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Second Trial In Mount Vernon Slaying Brings Another Conviction Second Trial In Mount Vernon Slaying Brings Another Conviction
Second Trial In Mount Vernon Slaying Brings Another Conviction MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- A man was convicted for a second time in a deadly Mount Vernon robbery after an appeals court reversed the original verdict, according to lohud.com. Keith Wilkinson, 32, was found guilty Friday in Westchester County Court in the death of Leaton Burke, 38, during a robbery at Burke's home on South 10th Avenue, lohud reported. Police discovered 5 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun during a search of the home, according to lohud. In 2011, Wilkinson was convicted of murder, burglary, robbery, assault and weapons possession, and later received a 25-years-to-life s…

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Pound Ridge Library Offers Chance To Enjoy Area Museums Pound Ridge Library Offers Chance To Enjoy Area Museums
Pound Ridge Library Offers Chance To Enjoy Area Museums POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- The Pound Ridge Library will present its first Museum Fair on Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., in the Schaffner Room at the library. The Museum Fair will showcase 15 local and area museums and aquariums that will participate in the library’s free/discounted museum pass program. Those facilities include: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Conn. American Museum of Natural History in New York. Bruce Museum of Arts & Science in Greenwich, Conn. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. Discovery Museum and Planetarium in Bridgepor…

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Montrose VA Facility Pool Gains $5.5M In Federal Funds Montrose VA Facility Pool Gains $5.5M In Federal Funds
Montrose VA Facility Pool Gains $5.5M In Federal Funds MONTROSE, N.Y. – U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Westchester/Rockland, has announced the procurement of $5.5 million in federal funds to upgrade the indoor pool at the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System in Montrose and rebuild damaged portions of the pool building. Funding will allow for upgrades to the Montrose VA facility’s indoor pool and reconstruction of damaged parts of the pool building, enabling year-round recreation and therapy options for long-term care patients. Upgrades and reconstruction will start in the fall, with a projected completion date of spring/summer 2017. The pool facil…

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Friends of Greenwich Library Elect New Trustees Friends of Greenwich Library Elect New Trustees
Friends of Greenwich Library Elect New Trustees GREENWICH, Conn. – The Friends of Greenwich Library elected four new trustees to serve on the Greenwich Library Board at the group's annual meeting in May. Susan Alexander, Angelique Febles Bell, Nicole Hadley and Thomas Heagney will each serve three-year terms. “We are thrilled to welcome such an extraordinarily talented group of new trustees to the board. We believe they will make a valuable contribution to the Library’s future,” said Haley Rockwell Elmlinger, president of the board of trustees. Alexander has recently retired after 31 years as global head of human resources at Sotheby…

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Sports
Lewisboro Offers Intro To Rugby Sessions Lewisboro Offers Intro To Rugby Sessions
Lewisboro Offers Intro To Rugby Sessions LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- The Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Department is offering Intro to Rugby the next two Saturdays, July 18 and 25, from 10 a.m. to noon at Fox Valley Upper Field in Goldens Bridge. This introductory, noncontact program, for both boys and girls, will include instruction on the basic skills required to play the game of rugby, including passing, kicking and support play. There will also be a number of fun activities aimed at promoting the camaraderie of rugby and teamwork required to play the sport.  The program is for boys and girls ages 6-16. Participants will be divided…

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Outdoor Movie Screenings Return To Mount Vernon Outdoor Movie Screenings Return To Mount Vernon
Outdoor Movie Screenings Return To Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Movie Night returns to Mount Vernon's Doles Center beginning with the July 13 outdoor showing of "Worlds Collide."  Showtime is 8:30 p.m. The Doles Center is at 250 S. Sixth Ave. 

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Daughters Of Liberty's Legacy Lead Tour Of Colonial White Plains Daughters Of Liberty's Legacy Lead Tour Of Colonial White Plains
Daughters Of Liberty's Legacy Lead Tour Of Colonial White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Daughters of Liberty's Legacy are planning another Trolley Tour of Colonial White Plains following the success of the one held June 28.  The trolley tour began at historic Purdy house and visited the sites of the Battlefield of White Plains, the courthouse where the Declaration of Independence was read for the first time, Horton’s gristmill, several pre-Revolutionary houses still standing, Miller house and Miller hill and the historic White Plains Presbyterian Church graveyard, where 45 patriots rest among, other sites. On board the trolley was “Ann Fisher Mill…

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Pleasantville's Murden Plays In 'Guys And Dolls' After 34-Year Wait Pleasantville's Murden Plays In 'Guys And Dolls' After 34-Year Wait
Pleasantville's Murden Plays In 'Guys And Dolls' After 34-Year Wait PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- After decades of waiting, Pleasantville resident Richie Murden will get to play the role of Nathan Detroit, one of the key roles in the Mount Pleasant Community Theater production of "Guys and Dolls,” to be presented in late July and August. Murden claims he has been waiting for 34 years to land the role of Nathan Detroit, a good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who can never hit the big time. Murden's love interest, Miss Adelaide, is played by Rae West, of Salem, Va. West is the daughter-in-law of Rose Cremonese-Norton, owner of Rose's School of Dance in …

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Indian Point Unit 3 Returns To Service After Fluctuating Water Levels Indian Point Unit 3 Returns To Service After Fluctuating Water Levels
Indian Point Unit 3 Returns To Service After Fluctuating Water Levels BUCHANAN, N.Y. -- Indian Point’s Unit 3 nuclear power plant returned to service this week, generating electricity a day after control room operators safely and manually shut down the unit after observing fluctuating water levels inside a steam generator. Operators determined that one of the unit's three condensate pumps, which is part of the system that feeds water into the plant's steam generators, automatically shut down Wednesday while the unit was operating at full power, causing water levels inside the steam generator to fluctuate. The three condensate pumps are on the non-nuclear sid…

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Jefferson Valley Mall Hosts Pirates And Princesses Event Jefferson Valley Mall Hosts Pirates And Princesses Event
Jefferson Valley Mall Hosts Pirates And Princesses Event YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Local children will don buccaneer breeches and eye patches or sparkling tiaras and ball gowns for Saturday’s Simon Kidgits Club Pirates & Princesses event at Jefferson Valley Mall. My Gym Yorktown Heights, the fitness center that helps children develop physically, cognitively and emotionally through age-appropriate activities incorporating music, dance, games, gymnastics and more, will teach participants to explore like a pirate. Once Upon a Tea Party will host a singalong with princesses Jasmine and Aurora. The event takes place from noon-1:30 p.m. at Jefferson Va…

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