Phillip Pantuso
Managing Editor at Times Union (Albany)
Hudson Valley editor @timesunion | https://t.co/giIEFBPmYt
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3 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Phillip Pantuso
TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE — A man wielding a sword was shot and killed by police after attacking members of a mental health crisis team, police said. The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the town of Poughkeepsie. Police said they were called to a home on Fair Oaks Drive in response to an active assault involving a man armed with a sword who was attacking members of the Dutchess County Mobile Crisis Team at the residence.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Phillip Pantuso
NEW CASTLE — A fiery crash killed four people on the Taconic State Parkway and shut down the roadway for several hours Wednesday night. The crash occurred near mile marker 9.2 in the town of New Castle, Westchester County. State Police said a Sprinter van traveling southbound crossed the center median into the opposite lanes, where it rammed into a northbound Honda sedan. Article continues below this adThe impact caused the van to overturn and become engulfed in flames.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Phillip Pantuso
GOSHEN — Orange County health officials confirmed three measles cases in children under the age of 5, making New York the 12th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak in 2025. Nationally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s confirmed measles case count was 935 as of May 1, more than triple the amount seen in all of 2024. The CDC dashboard is expected to be updated later Thursday. A three-month outbreak in Texas accounts for the vast majority of cases.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Phillip Pantuso
LIBERTY — A math teacher a Liberty High School in Sullivan County faces multiple felonies for allegedly possessing and promoting obscene material involving children, State Police said Wednesday. Christopher A. DeDonato, 26, of Liberty, was charged with seven counts of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child under 17 and an additional charge of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child under 16.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Phillip Pantuso
KINGSTON — Police said they have arrested and charged a man they allege is responsible for destroying the outdoor dining area at Rough Draft Bar & Books in Uptown Kingston last month. Police said a 31-year-old Ulster Park man struck the parklet with his 2013 Chevy pickup at 4:45 a.m. on April 24 and then drove away from the scene without reporting the accident, according to security camera footage.
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