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West Nyack, Blauvelt Residents Help Snapping Turtles Stay Safe On Roads West Nyack, Blauvelt Residents Help Snapping Turtles Stay Safe On Roads
West Nyack, Blauvelt Residents Help Snapping Turtles Stay Safe On Roads How do the snapping turtles cross the road in Blauvelt and West Nyack? Relatively safely, with the help of fans of the scary looking reptiles. Zach Whitman, a veterinarian in Putnam County’s Carmel, has been working with a group in Rockland that has been trying to keep the critters from being run over by cars on busy Western Highway. According to Whitman, every spring dozens of female snappers emerge from a wetlands located between the highway and Sickletown Road in Blauvelt and West Nyack and head for prime egg-laying territory on the other side. In one particular spot, there is a landsc…

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Putnam Loses Bid To Withhold Gun-Owner Data Putnam Loses Bid To Withhold Gun-Owner Data
Putnam Loses Bid To Withhold Gun-Owner Data This story has been updated. CARMEL, N.Y. – Putnam County has lost a bid to keep secret the names of gun owners who didn’t opt out of a public database, according to a report by lohud.com. A state judge ruled two years ago that names and addresses had to be disclosed, but the county took its case to the state’s Appellate Division, lohud.com reported. That four-judge panel unanimously ruled that The Journal News/lohud is entitled to those names, and the only recourse the county now has is to get the state Court of Appeals’ OK to challenge it, the lohud.com story said. Journal News executiv…

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Vassar Brothers Breaks Ground On $500M Patient Pavilion Project Vassar Brothers Breaks Ground On $500M Patient Pavilion Project
Vassar Brothers Breaks Ground On $500M Patient Pavilion Project POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie broke ground Tuesday on its $500 million patient pavilion project. Construction is expected to begin in two weeks and the 696,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in 2019. The ground-breaking ceremony took place at the rear of the medical center’s campus and was attended by more than 300 community leaders, residents and medical center VIPs and employees. Medical center president Ann McMackin said hospital officials see the project as “so much more than just a new building.” “It’s a symbol of the renewed economic…

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Police & Fire
Fallen Stamford Firefighter's Name Etched On National Memorial Fallen Stamford Firefighter's Name Etched On National Memorial
Fallen Stamford Firefighter's Name Etched On National Memorial STAMFORD, Conn. – The name of a Stamford firefighter who made the ultimate sacrifice has been added to a national memorial. Richard Saunders, a 30-year veteran, died of cancer last year. He was 52 and left behind his wife, Cathy; two step-children, Michael and Kelly; two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Because his illness arose from his firefighting duties, he will be listed on the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo. According to the Stamford Fire Fighters Association, it honors firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The names of seven other Stamf…

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Police & Fire
DNA Sought From Navin's Girlfriend In Easton Double-Murder Case DNA Sought From Navin's Girlfriend In Easton Double-Murder Case
DNA Sought From Navin's Girlfriend In Easton Double-Murder Case EASTON, Conn. -- Prosecutors want a former Westport woman accused of helping her boyfriend plan and cover up his parents’ slaying to relinquish samples of her hair and bodily fluids for DNA testing, according to a report by the Connecticut Post. Jennifer Valiante, 31, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and hindering prosecution in connection with the deaths of Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin, 56 and 55 respectively. The Easton couple's sudden disappearance in early August, 2015, last years set off a massive search. Their bodies were discovered hidden under a pile of debris about t…

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Meet Nina, Pet Of The Week At Pomona Animal Shelter Meet Nina, Pet Of The Week At Pomona Animal Shelter
Meet Nina, Pet Of The Week At Pomona Animal Shelter POMONA, N.Y. -- Nina has been at the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center in Pomona for more than a year and shelter folks are hoping the sweet kitty will find a home soon. The green-eyed, gray and white cat came to Hi-Tor as a stray. Now about two years old, Nina would do best in a quiet, low-traffic home with teens and adults, the shelter says. A little shy, Nina will warm up to new people given time. She is all right with other cats, but dogs are another question. For more information about Nina, call the shelter at (845) 354-7900. The shelter is located at 65 Firemens Memorial Drive.

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Good Samaritans Seek Owners Of Dog Found In Pelham Good Samaritans Seek Owners Of Dog Found In Pelham
Good Samaritans Seek Owners Of Dog Found In Pelham PELHAM, N.Y. – A dog that was wandering around the Hutchinson Parkway in Pelham this week is staying with the folks who found her, according to a post on Lost Pets of the Hudson Valley. The pooch had a broken toe and was taken to the vet’s for treatment, the post said. Anyone with information about who owns her is asked to call “Chris” at (212) 300-3404.

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Schools
Video Introduces New Clarkstown Teachers, Other Hires Video Introduces New Clarkstown Teachers, Other Hires
Video Introduces New Clarkstown Teachers, Other Hires CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Remember the olden days when the teacher used to introduce herself to students by using an annoyingly squeaky piece of chalk to write her name on the blackboard? (I can picture the pained expressions on the kids’ faces now.) The Clarkstown Central School District has managed to put a new twist on the classroom ritual with a video of its latest hires. Each new educator states his or her name, the subject he or she will teach, and the school or schools where he or she has been assigned. Among the 25 new hires are teachers, classroom aides, a school counselor and a school…

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Spring Valley Student Draws Curtain Back on Troupe's Travails, Triumphs Spring Valley Student Draws Curtain Back on Troupe's Travails, Triumphs
Spring Valley Student Draws Curtain Back on Troupe's Travails, Triumphs RAMAPO, N.Y. -- It’s just a little documentary, shot on an iPhone and only 13 minutes long, but its maker, Spring Valley student Melissa Denizard, hopes it will have a big impact on the way folks support the arts. Denizard, 17, a member of Thespian Troupe 721, an honor society for theater students, had a principal role in its performance of “Aida” last spring. Based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name, "Aida" has music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. Having been in the program since she was a freshman, Denizard says she knew shows like that may be magical, but &quo…

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New York Magazine Spotlights Greeley Sex Abuse Case New York Magazine Spotlights Greeley Sex Abuse Case
New York Magazine Spotlights Greeley Sex Abuse Case CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. – Was Christopher Schraufnagel just a “big kid,” as one former student called him, whose artistic ambitions led him to push boundaries on the stage and off, or was the former Horace Greeley High School drama teacher something more sinister? That’s the tangled web New York magazine attempts to unravel in a newly published story on “The Cut,” a website that touts itself as a source for news about fashion, beauty, politics and sex. Schraufnagel, who was openly gay and liked to come to school wearing flannel shirts and sneakers, was the artsy crowd’s favorite teacher at Greeley …

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