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• NYPD probes body found in Hudson River

  Police have pulled a body from the Hudson River near West Harlem.Police say harbor patrol officers recovered a man's body from the shoreline near West 135th Street Sunday at around 5:30 p.m. Someone had called 911 to report a body in the water.Police hav   Read more »

• Palisades rock slide surprises Westchster residents

  If you heard a loud rumbling sound along banks of the Hudson River Saturday night, don't worry, it was just another piece of New Jersey tumbling into the river.Sometime after 8:30 p.m., a sizable chunk of the basalt-like rock that comprises the Palisades   Read more »

• Bridge prep noise angers S. Nyack group

  A group of South Nyack residents fed up with noise from pile-driving last Saturday on the Hudson River in preparation for construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge has formed a coalition to ensure its concerns are heard.About 10 residents have joined Neigh   Read more »

• Enterprise leaves Washington, bound for NYC

  Despite 24 mph winds -- and, expected gusts in the mid-30s -- the space shuttle Enterprise, piggybacked onto a specially equipped Boeing 747, and had liftoff from Washington Dulles International Airport at 9:42 a.m. Friday, bound for New York City and th   Read more »

• Senator seeks to allow goose kills near NY airport

  (AP) -- The problem of birds living near some of the nation's busiest airports is coming under renewed scrutiny after two emergency landings in a week and more than three years after the famous ditching of a jetliner in the Hudson River .U.S. Sen. Kirste   Read more »

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• Historic fireboat open for tours in Kingston starting Saturday

  historic fireboat John J. Harvey will dock in Kingston starting on Saturday for public deck tours near the Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing. Tours will take place Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will also be tours Tuesday and 2:58 AM from Daily Freeman Read more »

• The catch of the day: Restaurant owner

  fish had been served, said Georgeson, who could not say how DEC learned of the situation. Because of contamination of the Hudson River by toxic PCBs, the state Health Department advises that people either avoid or limit eating fish caught in the river. "Eating 1:27 AM from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• Limits on herring fishing to be set

  — The days of anglers taking as many herring as they can catch from the Hudson River, something that dates back to the Colonial era, may be coming to an end. Faced with plummeting numbers of herring in the river and elsewhere along the Atlantic seaboard, the 5/31/12 from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• Weekend Miser: Free Kayaking on the Hudson River

  a waiver, don a life vest and enjoy 20 minutes of paddling within a designated area in front of the boathouse, safe from the Hudson River’s currents and within reach of assistance. Take a lock and you can stash your stuff in a locker, change into your swimwear 5/31/12 from International Herald Tribune Read more »

• Space shuttle Enterprise to cruise up Hudson River next week

  will have another opportunity to glimpse the orbiter from waterfront locations in Hoboken, Jersey City, and Weehawken. In April, hundreds flocked to Hudson River to catch of the shuttle make its final flyover attached to a 747 shuttle-carrier aircraft. 5/31/12 from NJ.com Read more »