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Orangetown Weighs Plan To Make Non-Residents Pay To Play In Parks Orangetown Weighs Plan To Make Non-Residents Pay To Play In Parks
Orangetown Weighs Plan To Make Non-Residents Pay To Play In Parks ORANGETOWN, N.Y. – After hearing complaints from taxpayers about overcrowding in town parks, Orangetown is weighing usage fees for non-residents, according to a report by lohud.com. Under the proposal, residents would have to register with the town and show ID of some kind when using certain parks, the lohud.com report said. Non-residents could be charged as much as $250 for adults and $165 for kids ages 12-18, lohud.com reported. The proposal has gotten mixed responses: some feel that it’s fair because residents pay for the parks’ upkeep, while others said that public parks should remain …

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Business
Mount Vernon Shutters Business For Second Time Mount Vernon Shutters Business For Second Time
Mount Vernon Shutters Business For Second Time MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- A Mount Vernon business, shut down by the city for alleged safety violations, was closed again Sunday, according to a report by News12. News12 reported that OK Freddy’s Meat Market had been briefly re-opened under a judge’s order so the owner, Estrado Willis, could make repairs. The shop at 132 S. Fourth Ave. was raided again by the city, which said the violations still existed, and its locks were changed, the News12 report said. It, and a bottle and can redemption center on Third Street, also targeted by Mount Vernon in its recent crackdown on slumlords and errant bu…

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Poughkeepsie Mayor Urges Residents To Keep Eye On Vacant Houses Poughkeepsie Mayor Urges Residents To Keep Eye On Vacant Houses
Poughkeepsie Mayor Urges Residents To Keep Eye On Vacant Houses POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison is urging city residents to be wary of suspicious activity at any known vacant or abandoned properties. Rolison pointed to recent fires at three such properties: 13 Harrison St., 25 Hewlett Road and 8 Worrall Ave. City firefighters had to be dispatched to a vacant house on Harrison Street Tuesday, May 10, according to a report by The Poughkeepsie Journal. The blaze appeared to have started on the home’s rear porch and quickly spread to the first and second floors, The Poughkeepsie Journal reported. No firefighters were injured in the bl…

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Events
Documentary About Federal Reserve's Architect Premieres In Briarcliff Documentary About Federal Reserve's Architect Premieres In Briarcliff
Documentary About Federal Reserve's Architect Premieres In Briarcliff BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Frank A. Vanderlip, a Briarcliff Manor financier who rose from a hardscrabble childhood to become the architect of the country’s central bank, is the subject of a documentary making its East Coast debut here next month. “Money Man: Frank Vanderlip and the Birth of the Federal Reserve” will be shown at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, at The Clear View School in Scarborough. Produced by Vicki Mack and Don Christy, the film follows Vanderlip’s life from the time he was young boy, whose family’s Illinois farm was repossessed by the banks, to his appointment as the assista…

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Business
Westchester Biotech Firm Regeneron Sponsors Young Scientists Contest Westchester Biotech Firm Regeneron Sponsors Young Scientists Contest
Westchester Biotech Firm Regeneron Sponsors Young Scientists Contest TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Regeneron, a Tarrytown-based biotechnology company, has been tapped to sponsor a nationwide high school science competition, according to the Society for Science and the Public. Regeneron is committing $100 million to support the Science Talent Search and other society programs through 2026. As part of that, the company is nearly doubling the overall award distribution to $3.1 million a year and increasing the top award to $250,000. It also will double awards for the top 300 young scientists and their schools to $2,000 each. During its history, the Science Talent Search…

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Police & Fire
Croton Firefighters Remember Fallen On Memorial Day Croton Firefighters Remember Fallen On Memorial Day
Croton Firefighters Remember Fallen On Memorial Day CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Croton firefighters from Washington Engine Company No. 2 gathered with family and friends Monday to remember members of the armed forces who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Dozens of people also came to the firehouse on North Riverside Avenue on Memorial Day to remember members of the company who have passed away. Ceremonies were led by the company’s president, Joe Streany. The list of fallen firefighters was read by past chiefs Stephen Dominello, John Munson, and Art Roosa Jr. This year’s event was dedicated to two past captains, Louis Giglio and Elwood "…

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Lost Dog Taken To Animal Shelter In Mount Vernon Lost Dog Taken To Animal Shelter In Mount Vernon
Lost Dog Taken To Animal Shelter In Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – The website Lost Pets of Westchester has posted a picture of a little wayward pooch. The dog was found Monday near the corner of East Lincoln Avenue and Fletcher Avenue in Mount Vernon. It was taken to the Mount Vernon Animal Shelter, located at 600 Garden Avenue. If you think that it’s your dog, please call the shelter at (914) 665-2444.

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Sports
Mariano Rivera Spotted At Patsy's Pizzeria In New Rochelle Mariano Rivera Spotted At Patsy's Pizzeria In New Rochelle
Mariano Rivera Spotted At Patsy's Pizzeria In New Rochelle NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Baseball great Mariano Rivera was spotted recently enjoying a slice or two at Patsy’s, an upscale pizza joint overlooking the Long Island Sound in New Rochelle. Rivera, who was born in a small fishing village in Panama, spent  his professional career as a relief pitcher and a closer for the Yankees. He lives in Rye with his wife and childhood sweetheart, Clara. The couple have three sons, one of whom has followed in his father’s footsteps as a baseball player. Rivera spent several million dollars in 2011 to purchase and renovate a 107-year-old Presbyterian church in Ne…

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Hudson Valley 22-Year-Old Drowns At Lifeguard Tryouts In Cape Cod Hudson Valley 22-Year-Old Drowns At Lifeguard Tryouts In Cape Cod
Hudson Valley 22-Year-Old Drowns At Lifeguard Tryouts In Cape Cod NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A 22-year-old Newburgh man drowned this weekend while trying out for a summer lifeguard position in Massachusetts, according to multiple media reports Jack Donald Jakubek was taking part in a training exercise in the Cape Cod town of Orleans early Saturday when he went under the water, media reports said. His body was found by fire department divers 30 minutes later in about 10-15 feet of water in Pilgrim Lake, media reports said. Jakubek graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High School in Orange County's Central Valley in 2012 and had just graduated from SUNY Cortland, where m…

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Lifestyle
Nightmare 'Superbug' Reaches U.S. For First Time Nightmare 'Superbug' Reaches U.S. For First Time
Nightmare 'Superbug' Reaches U.S. For First Time A superbug that resists even last-resort antibiotics has been discovered in the United States for the first time, according to multiple media reports. Health officials have been dreading the arrival of the bacteria that was found in the urine of a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman last month, according to a report by The Washington Post. The woman, who had sought treatment at a military clinic for what she thought was a urinary tract infection, was carrying a strain of E. coli that is resistant even to colistin, a course of last resort for fighting “nightmare bacteria,” according to the Nation…

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