Several students from Pearl River Middle School have been transported to area hospitals for examination following a school bus crash with another vehicle.According to Lt. David Mellin with the Orangetown Police, the crash took place early Thursday afternoon on Center Street in Pearl River.Pearl River Schools Superintendent Marco Pochintesta said four students were hospitalized for ...

This story has been updated.Several students from Pearl River Middle School have been transported to area hospitals for examination following a school bus crash with another vehicle.According to Lt. David Mellin with the Orangetown Police, the crash took place early Thursday afternoon on Center Street in Pearl River.Pearl River Schools Superintendent Marco Pochintesta said four students ...

The Town of Newburgh Police Department is investigating a report of a residential robbery on Mill Street in the north end of the town. The investigation is in the very early stages Thursday morning and no other specific information was available for release at this time, said Lt. James Nenni. Area residents are advised that no further threats are known to exist, he added.This is a ...

New York State is suing the 3M Company and five other companies to recover the cost for environmental cleanup and natural resource damages caused by the toxic chemicals in firefighting foam they manufacture.The lawsuit, the first of its kind, says the use of the foam at five military and civilian airports including Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, caused a public nuisance by ...

A 44-year-old man who was airlifted to an area hospital following a single-vehicle crash has died.Christopher M. Baxter, of Staatsburg, died from his injuries once he arrived at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, according to Capt. John Watterson with the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.Watterson said the crash occurred around 8 a.m. Monday on All Angels Hill Road in Wappinger.An ...

A 17-year-old area teen drowned while swimming in Rondout Creek in High Falls, despite an attempt at rescue by a special water-rescue team. Christopher Pelaez of Wallkill was recovered Tuesday around noon by officers from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.Deputies responded to the area 18 Bruceville Road in the Town of Marbletown after receiving a distress call. When they arrived, ...

A Rockland County man was busted with 13 decks of heroin near a school zone following a traffic stop, according to the Stony Point Police.Nicholas Pagliuca, 41, of Stony Point, was arrested Thursday, June 14, when officers stopped Pagliuca for speeding in a school zone on Route 210 in Stony Point, said Lt. Daniel Hylas. During a search following the stop, Pagliuca was found to be in ...

In an apparent case of road rage, a Rockland man was arrested for pushing a bicyclist to the ground on Route 9W.Stony Point Police arrested Javier Martinez, 26, of Haverstraw, for assault following on incident on Sunday in which a bicyclist was injured, according to Stony Point Lt. Daniel Hylas.According to Hylas, Stony Point Police responded to a report of a road rage incident that ...

A 20-year-old woman was nabbed for shoplifting after fleeing a ShopRite in Rockland, according to police.Kristen Patyi, 20, of Stony Point, was charged with petit larceny on Tuesday, June 12, after police were called to the Stony Point ShopRite for a report of shoplifting, said Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas.A store loss prevention officers told responding officers that Patyi had ...

A 31-year-old man drowned after becoming stranded in the Hudson River after falling off a personal watercraft in Westchester, according to the police.The incident took place around 6:45 p.m. Monday when Yonkers Police responded to the JFK Marina off Warburton Avenue on a report a stranded personal watercraft with a male and female missing, said Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos.Members of the ...