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Police & Fire

Mop-Handle Assault Among Mount Kisco Police Reports MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- A Mount Kisco woman faces felony assault charges after she was accused of striking a teenager with a mop handle, police said. Leandra Pugh, 32, of Amuso Drive, was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child. The 15-year-old was hit during a dispute at Pugh’s home on Friday, July 17, police said. Among other items on the Mount Kisco police blotter were: Wednesday, July 22 – Westchester County Police responded to a store on North Bedford Road after receiving a call that a dog had been left locked inside a car. The vehicle’s owner was cautioned after sh…

by Carol Reif

07/28/2015

News

Putnam Team Seeks Volunteers, Donations For Veterans' Thanksgiving Feast CARMEL, N.Y. -- A local business, an organization and a town official are teaming up to make Thanksgiving a little brighter for veterans this year. According to Lou Cardillo, a real estate broker, he and Carmel Councilwoman Suzi McDonough are working with Purple Heart Homes to put together a free holiday meal with all the trimmings for veterans. Organizers are seeking volunteers to help pull off the Saturday, Nov. 21, event, Cardillo said. They are asking that donations of food, other goods and money be directed to the New York Downstate Chapter of the Purple Heart Homes. Dinner will…

by Carol Reif

07/28/2015

Police & Fire

Stamford Woman Found Dead After Suspicious Fire In Home STAMFORD, Conn. – Police have identified the Stamford woman who died in a fire at her home on Monday just hours before she was scheduled to appear in court on charges stemming from an alleged theft at a Greenwich CVS. Heisze Chan, 36, was found unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom at her smoke-filled home at 109 Webbs Hill Road shortly after first responders arrived after the 7:39 a.m. call, police said. Chan was pulled from the home by a family member and first responders, police said. But all attempts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at 7:56 a.m., po…

by Carol Reif

07/27/2015

News

Mount Kisco Zoning Board To Meet On Food Hall's Parking Variance Bid MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- A Mount Kisco restaurant’s plans to morph into what it says would be Westchester’s first “food hall” have hit a substantial snag, according to a local blog, stacyknows.com Bellizzi, a family-friendly Italian eatery that has been on the town’s Main Street for 24 years, had hoped to start construction on “Exit 4 Food Hall” in June. But that was taken off the menu when, the town decided that the conversion was a “change of use” and 19 new parking spaces had to be created, Bellizzi’s owners told the blog. A Zoning Board meeting on the restaurant’s request for a parking …

by Carol Reif

07/27/2015

Police & Fire

$22K In Jewelry Reported Stolen From New Canaan Home NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- New Canaan police are investigating the reported theft of $22,000 in jewelry from a home in June, according to a report in newcanaannewsonline.com. The theft was reported July 16. The owner told police that the jewelry, which included a sapphire ring and bracelets, was taken between June 18 and June 23, newcanaannewsonline.com said. There was no sign of forced entry and contractors were working on the home at the time, newcanaannewsonline.com said. To read the full story, click here.

by Carol Reif

07/27/2015

Lifestyle

Playland Celebrates Grand Carousel's 100th Anniversary RYE, N.Y. -- Sixty-six hand-carved horses and bejeweled chariots were the backdrop Thursday as Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino unveiled a plaque marking the 100th anniversary of Playland’s historic carousel. Anniversary celebrations will culminate beginning at noon Sunday at the amusement park in Rye. The day will feature a display of automobiles from the 1920s and 1930s. Actors in period costumes will hand out goodies. A birthday cake is also planned. The Grand Carousel has been named one of the top 10 carousel in “America in Painted Ponies,” a book on classic carousel art…

by Carol Reif

07/25/2015

News

White Plains Firefighter Pleads Guilty To Vehicular Manslaughter WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains firefighter Erik Refvik pleaded guilty Friday to vehicular homicide and other charges in an horrific crash that killed one person and seriously injured another, Westchester County District Attorney Janel DiFiore said. The 16-count indictment, said DiFiore, included aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, vehicular assault, aggravated driving while intoxicated, criminal possession of a controlled substance, driving while impaired by drugs, and several vehicle and traffic law infractions. Refvik, 35, was intoxicated, drug impaired, and going 65 mph …

by Carol Reif

07/24/2015

News

Westchester Historical Society Backs Moving North Castle's Miller House NORTH WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The white clapboard cottage used by George Washington as a headquarters in the Revolutionary War, languished for years in an industrial area in North White Plains while historical society and county officials debated its fate. But now there may be hope for the rundown, but historic, farmhouse on Virginia Road built in 1738 by farmers Elijah and Anne Miller. The Westchester County Historical Society is recommending that the county -- which acquired the site in 1917 and had been running it as a museum until unsafe conditions and a lack of staffing forced its cl…

by Carol Reif

07/24/2015

Events

Mensa To Host 'Xmas in July' Party At Dobbs Ferry Library DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Get your thinking caps and your funny holiday sweaters on; American Mensa is hosting an “Xmas in July” party from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the Dobbs Ferry Library. The social club for folks with high IQs says its bash will include a guest speaker, a holiday sweater competition, door prizes and light refreshments. The party is being hosted by the Westchester section of the Greater New York Mensa. The public is welcome. Mensa members will receive special gifts. For more information, email aandreen@gmail.com The library is at 55 Main St.

by Carol Reif

07/24/2015

Events

Pequot Library's Summer Book Sale Offers Unique Finds SOUTHPORT, Conn. -- It’s probably the only library book sale in America that starts, literally, with a bang. On Friday, July 24, the cannon will sound and book lovers will sprint to the overladen tables at the Pequot Library’s annual event. The sale, which continues until Tuesday, July 28, draws people from as far away as California, the library says. This year, more than 120,000 books, CDs, DVDs and records are up for grabs. Rare and unusual items will be located in one room and a catalog of “specials” is now available online at www.pequotlibrary.org. The “specials” include, the …

by Carol Reif

07/24/2015

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