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Cherry Hill, NJ
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Cherry Hill-Based TD Bank Closing Six NJ Branches, 30+ Others: Find Out Where
TD Bank is closing nearly 40 branches along the East Coast as part of a broader restructuring plan. TD Bank will shut down 38 locations in 11 states and Washington, DC, a spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Voice on Thursday, Mar. 13. The branches will be closed by Thursday, June 5. The Canadian bank with US headquarters in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, cited shifting customer habits and a focus on digital banking as reasons for the closures. "We are focused on building the bank of the future by evolving our model and enhancing capabilities to improve the customer experience," the spokespe…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Longtime Mexican Restaurant Closes After Almost 50 Years In Middletown
After nearly five decades, El Bandido in Middletown has served its final meal. The well-loved Mexican restaurant, located at 536 East Main St. since 1976, announced on Sunday, March 9, that it would be closing its doors. "For 49 years, El Bandido has been more than just a restaurant. It’s been a home. A gathering place. A place where strangers became regulars and regulars became family," the Tello family shared in their farewell announcement. "I wish I could say we lasted forever. I wish I could say we fought the fight and won. But some battles aren’t about winning o…
Warwick, NY
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School Bus Overturns While Carrying Elementary Students In Pine Island
A school bus carrying nine elementary students overturned in Orange County on Monday morning, March 10, prompting a swift response from first responders and school officials. The 15-passenger bus, which was transporting students to Pine Island Elementary School, swerved off the road in the area of 421 Pulaski Hwy. in Pine Island, went up a berm, and tipped onto its side, according to Orange-Ulster BOCES district officials and the Town of Warwick Police Department. The students aboard ranged in age from 6 to 12 years old. The driver and bus monitor were also on the bus at the time, police sa…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Hospital Escapee Attacked Employee, Took ID Card At Middletown Facility: Police (
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A psychiatric patient who escaped from an Orange County hospital after attacking a hospital employee has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including a prior bomb threat, authorities announced. On Thursday, March 6, Christopher M. Morgan, 40, of Port Jervis, was a patient at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown when he violently assaulted a 74-year-old hospital employee, forcefully taking their ID access card, New York State Police said on Friday, March 7. Morgan then used the stolen card to flee the behavioral health unit and escaped the hospital on foot, as Dail…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Escaped Psychiatric Patient Found After Running In Middletown Hospital Before Bolt (
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New Update: A psychiatric patient who fled from Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown on Thursday, March 6, has been located and taken into custody, police announced. Christopher R. Morgan was found after disappearing at around 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, reportedly bolting through the facility while wearing a white jacket, New York State Police said on Friday, March 7 at around 10:50 a.m. He has since been taken into custody and was taken to State Police Middletown for processing, authorities said. Information about where he was found has not been released. Or…
Chester, NY
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Wrong Way Crash: IDs Released Of 2 Killed On Route 17 In Chester (
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A wrong-way driver caused a devastating head-on collision on Route 17 in Orange County, leaving two people dead and another seriously injured, New York State Police confirmed. The crash occurred around 1:50 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, when a 2009 Nissan traveling in the eastbound direction on the westbound lanes of Route 17 near Exit 126 in Chester struck a 2014 Honda Odyssey head-on, according to State Police. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. They were identified as the driver of the Honda, 54-year-old Sullivan County resident Mordichy Zafir of Kiamesha Lake,…
Monroe, NY
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Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Route 17 In Harriman
A 37-year-old man was killed in a wrong-way crash involving a box truck on Route 17 in Orange County, authorities said. The crash happened in Harriman around 4 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, when troopers responded to a report of a two-vehicle fatal accident on Route 17, according to New York State Police. Investigators determined that a box truck driven by a 23-year-old resident of Richmond, Virginia had been traveling northbound on Route 17 when he entered the southbound lanes, colliding head-on with a black Honda driven by Edwin A. Ottenwalder Nunez, 37, of Middletown. Ottenwalder Nunez…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Teen, 18, Hid Gun Under Pillow After Firing At Rival Gang In Middletown: DA
An Orange County teenager has admitted to gun charges after firing shots at two people he believed were rival gang members, prosecutors announced. Middletown resident Dylan Saldana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday, Feb. 24, in Orange County Court to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with an incident in November, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler said on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The shooting occurred on Nov. 19, 2024, around 7:00 a.m., when Saldana was walking on Wickham Avenue in Middletown. Prosecutors say he saw two people he believed were associated w…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Break-In Victim Wakes Up To Man's Hand On Her Mouth In Middletown: Suspect Faces Jail Time
A 44-year-old man with a violent criminal history has admitted to attempted burglary after breaking into a woman’s Orange County home, threatening to kill her, and trying to pull her shirt down, prosecutors said. Jason Simpson of Middletown pleaded guilty in Orange County Court on Monday, Feb. 24, to second-degree attempted burglary in connection with an incident in October 2024 at a Middletown residence, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced. The break-in happened around 11:20 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2024, when the victim, who was asleep in her home, woke up to Simpson stan…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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'I Will Kill You': Man Admits To Threatening Employee In Middletown Attempted Robbery
A 47-year-old man who threatened to kill an Orange County smoke shop employee while demanding cash has admitted to his role in the attempted robbery and now faces prison time, prosecutors said. Middletown resident Fritznel Beauchamps pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 20, in Orange County Court to first-degree attempted robbery, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Feb. 21. Under the terms of his plea deal, he will be sentenced on Monday, May 5 to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision. The attempted robbery happened in Middl…
Port Jervis, NY
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Man Starts Blaze At Building He Held Insurance Policy On In Port Jervis: Here's His Fate
A 53-year-old man who admitted to intentionally setting fire to his Orange County property and later fleeing the state will now spend years in prison, prosecutors announced. Hui Zhang of Middletown was sentenced in Orange County Court on Monday, Feb. 10, to two to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to third-degree arson and second-degree bail jumping in connection with a fire in September 2021, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Feb. 14. According to court documents and statements, the incident occurred on Sept. 30, 2021, at approximately 3:…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Man Torches NY Trooper’s Dad’s Home After Getting Ticket In Middletown: Here's His Fate
An Orange County man who set fire to the home of a New York State Trooper’s father just hours after receiving a traffic ticket from him will spend decades in prison, officials announced. Middletown resident Tyler Williams, age 26, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to 20 years behind bars, followed by five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to second-degree arson, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Prosecutors said that on the night of Dec. 20, 2023, a state trooper pulled Williams over …
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