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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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Regeneron Announces STEM Teaching Initiative Regeneron Announces STEM Teaching Initiative
Regeneron Announces STEM Teaching Initiative TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Regeneron is investing in its potential future employees. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced it is collaborating with NASA, Teachers College and the STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) Education Leadership Center in Rye to create the Hudson Valley STEM Teaching Fellowship. The announcement was made at a press conference held at its company headquarters in Tarrytown on Tuesday. The fellowship will train teachers on how to integrate STEM into classroom instruction. Regeneron believes it is important to enhance STEM instruction since that is where many jobs of th…

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Ossining Team Does The Robot Ossining Team Does The Robot
Ossining Team Does The Robot OSSINING, N.Y. -- There is a robot lurking the halls of Ossining High School. The Ossining Robotics Club will be competing this weekend at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan against high schools throughout the country and even some from overseas. This year, the club, which raises its own money to design and build the robot in six weeks, which is required to pick up a ball and toss it.  "We have to use real life and engineering skills," Sean D'Atorre, club president, said. "We have so many ideas for how to get it to work." D'Attore said many in the club are going to colleg…

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Peekskill Environmental Club Explores Hudson River Peekskill Environmental Club Explores Hudson River
Peekskill Environmental Club Explores Hudson River PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Peekskill Middle School Environmental Club is tackling an issue that hits very close to home. The club is studying the impact of urban and industrial development on the health of the Hudson River as part of the 2014 Wheelabrator Symposium for Environment and Education.  The theme of the 2014 Wheelabrator Symposium, “Connecting to the Oceans,” is designed to engage students in research, scientific study and community projects linking the quality of the local environment to the health of the seas around us. Students are examining the effect that growing urbanization…

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Search Continues For Wallaby Missing In North Salem Area Search Continues For Wallaby Missing In North Salem Area
Search Continues For Wallaby Missing In North Salem Area NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- The owners of a missing wallaby are holding out hope that he will be found. Sightings of Indy, who went missing from his Titicus Road home on March 21, continue to be reported around North Salem High School. According to Susan Saks, his owner, Indy was sighted crossing Bloomer Road, to large open land property bordering June Road on Monday afternoon.  The Saks' have been combing the area around the high school for a week but have been unable  to find Indy. The Saks' are asking for the community to keep looking for him, thinking he may have gone into an open shed.  S…

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Ossining Students Discuss Climate Change Ossining Students Discuss Climate Change
Ossining Students Discuss Climate Change OSSINING, N.Y. -- Students at Ossining High School say it is important to be proactive in preventing further climate change. Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world’s oceans, scientists reported on Monday, March 31, and they warned that the problem was likely to grow substantially worse unless greenhouse emissions are brought under control. The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations group that periodically summarizes climate science, concluded that ice caps are melting, sea ice in the Arctic is collap…

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Yorktowners Applaud McDonald's Free Coffee Yorktowners Applaud McDonald's Free Coffee
Yorktowners Applaud McDonald's Free Coffee YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- When it comes to free small coffee at McDonald's, Yorktown residents are loving it. For two weeks, from March 31 through April 13, all McDonald's nationwide are offering a free small cup of McDonald's coffee with no purchase necessary. If everyone from Westchester were to claim their free McDonald’s coffee that would be approximately 968,802 cups according to U.S. census data. In Yorktown, residents applauded the idea of a free cup of joe. "It's a great idea," Gina DiPaterio, a restaurateur said. "Why not? You want people to come in and you have to give them a reason…

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Lakeland, Panas Students Return To School After Bomb Scare Lakeland, Panas Students Return To School After Bomb Scare
Lakeland, Panas Students Return To School After Bomb Scare WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Students at Lakeland High School in Yorktown and Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor returned to classes shortly after noon on Monday following a mid-morning bomb scare. Both high schools received bomb threats at approximately 10 a.m., according to Jim Van Develde, spokesman for the Lakeland Central District. The buildings were evacuated and Yorktown Police, Westchester County Police and State Police responded to the scene, according to Van Develde. Police conducted thorough sweeps of the building, including using bomb-sniffing dogs, according to Van …

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Police & Fire
Peekskill Central Market Fire Is Not Believed To Be Suspicious Peekskill Central Market Fire Is Not Believed To Be Suspicious
Peekskill Central Market Fire Is Not Believed To Be Suspicious PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Peekskill Fire Department is investigating a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged Peekskill Central Market at 900 Main Street on Saturday morning, March 29. According to Mayor Frank Catalina, a police officer on patrol saw smoke coming from the 14,000 square foot building at 2:30 a.m. The Peekskill Fire Department responded to the scene, where they saw a dumpster where the fire had started at the four-story brick building. Catalina said the fire department does not believe the fire was suspicious. "There was no forced entry or foul play," Catalina said. No one …

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Neighbors
Croton Veteran Receives Furniture Surprise Croton Veteran Receives Furniture Surprise
Croton Veteran Receives Furniture Surprise CROTON, N.Y. -- Dennis O'Toole, a Croton resident and Vietnam War veteran, has a place that truly feels like home. A Bassett Furniture delivery truck surprised O'Toole, who was previously homeless, with $8,000 in new furniture to furnish his new apartment on Springvale Road. "I am shocked," O'Toole said. "This feels great, I am looking forward to it. I am so grateful." O'Toole was previously staying at the VA Hospital in Montrose via Common Ground, a program committed to helping and housing veterans and found his home thanks to the Patriot Housing Initiative, run by the county.  "It w…

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Multiple Sightings Of Missing Wallaby 'Indy' Reported In North Salem Multiple Sightings Of Missing Wallaby 'Indy' Reported In North Salem
Multiple Sightings Of Missing Wallaby 'Indy' Reported In North Salem NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Recent sighting have given the Saks family of North Salem further hope that their missing wallaby, Indy, will be found and brought home. Sightings of Indy have been reported throughout North Salem. On Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m., he was seen across from the high school. On Wednesday afternoon, there were multiple sightings of him at the high school, including the track and soccer fields. He's also been seen at Volunteer's Park, according to Susan Saks. "He's survived the cold and found something to eat," Saks said. Saks said if people see Indy, to describe the dir…

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