Verizon Strike; Power Outage; Student Mourned: May in Review

From striking workers to missing children, the most-read posts on Hudson Valley Patch sites during the month of May covered a lot of topics. Here are the top 10:

• Verizon Strike 2016: Workers Decline 'Final' Offer
• Power Outage Affects 69,000 Customers in Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester
• 23-Year-Old Wins $2,500 a Week for Life Lottery Prize
• Hey Westchester, Meet Your New Playland Management Team
• Massive Fire Damages Metro-North Viaduct
• Brewster HIgh School Mourns Student
• Cops Say Podiatrist, Girlfriend Planned to Kill Wife
• Apparent Suicide Below Bear Mountain Bridge
• Scrap-Metal Truck Mishap Snarls Tappan Zee Bridge Traffic for Hours: VIDEO
• Alert for Missing 4-Year-Old

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In case you missed it: here are three of the past week's top posts:

• Liquidation Sales Start for Sports Authority
• Librarian Accused of Falsifying Circulation
• Real Estate Firms Settle Over Section 8 Refusals

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