Woman slips and falls to her death at Kaaterskill Falls

A 23-year-old Dutchess County woman fell to her death at Kaaterskill Falls in Greene County Tuesday, state police say.

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Local sales tax revenue growing slowly

... percent) experienced the most growth. Other counties that fared well include: Essex County (9.3 percent); Dutchess County (7 percent); Franklin County (6.4 percent) and Rockland County (6.4 percent). Nassau County (-8.3 percent), Ulster County (-5.7 ...

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Woman plunges to death over cliff in Catskills while trying to take photo, officials say

... more than 150 feet. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says the unidentified woman from Dutchess County lost her footing at the edge of a cliff on top of Kaaterskill Falls at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Tannersville Fire Department ...

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Fall victim found dead at base of...

A Dutchess County woman's body was recovered at the base of Kaaterskill Falls early Wednesday after a fall the day before, state troopers and forest rangers said.

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Woman plunges to death over cliff in Catskills

... more than 150 feet. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says the unidentified woman from Dutchess County lost her footing at the edge of a cliff on top of Kaaterskill Falls at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Tannersville Fire Department ...

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Woman dies after fall at Catskills' Kaaterskill Falls

A 23-year-old Dutchess County woman fell to her death Tuesday night when she lost her footing at Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskills, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

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Operation Snowfall: AG Schneiderman Announces Two Guilty Pleas in...

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty pleas of two individuals who were charged in connection with a cocaine pipeline allegedly operating between New York City and the Dutchess County town of Wappingers Falls.

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Two plead guilty in international drug trafficking case

... ring, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced. Michael Novick and Richard Bernal of Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County are both facing prison time after being arrested as part of an investigation called "Operation Snowfall". Three others ...

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Firm says offer for operations was too low

... East Fishkill site, and a mainframe-manufacturing plant in Poughkeepsie, IBM has thousands of employees in Dutchess County. The company does not share specific figures. Last month, Bloomberg News reported that Globalfoundries was primarily ...

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Tkaczyk to advocate increased safety at historically dangerous hike

State Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk will be touring a popular hike Sunday near waterfalls where several people have been injured from falls and a Dutchess County woman recently fell to her death.

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Attic Theater Presents Preston Sturges' Strictly Dishonorable at The Flea, Now Through 8/10

... Tennessee Williams ' THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN and the world premiere of Josh Koenigsberg 's THE MNEMONIST OF DUTCHESS COUNTY in 2013, William Saroyan 's THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE and Erica Lipez's THE TUTORS in 2012, and Sam Gooley 's THIS ONE TIME IN ...

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Loudoun County receives high marks in digital governments survey

... conducted by the Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties. Loudoun tied with Dutchess County, New York for the second spot in the 250,000-499,999 population category, while Clackamas County, Oregon, took top billing. ...

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New York group lands battlefield program grantNew York group lands...

... the funds to create maps that depict archaeological features of the supply depot, which was located in the Dutchess County town of Fishkill. The site served as Gen. George Washington's major supply depot during the war. Thousands of soldiers passed ...

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New York group lands battlefield program grant

... the funds to create maps that depict archaeological features of the supply depot, which was located in the Dutchess County town of Fishkill. The site served as Gen. George Washington's major supply depot during the war. Thousands of soldiers passed ...

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Group Crochets Hats For Westchester Cancer Patients

Dutchess County resident Dorothy King McArthur, founder of From the Hands of Kings, and her sister Joan King Foley recently visited the Redl Center for Cancer Care at MidHudson Regional Hospital to present about 100 hand-crocheted hats for cancer patients being treated at the center as well as for pediatric oncology patients at Maria Fareri ... (more)

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Owner Reluctantly Ready To Part With Family's Long-Time Putnam Home

... close to Interstate 84 and offers easy commutability to southern Westchester, western Fairfield County and Dutchess County. "I remember when they put 84 through,'' Light said. "It's an easy commute to wherever you want to go. It's convenient to ...

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Study: One tick bite can equal two infections

... Those are pretty high odds," Keesing said. She has been collecting and testing thousands of deer ticks in Dutchess County in upstate New York, an area that has a lot of tick-borne disease. Keesing was curious to know how many ticks have the ...

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Two Army veterans honored at West Point

... awarded the Bronze Star and other medals for his service in Vietnam. Relatives who live in Stormville in Dutchess County were among those accepting the medals on his behalf. Barry's nephew, John Curzio, spoke of his uncle, who was affected deeply by ...

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IBM trims Dutchess County headcountIBM trims Dutchess County...

IBM trims Dutchess County headcount IBM trims Dutchess County headcount Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1mpjLJ7 In this recent file photo, a man walks past the entrance to IBM Building 415, on IBM Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

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Big Blue says it will invest $3B in chipmaking

... that plant and one in Poughkeepsie that manufactures mainframes, the company has thousands of employees in Dutchess County. The silence on the possible sale came as revenue in the microelectronics division, which includes chips, fell 18 percent in ...

