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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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Celebrate Suffern Saturday Celebrate Suffern Saturday
Celebrate Suffern Saturday SATURDAY, N.Y. -- There will be fireworks at the Village of Suffern's annual Suffern Day Saturday. Literally Suffern Day will be held at the ballfields on Ramapo Avenue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include pony rides, hayrides, jumpy castles, food, and refreshments. The Rockland County Emergency Services and local organizations will also be on hand, along with performers. At 6:30 p.m., there will be music and fireworks. For more information, contact Suffern Recreation at 845-357-7943.

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Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign
Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is getting ready for its annual Light the Night walks in Westchester and Fairfield.Light The Night is a series of fundraising campaigns benefiting the Rye Brook-based society and their funding of research to find blood cancer cures. People form fundraising walk teams and gather together to celebrate, honor or remember those touched by cancer.   A walk will be held in Sleepy Hollow on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Kingsland Point Park and in Stamford on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Harbor Point Commons Park.  Participants in 150 communities across North America join together …

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Bedford's Eric, Lara Trump Welcome First Child Bedford's Eric, Lara Trump Welcome First Child
Bedford's Eric, Lara Trump Welcome First Child Eric and Lara Trump, who reside at the Seven Springs Estate in Bedford, are parents. Their first born, a son, Eric "Luke" Trump, was born on Tuesday morning, Eric announced on Twitter. President Donald Trump, Eric's father, and Eric's siblings, Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted their congratulations. "Congrats buddy," Trump, Jr. tweeted. "Welcome to the club. Now that the niceties are out of the way it's older brother revenge for that drum set to my kids." Eric and Lara were married in 2014 at Mar-a-Lago. This is the ninth grandchild for President Trump.

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Schools
Ossining High Schooler Named 'Rising Scientist' Ossining High Schooler Named 'Rising Scientist'
Ossining High Schooler Named 'Rising Scientist' OSSINING, N.Y. -- Kylie Zarro, a senior at Ossining High School, has been selected to receive a 2017 Rising Scientist Award from the Child Mind Institute and the City University of New York Advanced Science Research Center. Each spring, high schools in the New York metro area nominate their best 11th-grade science student for the honor. The awards recognize outstanding students who show exceptional promise and interest in child and adolescent mental health or pediatric neuroscience, as well as a commitment to understanding and addressing difficult scientific questions. Each winner receives a…

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Police & Fire
Player Punches Ref In Face At Soccer Game In Yorktown, Police Say Player Punches Ref In Face At Soccer Game In Yorktown, Police Say
Player Punches Ref In Face At Soccer Game In Yorktown, Police Say A 25-year-old player is due in court Tuesday after punching a referee in the face during a men's soccer game at the Yorktown Sports Complex Sunday afternoon, police said. Franklin Javier Ordonez Estrada of Peekskill was arrested and charged with assault in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor, for punching the referee in the face and body, causing bodily harm, police said. The incident occurred around 3:48 p.m. Sunday at the facility on Navajo Street off Route 6, police said. Estrada was arrested at the scene, process and arraigned. He is due back in court on Sept. 12. 

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Greenburgh Dedicates New Plaque At Sept. 11 Ceremony Greenburgh Dedicates New Plaque At Sept. 11 Ceremony
Greenburgh Dedicates New Plaque At Sept. 11 Ceremony HARTSDALE, N.Y. -- The Town of Greenburgh held its annual Sept. 11 commemoration Monday morning.The ceremony was held at Richard Presser Park in Hartsdale at the town's Sept. 11 memorial wall and mural. A plaque was placed at the foot of a flagpole to honor first responders.  The names of first responders and Greenburgh residents who died on Sept. 11 were read aloud. 

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Schools
Hendrick Hudson Elementary Schools Remember Sept. 11 Hendrick Hudson Elementary Schools Remember Sept. 11
Hendrick Hudson Elementary Schools Remember Sept. 11 The Hendrick Hudson School District is making sure its elementary school students never forget Sept. 11. At all three of the Hendrick Hudson School District’s elementary schools, students participated in a variety of activities designed to commemorate the attacks. Students at Buchanan-Verplanck and Frank G. Lindsey Elementary Schools gathered in front of their respective buildings for ceremonies highlighting service and freedom and to mark Sept.11 as a day of remembrance. At Buchanan-Verplanck, students and staff gathered for the school’s annual Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony. The…

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Westchester Honors Victims Of Sept. 11 Westchester Honors Victims Of Sept. 11
Westchester Honors Victims Of Sept. 11 Westchester County paid tribute to the 111 residents and 12 former residents who died on Sept. 11 in a ceremony Monday night at The Rising, the county's 9/11 memorial in Valhalla.At the ceremony, County Executive Rob Astorino spotlighted the first responders who died due to 9/11 related illnesses.  "Into the horror went our heroes. Without hesitation, cops, firefighters and EMT’s rushed to save lives. In doing so, many gave their own,” said Astorino. “Sadly, the dynamism of 9/11 also brings more loss." Astorino named a number of the fallen first responders who have died in the yea…

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Ramapo Remembers Victims Of Sept. 11 Ramapo Remembers Victims Of Sept. 11
Ramapo Remembers Victims Of Sept. 11 RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Ramapo held its annual Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony, honoring residents who died in the terrorist attacks.Town board members read off the names of who perished and Councilman Pat Withers, a retired NYPD officer, followed by ringing a bell. Many Ramapo police officers assisted in New York City following the attacks.

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Rockland County Marks Sept. 11 With Memorial Service Rockland County Marks Sept. 11 With Memorial Service
Rockland County Marks Sept. 11 With Memorial Service ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A ceremony at Haverstraw Bay County Park remembered the Rockland residents who were killed on Sept. 11. "We are here because we are fulfilling the promise we made that we will never forget what happened on Sept. 11, 2001," County Executive Ed Day said.  "We will never forget both the terror and the heroism, the fear and the courage, the unity that brought our nation together when we needed it the most." The ceremony is held every year at the site of the Rockland County Sept. 11 memorial, which lists the names of 81 people with ties to Rockland wh…

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