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Retirement of Poughkeepsie police captain increases manpower shortage (VIDEO)
POUGHKEEPSIE – City police captain Steven Minard worked his last shift with the Poughkeepsie Police Department on Friday, ending a 40-year career with the department. It also highlights the department’s staffing shortage, which is supposed to have 96 officers but is down to 75. Minard, who began his...
One Year After Demolition Still No New Business on this Hudson Valley Lot
You may recall last year that the building which used to stand in the lot across from the New York State Thruway in New Paltz was leveled. Like most properties for sale with old abandoned buildings eventually, the building gets leveled. Whatever the reason they had for taking the building...
Power & Politics: Future of the Iroquois Pipeline; NY-16 debate preview
This week's episode of Power & Politics covered two topics: New York's energy future and a preview of News 12's exclusive first debate between Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
Gillibrand off target about police staffing shortages, cops say
HUDSON VALLEY – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, one of New York’s two US Senators, has been campaigning on a bill to help solve the staffing shortage plaguing many police departments in New York and across the country recently, making campaign stops around the state to tout a new bill during election season.
Poughkeepsie Firm Sues Kerrygold for Containing Toxic Chemicals
A Hudson Valley law firm is suing a popular butter company for including ingredients it says can cause fertility issues and increase the risk of cancer despite being labeled as "pure". The Poughkeepsie firm of Sultzer & Lipari has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Carolyn Winans of New York...
Field of Honor returns for fifth year
HYDE PARK- The Hyde Park Education Foundation (HPEF) will kick off its fifth annual Field of Honor event May 25 at 10 a.m. by awarding the fourth annual Senior Scholarship, worth $1,000, and $5,000 worth of grants to teachers. The event, located on the lawn in front of the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historical Site on Route 9 in Hyde Park, features a display of over 200 American flags.
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