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Online Threat Against North Salem Middle/High School Proves False Online Threat Against North Salem Middle/High School Proves False
Online Threat Against North Salem Middle/High School Proves False NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Rumors spread on the Internet about a threat to a student and a school in North Salem were false, school officials said this week. The postings spread fear among parents, students and school staff, according to an announcement Thursday by Patricia P. Cyganovich, principal of the middle and high schools, and Assistant Principal George Bovino. Cyganovich and Bovino said an investigation by both the state police and the school district found that no such threat existed. The presence of police at the middle/high school Wednesday morning was meant to reassure people but mig…

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New York State Gets $55 Million As Big Pharma Settles Medicaid Case New York State Gets $55 Million As Big Pharma Settles Medicaid Case
New York State Gets $55 Million As Big Pharma Settles Medicaid Case New York State will get a big chunk of a settlement reached between the federal government and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, according to a statement by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Schneiderman announced Wednesday that the agreement means that Pfizer, and its subsidiary, Wyeth, will have to fork over a total of $784.6 million for underpaying Medicaid drug rebates to 35 states and the federal government. About $94 million of that will resolve claims relating to New York’s Medicaid program, with the state getting a $55.6 million slice of the pie and the federal government, about …

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Outgoing Supervisor Leaves Town With Improved Moody's Rating Outgoing Supervisor Leaves Town With Improved Moody's Rating
Outgoing Supervisor Leaves Town With Improved Moody's Rating POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Todd Tancredi will be leaving the town of Poughkeepsie in good shape when he steps down as supervisor in May to take a post in county government, according to a report by The Poughkeepsie Journal. Moody Investors Services, a credit rating company, recently upheld the town’s A1 status and tossed a previous negative rating, The Poughkeepsie Journal reported. The move was based on the town’s having amassed several consecutive budget surpluses, including a fund balance of more than $3 million in 2014, The Poughkeepsie Journal article said. According to multiple media repo…

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CVS Recalls Herbal Tea For Possible Salmonella Contamination CVS Recalls Herbal Tea For Possible Salmonella Contamination
CVS Recalls Herbal Tea For Possible Salmonella Contamination CVS Pharmacy has pulled certain boxes of herbal tea from its shelves that may have been contaminated with Salmonella, the nationwide chain announced this week. The recall involves Gold Emblem Abound™ Organic Spiced Herbal Tea. CVS said an ingredient produced by the manufacturer’s raw material supplier tested positive for Salmonella in another company’s product. CVS Pharmacy’s Gold Emblem product also contains this ingredient, it said. The tea contains organic fennel, licorice root, cinnamon, rooibos, star anise, ginger, peppermint leaves, cardamom and cloves. CVS did not say which of thes…

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Police & Fire
Couple Charged With Trying To Break Into Danbury Woman's Home Couple Charged With Trying To Break Into Danbury Woman's Home
Couple Charged With Trying To Break Into Danbury Woman's Home DANBURY, Conn. – A couple was charged with burglary after police said they were nabbed trying to break into a Danbury woman’s home, according to the Danbury News-Times. Police arrested the woman’s ex-boyfriend, Danbury resident Justin Balzarini, and his new girlfriend Madison Prush of Brookfield, on Tuesday, The Danbury News-Times report said. The pair also faces charges of criminal mischief and breach of peace, among others, The Danbury News-Times story said. To read The Danbury News-Times article, click here.

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Police & Fire
Bridgeport Police Seek Man Who Followed Student Bridgeport Police Seek Man Who Followed Student
Bridgeport Police Seek Man Who Followed Student BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Police are looking for a man who they said followed a student near an elementary school in Bridgeport, according to a report by connecticut.news12.com. School officials told police that a man approached the child as she was going to the Barnum School, tried to touch her and then followed her when she walked away, the connecticut.news12.com report said. The school, which serves kindergarten through eighth-graders is on Waterview Avenue. Police said the girl described the man as wearing a gray hoodie, black pants, a hat and sunglasses, the connecticut.news12.com report s…

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Police & Fire
Man Stopped For I-95 Violation Had BAC Twice Legal Limit, Say Police Man Stopped For I-95 Violation Had BAC Twice Legal Limit, Say Police
Man Stopped For I-95 Violation Had BAC Twice Legal Limit, Say Police HARRISON, N.Y. -- A Harrison man had two times the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he was stopped by troopers Thursday, state police said. Joseph R. Martin, 48, was pulled over on Route 95 around 2 a.m. for, police said, a traffic violation in a work zone. After he was transported to state police barracks in New Rochelle, Martin submitted to a test and his BAC was found to be .18 percent, police said. He was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor, police said. Martin was turned over to a sober third party and is to appear in Harrison Town …

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Police & Fire
Battling Tenants Land Building Owner In Hot Water, Suffern Police Say Battling Tenants Land Building Owner In Hot Water, Suffern Police Say
Battling Tenants Land Building Owner In Hot Water, Suffern Police Say SUFFERN, N.Y. -- An ongoing feud between several village residents has resulted in charges against one suspect and citations for code violations for the man’s landlord, Suffern police said. Police said they were called to a multi-family house at 5 Chestnut St. Wednesday, April 27, where an unnamed number of tenants were fighting. One of the combatants had been punched in the face and head several times and another complained of chest pains, police said. They both were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital for treatment. Police arrested an unidentified 51-year-old man and charged him with aggra…

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Spring Valley Man Faces Public Lewdness, Other Charges Spring Valley Man Faces Public Lewdness, Other Charges
Spring Valley Man Faces Public Lewdness, Other Charges MONTVALE, N.J. -- A 27-year-old Spring Valley man has been charged with an act of public lewdness reportedly committed at a Montvale gas station Sunday, police said. The unidentified man was also charged with criminal possession of stolen property in connection with the incident, police said. Because the suspect fled toward Chestnut Ridge, which is just over the border in New York, Ramapo police stepped in to assist their New Jersey colleagues. The man was stopped on Route 45 and arrested, Ramapo police said. Police did not specify what the alleged act of lewdness entailed or the thing th…

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Poughkeepsie Event Features Composer Who Played The Eiffel Tower Poughkeepsie Event Features Composer Who Played The Eiffel Tower
Poughkeepsie Event Features Composer Who Played The Eiffel Tower POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Joseph Bertolozzi, the composer who once played the Mid-Hudson Bridge like a giant musical instrument, has done the same thing with Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower. Bertolozzi will appear at the Barnes & Noble at 2518 South Road in Poughkeepsie Friday, April 29, where he will sign CDs of his newly released “Tower Music/Musique de la Tour.” The event, which will include a question and answer period, starts at 7 p.m. Bertolozzi, a Beacon resident, became the object of wide international attention after he placed microphones around the Hudson River span to catch sounds, wh…

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