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Sam Barron

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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.

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Police & Fire
12-Year-Old Makes Bomb Threat To Yorktown Middle School, Police Say 12-Year-Old Makes Bomb Threat To Yorktown Middle School, Police Say
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…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Mahopac Man Didn't Install Interlock Device, Yorktown Police Say Mahopac Man Didn't Install Interlock Device, Yorktown Police Say
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.

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Police & Fire
Alleged Vandal At Westchester's Donald J. Trump Park Caught On Camera Alleged Vandal At Westchester's Donald J. Trump Park Caught On Camera
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…

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by Sam Barron
Lifestyle
Indian Point Plays Softball With 'The Simpsons' Indian Point Plays Softball With 'The Simpsons'
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…

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by Sam Barron
News
Croton Fire Department Debuts Rescue 18 Croton Fire Department Debuts Rescue 18
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.

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Politics
Yorktown Native, Trump Aide Scavino Accused Of Violating Federal Law Yorktown Native, Trump Aide Scavino Accused Of Violating Federal Law
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,"…

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Obituaries
Peggy Pataki Of Garrison, Mother Of Ex-Gov. George Pataki, Dies At 101 Peggy Pataki Of Garrison, Mother Of Ex-Gov. George Pataki, Dies At 101
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…

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Business
Port Chester Tortilla Company Featured On 'The Profit' Port Chester Tortilla Company Featured On 'The Profit'
Port Chester Tortilla Company Featured On 'The Profit' PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- A Port Chester business was not able to make "the profit", even with the help of Marcus Lemonsis. Los Gemelos, a since-closed Port Chester restaurant, and tortilleria, was featured on the CNBC reality show last November. It was owned by Adelo Ramirez. Lemonsis first heard about Los Gemelos from comedian George Lopez. Lemonsis was not impressed, finding out the tortilla machine from Mexico had safety issues and there were issues with the current landlord. Instead of continuing with Los Gemelos, Lopez, Lemonsis and Ramirez formed their own Hispanic business wi…

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by Sam Barron
News
Letter To The Editor: Drain The Swamp In Yorktown Letter To The Editor: Drain The Swamp In Yorktown
Letter To The Editor: Drain The Swamp In Yorktown YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown Daily Voice accepts signed and original letters to the editor up to 350 words. To submit your letter, email ossining@dailyvoice.com . To The Editor: Yorktown's Town Board is literally allowing large portions of Yorktown's wetlands to be drained in favor of land development. Have Town Board members placed their own shortsighted political ambitions and future profits of land developers above the long-term well being of Yorktown's own citizens? The Town Board has even eliminated the need to apply for a special permit to build in wetlands, ironically while the officia…

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by David Witkowich
Police & Fire
Ossining Man Charged In Yorktown For Not Showing Up In Court Ossining Man Charged In Yorktown For Not Showing Up In Court
Ossining Man Charged In Yorktown For Not Showing Up In Court YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A 44-year-old Ossining resident was arrested and charged with failing to appear in Yorktown Town Court on Tuesday. Robin Hawkey turned himself into Yorktown Police last week after failing to appear in court on March 7 to answer a violation of probation charge. Hawkey was released on $1,000 cash bail and is due back in court on April 25.

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