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47-year-old man dies in Warwick barn fire
WARWICK – A 47-year-old Pine Island man was killed in a barn fire on Amity Road in Warwick on Tuesday. The fire was reported at about 11:34 a.m. and when first responders arrived at the scene, the barn was fully engulfed in flames. The unidentified victim was severely burned and pronounced dead at the scene. The Pine Island Fire Department extinguished the fire with the assistance of the Slate Hill, Vernon, N.J., Florida, Warwick, and Unionville Fire Departments.
A Devastating Morning in Bloomingburg, NY: A Family’s Fight to Rebuild After Tragic Fire
On July 17, 2024, at 6:48 AM, a family in Bloomingburg, New York, faced an unimaginable tragedy when a fire engulfed their home on Shawanga Lodge Road. The Bloomingburg Fire Company responded quickly, but despite their efforts, the blaze consumed the entire house. Miraculously, the family of six adults and three children – including an almost 8-year-old autistic boy, a 4-year-old little boy, and a 9-month-old baby boy – escaped unharmed.
New York State Police Arrest Hudson Valley Man Twice in Less Than 24 Hours
This guy doesn't seem to take a hint. New York State Police say an Orange County man is facing a slew of charges, including grand larceny. Offcials say it all started with a traffic stop late Sunday night on one of the state's main routes. What transpired over the next...
Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Crash In Hudson Valley After Leaving Bar: Here's Her Sentence
A 45-year-old woman will spend several years in prison after causing a fatal crash in the Hudson Valley while driving at twice the legal limit on her way from a bar in the region. Oklahoma resident Nicholle Hoke of Shawnee, age 45, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 23 to four to 12 years in …
Search On For Suspect Who Fired Shot Into Hudson Valley Home
Police in the Hudson Valley are investigating after shots were fired into a home. The incident occurred in Orange County around 1 a.m., Friday, July 19, on Grand Avenue in Middletown.According to Lt. Jeffrey Thoelen of the Middletown Police, at least one round (bullet) entered a residence on G…
Highland Man Charged With Running Into 2 Police Cars After Home Depot Theft
Orange County resident Clarence Hulzenga, age 48, of Highland, was arrested in the town of Newburgh on Wednesday, July 10 in Newburgh. According to Lt. Dennis Carpenter of the Newburgh Police, Hulzenga ran from the store after the theft to a pickup truck in the parking lot and, to get away, ran into a town of Newburgh and New York State Police cruisers.
Hit man, 24, sentenced for stabbing NY man's neighbor to death during fence repair
A man hired to kill the neighbor of an Orange County man was sentenced to 18 years in prison last week, prosecutors announced. Damante Stansberry, 24, had already pled guilty to the murder of a 53-year-old Wallkill man committed in October 2022. According to prosecutors, Enoch Lowe had "long-standing animosity"...
Truck driver killed in fiery NJ crash: Passaic County Prosecutor
CLIFTON, N.J. (PIX11) – A tractor-trailer burst into flames on Route 3 near Valley Road in New Jersey Monday, killing one person, officials said. A bus rear-ended the tractor trailer around 9 a.m., sending the truck into the Route 3 barrier, according to Clifton Acting Fire Chief Daniel Collins. The truck burst into flames, and […]
Woodbury voices support for its police force amid online jabs
Woodbury Town Supervisor Kathryn Luciani opened the July 18 town board meeting with a moment of silence for the person killed during attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, and used the opportunity to call for peace among our leaders. “We pray for people that understand that violence is not...
Woman Cited For Careless Driving After Overturning Vehicle: Montgomery PD
At 11:58 a.m., first responders were on the scene of an overturned vehicle at Route 518 near Brecknell Way, Montgomery Police said in a release. The driver, a 37-year-old Skillman woman was operating 2020 Mini eastbound on Route 518 when she drifted over the fog line and impacted the trailer of a landscape truck parked along the shoulder, police said.
Sussex County man accused of initiating argument, brandishing knife at community event
FRANKLIN BOROUGH, NJ (Sussex County) – A Sussex County man is accused of initiating an argument and then brandishing a knife at a community event in Franklin Borough. On Saturday, June 29, police received a complaint from several witnesses of the Franklin Nite community event that a man had stabbed a knife into a picnic table during a dispute near the Franklin pond, police said.
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