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Brewster Schools Superintendent Conway Announces Retirement
BREWSTER, N.Y. -- Brewster’s chief of schools has announced that he intends to retire this year.
Superintendent Dr. Timothy J. Conway sent a message out Thursday, Feb. 11, that he will be leaving his post of nearly three years in July.
Conway, who came to the school district in 2004, has more than 26 years of experience in public education, specifically in the areas of curriculum, human resources, and finance.
Citing a need to focus more on family and friends, Conway called retirement “a big step,” but also an “opportunity” for him and his family to “have new experiences” and “recharge” th…
Wappinger Woman In Crash Drove High With 2-Year-Old In Car, Police Say
WAPPINGER, N.Y. -- A Wappinger woman was driving while impaired by drugs with her toddler in the car, say state police.
Stephanie V. Santiago, 40, was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 9, after a one-car accident on Smith Crossing Road, police said.
She was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated under Leandra’s Law, a felony, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.
Leandra’s Law, adopted in New York in 2009, makes its an automatic felony on the first offense to drive while intoxicated with a person under age 15 in the car.
It is named after Leand…
State OKs Millions For Improvements At Nvcc, Wcsu In Danbury
DANBURY, Conn. -- Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Friday two colleges located in Danbury will share in nearly $600 million worth of investments approved by the State Bond Commission.
Naugatuck Valley Community College, which has a satellite campus in the city, will get $2 million for instruction, research and laboratory equipment. Western Connecticut State University, which has a campus in Danbury, will have a piece of the $5 million that has been allocated for improvements along with its sister institutions, Central, Eastern, and Southern State Universities.
“Today we launched a wide-variety …
Nigerian Transplant, Now A Star Westport Athlete, Dreams Of Helping Others
WESTPORT, Conn. -- It’s a long shot from Lagos, Nigeria to Westport, but one a young basketball star made with the help of a coach, and a man who posted a video of him on YouTube, according to a report on Westport-news.com.
Sunday Okeke, now a 6-foot-8-inch power forward at Green Farms Academy, had a hard-knock life growing up in the African republic, where he played soccer and studied hard, the Westport-news.com story said.
Someone at the prep school spotted Okeke on the video, and the rest, as they say, is history, the Westport-news.com reported.
Okeke, a junior who now plays for the pr…
Putnam Inmate Assaulted Correction Officers, Sheriff Says
CARMEL, N.Y. -- An inmate at the Putnam County Correctional Facility in Carmel has been charged with assaulting two correction officers, according to Sheriff Donald B. Smith.
Carlos H. Lopez, 21, a homeless Brewster man who was in jail on felony charges of third-degree criminal mischief, has now been charged with two counts of second-degree assault, also a felony, the sheriff said.
According to Smith, Lopez attacked the officers on Monday, Feb. 8. The sheriff did not describe the exact circumstances of the alleged assault or the extent of the officers' injuries.
Lopez was arraigned before …
