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Police Dispel Rumor Of Gun Threat At Spring Valley High School Police Dispel Rumor Of Gun Threat At Spring Valley High School
Police Dispel Rumor Of Gun Threat At Spring Valley High School SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. – Spring Valley police were questioning students after a rumor circulated that someone had bought a gun into Spring Valley High School, News12 reported Wednesday. Even though police said they found nothing solid to back up the rumor, district officials remained vigilant about the potential for violence, especially in light of a recent assault at the school, the News12 story said. The student who was attacked defended himself by stabbing the other student with a pencil, media reports said. There have been no arrests in that case, News12’s report said. To read News12’s s…

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Politics
Putnam Legislator Roger Gross Won't Seek Re-Election Putnam Legislator Roger Gross Won't Seek Re-Election
Putnam Legislator Roger Gross Won't Seek Re-Election PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Republican Roger Gross has announced that he will not be seeking re-election to the Putnam County Legislature in November, according to a report by The Examiner. Gross, a Southeast resident who represents District 6, told The Examiner News that he wants to spend more time with family members who live out of state and couldn’t travel and perform his duties as a legislator at the same time. He was appointed to the legislature in 2012, and then won a full three-year term the following year. According to his county biography, Gross taught social studies for 32 years at B…

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Police & Fire
Man Charged With Entering Sing Sing With Weapon Man Charged With Entering Sing Sing With Weapon
Man Charged With Entering Sing Sing With Weapon OSSINING, N.Y. -- A Brooklyn man has been charged with trying to smuggle a weapon into the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining this week, state police said. Tyshawn Plowden, 28, was arrested on Saturday, March 19, and charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband, a felony, police said. Plowden was at the facility to visit an inmate, police said. He was arraigned at the Town of Ossining Justice Court and was sent to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash bail or $25,000 bond. Police did not say what kind of a weapon Plowden is accused to taking into the maximum…

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Police & Fire
State Medical Board Disciplines Ridgefield Doctor State Medical Board Disciplines Ridgefield Doctor
State Medical Board Disciplines Ridgefield Doctor RIDGEFIELD, CONN. -- An osteopathic doctor from Ridgefield, who pleaded guilty last year to committing health care fraud has been disciplined by the state Medical Examining Board, according to a report by The Ridgefield Press. Dr. David L. Johnston, operator of the Osteopathic Wellness Center, spent several months behind bars and had to pay restitution in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and private health insurers, according to The Ridgefield Press article. In explaining the terms of his guilty plea in a press release last year, Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for the District o…

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Slain Tot's Mother Seeks Custody Of Surviving Sibling Slain Tot's Mother Seeks Custody Of Surviving Sibling
Slain Tot's Mother Seeks Custody Of Surviving Sibling The mother of a toddler who was viciously slain by her ex-boyfriend in 2014 is seeking custody of the child's brother, according to a report by the Poughkeepsie Journal. Katlin Wolfert-Mackey, who recently got married and had another baby, appears to live in the Ulster County hamlet of Milton, the Poughkeepsie Journal report said. According to The Daily Freeman of Kingston, N.Y., the boyfriend, Kenneth Stahli, was convicted last year of second-degree murder in the beating death of 2-year-old Mason DeCosmo. He was sentenced to 25 years behind bars, the Poughkeepsie Journal article said. A …

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Lifestyle
Historic Ossining Featured In New York Times Historic Ossining Featured In New York Times
Historic Ossining Featured In New York Times OSSINING, N.Y. -- Diverse in culture and rich in history, the Hudson River village of Ossining was featured in The New York Times’ real estate section this week. The village has been coming back to life in recent years through community events like street fairs and farmers’ markets, and economic growth, especially in the housing area, The New York Times’ piece said. Ossining has many claims to fame, but The New York Times chose to highlight the role the village played during the Revolutionary War, the fact that it is home to the famed Sing Sing prison, and that it is the fictional haunts of…

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It's Pothole Season, So Mount Vernon Road Crews Are Out In Force It's Pothole Season, So Mount Vernon Road Crews Are Out In Force
It's Pothole Season, So Mount Vernon Road Crews Are Out In Force MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- It’s pothole season again, so public works crews are out in Mount Vernon filling those pesky street craters that chew up tires and damage the undersides of cars. Mayor Richard Thomas has been asking residents to post pictures of potholes on his Facebook page using the hashtag, #potholemv, according to a report on cbslocal.com. So far the response has been pretty good, both social media-wise and from folks calling City Hall about needed repairs, cbslocal.com reported. To read the cbslocal.com report, click here.

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Poughkeepsie Mayor Proposes Plans To Cut City Crime Poughkeepsie Mayor Proposes Plans To Cut City Crime
Poughkeepsie Mayor Proposes Plans To Cut City Crime POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison unveiled plans on Tuesday for cutting crime in the city, according to a report by Time Warner Cable News. Rolison, in his first State of the City address, also paid tribute to Caval Haylett Jr., an 18-year-old high school honor student and basketball standout who was gunned down on a city street earlier in March. According to Time Warner Cable News, Rolison’s plan would increase law enforcement visibility by launching bicycle patrols by city police. The new mayor is also looking at way to improve the city by tearing down abandoned buildi…

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Irvington 7th-Graders Use Microscopes To Explore Tiny Worlds Irvington 7th-Graders Use Microscopes To Explore Tiny Worlds
Irvington 7th-Graders Use Microscopes To Explore Tiny Worlds IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- It’s a brave new -- if not tiny -- world, as seventh-graders found out in Irvington recently. Teacher Nicole Arvanites says students in her science class are learning how to use a microscope to examine objects that are too small for the naked eye. They are also learning how to make proper scientific observations about the images the instrument allows them to see, Arvanites said. “The students were surprised to see everything was flipped and upside down,” she said. “They will use this understanding to help them when observing microorganisms in our protists (a group made u…

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State Assembly Votes To Lift Ban On Mixed Martial Arts State Assembly Votes To Lift Ban On Mixed Martial Arts
State Assembly Votes To Lift Ban On Mixed Martial Arts A bill allowing full-contact combat sports in New York has made it through the state Legislature, according to a report by Time Warner Cable News. The state Assembly passed the legislation lifting the ban on the violent sport Tuesday and Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign it into law, making mixed martial arts legal, Time Warner Cable News reported. It was passed by the state Senate earlier this year, the Time Warner Cable News story said. According to Time Warner Cable News, promoters are already planning the first MMA bout for a New York City venue. To read the Time Warner Cable News…

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