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5 Charged With Submitting Fake Letters To Clarkstown Court 5 Charged With Submitting Fake Letters To Clarkstown Court
5 Charged With Submitting Fake Letters To Clarkstown Court ROCKLAND COUNTY, N. Y. -- Five Rockland residents -- four from Ramapo and one from Haverstraw -- are facing felony forgery charges after Rockland County District Attorney's officials found letters stating each person had completed community service were not valid, officials said.Each letter was given to the Clarkstown Justice Court, and indicated that court-ordered community service had been met for each person, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe. In each case, investigators determined letters stating completion were forged, officials said. Maria Pagliaroli, 22, of Weste…

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Schools
Stamford Mentoring Program Wins $10,000 Grant Stamford Mentoring Program Wins $10,000 Grant
Stamford Mentoring Program Wins $10,000 Grant STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Stamford Public Education Foundation received a $10,000 grant from Near & Far Aid for the Stamford Mentoring Program, which serves public school children with extra support.The Southport-based Near & Far Aid is an all-volunteer fundraising and fund granting organization dedicated to eliminating the causes and effects of poverty in Fairfield County.  “We accomplish our mission by finding and funding programs that provide life’s most basic necessities, as well as those seeking to achieve lasting change, as (the) mentoring program does,” said Joan Panagos, preside…

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Politics
Public Can Comment On Pay Raises For Cuomo, Lawmakers Public Can Comment On Pay Raises For Cuomo, Lawmakers
Public Can Comment On Pay Raises For Cuomo, Lawmakers Two of three planned public hearings have been scheduled by the newly formed New York state panel looking into whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo, lawmakers and other state officials should be paid more money, according to a lohud.com report.The new state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation met Monday to start reviewing salaries and gathering information. Public hearings are planned for Thursday, March 10, in New York City and Wednesday, March 23, in Albany, says lohud.com. The last hearing is likely to be held at the end of April, either in Buffalo, Rochester or Syracuse. …

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Police & Fire
State Police Investigate Fatal Route 9 Crash In Cortlandt State Police Investigate Fatal Route 9 Crash In Cortlandt
State Police Investigate Fatal Route 9 Crash In Cortlandt CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- New York State Police say they are investigating what caused a head-on crash on Route 9 in Cortlandt that killed a Kingston man and injured a Poughkeepsie woman on Friday.Police say they got the call about 6 p.m. Friday. A 1995 Honda driven by Manual Collaguazo, 46, of Kingston, was traveling north on Route 9 when it crossed into the southbound lane and struck a 2010 Mercedes-Benz driven by Patricia Jackson, 55, of Poughkeepsie, police said. Collaguazo was pronounced dead at the scene, and Jackson was taken to Westchester Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, p…

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Police & Fire
Man Charged With Second DWI After Route 9 Stop Man Charged With Second DWI After Route 9 Stop
Man Charged With Second DWI After Route 9 Stop FISHKILL, N. Y. -- A 54-year-old Poughquag man is facing an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge after New York State Police stopped his car on Route 9 in Fishkill and discovered his license was revoked from a previous DWI charge, police said. Jeremy K. Schokman is charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed driving and driving while intoxicated, both Class E felonies, police said. Troopers stopped his car Saturday for speeding and swerving while driving on Route 9, police said. A police investigation showed his license had been revoked because of a prior DWI arrest, police said.…

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Police & Fire
Pelham Neighborhood Alarmed By Violent Home Invasion Pelham Neighborhood Alarmed By Violent Home Invasion
Pelham Neighborhood Alarmed By Violent Home Invasion PELHAM, N. Y. -- Pelham residents are on the alert after a violent home invasion Sunday left two people injured, and the suspects still on the loose, according to News 12 Westchester. Police say they don't believe this was a random act. Witnesses told police that around 5 p.m. they saw three men with grey hooded sweatshirts enter the building along Fifth Avenue, News 12  The men reportedly pistol-whipped the 24-year-old man, who had to be hospitalized. The woman in the apartment was hit in the head but not seriously injured, News 12 reported. Click here to read the News 12 report.

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New Canaan Man Charged Following Police Probe Of Underage Party New Canaan Man Charged Following Police Probe Of Underage Party
New Canaan Man Charged Following Police Probe Of Underage Party NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- A 19-year-old New Canaan man is facing drug and interference with police charges following a police investigation into an underage drinking party in New Canaan on New Year's Eve, the New Canaan Advertiser reports. Carson Armstrong, of Valley Road, was charged with possession of narcotics (cocaine) and interference with police after officials investigated a party at 7 Wellesley Drive on Dec. 31, 2015, according to the New Canaan Advertiser. Police said they were called to the home where they discovered a large group of young people along with cocaine, marijuana and alcoho…

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Suspect Sought In Stabbing Of Two Yonkers Teens Suspect Sought In Stabbing Of Two Yonkers Teens
Suspect Sought In Stabbing Of Two Yonkers Teens YONKERS, N. Y. -- Police are telling Yonkers residents to be on the lookout for an "armed criminal" after an altercation on the street left two teenagers injured with stab wounds, according to News 12.Both 17-year-old male victims had to be hospitalized for their injuries. The violent fight broke out at around 7 p.m. Saturday along Halstead Avenue, News 12 reports. Click here to see the News 12 report.

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News
Mamaroneck Officials Air Proposed Puppy Mill Ban Mamaroneck Officials Air Proposed Puppy Mill Ban
Mamaroneck Officials Air Proposed Puppy Mill Ban MAMARONECK, N. Y. -- Mamaroneck officials are holding a public hearing Monday night to gather feedback on the proposed regulations on village pet shops that, if approved, could be the first local ordinance banning the use of puppy mills in the state, according to lohud.com.The proposed law would require pet shops in Mamaroneck to only sell dogs and cats from rescue shelters or rescue groups, rather than commercially bred animals. But since there is some debate on whether this potentially precedent-setting regulation could stand up in court, some officials want to take deliberations slowly,say…

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News
Westchester DA Probes Peekskill Agency Grants Westchester DA Probes Peekskill Agency Grants
Westchester DA Probes Peekskill Agency Grants PEEKSKILL, N. Y. -- The Westchester County District Attorney's office is looking into a $15,000 grant from Peekskill-based Preservation Co. to a city official as other city officials grapple with whether they should continue to support the housing assistance agency, according to a lohud.com report.The lohud.com report is pointing to the fact that about half of a $75,000 state grant was awarded a combination of current and former Peekskill officials, along with an employee of Hudson River HealthCare, which helped found Preservation.  Meanwhile, the District Attorney's Office is looking at a $…

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