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Westchester Football HOF Welcomes Incoming President At Golden Dozen Dinner

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Daily Voice talks to Westchester chapter incoming President Louis Leone.

RYE, N.Y. - The Westchester chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame honored its 'Golden Dozen' Thursday evening, recognizing area football players who were top scholar/athletes at a dinner at the Westchester Country Club in Rye.

The Westchester chapter of the HOF also welcomed...


Westchester Music Teacher's Death After Being Hit By Car Tops Week’s News

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Hercules Faranda is being remembered for helping thousands of kids learn music

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Northern Westchester County.Admired Pleasantville musician/teacher Hercules Faranda, 90, was killed last Sunday when he was hit by a car outside of his Washington Avenue home.Several Westchester County Elementary Sch...

Erratic Driving Complaint Results In Taconic Felony DWI Charge

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Joseph M. Beach

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- A Carmel man was arrested Wednesday after troopers found that he was drunk during a traffic stop on the Taconic State Parkway, according to New York State Police.

Joseph M. Beach, who was found to have been convicted of driving while intoxicated within the past 10 years, is...

Westchester Estate Owner Donald Trump Leaves Long Trail Of Twitter Targets

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Donald Trump's Twitter tirades have become legendary.

Presidential candidate Bedford estate owner Donald Trump is a master at tapping out 140 characters of insults about almost everyone, from former Peekskill Mayor George Pataki of Garrison, to more obvious targets like Presidential Democratic forerunner Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua.

The New York Ti...

Yorktown Will See Temperatures Soar Into The 50s This Week

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Rain is likely next week, but as temperatures are expected to reach the 40's and 50's, soaring to the mid 50s on Wednesday.

After last weekend’s mega-storm and frigid temperatures, it might be comforting to know that forecasters are predicting milder weather for next week.

The warming trend starts Sunday as temperatures will approach 46 to 48 degrees under party cloudy skies. Temperatures will fall to around 35 Sunday ...

FERC Ruling Allows Algonquin Pipeline Project To Move Forward

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A ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will allow the Algonquin Pipeline project to move forward.

CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Despite outcries from many in the community, the Algonquin natural pipeline expansion will go forward, thanks to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling rejecting opponents’ efforts to reassess approval of the project, according to a report in lohud.com.

Opponents are conc...

New York Offering Free Tax Assistance at 85 Sites Across State

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New York is offering free tax assistance to those residents earning $62,000 or less.

With tax season under way, Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to Twitter recently to remind those New York residents who qualify to take advantage of the state's 85 free tax assistance sites.

The sites, part of a program begun in 2014, will offer 1,200 free tax sessions this year, a 600 percent increase over ...

Lakeland School Officials, Senator Discuss Budget In Yorktown

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From left, Superintendent George Stone, Board of Education Trustee Denise Kness, Board of Education President Carol Ann Dobson, Sen. Terrence Murphy and Brian Fessler of the New York State School Boards Association.

YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Members of the Lakeland school district's Advocacy Outreach Committee met with state Sen. Terrence Murphy in Yorktown to discuss the current state budget proposals and other issues affecting education and the district. 

The meeting took place Thursday.


First Substance Abuse Disorder Clubhouses For Teens Coming To New York

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Arlene González-Sánchez, Commissioner of New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today more than $1.6 million in annual funding to create the first-of-their-kind adolescent substance use disorder clubhouses in seven regions across the state. 

These community-based clubhouses will promote peer-driven supports and services in a non-clinical set...

New York Ranks Among Worst States To Retire

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Kayaks at the shoreline of the Hudson River in Tarrytown. New York is ranked as one of the worst states to retire because of affordability, but the state ranks rather high in terms of quality of life.

It'll come as no surprise to those living there, but New York ranks as one of the worst states for retirement because many people of retirement age cannot afford to live there, according to wallethub.com.

Wallethub, a website calling itself "The Web's Best Personal Finance Resource," ranked the 50...

