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Sam Barron

Community Editor

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

Schools

Croton Fourth-Graders Take To The Stage As Part Of 'Broadway Kids' CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Fourth-graders at Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School in Croton-on-Hudson will be taking to the stage Wednesday. Students will be performing "Broadway Kids" at 7 p.m. The students have preparing in arts and music classes to put on a Broadway-style musical revue. The students will be performing two songs each from five different musicals: "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Peter Pan," "The Jungle Book," and "Rocky." The kids have created their own playbill covers and sets in art class and have also designed their own costumes. The music is performed by a pr…

by Sam Barron

03/23/2015

Police & Fire

Police Seek Public's Help In Search For Missing Yorktown Woman, 43 YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Yorktown Police are attempting to locate a 43-year-old woman who was last heard from March 16. Harmony Thaler is 5-foot-4 and 165 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. She is disabled and unable to walk without using a walker or handrail, according to police. Police said she is bipolar and may be off her medication. According to News12, Thaler got into an argument with her sister Melody Larocca on March 16. LaRocca went to her home on Thursday and couldn't find her. Detectives told LaRocca that Thaler called a cab to take her to the Croton-Harmon train sta…

by Sam Barron

03/23/2015

Events

Ridgefield Rec Center Showcases Wildlife On Saturday RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Animals from all over the world will be at the Ridgefield Recreation Center on Saturday as part of its Animal Embassy program. The free event, held at 197 Danbury Road from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., will feature Inca, a spectacled owl whose origins are found in Peru and Sydney, an Australian eclectus parrot. Visitors will get to see a colorful Sinaloan milk snake, an African tortoise, a red-foot tortoise from South America, a Central American red-eyed tree frog or an African bullfrog.

by Sam Barron

03/20/2015

Neighbors

Armonk Resident Hosts Fundraiser In Tarrytown In Honor Of Husband ARMONK, N.Y. -- Romeo Milio was just 36 when he died in Oct. 2011 after battling two cancers for six months. Now his widow, Marie, is keeping his memory alive. Marie Milio is the founder of the Romeo Milio Lynch Syndrme Foundation. Romeo suffered from Lynch Syndrome, a gene that carries a predisposition to certain cancers. Other members of Romeo's family, including his mother, two uncles and an aunt passed away from cancer at a young age. The foundation's goal is to help those with the gene and raise awareness. It is hosting a gala on March 28 at the Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown. It is…

by Sam Barron

03/20/2015

Schools

Yorktown Goes Green For 'Shrek The Musical, Jr.' YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A big green ogre has taken over Mildred E. Strang Middle School. Students will be performing "Shrek the Musical, Jr." on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Yorktown High School auditorium. The musical is based on the 2001 movie and is about an ogre whose swamp is invaded by fairy tale creatures who have been evicted by Lord Farquaad. Eric Hernandez, an eighth-grader, gets to play the role of Shrek and said it has been fun. "It's really different," Hernandez said. "I've never been the lead before." Hernandez said Shrek is very miserable and doesn't like a…

by Sam Barron

03/19/2015

News

Dave Merandy Elected Mayor Of Cold Spring COLD SPRING, N.Y. -- Dave Merandy was elected mayor of Cold Spring Wednesday night, decisively beating Barney Molloy. Merandy defeated Molloy 454-261. In the race for two seats on the village board, Marie Early and Frances Murphy were elected with 508 votes and 498 votes, respectively. Bob Ferris, who ran with Molloy, came in third with 257 votes. "The outcome is surprising," Molloy said. "But given the margin, I don't think there's much we could've done differently. I wish them luck." Molloy said he hopes Merandy will be able to address Cold Spring's finances and infrastructure i…

by Sam Barron

03/18/2015

Sports

Ossining Girls Basketball Team Heads To State Semifinals OSSINING, N.Y. -- The Ossining High School girls basketball team just keeps winning. The girls defeated Horseheads High School 74-51 in the Section 1 Class AA regional final in Poughkeepsie on Friday. It was the fourth consecutive regional title for the Ossining girls. Shadeen Samuels led the girls with 26 points. "She was outstanding," coach Dan Ricci said. Ricci also praised Stephanie Svoboda who scored 17 of her 18 points in the 2nd half. Jenna Lividini had nine points while Abby Squirrell was a force on defense. This week, the team heads to Troy where they will face Bethlehem …

by Sam Barron

03/18/2015

Police & Fire

Downed Wires Cause Ossining's Arcadian Shopping Center To Lose Power OSSINING, N.Y. -- The Arcadian Shopping Center in Ossining is in the dark. According to Ossining Police, Route 9 northbound and southbound will be closed from Rockledge Avenue to Scarborough Road due to wires being down. Con Edison is on the scene as the power has gone out in the area, including at the Arcadian Shopping Center and at other homes and businesses.

by Sam Barron

03/17/2015

Neighbors

Ossining Resident Offers Free Nyssma Prep At Library OSSINING, N.Y. -- An Ossining musician is giving back by helping the village's gifted musicians. Rachel Alexander will be hosting free New York State School Musician Association prep workshop for violinists and violists for their summer festival at the Ossining Public Library from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday and from 1-3 p.m. April 4, 18 and May 2. "I did NYSSMA for many years growing up," Alexander said. "NYSSMA can be stressful; you're playing in front of someone you don't know who is grading you. With these lessons, they can perform and review in an intimate environment and get their worrie…

by Sam Barron

03/17/2015

Business

Daily Voice's Rise Profiled In Inc. Magazine ARMONK, N.Y. -- Daily Voice's turnaround has gotten some major Inc. Inc. magazine recently published a feature on Daily Voice, chronicling how the company has become the fourth most penetrated website, behind Google, Facebook and Youtube. The feature focused on Daily Voice's hyperlocal reporting strategy, such as writing six stories on a missing wallaby in North Salem, and its extensive coverage of the Metro-North train crash in Valhalla. Daily Voice founder and CEO Carll Tucker said word is beginning to spread about Daily Voice's success. "Daily Voice has figured out how to do s…

by Sam Barron

03/17/2015

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