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ALBANY — State officials say several agencies will be conducting sweeps of bars, restaurants, liquor stores and grocery stores across New York during a monthlong crackdown on fake identifications and businesses that sell alcohol to minors.Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that the State Liquor Authority and Department of Motor Vehicles will join local police agencies for the enforcement effort this month. The Democrat says the state will hold those who enable underage [...]

TOWN OF NEWBURGH - Andy Zarutskie, Newburgh town clerk since 2002, died Tuesday afternoon, according to an announcement from Town Supervisor Gil Piaquadio's Office.The town supervisor posted the news release to the town's website, townofnewburgh.org, announcing Zarutskie's death on Wednesday morning."Andrew placed a plaque outside his office which states, 'This office belongs to the people of the Town of Newburgh,'" the announcement reads. "The town mourns the loss of a [...]

OCALA, Fla. -- Tuesday’s Ocala City Council meeting ended with Council President Mary Sue Rich suggesting Mayor Kent Guinn may, indeed, belong to the Ku Klux Klan and questioned whether he even deserves the office after his approval of a proclamation recognizing Confederate Memorial Day.While Guinn presented the proclamation at the beginning of the meeting, it wasn’t until the council members’ comment time at the end of the meeting that Rich voiced her [...]

BUFFALO — An Uber driver in Buffalo is being credited for saving a wandering toddler.Sylvia Collins says she was finishing up a fare around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, when she turned onto a city road and saw the 2-year-old boy on the street. Collins says she stopped her car and picked up the boy.She took him to a nearby children's hospital. The boy was reported missing by his grandfather later that morning.Buffalo Police Capt. Jeff Rinaldo says the boy somehow [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — He's a libertarian-leaning Republican. She's the popular House freshman of the liberal Democratic vanguard.Yet in this time of polarized politics, Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have found common ground on Syria.She is among a dozen lawmakers signing on to a letter Paul has written supporting President Donald Trump's "deliberate withdrawal" from the country's war.Paul said on Wednesday the letter is a continuation of "the [...]

LIBERTY - The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force arrested a woman on Monday who is wanted on fraud-related charges in two states and has used more than 25 aliases, investigators said.The Delaware County Fraud Investigation Unit tipped off the Sullivan task force when it learned that Joanne C. Mack, 41, might be hiding in Sullivan and receiving county benefits, according to a news release from Sullivan County on Wednesday.Investigators tracked Mack to the Super 8 [...]

A Lake County, Fla., deputy changed a little boy’s life when he arrested the man who was abusing the child’s mother.It was 1985.Fast forward 34 years and that little boy, Robert Chody, is now sheriff in Williamson County, Texas. He says Paul Peterson, the Lake County deputy from his childhood, inspired him to get into law enforcement.“I felt this calmness, peace, load lifted off my shoulders that I’ll never forget to this day,” [...]

Motorcyclepedia Museum, 250 Lake St., Newburgh, hosts Hudson Valley Farm & Flea from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. The event highlights the innovation and talent of the region's community of artisans, vintage collectors and local farmers, making for a day of tasting, shopping, admiring and getting together. It aims to connect businesses, creators and community. Features youth performers from Riverside Theatre Arts Academy in Cornwall. Entrance fee: $5; children under 12, [...]

An injured goose that survived over a week with an arrow through its breast and evaded capture by wildlife officials for days has officially been caught.The wild goose chase ended Wednesday afternoon through a joint effort by the Fall River, Mass., Animal Control Department and the state’s Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.“He was pretty mobile and agile but we were able to corner him into some brush and hop out of the boat to get him by hand,” said Steve [...]

OTISVILLE - State police say surveillance video has produced a general description of the vehicle that struck and killed a 34-year-old Otisville woman Saturday night on State Street in the village.Kiera Babcock’s body was found on the side of the road about 7 a.m. on Sunday. Police determined that she was the victim of a hit-and-run late Saturday night.On Wednesday, police announced that video from a camera near where Babcock was found showed that she was walking [...]