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Yorktown Will See Rain, Thunderstorms Yorktown Will See Rain, Thunderstorms
Yorktown Will See Rain, Thunderstorms A cold front will be moving into the region early this week and will bring rain and possibly gusty thunderstorms with it, meteorologists are predicting. The National Weather Service says that clouds will increase early Tuesday and nighttime temperatures will hit 48. The chance of rain is about 60 percent, it said. It will be cold, windy and rainy Tuesday, with daytime temperatures of 52, dropping to 40 overnight. AccuWeather is predicting the possibility of some gusty thunderstorms Tuesday. The sun returns and temperatures will climb back into the low 60s Wednesday, the National Weather …

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Police & Fire
'Luring' Incident In Rockland Just 'Misunderstanding,' Police Say 'Luring' Incident In Rockland Just 'Misunderstanding,' Police Say
'Luring' Incident In Rockland Just 'Misunderstanding,' Police Say PEARL RIVER, N.Y. – A report of a suspicious man approaching children in Pearl River turned out to be a “misunderstanding,” Orangetown police said Monday. Police had earlier reported that they were looking for a man who spoke to the children attending a party Sunday afternoon on Mapleshade Avenue. He had asked them about the location of a lemonade stand, but drove away when an adult approached, police said. The man turned out to be an employee at a local store where the children had advertised the lemonade stand, police said. The children’s parents had planned a stand, but cancelled at th…

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News
Fishkill Man Pleads Guilty To Felony DWI, Gets 1-3 Years Behind Bars Fishkill Man Pleads Guilty To Felony DWI, Gets 1-3 Years Behind Bars
Fishkill Man Pleads Guilty To Felony DWI, Gets 1-3 Years Behind Bars FISHKILL, N.Y. -- A Fishkill man, who pleaded guilty to felony drunk driving, is being sent to state prison for one to three years, according to a report by The Poughkeepsie Journal. He was sentenced by Dutchess County Judge Peter Forman last week, The Poughkeepsie Journal article said. Patrick A. Pierre-Saint, 37, was arrested on All Angels Hill Road in Wappinger in February, according to an earlier Daily Voice report. State troopers said Pierre-Saint had been stopped for driving without his headlights one after sunset.  He was found to have been drunk and was charged with first-degree d…

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Police & Fire
Man Shot, Woman Stabbed In Yonkers, Police Say Man Shot, Woman Stabbed In Yonkers, Police Say
Man Shot, Woman Stabbed In Yonkers, Police Say YONKERS, N.Y. – Yonkers police are investigating a shooting and a stabbing that took place in the city over the weekend.An unidentified 25-year-old man was shot in the chest while he was standing outside 153 North Broadway around 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24, police said. He was taken to a local trauma center where he was reported to be in serious, but stable condition, police said. Meanwhile, a 33-year-old Yonkers woman was hospitalized with a stab wound to her chest on Saturday, Apeil 23, police said. A 30-year-old man who was an acquaintance of the woman’s was arrested, police said. The vic…

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Police & Fire
Nyack Man Charged With Assault, Pearl River Man With Criminal Mischief Nyack Man Charged With Assault, Pearl River Man With Criminal Mischief
Nyack Man Charged With Assault, Pearl River Man With Criminal Mischief ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- A Nyack man is facing assault charges in connection with a domestic incident Friday, April 22, Orangetown police said Roland A. King, 41, was arrested around 1:20 a.m. at the intersection of Main and Cedar streets after, police said, he got into an argument with a woman. He was charged with third-degree assault and with resisting arrest, because he refused to be handcuffed, police said. Both charges are misdemeanors, police said. He is to appear at an unspecified date in Nyack Justice Court, police said. Meanwhile, police said they have arrested a Pearl River man in c…

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News
Search For 4 Missing Middletown Men Extends To 3rd Week Search For 4 Missing Middletown Men Extends To 3rd Week
Search For 4 Missing Middletown Men Extends To 3rd Week CHESTER, N.Y. -- There have been no signs of the four Mexican nationals who were reported missing in Chester two weeks ago, police said Monday. According to multiple media reports, a car belonging to a relative of one of the missing Middletown men was found parked at a diner in the Orange County village on April 11. One of the men made a phone call to a family member later that day, but none of the men have been heard from since then, media reports said. According to a report by Time Warner Cable News, the men who vanished are: Miguel Sosa-Luna, 25; Urbano Morales-Santiago, 35; Martin Sant…

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Events
Somers Schools To Host 15th Annual Festival Of The Arts Somers Schools To Host 15th Annual Festival Of The Arts
Somers Schools To Host 15th Annual Festival Of The Arts SOMERS, N.Y. -- The Somers Central School District will be holding its 15th annual Festival of the Arts on Thursday, April 28. The district-wide show runs from 7-9 p.m. at the high school, 120 Primrose St., Lincolndale. For more information, call the school at (914) 248-8585.

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Schools
Vassar College Offers Walking Tours Of Historic Campus Vassar College Offers Walking Tours Of Historic Campus
Vassar College Offers Walking Tours Of Historic Campus POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Vassar College’s campus in Poughkeepsie boasts many architectural gems, including its gothic stone library and a chapel graced with Tiffany stained-glass windows. Those and other historic structures will be featured in upcoming walking tours at Vassar. The free tours will be held on Saturday, April 30, and Saturday, May 14. Tour leaders will be Colton Johnson, the college’s dean emeritus and professor emeritus of English, and Leslie Offutt, associate professor of history. Tours begin at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the front entrance of the college’s Main Building and run …

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Schools
Emotional Skills Critical For Learning, Speaker Tells Yorktown Conference Emotional Skills Critical For Learning, Speaker Tells Yorktown Conference
Emotional Skills Critical For Learning, Speaker Tells Yorktown Conference YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Local educators got advice on developing “emotionally intelligent” schools at a recent conference in Yorktown. The event was sponsored by the Center for Educational Leadership at Putnam|Northern Westchester BOCES and Manhattanville College. Keynote speaker Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, told educators that it’s hard for students to focus on learning if they are stressed, highly emotional, or distracted by problems at home. Simply telling them to “pay attention” or “sit still” will not work, Brackett said. Schools can help students …

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Sports
New Rochelle Track Star Huerta Commits To St. Thomas Aquinas College New Rochelle Track Star Huerta Commits To St. Thomas Aquinas College
New Rochelle Track Star Huerta Commits To St. Thomas Aquinas College NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- New Rochelle High School is congratulating one of its seniors, Jennyfer Huerta, for winning a full academic and athletic scholarship to St. Thomas Aquinas College. Huerta, a runner who is graduating this spring, just signed a letter of intent to attend the private, four-year liberal arts college in Rockland. On hand at the signing ceremony were Huerta's parents, track teammates, coach Andy Capellan, and Steve Young, the district’s director of athletics. Huerta is its sixth student athlete to sign a letter of intent this year, school officials said. The high school’s …

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