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Suffern Police Thank Good Samaritan Who Rescued Elderly Woman
SUFFERN, N.Y. -- While other communities saw falling trees and power outages during the recent patch of wild weather, Suffern made it through with only a few minor issues, said police.
However, there was one incident during Wednesday’s storms that, without the intervention of a good Samaritan, could have turned out very badly, police said in a Facebook post.
An elderly woman with dementia wandered away from her senior citizen complex during the afternoon downpour, police said.
Her aide notified authorities, but all she could tell them was the woman, who had a small dog with her, may have b…
Chappaqua Fun Ball Tourney Raises Funds For Scholarships
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Chappaqua school district’s annual Fun Ball tournament, which has been likened to its very own Super Bowl, will take place Friday, say school officials.
Fun Ball, a games course, was created by Horace Greeley High School teacher Bobby Herodes, who literally wrote the book about the sport in 2010.
Fun Ball players are divided into two teams and given seven foam balls, with one brightly colored “Power Ball.”
The popular tournament, which was started in 2005, evolved from dodgeball. Players tag each other with the foam spheres to score points.
According to newcastlenow…
Teen Charged With Selling Heroin In Yorktown
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A Tarrytown teenager, who was already being held on drug charges, has now been accused of selling heroin in Yorktown, police said.
Anthony E. Delosangeles, 19, was sitting in the Westcester County Jail on unrelated drug charges when he was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and third-degree possession of a controlled substance, both felonies, police said.
Local police, with the assistance of the Northern Westchester Drug Task Force and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, conducted an investigation that found, they said, that Delosangeles had…
