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Sam Barron

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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

Neighbors

Suffern's Own Grace VanderWaal Gets Teen Choice Award Nomination SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Grace VanderWaal's meteoric rise continues. The Suffern 13-year-old, who won "America's Got Talent" last year was nominated for a 2017 Teen Choice Award for Choice Next Big Thing. VanderWaal reacted to the news by tweeting a video of her yelling, "Oh my God." She is up against Forever in Your Mind, Jax Jones, Jonas Blue, New Hope Club and The Tide. In May, VanderWaal won Best New Artist at the Radio Disney Music Awards. To vote for VanderWaal, visit http://www.teenchoice.com. The show airs on August 13.

by Sam Barron

07/15/2017

Real Estate

Single-Family Home Price Increases In Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange A decrease in inventory has led to an increase in the price of homes in the Hudson Valley. According to the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, in Westchester, the second quarter median sale price of a single-family house was $670,000, an increase of $20,000 or 3.1 percent over last year`s level. The mean sale price of $900,000 was seven percent more than last year. Westchester condominiums and cooperatives also enjoyed median price increases of 5.3 percent and 3.9 percent respectively. Orange County posted a second quarter single-family median price of $235,000, an increase of 5.6 pe…

by Sam Barron

07/14/2017

Business

New Castle Celebrates Start Of Downtown Chappaqua Infrastructure Work CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The facelift of a downtown Chappaqua has begun. Town officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking on an $11.6 million project designed to improve the infrastructure in downtown Chappaqua. The 18-month project will replace aging water and sewer mains. "Residents can look forward to new wider sidewalks, attractive new public spaces, new crosswalks and traffic/parking improvements," Supervisor Rob Greenstein said. "The project will make it safer and more enjoyable to walk around our downtown, and finally provide us with an infrastructure platform that allows ou…

by Sam Barron

07/14/2017

Politics

Trump Attorney, Ex-Westchester Resident, Apologizes For Threatening Emails President Donald Trump's attorney should probably think before he hits send on his next email. Marc Kasowitz, who previously lived in Mount Kisco, said he would apologize for responding to someone who thought he should resign as Trump's attorney with four profane and threatening emails, according to ProPublica.com. The exchange began when the investigative journalism site ProPublica published a report claiming Kasowitz had a history of alcohol abuse which could rule out a security clearance. Kasowitz's spokesman has denied the story. The unidentified email writer wrote to Kasowitz and said…

by Sam Barron

07/14/2017

Business

Riverview Dining: New Tarrytown Restaurant Opens TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Most restaurants take months or even years to open. It took Barley on the Hudson two weeks. Barley on the Hudson, located at 265 West Main Street at the former site of the Striped Bass, opened on July 4 and is currently offering outdoor dining overlooking the Hudson River. Bobby Harris, one of the partners at Barley on the Hudson, first heard the spot was available in May and signed the lease in June. He was determined to have the restaurant open on July 4. "It was a mixture of exciting and terrifying," Harris said. "It was a collaborative effort with ever…

by Sam Barron

07/14/2017

Lifestyle

Banksville Family Excited For 'Candy Crush' Appearance BANKSVILLE, N.Y. -- On Sunday, we'll find out if all those games of "Candy Crush," paid off for Kathryn Kitt and her 16-year-old son, Andrew Aldous. Kitt and Aldous, who live in Banksville, are appearing on "Candy Crush," the CBS game show based on the popular app at 9 p.m. Kitt, an opera singer, and actress had never played the game before she auditioned, having heard about it in from a casting call. She initially applied to play herself, but then Aldous, a rising junior at Byram Hills High School, joined along. "They like that we're musical," Kitt said. &quo…

by Sam Barron

07/14/2017

Business

Mel's Army-Navy, A Pearl River Staple, Closing After Six Decades ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- It will be the end of an era in Pearl River. Mel's Army-Navy, which opened in 1955, announced it is closing at the end of July. Chris Frawley, who had owned the store for five years, said he is closing after failing to find a buyer. "It is still a tough climate for small business owners," Frawley said. "Other people were just interested in the space and not keeping Mel’s alive. Frawley ran Mel's, which while working full-time in business development and communications for an international law firm in New York City and said balancing both became a ch…

by Sam Barron

07/14/2017

Obituaries

Charles McGill, 53, Peekskill PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Charles Alexander McGill, 53, originally of Binghamton recently passed away quietly and peacefully, surrounded by family, at his home in Peekskill. McGill graduated from Binghamton High School in 1982, received his AFA in 1984 from Keystone Junior College, his BFA in 1986 from The School of Visual Arts, completed a summer residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and received his MFA in 1989 from Maryland Institute College of Art. Amongst his many dozens of exhibitions and performances are solo exhibitions that include: “Front Line, Back Nine” (2016), Boca…

by Sam Barron

07/13/2017

Police & Fire

Man Caught With Heroin At Route 35 Mobil Station, Yorktown Police Say WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Yorktown man was arrested and charged after police found him to be in possession of a hypodermic needle containing heroin at a gas station. Joseph J. Stingone, 33, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a Class A misdemeanor. Police said they observed a male in a vehicle at 11:30 p.m. on July 5 parked at the Mobil gas station on Route 35 near the intersection of Route 202 that appeared to need assistance, police said. Police then said they discovered Stingone in possession of the needle. He was arrested and transpo…

by Sam Barron

07/13/2017

Politics

Implement Lyme Disease Act, Gillibrand Tells Trump Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) wants the government to do more to combat Lyme disease.The Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act was signed into law at the end of 2016, but has not yet been implemented by the new administration, Gillibrand said. The law will ensure federal coordination on urgently needed research for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatments for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. In 2015, New York reported 3,252 cases of Lyme disease. “Families...should be able to spend time outdoors without having to worry about being bitten by ticks and cont…

by Sam Barron

07/13/2017

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