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Bridgeport Board Members Decry Discord Over Superintendent's Contract Bridgeport Board Members Decry Discord Over Superintendent's Contract
Bridgeport Board Members Decry Discord Over Superintendent's Contract BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- Infighting over the status of Bridgeport’s interim schools superintendent has gotten so bad that some school board members are afraid it will scare off candidates for a permanent appointment, ctpost.com reported. A few school trustees have been pressing for an answer from the state on the legality of Fran Rabinowitz’s contract, while others are claiming that the constant arguing is distracting the school board from its real mission, the ctpost.com article said. The state’s attorney general has informed the district that he would not weigh in on the Rabinowitz flap, and …

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Business
Armonk Chamber President's Vision Boosts Organization's Game Armonk Chamber President's Vision Boosts Organization's Game
Armonk Chamber President's Vision Boosts Organization's Game ARMONK, N.Y. -- Armonk’s Chamber of Commerce was struggling along with a few sidewalk sales -- and had a membership suffering from a lack of leadership -- when Neal Schwartz stepped up, according to an interview published by theinsidepress.com. Today, just five years later, the Chamber has 100 members, a great website, and sponsors such popular local events at First Thursdays and Jame’s Race for Love, theinsidepress.com reported. Local folks and business owners are crediting Schwartz’s vision as the Chamber's president with the improvements they are seeing around town, theinsidepress.com st…

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Police & Fire
Two NYC Men Used Phony Credit Card To Buy iPhone, Greenwich Police Say Two NYC Men Used Phony Credit Card To Buy iPhone, Greenwich Police Say
Two NYC Men Used Phony Credit Card To Buy iPhone, Greenwich Police Say GREENWICH, CONN. – Two men are facing multiple charges after police said they used a phony credit card to buy an iPhone at an Apple store in Greenwich, the Greenwich Time reported. Anthony Pabon and Jose Rosario, both 25 and both from the Bronx, were arrested on Railroad Avenue during a traffic stop last week on larceny, identity theft, and other charges, police told the Greenwich Time. To read the Greenwich Time article, click here.

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Politics
Cuomo Avoids Email Trail, FOIL Request Finds Cuomo Avoids Email Trail, FOIL Request Finds
Cuomo Avoids Email Trail, Foil Request Finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo, unlike most other politicians, has no email trail to follow, the state said in a response to a Freedom of Information request, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported. The office of the Democratic governor told the Poughkeepsie Journal that it had no records of emails sent by Cuomo to turn over. Apparently, he has abstained from the messaging service since he took office five years ago, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported. According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, neither did the office release any of Cuomo’s BlackBerry messages. The governor’s BlackBerry is not owned by the state…

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News
Who Let The Hounds Out In Ridgefield? Who Let The Hounds Out In Ridgefield?
Who Let The Hounds Out In Ridgefield? RIDGEFIELD, CONN. -- Ridgefield wants to know who let the dogs out. A herd of hunting hounds rattled residents of Barrack Hill Road on Tuesday morning and had the local animal control folks racing to corral the wayward pooches, according to a report by The Ridgefield Press. The town was warning drivers to be wary of dogs roaming the local roads, The Ridgefield Press story said. To read The Ridgefield Press story, click here.

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Politics
Stratford Mayor's $216 Million Spending Plan Would Boost Schools Stratford Mayor's $216 Million Spending Plan Would Boost Schools
Stratford Mayor's $216 Million Spending Plan Would Boost Schools STRATFORD, Conn. – Schools would benefit if a $216 million spending plan proposed by Stratford Mayor John Harkins goes through, according to a report on ctpost.com. Harkins’ 2016-17 budget, which now goes to the Town Council for approval, calls for a 7.4 percent increase in spending for schools and would increase taxes to 38.84 mills, about 1.86 mills more than residents are paying now, ctpost.com reported. About $107 million of the total budget would go toward education spending, ctpost.com reported. Municipal spending would stay about the same, ctpost.com said. The Town Council is expect…

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Schools
Stratford OKs Spending Plan For High School Expansion, Renovations Stratford OKs Spending Plan For High School Expansion, Renovations
Stratford OKs Spending Plan For High School Expansion, Renovations STRATFORD, CONN. -- Plans to renovate Stratford’s high school advanced on Monday after the Town Council moved to appropriate $125.9 million to the project and issue $65 million in bonds for it, according to a report in the Stratford Star This means the town can now formally request $73 million in state funding to cover about 60 percent of the project, the Stratford Star reported. The town would then contribute about $52 million toward the project to build a wing on the North Parade Street school, install a new athletic field, and other renovations on the original building, the Stratford Sta…

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News
Meeting Set On Bridge Project, Detour Through Red Hook, Rhinebeck Meeting Set On Bridge Project, Detour Through Red Hook, Rhinebeck
Meeting Set On Bridge Project, Detour Through Red Hook, Rhinebeck MILAN, N.Y. -- Plans for a bridge replacement and a 12-mile-long detour will be discussed at a public information meeting Friday, March 18, in Milan, according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal. The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at Milan Town Hall, 20 Wilcox Circle. The state Department of Transportation will detour traffic through Rhinebeck and Red Hook while it works on the Route 199 span over the Sawkill Creek, the Poughkeepsie Journal article said. Drivers who use the Route 199 bridge will be directed to use Route 308, Route 9G and Route 9, the Poughkeepsie Journal said. Th…

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Beware Of The Ides Of March, Yorktown Beware Of The Ides Of March, Yorktown
Beware Of The Ides Of March, Yorktown While Julius Caesar should have listened to the soothsayer who warned him about the Ides of March, the rest of us have very little to worry about on March 15. The day observed on the Roman calendar and marked with religious rituals is most associated with the oft-quoted phrase “Beware the Ides of March” in Shakespeare’s dramatization of the doomed emperor’s assassination in 44 B.C. And talking about pointed remarks, let’s not forget Caesar’s pithy and poignant last words as he was being stabbed to death by a pack of traitorous senators, including his ally, Brutus: “Et tu, Brute?” The conno…

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Lifestyle
Piermont's Bunbury's Vies For 'Top Brew' In DVlicious Coffee Contest Piermont's Bunbury's Vies For 'Top Brew' In DVlicious Coffee Contest
Piermont's Bunbury's Vies For 'Top Brew' In DVlicious Coffee Contest PIERMONT, N.Y. -- Rockland 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 three 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 is being highlighted this week before the ultima…

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