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WWII soldier's Purple Heart returning to family

... Division. His Purple Heart was discovered in 2011 in the attic of VFW Post 5913 in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County. A VFW member wounded in Iraq contacted Vermont-based Purple Hearts Reunited, which helped track down Ricci's family. The medal ...

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WWII soldier's Purple Heart returning to...

... Division. His Purple Heart was discovered in 2011 in the attic of VFW Post 5913 in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County. A VFW member wounded in Iraq contacted Vermont-based Purple Hearts Reunited, which helped track down Ricci's family. The medal ...

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Warrior Hike conquering the Appalachian Trail

PAWLING Six US combat veterans stopped in Dutchess County Sunday afternoon on their way from Georgia to Maine to "walk off the war."

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WWII soldier's Purple Heart returning to family

... Division. His Purple Heart was discovered in 2011 in the attic of VFW Post 5913 in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County. A VFW member wounded in Iraq contacted Vermont-based Purple Hearts Reunited, which helped track down Ricci's family. The medal ...

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WWII soldier's Purple Heart returning to family

... Division. His Purple Heart was discovered in 2011 in the attic of VFW Post 5913 in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County. A VFW member wounded in Iraq contacted Vermont-based Purple Hearts Reunited, which helped track down Ricci's family. The medal ...

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Walkway Attracts China Pageant Contestants

Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant contestants visited Dutchess County on July 5 and 6. Dutchess County Tourism Executive Director Mary Kay Vrba and DCT Communications Manager Nancy Lutz hosted the contestants, representatives of the Pageant and Chinese media members for a tour of the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, the Home of Franklin D.

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Ingraham, Phyllis M.

... area until 2002 when she retired to the Florida lifestyle which she "thoroughly" enjoyed! She retired from Dutchess County, NY in 2001. She was very devoted to anything she was involved in. Most recently she has been a member of the Winter Haven ...

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Strong storms likely to reach us by the end of the workday

A cell of storms should reach Orange County from the south by around 4 p.m. The strongest thunderstorms, anchored by heavy rain, should be felt around 6 p.m. and may last for up to an hour. The cells will move north by northeast toward Ulster and Dutchess counties.

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Slave music returns to Hudson Valley Underground Railroad route

... were sometimes rowed across the Hudson from Newburgh to the vicinity of Beacon, and led from there across Dutchess County. In Newburgh, they were often received and assisted by a musical African-American family named the Alsdorfs. Brought over from ...

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Veterans who 'Walk Off The War' stop in NY

Combat veterans who are hiking the Appalachian Trail as part of the "Walk Off The War" program are continuing their trek to Maine after getting a heroes' welcome in Dutchess County.

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Teen dies, 3 hurt in Dutchess County 1-car crash

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office says a teenager has died and three other young people were injured in a one-car crash.

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Missing New York City man found dead in Dutchess County

POUGHKEEPSIE A New York City man, who was visiting friends in the Pine Plains area when he went missing last Sunday, July 6 , was found dead Friday in a wooded area, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office said Friday evening.

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New PR Firm Hits the Hudson Valley of NY

... to Get Your Small Business Noticed; and a number of small companies and organizations from in and around Dutchess County, New York, including the Arlington Business Improvement District. About Impact PR & Communications, Ltd. Impact PR & ...

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July 11 Little League softball roundup: Wallkill seniors one win from states

The Town of Wallkill topped the District 17 (Dutchess County) all-stars, 14-13, and the District 18 (Rockland) all-stars, 14-4, in Section 4 tournament games in Haverstraw. In the opener, Bella Muniz had three hits and two RBI, Stephanie Manley had ...

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Source: IBM's jobs pledge in NY intact

A recent commitment by IBM to retain at least 3,100 high-tech jobs in New York, mainly in Dutchess County, will be preserved as part of the company's announcement Wednesday to invest $3 billion in computer chip development and research.

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Yorktown Grange Fair Announces Entertainment Lineup

... full audience participation, beginning at 6:45 p.m. Misty Creek, a six-piece country-rock cover band from Dutchess County, will take the stage on Friday, Sept. 5, at 5 p.m., followed by the Lost Soulz Band, a multivocalist classic rock cover band at ...

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Roger v. Homestead Renovations LLC

... action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (DiBella, J.), dated October 10, 2012, which granted the motion of the defendant Homestead Renovations, LLC, for summary ...

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IBM announces $3B investment in chip research

... 10 years ago. Between its plants in East Fishkill and Poughkeepsie, Big Blue employs thousands of people in Dutchess County. The $3 billion IBM will spend focuses on two chip research programs. One touches on physical challenges on chips, and the ...

