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State Audit Finds 38 Percent Increase In Nanuet Schools' Overtime Costs State Audit Finds 38 Percent Increase In Nanuet Schools' Overtime Costs
State Audit Finds 38 Percent Increase In Nanuet Schools' Overtime Costs CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- A state audit of Nanuet schools has blamed a lack of oversight for the surge in overtime pay for the district’s building and grounds workers, according to a report on lohud.com. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cited lax policies and sloppy bookkeeping in his report, which concluded that the school district last year recorded an increase of 38 percent in overtime costs over figures compiled in 2012-13, the lohud.com article said. According to lohud.com, Schools Superintendent Mark McNeill said the district has since tightened up its overtime policies and that overtime i…

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Sleeping Driver Crashes Into Spring Valley Apartments, Forcing Evacuation Sleeping Driver Crashes Into Spring Valley Apartments, Forcing Evacuation
Sleeping Driver Crashes Into Spring Valley Apartments, Forcing Evacuation SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- A driver who fell asleep and crashed his car into a gas meter caused an evacuation at a Spring Valley apartment complex, according to a report by news12.com. Dozens of people were forced to temporarily leave their homes at the Sleepy Hollow Garden Apartments on Hungry Hollow Road early Monday,, police told news12.com. According to news12.com, they were allowed to go back in after it was determined that it was safe. Click here to read the news12.com report.

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Bridgeport Man Who Was Police Dispatcher Gets Probation In Steroid Case Bridgeport Man Who Was Police Dispatcher Gets Probation In Steroid Case
Bridgeport Man Who Was Police Dispatcher Gets Probation In Steroid Case BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- A 46-year-old former Norwalk police dispatcher has been sentenced for his role in an illegal steroid ring, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for Connecticut. Jason Chickos, of Bridgeport, who had been a civilian dispatcher for the Newtown Police Department, was given two years of probation and 120 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny on Monday, Jan. 11. Chickos pleaded guilty in October to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Another member of the ring, Alex Kenyherc…

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Mount Vernon Blaze Destroys Stores, Displaces Residents Mount Vernon Blaze Destroys Stores, Displaces Residents
Mount Vernon Blaze Destroys Stores, Displaces Residents MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- More than a dozen people were displaced after a row of stores on Mount Vernon’s West Sanford Boulevard went up in flames early Sunday, according to a report on news12.com. The fire apparently started in the Golden Gate Chinese Restaurant before spreading to neighboring businesses, including a fish market, news12.com reported. Nearby homes were also damaged, according to the news12.com report. The exact cause is under investigation, news12.com reported. To read the news12.com story, click here.

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Glen Rock Council Taps Ridgefield Mayor Suarez For Borough Attorney Glen Rock Council Taps Ridgefield Mayor Suarez For Borough Attorney
Glen Rock Council Taps Ridgefield Mayor Suarez For Borough Attorney GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock Mayor Bruce Packer said in a recent blog post that he will discuss the hiring of a new borough attorney at a meeting of the Council on Wednesday. In his post, Packer said that Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez was appointed to the post at a reorganization meeting in January. Suarez will replace longtime Borough Attorney Robert Garibaldi, Packer said. The town advertised the job and received about a dozen responses, the mayor said. These were narrowed down to three candidates: Garibaldi, Suarez, and Doug Bern, who also answered the town’s ad for a labor attorney. …

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Dutchess Woman Entered Prison With Drugs, Cash, Police Say Dutchess Woman Entered Prison With Drugs, Cash, Police Say
Dutchess Woman Entered Prison With Drugs, Cash, Police Say BEEKMAN, N.Y. -- A 38-year-old Dutchess County woman faces charges after she tried to sneak drugs and cash into the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Beekman, state police said. Patricia M. Harney, of Glenham, has been charged with first-degree promotion of prison contraband, a felony, police said. Troopers assisted Department of Corrections officers with the arrest. Harney was taken to Troop K headquarters in Poughkeepsie for processing, police said. She was arraigned in the Town of LaGrange Justice Court and sent to the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond,…

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Two Face Charges After Being Stopped In Stolen Car In Nyack, Police Say Two Face Charges After Being Stopped In Stolen Car In Nyack, Police Say
Two Face Charges After Being Stopped In Stolen Car In Nyack, Police Say NYACK, N.Y. -- A Sullivan County man and a Rockland County woman face multiple charges after, police said, they were stopped in a stolen car in Nyack. Wali K. Khan, 31, of Monticello, and Erin M. Atkinson, 29, of Airmont, were pulled over Thursday by an Orangetown police officer who had been alerted to a stolen vehicle alarm by a license plate reader in his patrol car, police said. The officer stopped the 2001 Toyota, which was being driven by Khan on Depew Avenue, and confirmed that it had been reported stolen in Ramapo in December, police said. Khan and Atkinson, his passenger, were take…

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Westchester Native Denzel Washington Wins Cecil B. DeMille Award Westchester Native Denzel Washington Wins Cecil B. DeMille Award
Westchester Native Denzel Washington Wins Cecil B. DeMille Award MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Mount Vernon native Denzel Washington has snagged the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award. Washington was given the award at Sunday night’s Golden Globes, which aired live on NBC-TV. The son of a Pentecostal minister and a beauty shop operator, Washington can now add the DeMille to the numerous awards accumulated in this 40-year acting career, including two Academy Awards: one for his role in the historical drama “Glory,” and the other for his turn as a corrupt cop in “Training Day.” According to a report in E! Online, he has won a Golden Globe twice before as well as …

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Food Network Films 'Guilty Pleasures' Episode At Pawling Deli Food Network Films 'Guilty Pleasures' Episode At Pawling Deli
Food Network Films 'Guilty Pleasures' Episode At Pawling Deli PAWLING, N.Y. – Nancy Fuller’s guilty secret is out -- she swoons over sandwiches at a small, Italian deli in Pawling, according to a report by the local radio station WPDH. The host of the Food Network’s Farmhouse Rules show, Fuller admits her biggest “guilty pleasure” is the Steak Margarita at Vinny’s Deli, WPDH reported. According to WPDH, the Food Network sent a crew last fall to Vinny’s to film the master at work and the episode will air sometime this year. To read the WPDH story, click here. For more on Vinny's Deli, check this previous Daily Voice report.

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Greenwich Police See Record Number Of Domestic Violence Cases In 2015 Greenwich Police See Record Number Of Domestic Violence Cases In 2015
Greenwich Police See Record Number Of Domestic Violence Cases In 2015 GREENWICH, Conn. -- A spike in domestic violence cases last year -- rising to 269 from 227 in 2014 -- is troubling local police, according to a report in Greenwich Time. The Time story quoted Greenwich Lt. Kraig Gray as saying that police will re-double efforts to use all their resources to combat what they consider a public-health crisis, including continuing to work with the local YWCA’s domestic abuse services. For the full Greenwich Time story, click here.

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