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Jon Craig

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Pleasantville native Jon Craig is special editor for the Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Daily Voice sites. He is also the primary reporter for Daily Voice Plus Politics in Westchester and Fairfield.

Jon graduated from Cornell University and received his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Across a 35-year career, he's worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Chicago, New York, Ohio & Washington, D.C and as managing editor for weekly newspapers in Rye, White Plains and Harrison.

Jon also writes periodically for the Cornell Chronicle.

Career Highlights:

  • Covered Metro-North train wreck that killed a motorist and five commuters, 2015
  • Researched state investigative project for PublicIntegrity.org, 2011-12
  • National MADD award for database analysis of repeat drunk drivers in Ohio, 2008.
  • Henry F. Guggenheim Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2010.
  • Sentenced to jail for protecting confidential sources (won on appeal), 1999.
  • Broke 30th anniversary story about Kent State shootings — using FBI records, resurrecting theory a student informant triggered fatal National Guard volley, May 2000.
  • Covered Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
  • Uncovered voting problems before & during presidential recount in Ohio, 2004.
  • Witnessed botched Death Row execution of Romell Broom in 2009, one of more than a dozen I covered; Wrote about three inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life without parole.
  • Won IRE, SDX and multiple national & state awards for series led by Erik Kriss investigating New York General Assembly. 1994.
  • Guest lecturer at universities in NY & Ohio. Taught Syracuse high school journalism class.
  • Co-authored IRE-award winning series on illegal restraints/beatings at juvenile detention centers. Gov. Mario Cuomo had NY inspector general confirm what Hart Seely and I found at Division for Youth & fired top directors, 1993.
  • Survived Air Force Kool School training at North Pole, 1996.
  • Covered Persian Gulf wars, including 2002 bomb missions from Turkey and stateside Army/Air Guard training. 1991.
  • Supervised overnight coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 after Libyan bomb killed 35 Syracuse University students over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
  • Covered aftermath of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash from Cape Cod, 1999.
  • Greeted Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as Cornell Sun sports editor during daily's 100th anniversary dinner in May 1980. 

Jon Craig's Contributions

Schools
Harsh Winter Wipes Out Snow Days For Many Westchester Schools Harsh Winter Wipes Out Snow Days For Many Westchester Schools
Harsh Winter Wipes Out Snow Days For Many Westchester Schools This story has been updated. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Last week's one-two punch of winter weather erased the last snow days for many area schools districts. At least a half dozen school districts in Putnam and Westchester counties have had to give up professional development days or parts of spring break to make up lost instructional time. Lakeland Central School District used all of its six snow days earlier this winter -- plus a seventh day for inclement weather on Thursday -- so it will give up a Superintendent's Conference Day on March 20 to maintain the state minimum of 180 i…

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Lifestyle
Westchester's Winter Beauty Captured From Shore To Shore Westchester's Winter Beauty Captured From Shore To Shore
Westchester's Winter Beauty Captured From Shore To Shore WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- What we hope were winter's final blasts of snow last week were captured by a pair of Daily Voice community advisors. Andrea Naso-Nord took a shot of the frozen Hudson River near Half Moon Bay in Croton-on-Hudson. Stephanie Lombardo spotted several marvelous views at Glen Island in New Rochelle. 

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Schools
Dang Snowstorm Postpones 'Damn Yankees' At Harrison High Dang Snowstorm Postpones 'Damn Yankees' At Harrison High
Dang Snowstorm Postpones 'Damn Yankees' At Harrison High HARRISON, N.Y. -- Thursday's snowstorm canceled the opening performance of the musical "Damn Yankees" at Harrison High School. But students, parents and the Harrison community are in luck. An extra show has been added on Sunday at 7 p.m. There also are performances by the Harrison High Footlight players at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday as well as at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the Harrison High School Performing Arts Center. The musical is based on the novel “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant” by Douglass Wallop.  Tickets may be purchased at www.myschoolbucks.com or at the door on the…

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News
Commuter Files Lawsuit Against Metro-North In Fatal Valhalla Crash Commuter Files Lawsuit Against Metro-North In Fatal Valhalla Crash
Commuter Files Lawsuit Against Metro-North In Fatal Valhalla Crash VALHALLA, N.Y. -- A lawyer for a Mount Kisco man injured Feb. 3 during the deadliest train accident in Metro-North history filed a notice of claim Friday of his intent to sue for $10 million. Michael Colquhoun, 55, named the railroad, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York state in a claim filed by Manhattan attorney Robert Vilensky.  Ellen Brody, 49, of Edgemont was driving a Mercedes SUV that was on the railroad tracks at Commerce Street in Valhalla, after a gate came down on the rear of her SUV. When the train struck her car, there was an explosion and the third rail …

