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Police & Fire
Mount Vernon Officials Blame Sewer Backup For Fire Station Illness Mount Vernon Officials Blame Sewer Backup For Fire Station Illness
Mount Vernon Officials Blame Sewer Backup For Fire Station Illness MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. -- Mount Vernon officials said a sewer backup in the basement of the city's fire station may be to blame for making several firefighters sick Monday night, according to News 12.Six firefighters were taken to the hospital Monday night, then treated and released. All firefighters were then assigned to a nearby station to air out the station and fix the pipes, News 12 reports. Click here to read the News 12 story.

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Politics
State Assembly Passes Paid Leave After Governor's Push State Assembly Passes Paid Leave After Governor's Push
State Assembly Passes Paid Leave After Governor's Push Gov. Andrew Cuomo's high-profile push for 12-week paid family leave, which featured Vice President Joe Biden and others, led the way for the state Assembly to pass paid family leave proposal that's now on its way to the state Senate. The Assembly passed a plan Tuesday to have workers contribute to a 12-week leave to care for a new child or a sick loved one, according to Syracuse.com. It follows Cuomo's public Strong Families, Strong New York event where he was joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts, and many federal, state and local le…

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Police & Fire
Trumbull Town Clerk, Husband Injured In Car Crash Trumbull Town Clerk, Husband Injured In Car Crash
Trumbull Town Clerk, Husband Injured In Car Crash Updated, 12 p.m. TRUMBULL, Conn. -- The two people injured in a car crash in Trumbull Wednesday night were Town Clerk Suzanne Barr Monaco and her husband, Domenic, according to the Trumbull Times. In an email to town employees, First Selectman Tim Herbst said that the couple were rushed to the hospital where they were treated for their injuries following the accident on Church Hill Road, the Trumbull Times reported. The two were reportedly awake and alert, though Herbst said in his email that they would face a long road to recovery, the Trumbull Times reported. Click here to read the story i…

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News
State Approves $4.5M Low Interest Loan For Brookfield Village State Approves $4.5M Low Interest Loan For Brookfield Village
State Approves $4.5M Low Interest Loan For Brookfield Village BROOKFIELD, Conn. — A state funding package aimed at affordable housing includes a $4.5 million low-interest loan to Brookfield Village.Plans for the development in Brookfield include 48 affordable-housing units. Gov. Dannel Malloy announced the approval last Friday. The entire $78 million housing investment involves projects across the state to create more affordable housing and generate economic growth.  Malloy's plan was approved by the State Bond Commission last week. A big part of the spending package is a statewide $17.1 million to advance Connecticut's goals to end homelessness, as…

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News
Experts, Parents Gather In Cortandt To Discuss Teen Drug Use Experts, Parents Gather In Cortandt To Discuss Teen Drug Use
Experts, Parents Gather In Cortandt To Discuss Teen Drug Use CORTLANDT, N. Y. -- Adolescents are at greatest risk of drug addiction that can escalate from painkiller use to fight stress, a drug treatment professional told an audience of about 50 people Tuesday at a community forum at Walter Panas High School, according to lohud.comThe forum featured a group of experts in drug addiction and parents who have lost their children to drug addiction. One of those experts, John Slotwinski, director of clinical services at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, said drugs, particularly opioid painkillers like heroin, are attractive to young people dealing w…

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Police & Fire
Stamford Man Facing Drug Charges After Family Turns Him In Stamford Man Facing Drug Charges After Family Turns Him In
Stamford Man Facing Drug Charges After Family Turns Him In STAMFORD, CONN. -- A 20-year-old Stamford man was facing drug charges after a family member told police he kept marijuana and a handgun under his bed, the Stamford Advocate reports. DeMonte Ruffin was held on $2,500 bond on charges of possession of marijuana and operating a drug factory, police told the Advocate. Officers found about 10 grams of marijuana, a scale, bags and a loaded Glock semiautomatic pistol in his West Side home, the Stamford Advocate says. Click here to read the article at the Stamford Advocate website.

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Stamford Woman Charged In Slashing Attack Of Another Woman Stamford Woman Charged In Slashing Attack Of Another Woman
Stamford Woman Charged In Slashing Attack Of Another Woman STAMFORD, CONN. -- Stamford police say they don't know what led to a slashing attack Sunday in Stamford that left one woman with cuts on her body and another woman facing an assault charge, the Stamford Advocate reports.Briana Palmer, 22, of Stamford, is being held on $50,000 bond on first-degree assault, police told the Stamford Advocate. Police were led to Palmer by a 21-year-old female victim, who said she was in the parking lot along Atlantic Avenue early Sunday morning when the Palmer attacked her, the Stamford Advocate reported. Police said the victim was cut with a knife or a razor bl…

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Schools
Mayor Spano Asks State For Cash To Improve Yonkers Schools Mayor Spano Asks State For Cash To Improve Yonkers Schools
Mayor Spano Asks State For Cash To Improve Yonkers Schools YONKERS, N. Y. -- Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano kicked off a campaign Monday for state funding to build new schools and to rebuild deteriorating public schools in Yonkers, News 12 Westchester reports.Many public schools, such as Gorton High School, are falling apart while enrollment increases, Spano said. His initial plan includes building three new schools, News 12 Westchester says. Click here for the full News 12 report. Click here for more on the school proposal from the mayor's office.

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News
Mount Vernon Mayor Says There's A Good Reason Delay In Payments Mount Vernon Mayor Says There's A Good Reason Delay In Payments
Mount Vernon Mayor Says There's A Good Reason Delay In Payments MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. -- Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas said doing his homework on city finances is the reason for his delay in signing payments to city vendors, News 12 Westchester reports. Thomas was responding to criticism from Comptroller Maureen Walker, who said he's putting health-care benefits for city workers at risk by allowing city checks to pile up waiting for his signature.  Thomas, in turn, criticized her for having City Council President Marcus Griffith sign millions of dollars of checks, News 12 Westchester reports. Walker insists those checks had to be signed or health ben…

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Events
Former Prison Official Talks About Reform In Rhinebeck Former Prison Official Talks About Reform In Rhinebeck
Former Prison Official Talks About Reform In Rhinebeck RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Focusing on the shared humanity of inmates and staff alike allowed David L. Miller, former superintendent of the Eastern New York Correctional Facility in Napanoch who will speak in Rhinebeck this month, to help transform the lives of those incarcerated in the maximum security prison.Miller, author of self-published "Punishment Enough," plans to talk about his ideas for reform of the criminal justice system at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Oblong Books and Music, 6422 Montgomery St. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Send an em…

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