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Award-Winning Author, Playwright Larry Kramer Visits Vassar POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Larry Kramer, a well-known author, playwright and gay rights advocate, will speak about his new book, "The American People," among other things, during a free event Wednesday at Vassar College. The talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Martel Theater of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film. Kramer also will answer questions from the audience and sign copies of his book, which will be available for purchase. Kramer wrote the Academy Award-nominated screenplay adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "Women in Love" then published his bestselling novel, "…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/27/2015

News

Woman Seriously Injured When Her Car Falls Onto Yonkers Construction Site YONKERS, N. Y. -- A woman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after her car fell more than 30 feet into a construction site in Yonkers, according to Westchester News 12.None of the construction workers were injured, police said. But the driver was trapped inside her car when it flipped onto its roof, Westchester News 12 said. Police said the driver lost control of the car after leaving the garage at 1085 Warburton Ave., Westchester News 12 reported. Police are investigating. Click here to read the full article.

by Amy Maciaszek

10/27/2015

Police & Fire

Homeless Man Charged With Failure To Appear In Yorktown Court YORKTOWN, N. Y. -- A 24-year-old homeless man is facing further charges after failing to appear in court earlier this month on a Yorktown marijuana possession charge, police said.David P. Jimenez was stopped by Peekskill police Oct. 17 for an unrelated investigation, and Yorktown police were later notified, police said. A bench warrant had been issued out of Yorktown Oct. 6 after Jimenez failed to appear in court to answer for unlawful possession of marijuana, police said. Jimenez appeared in Yorktown Justice Court after the arrest, and he was released with a Wednesday court date, police sai…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/27/2015

News

Worker Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Poughkeepsie POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. -- A team of rescuers saved a construction worker from further injury after a trench collapsed around him Friday in Poughkeepsie, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.The unidentified worker was doing underground septic system work on Van Wagner Road when the trench gave way and buried him up to his waist, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. Specially trained emergency workers from Arlington, Poughkeepsie and LaGrange fire departments spent about an hour stabilizing the trench before bringing the worker out. A private contractor, the worker suffered minor injuries in th…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/27/2015

Police & Fire

Carmel Man Faces More Charges After Fleeing Putnam Sheriff PUTNAM COUNTY, N. Y. -- A Carmel man, who had been out on parole, is back behind bars facing more felony drug charges after escaping police during a routine traffic stop in Carmel last week, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said. Larry J. James, 38, is charged with felony third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance; felony third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; felony first-degree reckless endangerment; reckless riving, a misdemeanor; and numerous vehicle and traffic violations. He's being held without bail at the Putnam County Correctional Facility, police sa…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/27/2015

Schools

School Board's Renaming Of Columbus Day Draws Ire In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The head of the Bridgeport Public School board is promising to revisit the board's recent decision to change the name of Columbus Day after two former mayors and dozens of Italian-Americans spoke out against the change, ctpost reported. At a school board meeting Monday, board Chairman David Hennessey said he's gotten many comments both in favor and opposed to changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, the story said. Hennessey was one of three board members absent from the Oct. 13 meeting when the controversial decision was made, ctpost said. Click here to read th…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/27/2015

Police & Fire

New York State Police Say Lodi Man Broke Into N.Y. House LODI, N.J. -- A Lodi man is facing charges after he was arrested early Sunday breaking into a Chicester, N.Y. house, according to NJ.com.Kevin J. Tryanowski, 37, was arrested outside the home at about 1 a.m. Sunday by New York state troopers, the story said. He'd used a ladder to gain access to a second-floor bedroom window, NJ.com said. The couple living in the home were there, and the man fought with Tryanowski before he fled the home. No one was injured, NJ.com said. Click here to read the full story.

by Amy Maciaszek

10/26/2015

Schools

Head Of Bridgeport Diocese's Schools Leaving For Post In Hartford BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Sister Mary Grace Walsh, a former school principal and current head of the Bridgeport Diocese school system, will leave her post at the end of the year to take a new position.On Jan. 1, she will become the new provost for education, evangelization and catechesis of the Archdiocese of Hartford. The announcement was made Thursday by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of the Archdiocese of Hartford, and Bridgeport Bishop Frank J. Caggiano. Caggiano, whose diocese takes in all of Fairfield County, said they would miss Walsh's leadership, but noted that she would be returning to t…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/25/2015

Police & Fire

Victim In September Stabbing Dies; Ruled Bridgeport's 15th Homicide Of Year BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The victim in a Sept. 1 stabbing in Bridgeport died of complications of his injuries on Thursday, Oct. 22, making him the city's 15th homicide of the year, police said. Police are actively investigating the death. Erick Lopez, 32, of Bridgeport, died at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday as a result of complications from stab wound to the chest, police said. Police are looking to talk to anyone who has information about the Sept. 1 incident. At about 10 p.m. that night, police were flagged down to the area of Fairfield Avenue near Howard Avenue. They found Lopez unresponsive wit…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/24/2015

Neighbors

Literacy Group Awards Grant To Westchester Child Care Agency SCARSDALE, N. Y. -- The Child Care Council of Westchester, a nonprofit child care and education agency, has a $2,500 grant to expand its early literacy programs.Officials announced recently that they received the first-time grant from People's United Community Foundation to support the agency's early literacy family book bag program, which provides child care centers and family child care providers with bags of books to lend to children for family reading. The Westchester council was recognized, along with 17 other local grant recipients, at a recent breakfast event hosted by the foundation…

by Amy Maciaszek

10/23/2015

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