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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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Politics
Westchester's Donald Trump Vows To Build Wall At GOP Debate Westchester's Donald Trump Vows To Build Wall At GOP Debate
Westchester's Donald Trump Vows To Build Wall At GOP Debate WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Donald Trump, who has a residence in Bedford, said he would reduce taxes and build a wall at Wednesday's GOP presidential debate in Colorado. Trump said he would reduce tax rates and corporate taxes and bring $2 trillion back into the county. He also continued to vow to build a wall at the border to keep illegal immigrants out. Mexico would pay for the wall, Trump said. "It would have a big fat beautiful door," Trump said. "I love the Mexican people and I respect Mexico's leaders. Their smarter and more cunning than our leaders. A politician cannot…

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Westchester's Donald Trump, George Pataki Compete In GOP Debates Westchester's Donald Trump, George Pataki Compete In GOP Debates
Westchester's Donald Trump, George Pataki Compete In GOP Debates WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Donald Trump and former New York Gov. George Pataki will be hoping to reverse their campaigns fortunes at Wednesday's GOP presidential debates. The undercard debate featuring Pataki, who previously served as mayor of Peekskill and now lives in Garrison, is at 6 p.m. on CNBC. The main debate featuring Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford, starts at 8 p.m. on CNBC. Trump has seen his frontrunner status dissipate in recent days with polls showing him falling behind Dr. Ben Carson in Iowa and nationally.  At a campaign event in Iowa Tuesday, the New York Times noted…

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Politics
Cortlandt Residents Vie For Seats On Town Board Cortlandt Residents Vie For Seats On Town Board
Cortlandt Residents Vie For Seats On Town Board CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Two seats on the Cortlandt Town Board are up for grabs on Election Day. Incumbent Democrats Francis Farrell and Richard Becker are being opposed by Republicans Lisa Marie Birdsall and Martin Mastromonaco.  Supervisor Linda Puglisi, a Democrat, is running unopposed. Becker is running for a third term. Becker, who serves as Vice-President Physician Administrator at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, was previously a cardiologist at Hudson Valley Hospital Center for 20 years. "We are working to keep taxes low," Becker said. "We have the best record o…

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Croton Democrats Battle Croton United In Village Elections Croton Democrats Battle Croton United In Village Elections
Croton Democrats Battle Croton United In Village Elections CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- The Croton Democrats will be facing off against Croton United in this year's elections for mayor and seats on the village board. Mayor Leo Wiegman, a Democrat, is running for re-election against Croton United's Greg Schmidt, a former mayor. Wiegman is joined by incumbents Andrew Levitt and Maria Slippen. Schmidt's slate includes Bob Anderson and Ken Walsh, who are running for the village board. Wiegman has been mayor since 2009 and said he said he has been committed to holding the line on taxes without reducing services and maintaining infrastructure.  "I wa…

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Yorktowners Head To The Polls After Contentious Campaign Yorktowners Head To The Polls After Contentious Campaign
Yorktowners Head To The Polls After Contentious Campaign YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- The knockdown drag-out election campaign in Yorktown will be finally settled on Election Day. Supervisor Michael Grace, a Republican, is facing off against Councilman Vishnu Patel for Town Supervisor, a Democrat. Grace's slate includes incumbent Tom Diana and Edward Lachterman. Patel is joined by incumbent Susan Siegel and Ilan Gilbert, who previously served as town justice. Republican Mary Capoccia faces Democrat Diana Quast for town clerk, replacing longtime town clerk Alice Roker. In October, Republicans charged Democrats with using a FOIL request to obtain the emails…

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Police & Fire
Pleasantville Police Extract Person From Vehicle Pleasantville Police Extract Person From Vehicle
Pleasantville Police Extract Person From Vehicle PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pleasantville Police and other first responders helped extract an unidentified person from a car following an accident at Manville Road and Grandview Avenue Monday afternoon. The person sustained injuries in the accident, police said. Thecgender of the person has been released. Check back to Daily Voice later for more updates. 

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News
Impact Of Sandy Still Felt Three Years Later Impact Of Sandy Still Felt Three Years Later
Impact Of Sandy Still Felt Three Years Later LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. -- Oct. 29 will be the three-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy making landfall in the Lower Hudson area. Homes were destroyed, power was out for weeks and waiting in line for gas for more than an hour became the norm. Three people died in Westchester, two of them children. Sandy, the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history, lasted from Oct. 22 to Oct. 31 in 2012. "We're still out there in the Rockaways," Jim Killoran of Habitat for Humanity, said. "We've become disaster experts." Since Sandy, Killoran said he is concerned about people in…

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Politics
Catalina, Martin Face Off In Peekskill Mayoral Race Catalina, Martin Face Off In Peekskill Mayoral Race
Catalina, Martin Face Off In Peekskill Mayoral Race PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Residents of Peekskill will be deciding on the makeup of the Common Council on Election Day. Republican Frank Catalina is running for a second term against incumbent Democrat Ken Martin.  Joining Catalina on his slate are Brendon Fitzgerald, Tina Fischer and Herbert Reyes, who are running for Common Council. Martin's slate includes incumbents Kathleen Talbot and Vivian McKenzie, along with Andre Rainey, all running for Common Council.  Catalina said the city is turning in the right direction financially since he took office.  "In the six years prior to me taking o…

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Police & Fire
Missing Westchester Man Found Missing Westchester Man Found
Missing Westchester Man Found This story has been updated. PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Peekskill Police announced Thursday night that Robert Reynolds, a 65-year-old Peekskill resident who went missing Thursday has been found. Police said he had been located safe. Police did not say where he was found. Reynolds went missing from the Westledge Nursing Home at 2000 Main St. at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

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Lifestyle
Send Us Your Halloween Photos, Westchester Send Us Your Halloween Photos, Westchester
Send Us Your Halloween Photos, Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- We want to see our readers wearing their Halloween costumes. We want any and all "scary" items - you in a Halloween costume, your kids in Halloween costumes, any great baking ideas, "creepy" makeup or nicely carved jack-o-lanterns, plus any haunted houses you see in your neighborhood.  Send photos to Sam Barron at sbarron@dailyvoice.com 

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