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Sam Barron

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sbarron@dailyvoice.com

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

Sam Barron's Contributions

Neighbors

Tarrytown Man Wins International Photography Contest TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Elijah Goodwin, a Tarrytown resident, was able to combine his love of birding and his love of photography into an award winning photo. Goodwin took home Best of Show at the 44th annual International Exhibition of Photography, which is run by the Color Camera Club of Westchester for his photo of an egret. Goodwin is the first Color Camera Club member to win. More than 1100 photographs from 200 photographers from 28 different countries competed in the contest. "It was amazing," Goodwin said. "I was very surprised." Goodwin's photo "Swamp Angel&quo…

by Sam Barron

04/05/2017

Business

Eating Disorder Treatment Center Opening In Briarcliff BRIARCLIFF MANOR, .N.Y. -- Teenage girls battling an eating disorder will soon have a place to turn to in Briarcliff. Clementine, a treatment center for girls age 12-17, is set to open at the end of the month at a home at 233 Pine Road. Clementine has similar treatment centers in Miami and Oregon and will be owned and run by Mondo Nido and Affiliates. The center will accommodate up to eight girls at a time. Briarcliff was chosen as a location since officials at Clementine felt they were filling a void in the region. Amanda Mellowspring, the director of nutrition services at Clementine, sai…

by Sam Barron

04/05/2017

Politics

New Castle Dems' Slate Has Ex-TV Reporter, First Transgender Candidate NEW CASTLE, N.Y. -- The New Castle Democrats slate of candidates for the 2017 municipal elections will be making history. Kristen Browde, a transgender woman, will be running for Town Supervisor while Ivy Pool and Gail Markels are running for town board. The Democrats will introduce their slate in front of New Castle Town Hall in Chappaqua on Wednesday. Browde is a former television reporter and an attorney who previously served as secretary for the New Castle Board of Ethics. Browde is the first transgender candidate in New York to run with the nomination of a major party, according to the…

by Sam Barron

04/05/2017

Police & Fire

12-Year-Old Makes Bomb Threat To Yorktown Middle School, Police Say YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- A 12-year-old Yorktown Heights boy was arrested and charged Tuesday with juvenile delinquency after Yorktown Police say he made a bomb threat to Mildred E. Strang Middle School. The boy, whose name is being withheld, was charged with juvenile delinquency with the underlying charge being falsely reporting an incident in the second degree. On Tuesday morning, Brian Mundy, the Mildred Strang School Resource Officer, was alerted by a student that she had received a text message from an unknown number that contained a non-specific bomb threat, Yorktown Police said. Yo…

by Sam Barron

04/04/2017

Police & Fire

Mahopac Man Didn't Install Interlock Device, Yorktown Police Say Going through a red light turned into big trouble for a 35-year-old Mahopac man. James Hosford was arrested in Yorktown and charged with driving with a suspended license and driving without an interlock device installed, a condition of his suspended license, after police pulled him over for passing a steady red light on Route 6. Hosford was released after posting $145 bail and is due back in court on May 2.

by Sam Barron

04/04/2017

Police & Fire

Alleged Vandal At Westchester's Donald J. Trump Park Caught On Camera YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- The man accused of committing property crimes at Donald J. Trump State Park in Yorktown has been caught on camera. The suspect, a white male, aged 30-40, possibly wearing eyeglasses is on surveillance driving a late-model Ford Transit passenger van, dark in color with tinted rear windows, according to Connecticut State Police. Connecticut State Police are assisting New York Park Police in the investigation. Anyone with information regarding this person or vehicle is asked to contact Connecticut State Police at 203-696-2568. Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford, a…

by Sam Barron

04/04/2017

Lifestyle

Indian Point Plays Softball With 'The Simpsons' BUCHANAN, N.Y. -- The Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Softball Team had quite the animated game on Sunday. The power plant, located in Buchanan, was mentioned on "The Simpsons" playing in a softball game against the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. The players were stereotypical New Yorkers with thick Noo Yawk accents, talking about the Mets, pizza and the Verrazano Bridge. "How many Mets game can you postpone?" said one Indian Point player. The Springfield team was dismissive of their Indian Point counterparts. "They think they are so great because their fall-o…

by Sam Barron

04/04/2017

News

Croton Fire Department Debuts Rescue 18 CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- The Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department has a new set of wheels. Chief Matthew Mansfield ordered the new Rescue 18 fire engine into serve at 9 a.m. Monday morning.

by Sam Barron

04/04/2017

Politics

Yorktown Native, Trump Aide Scavino Accused Of Violating Federal Law This story has been updated A tweet by President Donald Trump's social media director Dan Scavino, a Hudson Valley native, might have gone too far according to lawyers from two presidential administrators. Scavino, a Yorktown native who lives in Hopewell Junctio, is accused of violating the Hatch Act after telling voters to defeat Michigan congressman Justin Amash in a primary. The Hatch Act prohibits executive branch employees from engaging in political activity on social media while on duty or in the workplace. "Donald Trump is bringing auto plants and jobs back to Michigan,"…

by Sam Barron

04/03/2017

Obituaries

Peggy Pataki Of Garrison, Mother Of Ex-Gov. George Pataki, Dies At 101 Margaret Pataki, the mother of former New York Gov. George Pataki, died Monday at age 101. Pataki died in her sleep at the family home in Garrison. She spent most of her life living on the Pataki family farm in Peekskill. "After 101 years my mother Margaret "Peggy" Pataki passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning," Gov. Pataki tweeted. "Thank you for your thoughts and prayers." She was born on Dec. 7, 1915, in New York City to parents who immigrated from Italy and Ireland. She moved to Peekskill when she was a teenager and married Louis Pataki, Peeksk…

by Sam Barron

04/03/2017

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