Sexual Misconduct Charge| Grow Grass Not Algae| Cars Sold with Safety Defects

There was plenty of news across the Hudson Valley on Friday. Crime, Earth Day, safe communities, local weather. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup:

The law:

• CT Man Arrested For Having Criminal Sexual Contact With NY Boy
• Cars Sold with Safety Defects: 13 Hudson Valley Auto Dealers Settle with NY AG

• Beacon Farmers Market Set To Open Outdoors In New Location
• 8 Local Communities Among Safest Cities In America For 2017
• Suffern Man Earns Rockland's Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award
• Working on the Lawn? Grow Grass Not Algae: VIDEO
• Car Show In Yorktown Means Some Roads Will Close

• Will We See Lyrid Meteors: Weekend Weather
• Rye Neck 5th Graders Visit Middle School For 'Paint Night'
• Pfizer Staffers Gave Time, Talent, Money for Benefit Auction in Pearl River
• Movies Out This Weekend: 'Born in China,' 'Free Fire,' 'The Promise,' And 'Unforgettable'

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