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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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Business
CT Theater To Close After Almost 20 Years: 'Business Is No Longer Viable,' Owners Say CT Theater To Close After Almost 20 Years: 'Business Is No Longer Viable,' Owners Say
CT Theater To Close After Almost 20 Years: 'Business Is No Longer Viable,' Owners Say A Connecticut movie theater that has entertained residents for almost two decades has announced that it will soon be closing as a result of declining business.  Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas, which opened in 2004 and is located in New Haven at 80 Temple St., will be permanently closing after its evening shows on Thursday, Oct. 12, owner Bow Tie Partners announced.  The real estate company attributed declining business following the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the closure.  "Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic caused dramatic changes to the movie theater business in…

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News
Support Pours In For Family Of Mass Man, 41, Killed In 'Horrific' Multi-Car Crash Support Pours In For Family Of Mass Man, 41, Killed In 'Horrific' Multi-Car Crash
Support Pours In For Family Of Mass Man, 41, Killed In 'Horrific' Multi-Car Crash A community is coming together to raise money for the family of a man who was killed in a multi-vehicle Norfolk County crash, leaving his two children without a father.  The outpouring of support comes in the aftermath of a crash on Thursday, Sept. 28 in Weymouth that killed 41-year-old Whitman resident Adam Fallon.  Earlier Report - Man, 41, Killed In Weymouth Multi-Car Crash ID'd By Police According to state police, Fallon was killed around 5 a.m. when his 2014 Mazda CX5 was involved in a three-vehicle crash in the southbound lane of Route 3 near Exit 38B.  …

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Police & Fire
Serious Injury Crash: Vehicle Crosses Lanes, Strikes Car On I-495 In Mass Serious Injury Crash: Vehicle Crosses Lanes, Strikes Car On I-495 In Mass
Serious Injury Crash: Vehicle Crosses Lanes, Strikes Car On I-495 In Mass This story has been updated. A serious crash on a highway in Middlesex County caused three people to suffer serious injuries and resulted in temporary road closures and traffic backups as authorities conducted an investigation.  The incident happened on Wednesday morning, Oct. 4, around 9:50 a.m., when a 2022 Volkswagen Taos sport utility vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 495 near the Chelmsford rest area crossed the median into the northbound lanes and struck a 2006 BMW sedan, state police announced.  The driver of the BMW, a 75-year-old Ayer man, was seriously injured …

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News
Swastika Found Carved Into Table At High School In Hudson Valley Swastika Found Carved Into Table At High School In Hudson Valley
Swastika Found Carved Into Table At High School In Hudson Valley District officials are seeking information after a swastika was found carved into a table at a Hudson Valley high school.  The hate symbol was found at a school in Putnam County on Tuesday, Oct. 3, when the Carmel Board of Education was alerted that a swastika had been carved into the leg of a lab table at Carmel High School.  According to district officials, this most recent incident followed the discovery of a swastika and the words "Adolf Hitler" written on the same school's tennis courts in September.  "We, as the Board of Education, recognize that these are not isolated…

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Police & Fire
Rolled-Over Truck Spills Trash On Mass Pike Off-Ramp, Causes Closure Rolled-Over Truck Spills Trash On Mass Pike Off-Ramp, Causes Closure
Rolled-Over Truck Spills Trash On Mass Pike Off-Ramp, Causes Closure This story has been updated. Authorities had to clean up a truckload of trash following a tractor-trailer rollover on a Massachusetts Turnpike off-ramp that left a driver injured.  The crash happened in Middlesex County on Wednesday, Oct. 4 around 9:15 a.m. in Hopkinton on the off-ramp leading from the eastbound Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) to Interstate 495, state police announced.  The incident caused trash that the truck had been carrying to spill out all over the side of the roadway, resulting in a temporary ramp closure.  The driver, a 28-year-old Fitchburg …

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Schools
New Superintendent Tapped At Hendrick Hudson School District New Superintendent Tapped At Hendrick Hudson School District
New Superintendent Tapped At Hendrick Hudson School District After a thorough search process, a Northern Westchester school district has selected a new superintendent who comes from a school system close to home.  The Hendrick Hudson School District has named Michael A. Tromblee as its new superintendent of schools, who will be appointed to his new position during a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Hendrick Hudson High School library.  Tromblee, who will officially begin his new role on Friday, Dec. 1, will come from the nearby Mahopac Central School District, where he has served as Assistant Sup…

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Police & Fire
3-Alarm Blaze Breaks Out At Business In Mount Kisco 3-Alarm Blaze Breaks Out At Business In Mount Kisco
3-Alarm Blaze Breaks Out At Business In Mount Kisco An overnight three-alarm blaze at a store in Northern Westchester prompted a large response from several fire departments and left the business damaged.  The blaze broke out around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Mast Market in Mount Kisco located at 92 South Moger Ave., prompting a response from several fire departments in the area.  According to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department, the blaze was quickly upgraded to a three-alarm fire because of the size of the building and the amount of firefighters involved in the response. After arriving at the scene of the fire, crews…

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Business
Work Begins On New Chick-fil-A Location In Greenburgh: Here's Where Work Begins On New Chick-fil-A Location In Greenburgh: Here's Where
Work Begins On New Chick-fil-A Location In Greenburgh: Here's Where Construction work has commenced on an upcoming Chick-fil-A eatery at a shopping center in Westchester. The new Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant will open in Greenburgh at the Midway Shopping Center located at 1001 Central Park Ave. The location will open near Panera Bread. The shopping center is now working on building an outdoor seating area for the eatery by reconfiguring the parking lot, which is also meant to improve pedestrian and vehicular access, according to Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced on Tuesday morning, Oct. 3. "The opening up of this restaurant will pr…

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Police & Fire
Burglary Suspect Found Hiding Under Mattress In Hudson Valley Apartment: Police Burglary Suspect Found Hiding Under Mattress In Hudson Valley Apartment: Police
Burglary Suspect Found Hiding Under Mattress In Hudson Valley Apartment: Police A 52-year-old man was slapped with a burglary charge after authorities found him hiding under a mattress inside a Hudson Valley apartment he had broken into, police said. The incident happened in Putnam County on Friday, Sept. 29 around 10 p.m., when Carmel Police responded to an apartment in Mahopac for a reported burglary.  According to Carmel Police Lt. Michael Bodo, authorities arrived while the suspect was still inside the apartment. To confirm this, two officers and their K9 partner, Pietro, entered the residence through a window and began looking for him. With Pietro's help, of…

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Police & Fire
Man Shot At New Rochelle Apartment Complex: Suspect On Loose Man Shot At New Rochelle Apartment Complex: Suspect On Loose
Man Shot At New Rochelle Apartment Complex: Suspect On Loose Authorities are searching for the suspect involved in a shooting at a Westchester apartment complex that left a man injured.  The incident happened on Monday, Oct. 2 just after midnight, when police responded to the Peter Bracey Apartments at 361 Main St. (US Route 1) in New Rochelle for a reported shooting, according to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne.  Arriving officers found several shot casings at the scene and later found a 33-year-old male victim of the shooting at a nearby hospital.  The man had received a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg, Co…

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