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Police & Fire

Man May Have Tried To Lure New City Children, Police Say CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Authorities are investigating a possible incident of attempted luring that occurred in New City on Wednesday, Clarkstown police said. According to police, an 8-year-old girl was playing with friends in the front yard of her Morris Drive home when a man in a four-door black sedan with tinted windows pulled up. The girl told her parents that the man gestured at them, but since they didn’t know who he was, they went back inside. The children described the man as having “tan” skin, about 40 years old and wearing sunglasses. Police, who searched for but did not locate the m…

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

Police & Fire

Mohegan Lake Teen Charged With Stealing From Sears YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A 16-year-old Mohegan Lake resident has been charged with shoplifting, Yorktown police said. The unnamed teen was arrested Wednesday, March 16, after she was accused of taking $129.98 worth of jewelry from the Sears store at the Jefferson Valley mall, police said. She was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, police said. The teen was released in a parent’s custody and is to appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Tuesday, April 10, police said.

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

Police & Fire

Police Save Life Of Dutchess Heroin Overdose Victim EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. -- East Fishkill police say they were able to save the life of a 39-year-old man this week who had overdosed on heroin. Officers were called to a residence in the Lake City development late Tuesday where they found the unconscious victim. An unidentified person at the scene told police they had already tried to revive the victim with naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of opioid intoxication. Officers administered a second dose of Narcan, another name for the same medication, and “within minutes” the man was sitting up and being treated by Mobile Life Paramedics …

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

News

Limo Driver Indicted In Fatal Crash That Injured Westchester Woman A Long Island limousine driver has been indicted for criminally negligent homicide in a July 2015 crash that injured Scarsdale resident Melissa Angela Crai and killed four of her friends, according to multiple reports. Three other women were also injured when a pickup truck hit the limo being driven by Carlos Pino in which the women, who were visiting wineries in Suffolk County's North Fork, were passengers. Pino had been making a U-turn on state Route 48 when the pickup truck driven by Steven Romeo plowed into the limo, killing Brittany Schulman, Lauren Baruch, Stephanie Belli, and Amy Gra…

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

News

Downtown Housing Projects Seen As Progress For Peekskill PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Two new housing projects are advancing in downtown Peekskill, according to a report by theexaminernews.com. The city was updated last week on plans for a 150-unit, nine-story apartment and parking garage on a site located between Park and Brown streets, and was also told that construction on a Main Street project with 50 art lofts and 25 apartments is about to get under way, theexaminernews.com story said. A third project is waiting in the wings and Mayor Frank Catalina says he is thrilled with the way the city is progressing, theexaminernews.com reported. According to t…

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

Schools

State Looks To Claim Surplus Funds In Sandy Hook School Project NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s move to repurpose surplus funds from the Sandy Hook Elementary School project is worrying some Republican lawmakers, according to the Connecticut Post. The state, which is struggling to close a massive budget gap, wants to repurpose $2.3 million of the project’s $50 million bond, the Post reported. The original school was razed after the shooting deaths of 20 first-graders and six educators in December 2012. The new school building is being paid for by state bonds. Costs for the nearly complete project have been running under budget, but…

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

Police & Fire

Putnam Plans DWI Crackdown On St. Patrick's Day, Through Weekend CARMEL, N.Y. -- The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and Carmel police are teaming up to keep the roads safe during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.Sheriff Donald B. Smith and police Chief Michael Cazzari said Wednesday that they both will be increasing drunk driver patrols and sobriety checkpoints as part of a statewide STOP-DWI effort. “Celebrating our diverse ethnic heritages is a wonderful thing that we do as Americans, and St. Patrick’s Day is a great holiday for people of Irish ancestry to be sure,” said Cazzari. “But all too often the festivities can result in some people drinking too muc…

by Carol Reif

03/17/2016

Lifestyle

DVlicious: Rhinebeck's Samuel's Sweet Shop Mixes It Up With Candy, Coffee RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Dutchess County is full of places to get your caffeine fix, but if you want to perk up with the strongest espresso, the richest cappuccino or the most thoughtfully made cuppa joe, there are a handful of absolute musts -- at least according to Daily Voice readers who selected five among the best of the best. Each is now vying for a spot in our ongoing DVlicious contest. The winner will be chosen Monday, March 21 at 5 p.m., soon after voting closes. In the meantime, here’s a brief profile of one our our finalists. Each nominee has been highlighted this week before the ultima…

by Daily Voice

03/17/2016

Politics

Wilton Democrats Back Improved Voter Registration Role For DMV WILTON, CONN. -- The Wilton Democratic Town Committee has announced that it “strongly supports” legislation that would expand the state Department of Motor Vehicle’s role in processing voter registration forms. The committee said it was “dismayed” that Republican Assemblyman Tom O’Dea, who represents the 125th District, has “sought to impede” the DMV bill’s progress. According to a report by cthousegop.com, O’Dea feels that the proposal being pushed by Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill will distract from the mission of, and add another burden to, an agency that is already strugg…

by Carol Reif

03/16/2016

News

North Salem Ambulance Corps Honors President At Winter Gala NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- More than 150 people turned out on Saturday for the North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps 4th Annual Winter Gala, held at Brewster's Starr Ridge Banquet Center. The evening's honoree was NSVAC President Kurt Guldan, currently serving his 20th year as a volunteer with the corps. "Kurt's entire life has revolved around our department," said NSVAC Captain Maria Hlushko. "He joined as a senior in high school and a couple of years later he became president. He's also a fireman with the Croton Falls Fire Department, an EMT with our department, and Coordinator …

by Katherine Pacchiana

03/16/2016

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