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It's a mystery how much films get in NY tax breaks

... took office. "It's a glaring case of crony capitalism," said Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, R-Fishkill, Dutchess County. "The film and TV industry are huge donors to all the players, from both sides, but especially the governor. They write ...

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Bieber fans pay massive tribute to crash victim

Photo of pop star Justin Bieber and Dutchess County resident Alicia M. Tamboia, who was killed in a crash between exits 24 and 25 of the New York state Thruway Friday July 4, 2014.

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Vehicular homicide, manslaughter charges in double-fatal crash

... homicide, driving while intoxicated and other charges for the crash that killed Alicia Tamboia, 24, of Dutchess County and Cody Veverka, 23, of Cairo, Greene County. He had been at Albany Medical Center Hospital since the crash, which occurred just ...

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Astorino announces push for new ballot line

... "No matter where I go, I hear it," Astorino said. "Whether it was this past weekend in Orange County or Dutchess County or Nassau or Suffolk, parents are very concerned, and rightfully so, that Common Core could very well dumb down our standards in ...

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Troopers: Driver in double-fatal Thruway crash to be charged Monday

... in Guilderland. Troopers said he was speeding at the time of the crash, which killed Alicia Tamboia, 24, of Dutchess County, and Cody Veverka, 23, of Cairo. Jones said State Police are waiting for Pascuzzi to be released from the hospital. After ...

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Bieber fans grieve Thruway death

... almost every second by Bieber followers in honor of Alicia M. Tamboia , the 24-year-old from Wingdale, Dutchess County who was killed when the car she was riding in crashed into a tractor trailer Friday night between exits 24 and 25 of the Thruway. ...

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One tick bite can equal two infections

... Those are pretty high odds," Keesing said. She has been collecting and testing thousands of deer ticks in Dutchess County in upstate New York, an area that has a lot of tick-borne disease. Keesing was curious to know how many ticks have the ...

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Some Ticks Carry Disease Double Whammy: Experts

... Those are pretty high odds," Keesing said. She has been collecting and testing thousands of deer ticks in Dutchess County in upstate New York, an area that has a lot of tick-borne disease. Keesing was curious to know how many ticks have the ...

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Study: One tick can harbor 2 nasty germs

... Those are pretty high odds," Keesing said. She has been collecting and testing thousands of deer ticks in Dutchess County in upstate New York, an area that has a lot of tick-borne disease. Keesing was curious to know how many ticks have the ...

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Thousands of Bieber fans grieve Thruway death

Photo of pop star Justin Bieber and Dutchess County resident Alicia M. Tamboia, who was killed in a crash between exits 24 and 25 of the New York state Thruway Friday July 4, 2014.

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Thousands of Bieber fans grieve Thruway...

... almost every second by Bieber followers in honor of Alicia M. Tamboia, the 24-year-old from Wingdale, Dutchess County who was killed when the car she was riding in crashed into a tractor trailer Friday night between exits 24 and 25 of the Thruway. ...

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Two dead after car breaks in half during Fourth of July crash on Thruway near Albany

... Freight Lines tractor trailer. Passengers Cody Veverka, 29, of Greene County, and Alicia Tamboia, 24, of Dutchess County, were thrown out of the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Tyler Pascuzzi, 24, of Greene County, was ...

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One Tick Bite Can Equal Two Infections

... Those are pretty high odds," Keesing said. She has been collecting and testing thousands of deer ticks in Dutchess County in upstate New York, an area that has a lot of tick-borne disease. Keesing was curious to know how many ticks have the ...

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One Tick Bite Can Equal Two Infections

... Those are pretty high odds," Keesing said. She has been collecting and testing thousands of deer ticks in Dutchess County in upstate New York, an area that has a lot of tick-borne disease. Keesing was curious to know how many ticks have the ...

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Summer Storm: Thousands without power regionwide; flash flooding reported

... plus Putnam and Westchester counties. A flash flood warning is already in place for Ulster County and Dutchess County through Friday morning. A watch is in place in Sullivan County through 9 p.m. today. UPDATE (4:57 p.m.): 4,702 customers remain ...

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The 6th Annual Lap4Life Race

... es the event the huge success that it is every year. This past year Maddalena was nominated and selected for Dutchess County's Chamber of Commerce's "Shaker Awards" where they select the 40 people under 40 to salute and celebrate.

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ibm deal may come this week

... under a temporary contract to help GlobalFoundries ramp up its growing operations there. Ronald Hicks, Dutchess County's deputy commissioner of strategic planning and economic development, said, "We've heard nothing from IBM, but we know that the ...

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Dragons, Drummers and Dancers Converge on the Hudson River Saturday for Charity

This Saturday the sights and sounds of Asia will fill the waterways and land masses along the Hudson River as hundreds gather for the very first Dragon Boat Race and Festival in Dutchess County.

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