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Police & Fire

Stratford Woman Arrested On Drug Charge After Westport Traffic Stop WESTPORT, Conn. -- A Stratford woman who had allegedly smoked marijuana in her car and had cocaine in her purse, ended up in jail after being pulled over for chatting on her cellphone while driving, according to the Westport police. Jacqueline Hernandez, 34, was arrested Friday when police called a K-9 officer to the scene after smelling what was thought to be marijuana and ended up admitting to having cocaine in her purse before the dog arrived, police said. Police said the narcotics were seized and tested positive for cocaine with a total weight of 6.3 grams. Hernandez, charged with posses…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

Lifestyle

New Rochelle School District Offers Summer Shape Fitness Academy NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The 2016 Summer Shape Fitness Academy at New Rochelle High School is offering youths fun was to get in shape with basketball, tennis, soccer and swimming. The camp, for boys and girls in third to seventh grades, will run from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, June 27 to July 21 (except July 4) at the school, 265 Clove Road. Registration will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the School House 4 cafeteria on Wednesday, April 13. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. Cost is $300 for the full four-week session. There is a separate $200 charge for swimming…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

News

Jefferson Valley Mall, Yorktown Hold Networking Night YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Jefferson Valley Mall, along with Yorktown Organizations United (YOUnited) and the Town of Yorktown, will host a networking event for local business leaders and community partners as a kick-off to the 27th annual Yorktown YOUnited Community Day. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Jefferson Valley Mall’s Center Court. Networking Night, which is sponsored by YOUnited, a community foundation that serves as the umbrella support group for community-based non-profit organizations in Yorktown, is intended to give members of the community the oppo…

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03/28/2016

News

Support Connection Offers Support Groups In April Breast and ovarian cancer suffers can find information, comfort and support during one of several support groups offered throughout Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties through Support Connection, Inc., a not-for profit organization that provides free, confidential support services.Groups focus on topics pertaining to living with cancer through all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. They are offered in group settings and by toll-free teleconference calls. The following support groups are scheduled in Westchester in April: Support Connection Office in Yorktown: Breas…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

Lifestyle

New Canaan's Village At Waveny Honored As One of Nation’s Best NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Everyone at New Canaan's Village at Waveny works hard to provide a superior experience for residents and their family members, but often the hard work of caregiving in a senior living home goes unnoticed. Not so this year. SeniorAdvisor.com just released its Best of 2016 Awards and The Village at Waveny was one of the few to make the list. Earning a Best of Senior Living Award is an especially important honor because the awards aren’t arbitrarily chosen by some committee – they’re based on the ratings of actual residents and their loved ones. SeniorAdvisor.com has mor…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

News

Union Vale Town Board Forms Library Services Steering Committee UNION VALE, N.Y. -- The Union Vale Town Board has formed a citizens committee to study, assess and make recommendations to the board about making sure residents have access to library services. The board is asking residents to join the committee to offer their input. The purpose of the library steering committee is to investigate all possible options to ensure sustainable public library service for all Union Vale residents. The committee comes on the heels of the Mid-Hudson Library System agreeing to offer full services to Union Vale residents. Since August, the system had a restriction on…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Work To Solve 20-Year-Old Death Case NORWALK, Conn. -- Twenty years ago next month, the Norwalk Police Dispatch Center received a call reporting that a dead person had been discovered on Shea Island. The husband and wife who found the body were camping on Shea Island when they made the discovery. The Norwalk Police Marine Unit ferried detectives to the island to investigate. The remains were badly decomposed, with no clothing attached. Because of the decomposition, facial identification was impossible. The body was removed from Shea Island and transported to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy. The unidentified…

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03/28/2016

News

Police Asking For Public's Help In Locating Missing Man State Police and the Nassau County Police Department are asking residents for help in locating Rezzieri Colban, 57, who is missing from his home on Jerusalem Avenue in Uniondale, Nassau County. Colban, who has dementia, was last seen around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, walking near his residence. He may be traveling to the Bronx using mass transit. Rezzieri was wearing a green jacket and blue jeans. He walks with a limp and only speaks Polish. He is described as being 5-feet-9-inches tall, 160 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Nassa…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

Police & Fire

Fire Damages Fourth-Story Main Street Apartments In Danbury DANBURY, Conn -- The American Red Cross is helping 18 Danbury families Monday morning following a fire Sunday on the top floor of a four-story building on Main Street that left them homeless, according to the News-Times. Firefighters arrived on scene at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday and found flames and smoke coming from the fourth floor of the building, which has businesses on the bottom floor and apartments on the other three floors, the News-Times reported. Fire officials said the flames were quickly doused in two of the apartments, said the News-Times. According to the fire department, no inj…

by K Reakes

03/28/2016

Business

North Castle Landmark Little Spot Restaurant Faces Closure Over Back Taxes NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. -- Known for its famous chili dogs, the Little Spot restaurant, a fixture in North White Plains for 60 years, make soon be closed due to owing almost $400,000 in back property taxes, according to lohud.com.News that it may close went viral after a Facebook post on the Little Spot's page asked for help to stop North Castle from shutting them down even though they offered to pay 95 percent of the back taxes, the post has since been taken down, said lohud.com. Town officials told lohud.com that the eatery has not paid any taxes since 2009 and that they didn't make a promised …

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03/28/2016

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