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Head's Up, Westchester: Surge In Mice Signals Higher Lyme Disease Risk Head's Up, Westchester: Surge In Mice Signals Higher Lyme Disease Risk
Head's Up, Westchester: Surge In Mice Signals Higher Lyme Disease Risk Last summer, mice seemed to be found everywhere from the countertops of local homes to large numbers scampering across forest floors. Unfortunately, that surge spells a higher risk for Lyme disease cases this spring and summer, reports NPR. Local husband and wife team, Rick Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing, have been studying Lyme disease for more than 20 years and are able to predict the disease in any given season, said NPR. In fact, when Keesing came home from a trip and found evidence of mouse droppings all over her home, the Bard College ecologist told NPR she knew this summer would bring …

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Police & Fire
Rockland Deputies Nab Three In DWI Checkpoint Rockland Deputies Nab Three In DWI Checkpoint
Rockland Deputies Nab Three In DWI Checkpoint ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Two men were charged with DWI by Rockland County Sheriff's deputies during a DWI checkpoint, and another during a traffic stop on Sunday, according to the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Michael Slapp, 31, of Fort Montgomery, was charged with DWI after being stopped by a deputy around 1:25 a.m., for an equipment violation. When the deputy approached Slapp he could tell he was intoxicated. Subsequent tests showed Slapp was driving with a blood alcohol level above .08 percent,  said Sheriff Louis Falco. Slapp was also charged with driving with a suspended registrati…

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Poughkeepsie Man Last Seen After Traffic Stop Still Missing Poughkeepsie Man Last Seen After Traffic Stop Still Missing
Poughkeepsie Man Last Seen After Traffic Stop Still Missing POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- For the past eight years family members, friends and the police have been searching for Rohan Stefon Brown of Poughkeepsie who disappeared completely on Aug. 8, 2008. Brown, 34, who may be suffering from a mental illness with paranoid features, was last seen when he was stopped by police for a traffic violation, according to the non-profit Charley Project, which helps locate missing people. At the time of his disappearance, Brown lived on Flannery Avenue and had just registered to attend SUNY at Albany for the fall semester. His vehicle, a blue four-door 2001 Hyundai …

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Politics
Sex Offenders Should Be Banned From Internet, Murphy Says Sex Offenders Should Be Banned From Internet, Murphy Says
Sex Offenders Should Be Banned From Internet, Murphy Says State Sen. Terrance Murphy is fed up with hearing about sexual offenders being arrested every week in one town after another across the area. That's why he is calling for upgrades to Megan's Law to help protect children. The senator, whose district covers Westchester and the Hudson Valley, is calling for the changes in response to the  arrest Tuesday of Issac Eseau Jara of Ossining, a 29-year-old level 2 sex offender, on a federal charge of possession of child pornography. "This marks the second week in a row that a dangerous sex offender has been busted for using the internet to prey …

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Politics
Sex Offenders Should Be Banned From Internet, Murphy Says Sex Offenders Should Be Banned From Internet, Murphy Says
Sex Offenders Should Be Banned From Internet, Murphy Says State Senator Terrance Murphy is fed up with hearing about sexual offenders being arrested every week in one town after another across the area. That's why he is calling for upgrades to Megan's law to help protect children. The senator, whose district covers Westchester and the Hudson Valley, is calling for the changes in response to the  arrest last week of Issac Eseau Jara of Ossining, a 29-year-old level 2 sex offender, on a federal charge of possession of child pornography. "This marks the second week in a row that a dangerous sex offender has been busted for using the internet to …

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Business
Poughkeepsie Expert Launches New Wedding Website Poughkeepsie Expert Launches New Wedding Website
Poughkeepsie Expert Launches New Wedding Website POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Attention all soon-to-be blushing brides, help has arrived in the form of a website that offers all the needed information to make sure that special day is one for the record books, or at least the photo albums. Launched earlier this month by Felicia Zammit-McMann of Poughkeepsie, Wedding Connections of the Hudson Valley, www.weddingconnectionshv.com, is designed to connect engaged couples to leading wedding professionals throughout the area. The site provides educational blog posts, exclusive videos, wedding planning tips, venue information, couple profiles and photo …

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Major Construction Project Begins On Palisades Parkway Major Construction Project Begins On Palisades Parkway
Major Construction Project Begins On Palisades Parkway Commuters beware. Beginning Monday, April 3, work will begin on an $11.9 million project to resurface a northern section of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, calling for late-night and early morning road closures. Announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, the road improvements will be made on the parkway within the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point in Rockland County, and the towns of Highlands and Woodbury in Orange County. "This stretch of the Palisades is a vital part of this region’s transportation network that is depended upon by Rockland and Orange residents and helps drive t…

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Police & Fire
Poughkeepsie Man Caught With 125 Bags Of Heroin, Police Say Poughkeepsie Man Caught With 125 Bags Of Heroin, Police Say
Poughkeepsie Man Caught With 125 Bags Of Heroin, Police Say POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A Poughkeepsie man was nabbed with 125 bags of heroin following a search of his home by the Dutchess County Drug Task Force. Clifford Green, 48, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell following the execution of a search warrant at 211 Winnikee Ave. on Wednesday by task force members, said Frank Tasciotti, assistant coordinator of the task force. During the search of the residence approximately 125 bags of heroin, scales, and packaging material were seized, Tasciotti said. Green is being held at the Dutchess County Jail. Addi…

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News
Major Construction Project Begins On Palisades Parkway Major Construction Project Begins On Palisades Parkway
Major Construction Project Begins On Palisades Parkway Commuters beware. Beginning Monday, April 3, work will begin on an $11.9 million project to resurface a northern section of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, calling for late-night and early morning road closures. Announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, the road improvements will be made on the parkway within the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point in Rockland County, and the towns of Highlands and Woodbury in Orange County. "This stretch of the Palisades is a vital part of this region’s transportation network that is depended upon by Rockland and Orange residents and helps drive t…

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Yonkers Police Arrest Two In Shooting, Stabbing Incident Yonkers Police Arrest Two In Shooting, Stabbing Incident
Yonkers Police Arrest Two In Shooting, Stabbing Incident YONKERS, N.Y. --  A fight between several people Thursday ended up with one person being stabbed and another firing shots before being caught by Yonkers Police officers, according to the Yonkers police. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. after officers saw two men run into a delicatessen at 174 Yonkers Ave., said Dean Politopoulos, spokesman for the Yonkers Police Dept. Officers went inside to investigate and interrupted a stabbing in progress – one man, identified as Nasir Brown, 18, of Yonkers, was seen standing over and assaulting a second man, identified as Spencer Adams, 26, of Mount …

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