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Greeting Card Truck Slams Into Hutchinson River Parkway Overpass
RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- Thousands of greeting cards were scattered like autumn leaves around the Hutchinson River Parkway early Wednesday, Aug. 2, when a tractor trailer slammed into an overpass, according to News 12.
According to a lohud.com report, the accident occurred around 2 a.m. at the King Street overpass in Rye Brook near the Connecticut line.
The truck’s roof was partially ripped off and the cards it was carrying flew out onto the roadway, the News 12 report said.
The driver, who was not injured, was ticketed, according to News 12.
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Bridgeport Man Gets More Than Seven Years for Planning Drug Robbery
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- A Bridgeport man was given more than seven years behind bars for planning to rob a drug stash house, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for Connecticut.
Carlos “Joel” Colon, 35, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker, Daly said Tuesday.
Colon’s arrest sprung from “Operation Samson,” an initiative headed by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Bridgeport and New Haven police departments, Daly said.
The covert operation targeted violent criminals, illegal firearm posses…
Southeast Driver, 25, Faces Dwai, Marijuana Charges, Police Say
SOUTHEAST, N.Y. -- A Southeast man faces charges of driving while ability impaired and marijuana possession after he was arrested on Wednesday, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department.
Nicholas C. Kruzykowski, 25, was arrested around 11:44 p.m., police said.
Deputies responded to the scene after receiving a call that an apparently impaired driver had been stopped in Southeast at the intersection of Route 312 and Farm to Market Road for three full cycles of the traffic light, police said.
The responding officer reported smelling “a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the int…
Norwalk's Hamilton Up For New Role As Chief Financial Officer For Schools
NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk’s finance director, Tom Hamilton, has been tapped for a new role as the city’s schools’ chief financial officer, according to Mayor Harry Rilling.
The Norwalk Board of Education is scheduled to formally vote Tuesday, Sept. 1, on Hamilton’s appointment, Rilling said Friday, Aug. 28.
The mayor also announced that he would appoint Bob Barron, the city’s director of management and budgets since 2010, as acting financial director.
“Bob’s experience in the city’s finance department will ensure a seamless transition as Tom takes on his new responsibilities,” Rilling said…
Four Westchester Private Schools Make Top 20 List
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Four private schools in Westchester were among the top 20 in New York, according to niche.com, a ranking and review site.
The Pittsburgh, Pa., company also ranked another nine private schools in the county on its top 100 list.
Here are the four schools and their niche.com rankings:
Rye Country Day School, Rye, fifth place.
Hackley School, Tarrytown, eighth place.
The French-American School of New York (FASNY), which has campuses in Scarsdale, Larchmont and Mamaroneck, 16th place
Montfort Academy in Mount Vernon, 19th place.
Niche.com, which said it looked at …
