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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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Domestic Violence Services Comes To Northern Westchester Domestic Violence Services Comes To Northern Westchester
Domestic Violence Services Comes To Northern Westchester SOMERS, N.Y. -- The Town of Somers is teaming up with other Northern Westchester communities to help victims of domestic violence. The Somers Town Board voted unanimously to spend $5,000 a year for a facility for victims of domestic service. Pound Ridge, North Salem, Lewisboro, and Bedford are also part of the initiative which was approved at the Sept. 7 meeting. The state Office of Prevention of Domestic Violence recently awarded the Westchester County Office For Women a $200,000 Risk Reduction Enhanced Response grant to cover two years of funding for the facility.

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Peekskill Native Pataki Looks Back On Sept. 11 Peekskill Native Pataki Looks Back On Sept. 11
Peekskill Native Pataki Looks Back On Sept. 11 Former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Peekskill native who now lives in Garrison, said Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 attacks was a "portrait of horror."Pataki, a Peekskill native who was governor on Sept. 11, shared his memories on AM970 in an interview with John Catsimatidis Sunday. “If you think of the worst scene you could see in a horror picture — lower Manhattan was like that," Pataki said. "Amid the rubble, there were still fires burning and smoke everywhere. The air was full of shredded paper from the Hudson to the East River, and it was so thick you could taste i…

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Events
Worldwide Community First Responder Honoring Five At Annual Gala Worldwide Community First Responder Honoring Five At Annual Gala
Worldwide Community First Responder Honoring Five At Annual Gala NYACK, N.Y. -- Fidelis Care and Rockland Bakery are two of the five honorees at this year's Worldwide Community First Responder sixth anniversary celebration and fundraising gala. The gala is being held on Saturday, Sept. 30 at The Time Nyack at 400 High Ave. from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Other honorees are Sciencia Torchon, a nurse, Dr. Mario Nelson and WomenHeart. Mike Snow, senior director for global safety at Bunge Limited will be the keynote speaker while News 12 meteorologist Brysen Van Eck will be the MC.  Fidelis Care, which serves one in every 13 New Yorkers, has been a sponsor of Worldw…

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Ossining Food Pantry Hosting Annual Gala Ossining Food Pantry Hosting Annual Gala
Ossining Food Pantry Hosting Annual Gala OSSINING, N.Y. -- For 29 years, the Ossining Food Pantry has helped feed people in need. The food pantry is hosting the 29th annual celebration on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Briarcliff Manor at 25 Studio Hill Road in Briarcliff. Proceeds from the event, which costs $60 per person, will go toward purchasing food to feed the needy in Ossining. The Ossining Food Pantry is a 100 percent volunteer run organization with no paid staff, relying on volunteers and donations from the community.  The food pantry serves a large cross-section of residents from the Greater Ossining area distrib…

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Obituaries
Edward Delaney, 93, Yorktown Heights Native, World War II Veteran Edward Delaney, 93, Yorktown Heights Native, World War II Veteran
Edward Delaney, 93, Yorktown Heights Native, World War II Veteran YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. --  Edward “Ed” J. Delaney passed peacefully at the age of 93 on Aug. 23 at his home in California.  He is predeceased by his parents Edward J. Delaney and Marie Josephine Leary in Boston, MA., his first wife, Marie Rose Dever and his grandson, Craig Edward Delaney. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II aboard the Landing Ship Tank 170 in the Pacific. He saw combat action aboard the LST in a number of naval battles and landings in the South Pacific from 1942-1945.  After the war, Ed married his neighborhood sweetheart, Marie Rose Dever, and had 2 sons, Ed…

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Schools
Hastings Welcomes New Teachers Hastings Welcomes New Teachers
Hastings Welcomes New Teachers HASTINGS, N.Y. -- The Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District is getting some new blood. The school district announced its new teachers for the 2017-2018 school year. The high school is adding six new teachers. Farragut Middle School is adding three teachers, while Hillside Elementary School is adding 11 teachers, including John Dekams as assistant principal.  Tesfa Stewart is the new district-wide Assistant Director of Special Education.

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Business
Ramapo Makes Pitch To Amazon For New HQ Ramapo Makes Pitch To Amazon For New HQ
Ramapo Makes Pitch To Amazon For New HQ ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Town of Ramapo is hoping to be the home of Amazon's new headquarters.Supervisor Yitzchok Ullman wrote a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos expressing his interest in having Amazon come to Ramapo. The new headquarters could bring 50,000 new jobs to Ramapo over the next two decades, Ullman said. Ullman suggested Amazon could open its headquarters at the site formerly occupied by Novartis Pharmaceuticals and the Tilcon Quarry. The site is 220-acres. "I am convinced that Ramapo is the ideal location for Amazon," Ullman wrote in his letter. "If you are looking f…

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Police & Fire
Man Who Filed False Tax Returns Drives Drunk, Yorktown Police Say Man Who Filed False Tax Returns Drives Drunk, Yorktown Police Say
Man Who Filed False Tax Returns Drives Drunk, Yorktown Police Say A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged with DWI on Route 6 in Northern Westchester Saturday. Jason Pastore, 36, of Yonkers was charged after an officer noticed a black Jeep traveling westbound on Route 6 in Yorktown failed to exercise due care while traveling by an officer, police said. After the vehicle was stopped, an investigation revealed Pastore was intoxicated, police said. He also refused a prescreening breath test, police said. Pastore was transported to police headquarters and was released on $100 bail. He is due back in court on Sept. 21. In 2015, Pastore was sentenced to 12…

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Schools
Suffern High School Welcomes New School Resource Officer Suffern High School Welcomes New School Resource Officer
Suffern High School Welcomes New School Resource Officer SUFFERN, N.Y. -- A Suffern High School graduate is coming home. Danny Lynch, who graduated from Suffern High School in 2001, is the new school resource officer. Lynch has served as a Ramapo police officer for 10 years and previously served in the NYPD for one year. Lynch is replacing Tommy Donnelly, who retired after 17 years as school resource officer. 

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Politics
Peekskill Parties Battle Over Assemblyman's Support Peekskill Parties Battle Over Assemblyman's Support
Peekskill Parties Battle Over Assemblyman's Support PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Peekskill Democrats are crying foul after a Common Council candidate running on the Republican ticket said he was endorsed by a Democratic assemblyman. On a Sept. 1 Facebook post, Peekskill United posted a letter Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez (D-East Harlem) sent expressing his support for candidate Luis Segarra. Segarra is running on the Republican and the Conservative lines and in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary.  "I would like to extend my support to Mr. Luis Segarra for candidate for Councilmember for the City of Peekskill," Rodriguez wrote in a letter. &…

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