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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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Putnam Residents Excited About $1.5B Powerball Jackpot Putnam Residents Excited About $1.5B Powerball Jackpot
Putnam Residents Excited About $1.5B Powerball Jackpot PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Becoming a billionaire is as easy as spending $2 on a Powerball ticket. The unprecedented $1.5 billion Powerball lottery will be drawn on Wednesday night at 10:59 p.m. The record jackpot swelled after Saturday's $900 million jackpot did not produce a winner. Despite the long odds, Putnam residents are already thinking about how they would spend the money. Lisa Kaslyn, a Carmel resident, said she was pulled in by the big jackpot. The first thing I'd do - after an extended round-the-world vacation - would be to open a community pool in Putnam and see what we could do …

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Southern Westchester Residents Excited About $1.5B Powerball Jackpot Southern Westchester Residents Excited About $1.5B Powerball Jackpot
Southern Westchester Residents Excited About $1.5B Powerball Jackpot WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Becoming a billionaire is as easy as spending $2 on a Powerball ticket. The unprecedented $1.5 billion Powerball lottery will be drawn on Wednesday night at 10:59 p.m. The record jackpot swelled after Saturday's $900 million jackpot did not produce a winner. Despite the long odds, Southern Westchester residents are already thinking about how they would spend the money. Carol Bloom Stevens, a Rye resident, bought tickets for the last two Powerball drawings and said she plans to play again. "If I were to win I would like to buy my 87-year old mother a home i…

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Police & Fire
Croton Mother Charged In 6-Year-Old Daughter's Death A No-Show In Court Croton Mother Charged In 6-Year-Old Daughter's Death A No-Show In Court
Croton Mother Charged In 6-Year-Old Daughter's Death A No-Show In Court WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Kathleen Dymes, a Croton-on-Hudson resident, who has been charged in the death of her 6-year-old daughter, Lacey Carr, failed to appear in Westchester County Court for a hearing Tuesday. Peter Tilem, her attorney, said Dymes is currently hospitalized at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital in White Plains and hospital officials would involuntarily commit her if she tried to sign herself out. Barbara Zambelli, the judge presiding over the case, demanded that Dymes' doctor, psychiatrist Sandra Lane, appear in court Thursday to explain her absence. Tilem said Dymes would not be …

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What Would You Do If You Won Powerball $900M Jackpot, Armonk? What Would You Do If You Won Powerball $900M Jackpot, Armonk?
What Would You Do If You Won Powerball $900M Jackpot, Armonk? This story has been updated after the Powerball jackpot rose to $900 million late Saturday morning. What would you do with $900 million? The odds of winning Saturday night's $900 million Powerball jackpot might be 1 in 292 million, but that hasn't stopped people in Westchester and Putnam counties from buying up tickets in hopes of winning the big prize. Westchester Tobacco and Stationery, on Main Street in Ossining, said it had a steady stream of customers buying Powerball tickets on Friday. "Everyone wants a piece of the action," owner Tracy Salciccia, a Cortlandt resident, sai…

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Lifestyle
Show Filmed In Westchester With Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin Premieres Show Filmed In Westchester With Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin Premieres
Show Filmed In Westchester With Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin Premieres PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin's lunch at the Pleasantville Diner is now online for the world to see. Martin's appearance on Seinfeld's show, "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee," premiered here Wednesday night.  The episode was filmed in Pleasantville last September. On the show, the duo crosses the Tappan Zee Bridge from Rockland to Westchester County. Seinfeld cracks jokes about its construction and Martin notes its impact on suicide rates. Their car breaks down on the Saw Mill River Parkway before they arrive in Pleasantville to have lunch at the diner. …

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Police & Fire
Stray Kayak Spurs Concern Amid New Bridge Construction Stray Kayak Spurs Concern Amid New Bridge Construction
Stray Kayak Spurs Concern Amid New Bridge Construction TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Westchester County Police are investigating after construction crews at the New Tappan Zee Bridge spotted a stray kayak in the Hudson River Thursday morning. Kieran O'Leary of the Westchester County Police said they are determining whether someone was out in the river or a kayak simply became unmoored. "We don't have reports from anybody saying that someone went kayaking," O'Leary said. "We are searching but no one has reported a missing person. It's not unusual for stuff to end up in the river."  Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Neighbors
Westchester Resident Celebrates His 106th Birthday Westchester Resident Celebrates His 106th Birthday
Westchester Resident Celebrates His 106th Birthday TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Gunter Lorenz, an Ossining resident, was all smiles Wednesday morning as he celebrated his 106th birthday. A party was thrown for him at the JCC On The Hudson Men's Club in Tarrytown where people wished him happy birthday and birthday cake was served. "I feel I am a lucky guy," Lorenz said. Lorenz was born in Poland in 1910 and moved to New York on June 17, 1940 . He worked as a camera lens specialist and later went into medicine, where he had a practice in the Bronx. Lorenz moved to Scarborough Manor in Ossining in 1977 when he took a job at the Montrose VA.  …

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Politics
Fishkill Supervisor Robert LaColla Highlights Town's Successes Fishkill Supervisor Robert LaColla Highlights Town's Successes
Fishkill Supervisor Robert LaColla Highlights Town's Successes FISHKILL, N.Y . -- After fending off his opponent by a slim margin, Fishkill Supervisor Robert LaColla is committed to keeping Fishkill's deficits and taxes down. LaColla, a Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Ozzy Albra by a mere 13 votes. The supervisor got into politics by initially being a volunteer throughout town, and later joined the Comprehensive Plan Committee and became a member of the planning board. "In that time the town was struggling financially," LaColla said. "I ran for a town board seat and then made a decision to run for supervisor on a pledge to co…

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Police & Fire
Man Charged With Stealing Tip Meant For North Castle Sanitation Department Man Charged With Stealing Tip Meant For North Castle Sanitation Department
Man Charged With Stealing Tip Meant For North Castle Sanitation Department ARMONK, N.Y. -- Robert L. Fay, a 46-year-old Brewster resident, was arrested and charged in Armonk for allegedly stealing money meant for the North Castle Sanitation Department. Police said they received a report from a resident that someone had stolen cash from their property on Thursday, Dec. 24. The resident reported they had left cash in an envelope that was attached to their garbage cans as a holiday tip for sanitation workers, police said. After an investigation, police charged Fay with one count of petit larceny. He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court on Jan…

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Lifestyle
DVlicious Contest Serves Up Tasty Winners Across Westchester DVlicious Contest Serves Up Tasty Winners Across Westchester
DVlicious Contest Serves Up Tasty Winners Across Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- From pizza to sports bars, cocktails to farmers markets, Daily Voice readers showed their fierce loyalty to specific food categories by picking -- and then voting on -- their favorites.  It was all part of our first year of DVlicious contests where readers submitted their top choice contenders. Those were then whittled down to five finalists who were profiled with features before voting ended. Along the way there was lots of good-natured rivalry as many eateries took to Facebook encouraging their customers to cast their ballot and declare them the winner. Here's …

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