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Ben Crnic

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Ben Crnic graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Geoscience in 2021. He has previously worked as a reporter with the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and has also contributed work to the Connecticut Mirror. Ben joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

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Police & Fire
Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police
Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police A 28-year-old man faces criminal charges in two Westchester municipalities after fleeing from police multiple times and nearly running an officer over in the process, authorities announced. The events leading to the man’s arrest began during the early morning of Thursday, Feb. 1, when detectives in New Rochelle tried pulling over a suspicious vehicle. According to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne, this car instead drove away at a fast speed, avoiding officers. Police still continued an investigation into the vehicle, though. Later in the day around 10 a.m., the same car was s…

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Police & Fire
Video: Officers Stop Woman From Falling Off Parking Garage Roof In Yonkers Video: Officers Stop Woman From Falling Off Parking Garage Roof In Yonkers
Video: Officers Stop Woman From Falling Off Parking Garage Roof In Yonkers A woman’s life was saved thanks to careful action from officers who stopped her from falling from the roof of a Westchester parking garage. The rescue happened on Wednesday, Jan. 31 just before 9:30 a.m., when Yonkers Police responded to the roof of a parking garage within the city’s 4th Precinct where a woman was threatening to jump, the department announced on Friday, Feb. 2. Arriving police began surrounding the garage as Emergency Service Unit officers raced to the roof and began speaking with the woman, who was “clearly in distress,” authorities said. As Officer Sandro Vazquez began…

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Obituaries
Beloved 'Master' Teacher Who Spent 40 Years With Chappaqua School District Dies Beloved 'Master' Teacher Who Spent 40 Years With Chappaqua School District Dies
Beloved 'Master' Teacher Who Spent 40 Years With Chappaqua School District Dies A beloved teacher who spent 40 years with a Northern Westchester school district and was known for keeping in touch with students for decades is being remembered for his ability to change the lives of those he taught. Longtime Pleasantville resident Adrian McGuire, who taught at the Chappaqua Central School District for decades, died on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at the age of 99 at the Waterview Hills rehabilitation center in North Salem, according to his obituary. Born in Pleasantville in June 1924, McGuire graduated from Regis High School and Fordham University before earning his Ma…

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Traffic
Lane Closures To Slow Traffic On Busy Parkway In Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant: Here's Where, When Lane Closures To Slow Traffic On Busy Parkway In Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant: Here's Where, When
Lane Closures To Slow Traffic On Busy Parkway In Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant: Here's Where, When Traffic on a busy parkway in Westchester is set to be snagged by a series of upcoming lane closures, officials announced. A series of single and double lane closures are planned to affect both directions of the Sprain Brook Parkway between the Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant and Route 100C in Greenburgh on Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 3, the New York State Department of Transportation announced. The closures will be put into place between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. on both days, officials said. The closures will allow crews to perform construction work. 

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Police & Fire
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence: Developing Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence: Developing
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence: Developing Authorities are investigating a disturbance at a Northern Westchester residence that prompted an intense police response utilizing a helicopter, drone, and a K9 unit.  The incident that prompted the activity began on Thursday evening, Feb. 1 at a residence in Briarcliff Manor on Tuttle Road, where a disturbance was reported to Briarcliff Manor Police, the department announced on Friday, Feb. 2.  Soon after authorities learned of the incident, Westchester County Police extended support by deploying resources such as a helicopter, drone, K9 unit, and the department's special respons…

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Police & Fire
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence Authorities are investigating a disturbance at a Northern Westchester residence that prompted an intense police response utilizing a helicopter, drone, and a K9 unit.  The incident that prompted the activity began on Thursday evening, Feb. 1 at a residence in Briarcliff Manor on Tuttle Road, where a disturbance was reported to Briarcliff Manor Police, the department announced on Friday, Feb. 2.  Soon after authorities learned of the incident, Westchester County Police extended support by deploying resources such as a helicopter, drone, K9 unit, and the department's special respons…

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News
Mount Vernon School District Mourns Fourth-Grade Student 'Taken Far Too Soon' Mount Vernon School District Mourns Fourth-Grade Student 'Taken Far Too Soon'
Mount Vernon School District Mourns Fourth-Grade Student 'Taken Far Too Soon' A school district in Westchester is mourning the untimely loss of a young boy.  The Mount Vernon City School District announced the death of fourth-grade student Ayman Yahaya Luwaa on Thursday, Feb. 1.  According to district officials, Luwaa died on Tuesday morning, Jan. 30. He had previously received care at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla until August 2023.  "He is in the thoughts and hearts of everyone throughout the District as we grieve his passing," the district said in a statement, adding that Luwaa was "taken far too soon."  More detai…

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News
Update: Support Rises For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost 'Dream Home' In Blaze Update: Support Rises For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost 'Dream Home' In Blaze
Update: Support Rises For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost 'Dream Home' In Blaze A community is coming together to raise funds for a retired police officer and his family who lost their beloved Hudson Valley home in a destructive blaze.  The fire, which happened on Wednesday, Jan. 24 in Putnam County at a residence in Mahopac on Old Bullet Hole Road, left the home completely destroyed following a tough battle that required firefighters to improvise and use a water source a mile away.  Earlier Report - Mahopac Home Destroyed In Early Morning Blaze: Occupants, Firefighters Escape Unharmed The blaze was a "life-changing experience" for the home's occup…

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Lifestyle
'It's Hen Day': Muscoot Farm's Cluxatawney Henrietta Predicts Early Spring 'It's Hen Day': Muscoot Farm's Cluxatawney Henrietta Predicts Early Spring
'It's Hen Day': Muscoot Farm's Cluxatawney Henrietta Predicts Early Spring It turns out that Groundhog Day does not only feature weather predictions from rodents. Northern Westchester's own Cluxatawney Henrietta has just given her opinion on whether or not to expect an early spring.  In an event held on Friday morning, Feb. 2 at Muscoot Farm, located on Route 100 in Somers near the borders of Katonah, and Yorktown, iconic weather hen Cluxatawney Henrietta laid an egg and predicted that an early spring would soon arrive to bring life back to Westchester.  Earlier report - Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Makes His Call As Cold Front…

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Police & Fire
Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Somers Home Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Somers Home
Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Somers Home Fire officials are giving residents battery safety tips following a blaze at a Northern Westchester residence caused by an off-brand rechargeable product. The fire broke out on Wednesday, Jan. 24 around 3 p.m. at a residence in Somers on Wood Street, the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department announced on Saturday, Jan. 27.  According to the department, which provided mutual aid during the incident, a small fire broke out on the first floor of the residence but was quickly put out.  The cause of the blaze was later determined to be an off-brand rechargeable battery, fire…

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