Purchase College Lecturer Wins Pulitzer | Mom Charged In 5YO’s Gunshot Death | 2 Arrested In Rape Of Teen

There was plenty of news across the Hudson Valley on Thursday, April 13. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of the top stories.

A local college lecturer gets honored with a Pulitzer Prize, and a child shoots and kills herself and her mother faces criminal charges.

Community stakeholders that will be impacted by the closing of Indian Point have petitioned the state for help, and there will be spring-like temps and maybe some storms for the Easter-Passover weekend.

• Man Faces DWI Charge After 1-Car Accident: Yorktown Police
• 2 Poughkeepsie Residents Arrested For Weapon Possession
• Funeral Set For Yorktown Couple Who Died In Fire
• New York Hospital Safety Grades Released For 2017
• 2 Arrested In The Rape Of 16YO New Rochelle Girl
• Rockland's Corrections Division Re-Accredited
• Indian Point Community Collects Signatures on Unity Petition
• Cops: Wilton Man Ate Joint After Traffic Stop in Brewster
• Aluf: EPA, NYSDEC, Town Tests Show Company Not Source of VOCs in Neighborhood
• Spring Temps, Storms Possible: Easter, Passover Weekend Weather
• Men Who Cook 2017: Make a Reservation Now
• Greeley’s Competition Field and Track Closes For Renovation
• Purchase College Lecturer Wins Pulitzer Prize in Music: VIDEO
• Lakeland School Trustee Scoreboard Gig SNAFU
• Mount Vernon Mom Charged After 5-year-old Died Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot

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