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Water Restored To Downtown Peekskill After 13-Hour Repair Water Restored To Downtown Peekskill After 13-Hour Repair
Water Restored To Downtown Peekskill After 13-Hour Repair PEEKSKILL, N. Y. -- Water service has been restored in downtown Peekskill following a water main break and repair that became more complicated when crews hit a gas line while trying to fix water service near the North Division Street and Central Avenue intersection, according to News 12 Westchester.Authorities said no flooding was reported, and there was no danger to the area from the gas line accident, but water was off to the area for at least 13 hours, News 12 Westchester reported Officials said the cause of the water main break likely was caused by age, while the gas line was incorrectly…

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Police & Fire
Ridgefield Police Arrest Sex Assault Fugitive After Complaint On Solicitors Ridgefield Police Arrest Sex Assault Fugitive After Complaint On Solicitors
Ridgefield Police Arrest Sex Assault Fugitive After Complaint On Solicitors RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- A 23-year-old Minnesota man wanted on a sexual-assault charge is back in custody after Ridgefield police found him trying to sell magazines door-to-door in the Turner Road and Ridgebury Road area, according to The Ridgefield Press. Piotr Wasienski was held on $100,000 on June 23 pending a court appearance after police got a complaint about two men peddling in the area, The Ridgefield Press says. Police learned Wasienski was facing a sexual assault charge involving a minor while checking identification, The Ridgefield Press reports. The other man was released with a war…

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Sports
Longtime Assistant Takes Over As Arlington HS Football Coach Longtime Assistant Takes Over As Arlington HS Football Coach
Longtime Assistant Takes Over As Arlington HS Football Coach It is the dawn of a new era for Arlington High School varsity football as interim coach and longtime assistant Michael Morano is poised to take over as head coach, according to multiple reports.Players responded with cheers to the news, though it is still pending approval by the school board, The Poughkeepsie Journal reports. Morano, an English teacher at the school, has worked for 15 years assisting Dominick DeMatteo, who left to take over the football program at Nyack High School. For more on DeMatteo's departure, check this previous Daily Voice report. Morano said he doesn't plan to make…

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Events
Westchester Walk To Defeat ALS Raises Close to $200,000 Westchester Walk To Defeat ALS Raises Close to $200,000
Westchester Walk To Defeat ALS Raises Close to $200,000 PURCHASE, N. Y. -- More than 50 teams took on the 2-mile Walk to Defeat ALS on Sunday, June 26, at Manhattanville College in Purchase to raise close to the $200,000 goal for the 14th annual fundraising event.Prior to the walk, 81 percent of that goal had been collected, and more donations are coming in. The annual walk benefits the Greater New York Chapter of ALS Association, an organization helping to fund research and support people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. The nearly 100-member Win The Fight team was the top team, bringi…

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Police & Fire
Yonkers Man Attacked By Man With Machete In Connecticut Yonkers Man Attacked By Man With Machete In Connecticut
Yonkers Man Attacked By Man With Machete In Connecticut A 34-year-old Yonkers man is recovering from being slashed by a machete in Waterbury, Conn., as police are searching for the suspect responsible in Saturday's attack, according to Waterbury-based Republican-American.Police said Christopher McGorman was walking on Willow Street when a man attacked with a stick and machete from a car. The victim had to have two fingers partially amputated on his right hand, and also had various bruises on his back and shoulders, the Republican-American says. The man fled in a black Honda or Acura, the Republican-American reports. Click here to see the Republi…

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Events
Atria Briarcliff Manor Residents Visit West Point Atria Briarcliff Manor Residents Visit West Point
Atria Briarcliff Manor Residents Visit West Point WEST POINT, N. Y. -- A group of residents from Atria Briarcliff Manor were able to get a look at some of the special places at the U.S. Army's military training academy during a recent visit to West Point.Residents of Atria, an assisted living facility, were able to look inside the Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point along with buildings and athletic fields of the campus, which is locaed along the Hudson River just north of New York City. 

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Police & Fire
Convicted Westchester Killer Back Behind Bars Convicted Westchester Killer Back Behind Bars
Convicted Westchester Killer Back Behind Bars Terry Losicco, a native of Stony Point who was recently released after serving nearly 36 years in prison for the 1980 murder of 67-year-old Eleanor Prouty of Somers, is back behind bars and facing charges of violating parole curfew and relationship conditions, according to lohud.com. Following a May 20 arrest, he's being held in Rockland County Jail awaiting transfer to state prison. Losicco, 52, is back in custody just a few months after his release from Fishkill Correctional Facility, lohud.com reports. Prouty's family has called him a "walking threat" and a "psychopath.&qu…

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Politics
Unsuccessful Poughkeepsie School Board Candidate Questions Results Unsuccessful Poughkeepsie School Board Candidate Questions Results
Unsuccessful Poughkeepsie School Board Candidate Questions Results POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. -- Controversy continues over the May 17 election for the Poughkeepsie City School District board seat after one of the losing candidates filed a challenge about how absentee ballots were counted, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.Lance Hardy, who ran in a four-way race for the one open board seat, is contending that absentee ballots were used illegally, affecting the overall results. Hardy lost to Randy Johnson by 53 votes, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. Meanwhile, a private investigator is questioning whether Hardy lives in the city of Poughkeepsie, as required t…

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Events
Mount Vernon Rally Calls For End To Gun Violence Mount Vernon Rally Calls For End To Gun Violence
Mount Vernon Rally Calls For End To Gun Violence MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Mayor Richard Thomas joined dozens of people Saturday who rallied in Mount Vernon to call for better gun-control laws in the wake of deadly shootings in Orlando, Fla., and closer to home, according to a News 12 report.Carrying signs calling for a stop to the violence, marchers are asking leaders to do more to curb shootings. "Stop the shooting; stop the guns," protesters chanted, News 12 says.  Click here to see the News 12 report.

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Police & Fire
Yorktown Resident Charged With Driving Without Interlock Device Yorktown Resident Charged With Driving Without Interlock Device
Yorktown Resident Charged With Driving Without Interlock Device YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N. Y. -- A 25-year-old Yorktown man is facing criminal charges after police say he was operating a car in Yorktown without using an interlock device as his restricted license requires, police said.Carlos M. Aldana is charged with aggravated second-degree unlicensed operation and operating a car without an interlock device, both misdemeanors, police said. He was released on $200 bail pending a 6 p.m. July 21 court date in Yorktown, police said. Police said they got a call at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday about a domestic incident inside a car on Anna Court.  After an investigatio…

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