full article at the Poughkeepsie Journal.

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

Police & Fire

Yonkers Man Slashed In Face YONKERS, N.Y. -- Police are searching for a man who slashed a Yonkers resident overnight, according to News 12. Two Mount Vernon men aged 36 and 22 were walking near New School Street about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday when they were attacked. The 22-year-old ran away but the 36-year-old was slashed in the face and taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx with non life threatening injuries. The group of attackers ran off and investigators are looking at local surveillance video, according to News 12. Click here to read the report at News 12.

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

Politics

Schools Can Collect Taxes Under Rockland-Legislators Sponsored Bill RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee announced passage of legislation she sponsored that would amend the town law to allow a school district to collect its own taxes instead of the town with proper notice, she announced in a press release. “This legislation will allow the school district to determine what method of tax collection is most effective and efficient for the parties involved, most especially our property taxpayers,” Jaffee said. The bill was carried by State Sen. David Carlucci in the Senate and states that it will be the duty of the town receiver of taxes to collect school…

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

Events

Poughkeepsie Schedules Candlelight Vigil In Tribute To Orlando Victims POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- There will be a Candlelight Vigil for Orlando victims at First Congregational Church on Wednesday at 5 p.m. The church is at 269 Mill St. in Poughkeepsie. This event is sponsored by the Dutchess County Interfaith Council and the First Congregational Church.

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

Events

Poughkeepsie Invites Public To Take Art Tour POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The Public Art Tour, part of the Second Annual Poughkeepsie Open Studios Celebration, starts at 9 a.m. on June 18, at the Cunneen Hackett Art Center.The two-hour tour costs $20, $15 for seniors and $10 for students. The tour will be led by Franc Palaia, who currently has a solo show of color photographs of Cuban Murals on view on the same day at the Cunneen venue. The art center is at 12 Vassar St., in Poughkeepsie.

by Jason Bisnoff

06/15/2016

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