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These Facts About Drowning Victims May Come As Surprise These Facts About Drowning Victims May Come As Surprise
These Facts About Drowning Victims May Come As Surprise A 4-year-old child is more likely to drown at a public pool or beach than a teenage boy or young man. True or false? Surprisingly, it’s the latter, say safety experts who explode this myth, and others, on the state Department of Health’s website. While all children should be watched closely, even when a lifeguard is present, the most common drowning victims are males in their teens through mid-20s, the state said. Among other false beliefs the site shoots down are that above-ground swimming pools don’t have to be fenced in. Wrong! All pools should be made inaccessible to children. A fence…

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Police & Fire
Rockland Sheriff's Office Maintains Accreditation With State Rockland Sheriff's Office Maintains Accreditation With State
Rockland Sheriff's Office Maintains Accreditation With State NEW CITY, N.Y. -- The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office has maintained its accreditation status with the state’s Department of Criminal Justice Services. Sheriff Louis Falco made the announcement in a recent Facebook post. Accreditation means that the department is implementing policing policies that are “conceptually sound and operationally effective,” according to the DCJS’ website. It is a way, the agency said, of helping police evaluate and improve their overall performance and provides formal recognition that a department “meets or exceeds general expectation of quality in the field.” …

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Yorktown Man, 37, Found Passed Out In Car Faces Charges, Say Police Yorktown Man, 37, Found Passed Out In Car Faces Charges, Say Police
Yorktown Man, 37, Found Passed Out In Car Faces Charges, Say Police YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A Yorktown man, who police say they found passed out in a car Wednesday, is now facing drug and other charges. Philip Twyman, 37, was arrested around 7 p.m. in the parking lot of the Triangle Shopping Center, police said. He was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor; third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor; and driving while ability impaired by drugs, police said. Twyman’s license had been suspended, police said. He was found to have in his possession buprenorphine, a painkiller tha…

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Brookfield Couple Donates $12,500 For New Police K-9 Argo Brookfield Couple Donates $12,500 For New Police K-9 Argo
Brookfield Couple Donates $12,500 For New Police K-9 Argo BROOKFIELD, CONN. – Brookfield police Sgt. Jeff Osuch will have a new canine partner thanks to the generosity of a local couple, says First Selectman Steve Dunn. Osuch had been working with K-9 Bruno for eight years when the police dog took ill and died in July. The 11-year-old German shepherd had drawn much praise for his skills in tracking, sniffing out narcotics, and protecting his handler. Bruno was also such a big hit in the community that artist Rachael Chandler, who runs a pet portrait business called 4 Paws and a Paintbrush, presented a painting in memory of"Bruno to Osuch. Th…

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Peekskill Firefighters Mark Anniversary Of Fleischmann Fire Peekskill Firefighters Mark Anniversary Of Fleischmann Fire
Peekskill Firefighters Mark Anniversary Of Fleischmann Fire PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Peekskill fire and city officials will honor the men who were lost in the Fleischmann’s fire nearly 100 years ago. A memorial service is set for 7 p.m. Monday, the 98th anniversary of the tragedy. Sponsored by the Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 and the Centennial Hose Co., No. 4, the ceremony will be held at Fireman’s Park on John Walsh Boulevard. According to news accounts at the time, firefighters from the Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1, and other companies, were battling a massive blaze at the yeast plant on Peekskill’s waterfront when a wall collapsed, …

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Stray Dog, Stolen Bikes Top North Castle Police Reports Stray Dog, Stolen Bikes Top North Castle Police Reports
Stray Dog, Stolen Bikes Top North Castle Police Reports ARMONK, N.Y. -- North Castle police came to the rescue of a little, lost doggie that had been found on Leisure Farm Drive last week. The white canine was wearing a red collar but had no tags, police said. They took the animal, which was covered with dirt and mud, to a local veterinarian in the hopes that its owner will be found. Police were also called to assist the Greenwich, Conn., authorities after several dirt bikes were stolen from a residence on Bedford Road on Monday, July 25. Officers went to the vicinity of North Greenwich Road after getting a report that the trailer with the bik…

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Scenic Hudson Gets $2.3 Million Grant To Battle Climate Change's Effects Scenic Hudson Gets $2.3 Million Grant To Battle Climate Change's Effects
Scenic Hudson Gets $2.3 Million Grant To Battle Climate Change's Effects A nonprofit land preservation organization has received a $2.3 million grant it says will help it protect the Hudson Valley from the ravages of climate change. Scenic Hudson plans to use the money from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to support its strategy of “moving beyond a random patchwork of parcels.” Using a computer model, it will target “networks of conservation areas that add up to more than the sum of their parts,” it said. Scenic Hudson said it will use $2 million of the grant to buy land and the remaining $300,000 for the initiative’s coordination and implementation. Beca…

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Police, Crisis Team Talk Suicidal Man Off Ledge In Poughkeepsie Police, Crisis Team Talk Suicidal Man Off Ledge In Poughkeepsie
Police, Crisis Team Talk Suicidal Man Off Ledge In Poughkeepsie POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Police helped saved the life of a suicidal man in the city of Poughkeepsie on Sunday, according to multiple media reports. The man, who was on a ledge at the top of the 16-story Rip Van Winkle apartment building on Rinaldi Boulevard, was threatening to jump, according to a report by The Poughkeepsie Journal. A police officer kept the man talking until crisis negotiators arrived and they were able to get him to come down safely, The Poughkeepsie Journal reported. He was taken to a hospital, the Poughkeepsie Journal article. To read the Poughkeepsie Journal article, cl…

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Ramapo Police Charge Bronx Woman With DWI, Drug Possession Ramapo Police Charge Bronx Woman With DWI, Drug Possession
Ramapo Police Charge Bronx Woman With DWI, Drug Possession RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A Bronx woman is facing charges of driving while intoxicated after Ramapo police pulled her over on South Airmont Road on Sunday. The unidentified 29-year-old driver also was charged with seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance and refusal to submit to a chemical test, police said. She was held for arraignment in Airmont Village Court, police said. Police answered a total of 128 calls for service on Sunday, including 18 alarm activations; two fires; nine medical emergencies; and two other arrests -- one for unlawful possession of marijuana and the other on a ben…

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Cortlandt Asks Public's Help In Battling Barge Anchor Proposals Cortlandt Asks Public's Help In Battling Barge Anchor Proposals
Cortlandt Asks Public's Help In Battling Barge Anchor Proposals CORTLANDT, N.Y. – Cortlandt is asking the public to back it in its fight against a proposal to build barge anchorages in the Hudson River. Supervisor Linda Puglisi said the Town Board voted unanimously last week to formalize its opposition to the U.S. Coast Guard plan. It has asked the agency to have public hearings on the plan in Cortlandt and it wants residents to weigh in by commenting on the website federalregister.gov. According to the site, the marine security organization is floating plans for 10 new anchorage grounds from Yonkers to Kingston. The one that concerns Cortlandt would …

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