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Band Performs Hancock, Weather Report Music In Piermont
PIERMONT, N.Y. -- Mr. Gone featuring the music of Weather Report and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters will perform Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. at The Turning Point Cafe, 468 Piermont Ave., in Piermont.
Band members are Neil Alexander, keyboard, Peter Furlan, saxophone, Ratzo Harris, bass and Terry Silverlight, drums.
For tickets and information, call (845)-359-1089 or visit www.turningpointcafe.com
Click here for information about Mr. Gone.
Former Poughkeepsie City School Teacher Charged With Rape Of Student
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A former English teacher at Tri-Valley Schools in Sullivan County who taught briefly in Poughkeepsie has been charged with having sex with a student, according to the New York State Police.Investigators from the Sullivan County Family Violence Response Team and Liberty barracks arrested Jason Horton, 31, of Maybrook, N.Y., charging him with three counts of rape in the third degree, a felony, and one count of third degree criminal sexual act, a felony, said police.
Horton left the Tri-Valley School District in early November and had been employed by the Poughkeepsie C…
Police Locate Two Missing Upstate Teens
Update, Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
AFTON, N.Y. -- New York State Police report that missing teens Lindsey Seymour, 15, and Charles Weed, 17, have been located and are safe.
The two were located in the Binghamton area and are in good health, police said.
Original report, Thursday, 2 p.m.
AFTON, N.Y. -- New York State Police are seeking the public's help in locating two teenagers missing since Tuesday and who may be traveling together, according to police. They live at separate homes in the Town of Afton, police say. Afton is just east of Binghamton.
The teens were last seen in the Afton High Sch…
Connecticut Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.1%, Lowest Since Before Recession
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Connecticut's unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point to 5.1 percent in October, its lowest level since March 2008, before the start of the Great Recession, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.
“Over the past year, Connecticut’s private sector has seen a net growth of almost 24,000 new jobs – healthy economic growth – and our unemployment rate has been steadily declining," Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a statement. "We have now reached our pre-recession unemployment rate, a new and important milestone. While this month is comparatively flat, we’r…
Jimmy Webb, Karla Bonoff Play Ridgefield Playhouse
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - Karla Bonoff is one of the 1970s finest singer/songwriters. Jimmy Webb is the man behind the songs of Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel and Linda Ronstadt among others. They will share the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge.
Bonoff has written hits for Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, Lynn Anderson and most notably Linda Ronstadt.
Webb is best known for the classics he penned for such artists as Glen Campbell ("By The Time I Get To Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," "Where's The Playground, Susie"), R…
