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Bridgeport Police Seek Help In Identifying Attempted Burglary Suspects BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Several suspects in an attempted burglary are being sought by Bridgeport police, according to a report by ctpost. Security cameras at a home on Brooks Street captured the four suspects on Sunday, Jan. 17, police told the ctpost. One suspect has already been arrested; police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the other three, the ctpost story said. To read the ctpost story and see the video, click here.

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Police Seek Suspect In Convenience Store Robbery BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- An armed man who robbed a Bridgeport convenience store is being sought by police, according to a report by ctpost. The suspect got away with $150 in cash from the Junco #4 shop on Noble Avenue late Sunday, the ctpost reported. To read the ctpost story, click here.

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

Police & Fire

East Haven Man Arrested After Commotion At Branford Store BRANFORD, Conn. -- An East Haven man was charged with criminal mischief after police said he ran amok in a Branford grocery store while trying to evade arrest, according to a report in MonroeCourier.com. Andrew Delillo, a 28-year-old East Haven resident who police said was suspected in a purse snatching at the Big Y, knocked over store displays as he tried to run from police on Friday, Jan. 15, MonroeCourier.com reported. He faces multiple charges, including using a vehicle without the owner’s permission and possession of drug paraphernalia, police told MonroeCourier.com. To read the Monro…

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

News

Yonkers Family Searching For Their Missing Dog, Maggie YONKERS, N.Y.-- A Yonkers family is hoping to be reunited with its missing pooch, a short-coated Wheaten Terrier named Maggie. Maggie was last seen on Mountaindale Road, near Tuckahoe Road, not far from her home, says owner Charlene Neff-Howell. Maggie was wearing a pink collar with her tag and contact information on it. She is friendly, but timid and may be scared, Neff-Howell said. If you spot Maggie, please call her owners at (914) 450-5159.

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

Business

Stamford's Starwood Hotels Donates $30,000 To Red Cross Refugee Efforts STAMFORD, CONN. -- A Stamford-based hotel and leisure company is doing its bit to respond to the European refugee crisis. The Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Foundation, Inc. said recently that it has continued its global support of the Red Cross with a $30,000 donation. Thanking Starwood for its gift, Red Cross CEO Mario Bruno, said its partnership with the foundation “is key in helping us deliver vital services to our community and around the world.” Michelle Naggar, vice president of social responsibility at Starwood and president of the foundation, said the corporation’s global…

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

Schools

Shelton Students Get Hands-On Farming Experience SHELTON, CONN. -- Shelton students are eating up lessons on growing their own veggies, say two teachers, according to a report in the Shelton Herald. Eric Wolf and Bob Yamnicky are showing kids the ins and outs of alternative farming, taking them full-cycle from the raising of fish and quail, whose waste is used to fertilize the plants, to the actual harvesting of lettuce and other produce, the Shelton Herald story said. The ultimate goal – besides teaching kids where their lunch comes from – is to provide food for the Shelton Intermediate School’s cafeteria, the Shelton Herald reported. T…

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

Schools

How Well Do You Know Vassar's Libraries? Take This Quiz And Find Out POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Vassar’s main library makes for an impressive sight on the Poughkeepsie college’s campus. Hard to miss because of its massive size, the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library is made of Germantown stone and Indiana limestone and sports a central tower crowned with battlements and pinnacles that rise like a Gothic castle’s above the college’s central green. But how much do folks know about Thompson and Vassar’s other libraries? Where was the first one located, for instance? And what’s the story behind the Cornaro stained-glass window? To answer these, and other que…

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

Events

Mt. Vernon Public Library Offers Four Films For Black History Month MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. --The Mount Vernon Public Library will be showing four films from 2-4 p.m. on Tuesdays in February. The Black History Month offerings are: Feb. 2: “Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned,” starring Natalie Cole, Laurence Fishburne and Cecily Tyson. The 1997 film by Walter Mosley tells of the struggles of ex-con Socrates Fortlaw as he tries to re-entry society. Feb. 9: “Supremacy,” stars Danny Glover as a man whose family has been taken hostage by a white supremacist on the run from the law. Feb. 16: “The Great Debaters,” with Denzel Washington, tells the story of the hist…

by Carol Reif

01/25/2016

News

Mahopac Woman Needs Help Finding Lost Tabby MAHOPAC, N.Y. – One heartbroken Mahopac pet owner is hoping to be reunited with her long-lost tabby, Delaware. Esther Fernandez Torres has posted a photo of the orange kitty on the social media site, Lost Pets of the Hudson Valley. Delaware went missing last October in the area of Maple Lane East off Barrett Hill Road, Torres says. If you’ve seen Delaware, please call Torres at (914) 309-2092. If you are missing a pet, you can sign up with the site by visiting www.lostpetshv.org.

by Carol Reif

01/24/2016

News

Shelter Seeks Information On Female Pit Bull Found In Putnam MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- A cold and skinny female pit bull was found wandering on Union Valley Road in Mahopac recently, and the Putnam Humane Society is asking for the public’s help in locating her owner. The gray-and-white dog was picked up near the road’s intersection with Teakettle Spout Road. Anyone with any information about her is asked to call the shelter at 845-225-7777. The shelter is at 68 Old Route 6, Carmel, behind the Putnam Plaza Shopping Center.

by Carol Reif

01/24/2016

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