Football 'Golden Dozen' Honors Outstanding Student/Athletes

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Daily Voice talks to honoree Louis Filippelli of Byram Hills.

RYE, N.Y. -- The Westchester chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame honored its 'Golden Dozen' Thursday evening, recognizing area football players who were top scholar/athletes at a dinner at the Westchester Country Club in Rye.

Daily Voice spoke with several honorees from Th...

Just Hours Before Iowa Caucuses, Chappaqua's Clinton Defends Email Use

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Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the presidential elections, appeared on ABCs "This Week" Sunday, Jan. 31, where she once again defended her use of her private email server while she was secretary of state.

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. – With only hours to go before Monday's Iowa caucuses, Chappaqua resident and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton found herself again fending off attacks over her private emails, according to reports.

Clinton appeared on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday where she reiterate...

Yorktown: Will Punxsutawney Phil See His Shadow Groundhog Day?

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Spring's early or late arrival may or may not hinge on what the groundhog does Feb. 2.

Cloudy skies on Tuesday in western Pennsylvania are likely to prevent groundhog Punxsutawney Phil from seeing his shadow and return to his burrow, according to a report in USA Today.

According to the legend, if groundhog Phil does see his shadow, he'll be frightened and rush back into his burrow, ...

Deadliest Metro-North Crash Claimed, Changed Lives, But Crossing Unchanged

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The scene at Commerce Street in Valhalla where a Metro-North train collided with a Mercedes SUV on Feb. 3, 2015, killing the car's driver, Ellen Brody of Edgemont, and five train passengers.

VALHALLA, N.Y. -- A year ago on Wednesday at a Westchester railroad crossing, a few fateful minutes changed the lives of hundreds of Metro-North commuters and ended with six people dead.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino called it "a day we never want to deal with." 

Ellen Brody, 49, of Edg...

Missing Westchester Teenager Located

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Dwuayra Thomas is an 11th-grader at Woodlands High School.

Update

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The 16-year-old girl who went missing on Saturday has been located, Town of Greenburgh Police said Monday afternoon.

No further information was immediately available.

Original report

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Greenburgh Police Department is asking the public's help in the search ...


Westchester's Jeffrey Tambor Wins SAG Award

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Jeffrey Tambor accepted his SAG award on behalf of the transgender community.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Cross River resident Jeffrey Tambor won the Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy series for his role as Maura Pfefferman on the Amazon series, "Transparent."

Accepting the award, Tambor said Maura, a transgender woman, is "very entitled and weal...

108 Chateau Rive #108, Peekskill, NY 10566

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PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — A property at 108 Chateau Rive #108 in Peekskill is listed at $1,425.

Check out the details of this listing:

Type: Property MLS ID: 4603734 850 Square Feet 9.17 acres ...

Albany Corruption Big Issue With Voters, Siena Poll Finds

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Former State Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos is among recent lawmakers convicted of public corruption.

The vast majority of New Yorkers feel corruption in Albany is a serious problem, even among legislators from their own areas, according to the latest poll from the Siena Research Institute.

According to the college poll, 89 percent say governmental corruption is a problem. Of those, 53 percent say...

Whole Foods Providing Customers With Digital Coupons

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Whole Foods has begun offering customers digital coupons.

Whole Foods Market has started offering digital coupons, SupermarketNews.com reports.

The retailer sent the first of the coupons to customers on Friday, according to SupermarketNews.com.

The initiative is part of the Austin, Texas-based company’s efforts at more effective marketing, SupermarketNews...

Metro-North Delays Now Up To 60 Minutes Reported

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Metro-North Harlem and New Haven Line Service is delayed in both directions due to police activity in the vicinity of Botanical Gardens Monday afternoon.

This story has been updated.

Metro-North Harlem and New Haven Line Service is delayed in both directions due to police activity in the vicinity of Botanical Gardens Monday afternoon.

The delays are up to 60 minutes at this time, Metro-North reported in an announcement at 5:27 p.m.

Previous delays of...

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