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Former Police Commissioner Discusses Security For Pope Francis' Visit Former Police Commissioner Discusses Security For Pope Francis' Visit
Former Police Commissioner Discusses Security For Pope Francis' Visit YONKERS, N.Y. – With Pope Francis readying his first American visit, he former police commissioner of Yonkers discussed the challenge of security during a papal visit, according to News 12 Westchester. Edmund Hartnett was police commissioner during Pope Benedict's visit to America in 2008. Hartnett called the event 'a logistical nightmare' with months of planning, reported News 12 Westchester. Hartnett served as police commissioner in Yonkers from 2006 to 2011. Click here to read the rest of the News 12 Westchester article.

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Mahopac Resident, 20, Faces Charges After Stabbing Threat Mahopac Resident, 20, Faces Charges After Stabbing Threat
Mahopac Resident, 20, Faces Charges After Stabbing Threat MAHOPAC, N.Y. – A Mahopac resident is facing charges after threatening to stab someone in a Yorktown residence on Sept. 11, authorities said. Police were called to a Yorktown residence, where 20-year old Celia Savoca was allegedly threatening to stab a woman with a metal multitool, police said. She also allegedly punched the woman. Savoca was arrested and charged with second-degree menacing and third-degree assault. An order of protection was issued, and Savoca was ordered to appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

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$1M Lotto-Winning Former Priest Faces Sex Crime Charge $1M Lotto-Winning Former Priest Faces Sex Crime Charge
$1M Lotto-Winning Former Priest Faces Sex Crime Charge PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. – An ex-priest who won $1 million in the lottery 30 years ago is being held in the Putnam County Jail on charges of a sex crime, reported LoHud.com. Joseph Faraone, 68, was charged with a second-degree criminal sexual act, a felony. Faraone was a priest from 1972 to 2006 in Hopewell Junction, Carmel, Yorktown and Mount Kisco, according to LoHud.com. He won $1.17 million from the New York Lottery in 1985. Click here to read the rest of the LoHud.com article.

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Kent Public Library Schedules Medicare 101 Workshop Kent Public Library Schedules Medicare 101 Workshop
Kent Public Library Schedules Medicare 101 Workshop PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. – The Kent Public Library will hold a Medicare 101 workshop from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The workshop will cover how to qualify for Medicare, upcoming changes to the program, Part D prescription drug plans and other Medicare issues. Another workshop is planned in the near future. Registration is required and can be done online at kentlibrary.org or by phone at 845-225-8585. The library is at 17 Sybil's Crossing in Kent Lakes.

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Proposed Local Laws Top Ossining Supervisor's Update Proposed Local Laws Top Ossining Supervisor's Update
Proposed Local Laws Top Ossining Supervisor's Update OSSINING, N.Y. – Ossining Town Supervisor Sue Donnelly kept local residents abreast of upcoming meetings in her weekly update. Tuesday will see a number of issues discussed at that evening's meeting, including five local laws. Plans to tweak the laws further will be considered at the Oct. 13 meeting Other discussion points will include the potential establishment of an Architectural Review Board (Local Law #10 of 2015) and a request from the residents at 73 Morningside Drive to join the sewer district. The next meeting is set for Tuesday, Oct. 6, with no meeting planned on Sept. 29. The O…

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Police, Family Seek Information On Missing Wappinger Teen Police, Family Seek Information On Missing Wappinger Teen
Police, Family Seek Information On Missing Wappinger Teen WAPPINGER, N.Y. – Police and family members have put out a public plea for information on a Wappinger teen who disappeared on Thursday morning, reported the Poughkeepsie Journal. Sean Doherty, 19, allegedly left his home without his wallet or cellphone during the overnight hours on Thursday. Doherty is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighting 120 pounds, according to the Journal. Click here to read the rest of the Poughkeepsie Journal article.

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Dymes' Homicide Arrest Stuns Croton Residents Dymes' Homicide Arrest Stuns Croton Residents
Dymes' Homicide Arrest Stuns Croton Residents CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Croton residents were dealing with the aftermath of Kathleen Dymes' arrest on Wednesday in the death of her 6-year old daughter, reported LoHud.com. Dymes was charged with three counts, including criminally negligent homicide, in Lacey Carr's death. Croton residents called the situation "sad" and "shocking," and another resident was in disbelief, as "a mother wouldn't do that," according to LoHud.com. Dymes was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a controlled substance, both class A misdemean…

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Scarsdale High School Grad, Princeton Polymath Carl Schorske Dies At 100 Scarsdale High School Grad, Princeton Polymath Carl Schorske Dies At 100
Scarsdale High School Grad, Princeton Polymath Carl Schorske Dies At 100 SCARSDALE, N.Y. – Carl Schorske, the Scarsdale High School graduate who went to win a Pulitzer Prize for his historical writings on Vienna, died at his home in New Jersey on Sunday, the New York Times reported. He was 100. Schorske was born in the Bronx on March 15, 1915 to Theodore and Gertrude Schorske, living in Scarsdale and graduating from Scarsdale High. He graduated from Columbia and Harvard and served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, returning to Harvard for his Ph.D after the war. Schorske won a Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction in 1981 for a collection…

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Mount Vernon Man Facing Federal Charges After Shooting Outside Day Care Mount Vernon Man Facing Federal Charges After Shooting Outside Day Care
Mount Vernon Man Facing Federal Charges After Shooting Outside Day Care MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – A Mount Vernon man being held in connection with a shooting outside a day care center on Tuesday is now facing federal gun charges, News 12 Westchester reports. Raheem Jones was arrested after shots were fired outside the New Rochelle Day Nursery. The other man involved in the shooting is still in the hospital, according to News 12 Westchester. Click here to read the rest of the News 12 Westchester article.

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Purchase College Names Times Film Critic Manohla Dargis To Literature Chair Purchase College Names Times Film Critic Manohla Dargis To Literature Chair
Purchase College Names Times Film Critic Manohla Dargis To Literature Chair PURCHASE, N.Y. – Purchase College announced that alum Manohla Dargis, co-chief film critic for The New York Times, will serve as the college’s Durst Distinguished Chair in Literature for the 2015-16 school year. Dargis will lead a panel discussion called “The Role of the Critic Today” on Monday, Sept. 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the college's Performing Arts Center. She'll be joined by three other prominent critics: Pulitzer Prize winner Wesley Morris, formerly of Grantland and recently hired at The New York Times, Emily Nussbaum, television critic for The New Yorker, and Amy Taubin, contribut…

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