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Real Estate

Nyack Agency Plans 33-Unit Affordable Housing Complex NYACK, N.Y. -- The Rockland County Housing Coalition says it has gotten the go-ahead for an affordable housing complex near downtown Nyack, according to a report by lohud.com. The agency,, which is headed by Gerri Levy, is planning 33 apartments for the site now occupied by a fabric store, lohud reported. The one-story building at 263 Main St. will be razed this spring and the apartments should be ready for tenants by the fall of 2017, the lohud story said. For more information, call the agency at (845) 708-5799, or visit its website by clicking here. To read the lohud story, click here.

by Carol Reif

03/11/2016

Lifestyle

Happy Birthday To Peekskill's Elton Brand PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Happy birthday to Peekskill’s Elton Brand! Brand, a professional basketball player turns 37 on Friday. Elton Tyron Brand was born on March 11, 1979, and attended Peekskill High School where he played with other future NBA players, Lamar Odom and Ron Artest. By his senior year, he was ranked among the top high school basketball players in the country and was named the state’s “Mr. Basketball.” Brand, who now plays for the Philadelphia 76ers, played college ball at Duke University and was drafted by the Chicago Bulls. He was also played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Dalla…

by Carol Reif

03/11/2016

News

Yorktown Cancer Support Group Honors Chief For 20 Years Of 'Love' YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Support Connection, a Yorktown support group, will honor the woman who has spent decades making sure that women affected by breast and ovarian cancer – and their families and friends – have somewhere to turn in their hour of need.Kathy Quinn, its executive director, will receive its “Spirit of Love” award in recognition of her 20-year mission at the organization’s spring benefit on April 15. Quinn, who had a career in international banking before she went to work for a domestic violence shelter, says she has been involved in community service her entire life. “I wanted to …

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Police & Fire

Poughkeepsie Schools Tighten Security After Off-Campus Shootings POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie school officials, responding to the news that an 18-year-old student had been shot and critically wounded, strived Thursday to assure the community that it was doing everything to keep kids safe. Even though the shooting occurred off campus, Superintendent Nicole Williams posted a letter on the district’s website telling students, parents and staff that it was taking a “two-pronged crisis response approach,” which included the deployment of mental health counselors and heightened security at its secondary schools. According to media reports, the high schoo…

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Schools

Veterans Push Arlington School Board On Tax Exemption DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Veterans are asking the Arlington Central School District to circle back on its decision not to grant them tax breaks this year, according to a report by The Poughkeepsie Journal. The exemption, which was made law by the state in 2013, is available in the majority of school districts in Dutchess County – Arlington and the Poughkeepsie City School District are the only exceptions, The Poughkeepsie Journal reported. School board president Kelly Lappan said at the board meeting Tuesday that the board has held off because of the impact the exemption would have on other …

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Politics

Spano Promises To Keep Yonkers On Right Track In State Of City YONKERS, N.Y. -- Mayor Mike Spano, vowing to keep Yonkers on the right track, said in his State of the City speech Wednesday that funding for schools will be the last thing that gets cut, according to reports. Spano promised to hire more teachers for the struggling district and to restore music, sports and arts programs, News12 reported. The mayor said he planned to use state aid to help pay for the projected $24 million cost of bolstering schools, the News12 story said. To read the News12 story, click here.

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Politics

Blumenthal, Murphy Applaud Senate Passage Of Opioid Bill WASHINGTON -- The Senate’s passage of a bill addressing drug addiction will give communities the tools they need to fight the opioid epidemic, says its co-sponsor, Sen. Richard Blumenthal , D-Conn. The Senate on Thursday passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which establishes federal grants that state and local governments can use to fund treatment and prevention programs. It also increases the availability of medications, such as Naloxone, used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses. “In the face of a spiraling opioid crisis, this bipartisan legislation will give communi…

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Police & Fire

Home Health Aide Stole $4K From Elderly Dover Woman, Police Say DOVER PLAINS, N.Y. -- An Amenia home health aide has been charged with stealing $4,000 from an elderly client, the state police said Thursday.Michelle L. Kesson, 48, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with third-degree grand larceny and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, state police said. According to police, Kesson was caring for a Dover Plains woman when she took the money from the victim’s bank account. Kesson was arraigned in the Town of Amenia Court and released on her own recognizance. She is due to appear in court on Monday, March 21.

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Events

Diabetes Prevention Program Set At Northern Dutchess Hospital RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Small lifestyle changes -- like eating less and moving more -- can reap big rewards, especially when it comes to heading off diabetes, say national health experts. The type two version of the metabolic disorder is usually bought on by factors such as obesity and lack of exercise in people who are genetically predisposed to get the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A diabetes prevention program will be offered at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, starting Monday, March 28. There will be two sessions available: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. or 6 - 7 p.m. for…

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

Police & Fire

Yonkers Firefighters Back At Bargaining Table After Threatened Protest YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers fire officials, who had threatened to disrupt a speech by Mayor Mike Spano, are back in contract talks with the city, according to a report by lohud.com. Members of the Yonkers Uniformed Fire Officers Association have been working without a contract or a cost-of-living raise for seven years, the lohud story said. Firefighters had cited political patronage and the city's rapidly deteriorating infrastructure, among other grievances, as reasons for the planned protest at the site of Spano’s State of the City speech Wednesday, lohud reported. In his speech, the mayor p…

by Carol Reif

03/10/2016

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