Roger Hannigan Gilson

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This community takes injured wildlife into their homes

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

From flying squirrels to bald eagles, a network of volunteers cares for hundreds of injured and orphaned wild animals each year.

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Former officer who crashed patrol car while drunk takes plea deal

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

The former police officer and jail guard was fined $300 and had her license suspended for three months.

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Coast Guard closed Hudson lighthouse probe before higher damage estimate

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

The Coast Guard closed its investigation of the 2025 strike after estimating $50,000 in damage. The lighthouse’s owners say repairs cost up to $3.6 million.

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Financial ‘crisis' emerges in Kinderhook schools as past budgets scrutinized

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

Ichabod Crane Central School District in Kinderhook has discovered that past budgets were “inaccurate” and “misleading.”

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Sheriff defends purchase of Flock cameras in face of investigation

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

Columbia County Sheriff Jackie Salvatore said county officials made incorrect assumptions about the purchase

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The federal lawsuit claims the geology professor was fired after voicing displeasure with being forced to stop teaching that humans have contributed to climate change.

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

The professor clashed with the school's military administration over their alleged insistence that he stop teaching humans are a major contributor to climate change

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Spotted lanternflies may be headed to Albany soon

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

The invasive fly has spread up the Hudson Valley over the last few years and is now nipping at Albany’s edges. What you should know before they arrive.

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Dredging part of the creek bed polluted with chemicals like mercury, cyanide, and arsenic would initially cost more than $80 million, according to the plan.

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

The creekbed is polluted with chemicals like mercury, cyanide, and arsenic POUGHKEEPSIE — The U.S.

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Columbia County officials and activists called for Flock cameras to be removed, citing transparency, privacy and surveillance concerns.

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

The former sheriff installed 10 cameras without telling the county government, a move one supervisor said ‘circumvented' elected officials

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New Lebanon bans Flock cameras on town property

By: Roger Hannigan Gilson

Town Board vote comes as the county attorney investigates whether the former sheriff broke any bylaws with 2024 camera purchase