Fishkill Emergency Preparedness

02/03/2023

The secretary to Fishkill Town Supervisor Ozzy Albra has resigned with claims that Albra created a hostile work environment.

03/01/2022

https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/03/01/taxpayers-fund-electric-sports-car-for-supervisor/

Fishkill Town Supervisor Ozzy Albra has purchased an electric Ford Mustang, using taxpayer dollars to replace the SUV used in the past.

02/22/2022

https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/02/22/threat-closes-schools-in-two-dutchess-districts/?fbclid=IwAR3A-0RbNFOFfxmEVe12T9z3EGbRpQB6jrp3MqYoQI4XC-WKXokmoevFSLc

DUTCHESS COUNTY – The Poughkeepsie City School District (PCSD) and the Wappingers Central School District have closed certain schools for Tuesday, due to a social media threat. Poughkeepsie High and Middle Schools are closed and in Wappinger, the Roy C. Ketcham High School is closed while police i...

02/17/2022

02/04/2022

Flashes of light is arching power lines and blown transformers and not lightning, as mentioned in the previous post ice accretion across northern parts of the region, especially Ulster and Dutchess has reached the limit for trees and utilities.

Temps will only crash further throughout the day and temps tonight will drop into the teens. Crank the thermostat, bottle some water, take steps to protect water lines from freezing. Outages in these areas are growing exponentially by the hour, outages this extensive may lead to extended restoration times.

Please stay away from down power lines, be aware of failing limbs and trees. Central Hudson is now reporting 19k outages, the map shows the line in which the heaviest icing is occurring. As mentioned yesterday, colder air has drained down the valley and led to colder surface temps.

Stay off the road is your travel is not essential.

01/24/2022

https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/01/24/fishkill-town-board-hires-new-cops/

The Fishkill Town Board approved the hiring of five part-time police officers at a meeting last week. The department still has vacancies.

11/11/2021

https://midhudsonnews.com/2021/11/11/officers-use-crisis-intervention-skills-to-disarm-man-with-butcher-knife/

TOWN OF FISHKILL – Town Police in Fishkill responded to an adult home early Wednesday morning for a report of an emotionally disturbed man who was threatening himself and others with a knife. Police responded to the 126 Old Castle Point Road facility at 12:15 a.m. and began efforts to prevent harm...

11/04/2021

https://www.wired.com/story/cars-going-electric-what-happens-used-batteries/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Used electric vehicle batteries could be the Achilles' heel of the transportation revolution—or the gold mine that makes it real.

10/25/2021

https://midhudsonnews.com/2021/10/25/supervisor-and-police-union-still-at-odds-over-staffing/

TOWN OF FISHKILL – Town Supervisor Ozzy Albra sent an email to Fishkill town residents this weekend disavowing the claim that he is defunding the police. The PBA, the union representing the police, says that Albra is certainly defunding the department. In September of this year, PBA President Carl...

10/19/2021

https://midhudsonnews.com/2021/10/19/town-spent-almost-29000-on-an-off-road-vehicle-they-never-use/

FISHKILL – Town Supervisor Ozzy Albra authorized the purchase of a Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) for the police department in 2020. The town spent $28,922.59 on the vehicle that has not been used since it arrived in the town in March of 2021. Albra said that the purchase was justified because Scenic ...

09/27/2021

https://www.vox.com/22675358/us-car-deaths-year-traffic-covid-pandemic?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Driving kills as many Americans each year as guns do. Experts say that’s preventable.

09/21/2021

https://highlandscurrent.org/2021/09/20/looking-back-in-beacon-21/

What happened this month 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, and 150 years ago