Man Pleads Guilty To Felony For Hit-Run That Injured Hudson Valley Child Man Pleads Guilty To Felony For Hit-Run That Injured Hudson Valley Child
Man Pleads Guilty To Felony For Hit-Run That Injured Hudson Valley Child An Orange County man has pleaded guilty to driving a fish delivery truck into an 8-year-old boy before fleeing the scene, leaving him with severe injuries in the middle of the road in Kiryas Joel. Kiryas Joel resident Yudah Zimmerman, 24, pleaded guilty to a felony for his role in a hit-and-run crash that left the child hospitalized for more than a week in 2016, before he took off in the truck without reporting the crash to authorities. Zimmerman will face up to six months in the Orange County Jail, as well as several years of probation after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accid…
Orange County Voters OK School Budgets, Except In One District Orange County Voters OK School Budgets, Except In One District
Orange County Voters OK School Budgets, Except In One District Every school district in Orange County, except one, approved proposed budgets for 2018-19 on Tuesday. Valley Central Schools encountered the lone loss, where taxpayers voted 987 to 849 against a proposed $104.2 million budget. The school district and Board of Education will now revise the spending proposal for a second vote before resorting to a contingency budget. In other Orange County school results: Chester School District voters approved a $27.6 million budget. Cornwall School District voters approved a $71.5 million budget. The school district also got the OK to set up a $5 million …
Housekeeper Caught Stealing Jewelry From Several Hudson Valley Homes Housekeeper Caught Stealing Jewelry From Several Hudson Valley Homes
Housekeeper Caught Stealing Jewelry From Several Hudson Valley Homes A housekeeper is facing several charges after state police busted her for allegedly stealing cash and jewelry from several Orange County homes where she was working. Members of the New York State Police Monroe Bureau of Criminal Investigations announced the arrest of Central Valley resident Maria Caudillo, 30, over the weekend on multiple felony counts of third-degree grand larceny following an investigation into stolen jewelry from several Kiryas Joel homes. Police said that the investigation determined that Caudillo stole jewelry from homes where she was working, and several allegedly sto…
New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers' New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers'
New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers' The new state budget for 2018-19 includes about $1 billion in extra funding for public schools, but not all area school districts are winners. In fact, several are big losers of state taxpayer assistance according to this database published by the Poughkeepsie Journal. The state budget's $1 billion increase in school aid brings the total to a record $26.7 billion statewide. In Westchester, Briarcliff Manor found itself losing nearly 8 percent in state aid compared to the current school year. Other Westchester "losers" include Pleasantville, Valhalla, Katonah-Lewisboro and North Sa…
Five-Year-Old  Struck By Taxi After Getting Off Bus In Kiryas Joel Five-Year-Old  Struck By Taxi After Getting Off Bus In Kiryas Joel
Five-Year-Old Struck By Taxi After Getting Off Bus In Kiryas Joel A 5-year-old child has been hospitalized after being hit by a taxi shortly after getting off a school bus in Kiryas Joel, according to the New York State Police. The child was hit around 12:30 p.m. Friday on Stropkov Court after getting off the school bus, said State Police Spokesman Steven Nevel. Nevel said investigator were still on the scene and was not sure if the taxi had gone around the stopped bus. The child, whose gender has not been released, was transported to Westchester Medical Center by ambulance where he is listed in stable condition, Nevel said. This is a developing story. …
Cardone Says Ex-Monroe Supervisor Must Return All Stolen Office Furniture Cardone Says Ex-Monroe Supervisor Must Return All Stolen Office Furniture
Cardone Says Ex-Monroe Supervisor Must Return All Stolen Office Furniture Tony Cardone, Monroe's new town supervisor, is getting to work at a banquet table because he doesn't want the "bad karma," left behind by the former supervisor Harley Doles, who stole all of the office furniture when he left office, Cardone said. Friday, the new supervisor, who has been a council member for two years, said he was greeted on his first day with an empty office when he walked through the doors. "He stole everything," Cardone said of Doles, who claims the furniture was his but has since returned everything except for an end table and a coffee table.  "…