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Also on today's calendar: Community Band at Saugerties Historical Society and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the turtle cross the road ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• 9 Hudson Valley Towns Among Safest in New York State (wpdh.com) — Saugerties has been ranked the sixth-safest town in New York State, with both violent and property crime declining over the past two years. A new SafeWise report shows nine of the state’s ten safest communities are in the Hudson Valley, but Saugerties stands out locally for its improving crime trends and absence of the most serious offenses in the study period.
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• Late Night Thruway Crash In Ulster County Leaves Vehicle Burning (hudsonvalleypost.com) — A serious late-night crash on the Thruway near Exit 19 in Ulster County, a route many Saugerties drivers use, left one vehicle overturned and in flames. State Police say a speeding BMW hit a U-Haul trailer, causing the Subaru towing it to roll over and burn. Investigators are asking witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage from around 11:57 p.m. June 19 to contact them.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She was going to the shell station (Thank you Nettie D. for sending it in!)
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