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Source: Police: 65-year-old New York woman dead after being hit by car

Source: Man accused of killing 7-month-old puppy, tossing it in garbage

Source: Accomplice pleads guilty in SUNY Plattsburgh social media hacking case | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | A Rochester man has pleaded guilty to federal computer fraud charges for his role in a social-media hacking scheme that victimized dozens of female co

Source: Burlington City Council rejects increasing police staffing

Source: Tractor-trailer fire closes I-87 for several hours in Beekmantown

Source: Vermont’s top federal prosecutor to resign at Biden administration’s request – VTDigger

Source: Unemployment fraud cases surge as victims say getting help is tough

Source: U.S. Customs has seized millions of counterfeit N95 face masks. Here’s how to spot a fake. – CBS News

Source: For thousands of New Yorkers, the state wants its unemployment benefits back

Source: Inmate dies of COVID at Franklin prison | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: New York seeks to quietly close four juvenile detention centers

Source: N.Y.P.D. Anti-Harassment Official Fired Over Racist Online Rants – The New York Times

Source: Judge orders New York to turn over details of coronavirus nursing home deaths

Source: Authorities search for alleged international drug trafficker | Sun Community News CHAMPLAIN | Local authorities have rejuvenated the search for an alleged international drug trafficker after someone under the same identity recently resurfaced as a personal

Source: Canada Is Adding 13 Terrorist Organizations To Its List Under The Criminal Code – MTL Blog

Snowmobile Fire and Crash – Fulton County On Jan. 23, while conducting a snowmobile patrol on trails in the Town of Caroga, ECOs Manns and Hilliard responded to two dangerous snowmobile incidents. First, they came across a snowmobile on fire. The operator was not injured but the snowmobile was destroyed. A short time later, the […]

Plattsburgh, New York – The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the award of a Corridor of Commerce Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) totaling $7,500. CCHA will use these funds to create a two-room exhibit to tell the story of the Prohibition Era in the North Country.  The project will […]

Village of Speculator (Lake Pleasant) Hamilton County Wilderness Rescue: On Jan. 30 at 2:35 p.m., Forest Ranger Lt. Kallen received a call from Hamilton County 911 reporting a snowmobile accident in the area of Hatchery Brook Road. Coordinates placed the snowmobiler approximately five miles into the trail system from the nearest road. The 41-year-old woman […]

Source: University Mall shooting in Burlington injures one person, police say

Source: Burlington leaders disagree on suspect compliance during use-of-force arrest

Source: NY lawmakers’ plan prison visits to assess COVID crisis – New York Daily News

State and UB Experts Will Work Together to Create Beneficial Uses for Millions of Waste Tires Disposed of Each Year New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced a partnership with the University at Buffalo (UB) to develop an action plan focused on the proper and cost-effective management of waste […]

Among those findings were that a larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than the New York State Department of Health’s (DOH) published nursing home data reflected and may have been undercounted by as much as 50 percent. Source: Attorney General James Releases Report on Nursing Homes’ Response to COVID-19 | New York […]

From the NYS Office of Environmental Conservation Virtual Public Hearings on April 7; Public Comments Accepted until April 27 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced proposed regulations to implement a new statewide waste reduction initiative that supports food donation to help hungry New Yorkers and food recycling to […]

Source: Burlington’s police transformation czar weighs in on challenges