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Sports
4 Mamaroneck Runners Race At State Track Championships 4 Mamaroneck Runners Race At State Track Championships
4 Mamaroneck Runners Race At State Track Championships MAMARONECK, N.Y.-- Four Mamaroneck High School runners will race at Saturday's State Track and Field Indoor Championships at Cornell University. Shari Rauls will compete in the 600-meter run. Katie DeVore qualified for the 1,000-meter race. Lauren Chapey will run 1,500 meters. And Sean Ideozu qualified individually for the 300-meter run as well as for a Section I relay team. The junior girls are making their third trip to the indoor championships at Barton Hall in Ithaca. Ideozu, also a junior, will be running for Section I in the intersectional relay. The relay team is defending its…

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Weather
Port Chester Quick To Clear Streets After New Snowfall Port Chester Quick To Clear Streets After New Snowfall
Port Chester Quick To Clear Streets After New Snowfall PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Driving along Boston Post Road in Rye and Port Chester was like night and day on Thursday. About 2 p.m., slush and snow still cluttered many streets in the city of Rye, including Route 1, while in Port Chester, many plows were readily visible, clearing Boston Post Road near interstates 95 and 287 as well as village streets.

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News
Port Chester's Nessa Plans Saturday Fundraiser For Ukrainian Teenagers Port Chester's Nessa Plans Saturday Fundraiser For Ukrainian Teenagers
Port Chester's Nessa Plans Saturday Fundraiser For Ukrainian Teenagers PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- A chance encounter between a Port Chester bartender and an international volunteer from Connecticut may give a boost to youth development programs in Ukraine. Al Corbelli, general manager and head bartender at nessa restaurant, 325 N. Main St., recently met Daven Karp, 24, of Old Greenwich, Conn., at nessa. Karp learned Corbelli wrecked a car tire and rim earlier that day. When Karp gave him a ride home to Mahopac, they swapped stories about Ukraine. Corbelli had traveled there with his aunt as a child and Karp taught there during the past two years while volunteering…

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Lifestyle
Latest Winter Storms Leave Lasting Impressions At Rye Beach, Read Sanctuary Latest Winter Storms Leave Lasting Impressions At Rye Beach, Read Sanctuary
Latest Winter Storms Leave Lasting Impressions At Rye Beach, Read Sanctuary RYE, N.Y. -- Harry Florentine of Rye Brook took these photos along Rye Beach near Playland Amusement Park this week.  The dogs didn't seem to mind another half-foot of snowfall. Florentine also captured a peaceful winter scene at Edith Read Sanctuary. "While tired of winter, I appreciated the winter beauty of nature," Florentine wrote before agreeing to have the photographs posted by Daily Voice.  

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News
'Spring Forward, Fall Back' Never Skips Past These Port Chester Jewelers 'Spring Forward, Fall Back' Never Skips Past These Port Chester Jewelers
'Spring Forward, Fall Back' Never Skips Past These Port Chester Jewelers PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Paul Tyson Jr. never forgets when it's time to set the clocks forward. This week, he's resetting hundreds of watches and replacing batteries -- in watches and clocks -- at Tyson & Co. Jewelers.  Paul's sister, Debbie Tyson, and her son, Shawn, also are tasked with adjusting dozens of clocks in the store as time moves forward by one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8 for daylight-saving time. It's all part of a day's work at the jewelry store first opened by their parents, Gwen and Paul Tyson Sr., in another part of the village in 1976. "With the time change, we get…

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Schools
With Hommocks Closed, Mamaroneck Middle Schoolers Return To Snow Shoveling With Hommocks Closed, Mamaroneck Middle Schoolers Return To Snow Shoveling
With Hommocks Closed, Mamaroneck Middle Schoolers Return To Snow Shoveling MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- With Mamaroneck Union Free School District recording its fourth snow day off this winter, some students took advantage of the snowfall by going to work on Thursday. These two Hommocks Middle School students shoveled their neighbors' sidewalks and driveways along Edgewood Avenue in the Town of Mamaroneck. But they'll have to make up the lost school day on Monday April 6, which Mamaroneck schools had set aside as a reserve snow day/school holiday after spring recess. Thursday's snowstorm also prompted the Mamaroneck Public Library to close. 

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