Fuel Truck Barely Misses House| Free Pet Adoptions| Pension for Deadly Engineer

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

Top news:

• Metro-North Engineer Who Fell Asleep Causing 4 Deaths to Get Lifetime Pension
• Weather Advisories Issued for the Mid-Hudson Valley for Saturday
• Change for South Nyack Bus Shelters, Trailhead
• Be Careful in the Giving Season: NY AG Issues Report on Where Your Donations Go
• Hit-and-Run Allegedly Involves Mount Vernon Official's Trash Truck: Report

Police and fire:

• Fuel Truck Narrowly Avoids Hitting New Rochelle House
• Guilty Pleas in Beating Death of Homeless Man in Mount Kisco
• Facebook Leads to Rape Charge for Brewster 18-Year-Old
• Cops: Drugs Found While Arresting Southeast Man
• 2 Dead in Overturned Car in Partially Frozen Pond
• 2 Arrested for Stealing from Toys R Us in Yorktown

News of the day:

• New Tank for the Northern Westchester Joint Waterworks
• Weekend Weather for Christmas, Chanukah
• PR Firm Celebrates 30 Years in Westchester
• Holiday Food Baskets: Help the Baker-Collyer Cheer Fund
• Mid-Hudson Valley Small Business Spotlight: Kingston Creative
• Free Dog, Cat Adoptions Offered at Yonkers Animal Shelter

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