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Born on the Highway; Coyotes Attack Dog: Hudson Valley Week in Review
A look at the region's major news over the past seven days.
Woman Gives Birth to Baby Girl on Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown
What started out as a typical day turned out to be extraordinary for the mother of a new baby girl, a cab driver and a police officer on his way to work.
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Mount Kisco Woman Discusses Dog's Death from Coyote Attack
Kristin Porteus had never seen a coyote—until three came into her yard and killed one of her dogs last Friday morning.
Porteus let her dogs outside on what she thought was just another morning when she saw two coyotes appear from behind a shed in her Mount Kisco backyard.
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Police: 'Vulnerable' Sleepy Hollow Man Missing
Police Chief Gregory Camp reported just after 11 p.m. on Monday that missing Sleepy Hollow man Angel De La Cruz had been located at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan "this past hour."
The mentally disabled Sleepy Hollow man with a fascination for bus travel had been missing since Sunday, police report.
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Woman Screams at, Pushes, Pokes Yorktown Police Officer After Colliding with His Vehicle
A 57-year-old Ossining woman is facing several criminal charges in Yorktown for screaming at, pushing and poking a Yorktown police officer after colliding with his vehicle, police said.
The woman collided with the marked Yorktown police car, which was being used along with flares to notify drivers that the roadway was closed due to a fallen tree.
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What's the Starbucks Capital of the Lower Hudson Valley?
Municipalities in Westchester house more Starbucks-per-zip code than their Rockland and Putnam neighbors.
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