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North Rockland Advocates Seek To Relieve Mirant Debt North Rockland Advocates Seek To Relieve Mirant Debt
North Rockland Advocates Seek To Relieve Mirant Debt STONY POINT, N.Y. -- The North Rockland PTA Council is seeking help from the state for its financially strapped district that has endured significant staff and programming cuts. PTA parent Maureen Ksiez-Muskopf spoke about the group of 10 to 12 members that initiated a petition that collected more than 1,500 signatures in the spring. She says the district as well as the community has suffered financially due to the Mirant power plant reassessment and closure.  "Property taxes have almost doubled since 2008 and our district has made significant cuts to both staff and program," she …

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Missing Rye Dog's Story Has A Happy Ending Missing Rye Dog's Story Has A Happy Ending
Missing Rye Dog's Story Has A Happy Ending RYE, N.Y. -- A small black dog with a purple collar and retractable leash who got away from its owner on Old Post Road in Rye was found the same day, according to Lost Pets of Westchester County NY.

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Boaters In Hudson River Encouraged To Follow Coast Guard Protocols Boaters In Hudson River Encouraged To Follow Coast Guard Protocols
Boaters In Hudson River Encouraged To Follow Coast Guard Protocols Coast Guard crews are enforcing a safety zone surrounding 16 construction barge mooring locations at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction site.No unauthorized vessels are allowed in the safety zone, which encompasses all navigable waters within a 200-yard radius of the largest machine on the project, the I Lift NY super crane, legally registered with the U.S. Coast Guard as the Left Coast Lifter.  In addition, marine law enforcement will be enforcing the rules of the expanded Regulated Navigation Areas (RNAs) east and west of the Safety Zone. The RNAs stretch 500 yards north and 500 yards sout…

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Lifestyle
Catering Chef Takes Farm To Table Concept To Newtown, Bethel Catering Chef Takes Farm To Table Concept To Newtown, Bethel
Catering Chef Takes Farm To Table Concept To Newtown, Bethel NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Does the sound of crackled hazelnuts with goat cheese and tarragon tempt your palette? Or might you fancy sampling a sweet potato polenta cake?Chef Michael Bick of Some Things Fishy catering company hasn't minced words when titling the menu highlights of an upcoming Farm To Table dinner at a sprawling farm in Newtown. The extensive repertoire will rely on locally sourced food and the culinary expertise of the longtime chef and his talented staff. The dinners are also run in Bethel, but Bick, a chef since 1982, also provides catering services throughout Connecticut, New Yor…

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Report Calls New York 'Least Free State' Report Calls New York 'Least Free State'
Report Calls New York 'Least Free State' A report found New York to be the "least free state" because how high the taxes are and what it spends on "public subsidies," according to lohud.com.New York's spending guidelines result in a higher tax burden locally, double the state average, which in 2012 was 7.8 percent of income, said the Cato Institute, lohud.com reported. "New York is again the least free state in the country," the report said Monday. "Its huge, glaring weakness is fiscal policy," according to lohud.com. High cigarette taxes and laws governing rent control in New York are among…

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Police & Fire
Danbury Police Charge Bethel Man In Sex Assault Of Teen Danbury Police Charge Bethel Man In Sex Assault Of Teen
Danbury Police Charge Bethel Man In Sex Assault Of Teen BETHEL, Conn. -- A 30-year-old Bethel man has been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, according to The News-Times.Police in Danbury investigated a February complaint that the girl was pregnant, said the newspaper. Felimon Cruz was arrested on a warrant Monday and charged with second-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor, according to The News-Times. Click here for The News-Times article.

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Police: Shelton Woman Charged In Fatal Crash Used Cocaine, Morphine Police: Shelton Woman Charged In Fatal Crash Used Cocaine, Morphine
Police: Shelton Woman Charged In Fatal Crash Used Cocaine, Morphine SHELTON, Conn. -- A Shelton woman charged in a crash that killed a woman in May had been using morphine and cocaine, according to the Connecticut Post.Samantha Monaco, 23, was charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle in the May 6 head-on collision that killed 69-year-old Rosemarie Dwyer, the Daily Voice reported. She also was charged with driving under the influence, driving while using a cellphone, and failure to keep right in the fatal accident, which happened at 1:30 p.m. in front of the Sports Center of Connecticut on River Road. Monaco crossed over into southbound l…

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Lightning Hits Gas Line In Trumbull Lightning Hits Gas Line In Trumbull
Lightning Hits Gas Line In Trumbull SHELTON, Conn. -- A gas main was struck by lightning knocking out power lines Tuesday night in Trumbull.The Huntington Fire Co. 3 in Shelton provided assistance to the Nichols Fire Department in answering the call. Arriving crews discovered the outage was caused by gas main lightning strike, fire officials said. No initial injuries were reported in the incident.

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Briarcliff High Takes Pride In Newsweek Ranking Briarcliff High Takes Pride In Newsweek Ranking
Briarcliff High Takes Pride In Newsweek Ranking BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Briarcliff High School garnered the 33rd spot in Newsweek's ranking of the top 500 high schools in the country this year.The America's Top High Schools rankings are based on schools' achievement and college readiness indicators, including standardized test scores, such as SAT and ACT, according to Newsweek. Briarcliff High School had a 100 percent graduation rate, with 98.8 percent of its students college-bound. The survey also said 88.2 percent of student were ready for college. “This accomplishment is the result of the district’s continued focus on the success of…

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Poughkeepsie Lightning Strike Survivor Tells What Happened Poughkeepsie Lightning Strike Survivor Tells What Happened
Poughkeepsie Lightning Strike Survivor Tells What Happened POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A survivor of Friday's lightning strike at Mansion Square Park told the Poughkeepsie Journal what it felt like.Alexander Carr said the sun was out and it was light, but he saw "dark storm clouds" coming his way, the Journal report said. That's when Carr, 55, who is homeless and had gone to the park bench to get his backpack, determined it was "time for me to vacate the park," he told the Poughkeepsie Journal. The lightning strike, which occurred just before 4:30 p.m., reportedly hit a tree, sending electric jolts through benches and the ground in th…

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