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2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Shawn Ness |Tiffany Greenwaldt-Simon

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2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Tiffany Greenwaldt-Simon |Shawn Ness

HUDSON — The man who jumped from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge on Friday evening was from Greene County, officials said Friday, as police continue the search for him in the Hudson River. “The individual is a male in his late 70s from Greene County,” New York State Police Troop K Public Information Officer Krystal Paolicelli said in an email Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Mary Dempsey |Shawn Ness

HUDSON — As police search for the man who jumped from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge on Friday evening, more detailed information surrounding the incident has been revealed. Police and fire rescue from Columbia and Greene counties responded to the bridge at about 6:19 p.m. Friday after receiving a report that someone jumped off the Columbia County side of the bridge from one of the outlooks on the span’s walkway. By Monday, state police continued to search for the man.

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Mary Dempsey |Shawn Ness

GREENPORT — Police arrested a Columbia County man on an animal cruelty charge after an emaciated dog was surrendered to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA in January, officials said. Eric Samperisi Jr., 31, of Greenport, was arrested Feb. 26 by Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Welch and charged with animal cruelty under the state Agriculture and Markets Law by failing to provide proper sustenance to the surrendered dog. kAm$2>A6C:D:’D 2CC6DE 42>6 27E6C 2?

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Shawn Ness |Tyler A. McNeil

WASHINGTON — The Rip Van Winkle Bridge is one of 13 spans in the state the National Transportation Safety Board identified in a March 18 report that should undergo a risk assessment evaluation for potential collapse in the event of a large vessel hitting the bridge’s supports.