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Ben Crnic

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bcrnic@dailyvoice.com

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.

Ben Crnic's Contributions

Traffic

Ramp Closure: Traffic Between I-287, Saw Mill River Parkway To Be Impacted In Elmsford Traffic between Interstate 287 and a busy parkway in Westchester will soon be impacted by an upcoming ramp closure that will last more than a week. The ramp between I-287 East and the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Elmsford is set to close between Thursday, June 15 at 5 a.m. and Friday, June 23 at 5 p.m., according to the New York State Department of Transportation. The closure is to facilitate ramp maintenance, officials said. Commuters are asked to use the posted detour to State Route 119 as an alternate route.

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage: Brake-Checking Leads To Roadside Fight Involving Guns In Greenwich, Police Say Three men face charges in connection with a roadside fight involving firearms that was prompted by one of the suspects brake-checking motorcyclists on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County, police said. The incident began on Tuesday, June 13 just after 7 p.m., when state troopers responded to the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) northbound in Greenwich by Exit 28 on a report of an active assault, according to state police. The call for police assistance had come from 43-year-old Shelton resident Marvin Harris, who told troopers that he was being actively assaulted by a group of moto…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

18-Year-Old UConn Student Killed In Shooting: Suspect At Large An 18-year-old who was a student at the University of Connecticut was killed in a shooting that also resulted in a motor vehicle crash in Hartford, police said. The incident happened on Tuesday, June 13 just after 10:30 p.m., when Hartford police officers responded to the area of High Street and Walnut Street on a reported car crash, according to Lt. Aaron Boisvert. There, officers found a young man outside the vehicle who was suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police later determined that the incident ha…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

New Update: Train Collides With Vehicle In Norwalk, Severely Injures Driver This story has been updated. A collision between a Metro-North train and a pickup truck in Fairfield County left the vehicle's driver severely injured and caused a road to shut down for a few hours while authorities investigated. The crash happened on Wednesday, June 14 around 11:20 a.m. in Norwalk when a train bound for New York on the Metro-North Danbury line hit a pickup truck at the level crossing on Commerce Street, according to Norwalk Fire Department Assistant Chief Edward McCabe. The crash pushed the truck several hundred feet into the Devine Bros. yard. The truck…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Other Driver On Sprain Brook Parkway In Greenburgh, Police Say A 30-year-old man faces charges after an alleged road-rage incident involving him pulling a gun on another driver while traveling on a busy parkway in Westchester, police said. On Tuesday morning, June 13, New York State Police arrested 30-year-old Valhalla resident Richard Zimmer on charges stemming from an alleged incident that happened on Thursday evening, May 11. According to police, on the day of the incident, troopers had received a menacing complaint involving two vehicles traveling north on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh. The complaint detailed that the vi…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

Fire Breaks Out At Restaurant In Peekskill An early morning kitchen fire that erupted inside a restaurant in Northern Westchester could have been a lot worse if not for a city employee who was in the right place at the right time. The blaze began on Wednesday morning, June 14 around 4:20 a.m., when a Peekskill city employee who was assigned to a street sweeper vehicle noticed smoke coming out of a commercial building at 1 Bank St., according to Peekskill Fire Chief James Seymour. Crews then soon arrived at the building, occupied by Burger Diner, and discovered that the fire had begun in a kitchen area and extended to the …

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

News

Man Steals Keys, Breaks Into CT Post Office Mail Boxes, Faces More Than Decade In Jail, Feds A man faces over 10 years in federal prison after using stolen postal keys to break into mailboxes at post offices in Connecticut, officials said. Ixavier Holman Jr., age 31, of Secaucus, New Jersey, was arrested on Monday, June 12 on federal mail theft offenses, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced. According to federal officials, on at least six separate incidents between December 2022 and June 2023, Holman would steal mail collection box keys and use them to take mail from blue collection boxes at the following post offices in New Haven County:&nb…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Business

'Spectacular': CT Eatery Gets Rave Review From Popular Pizza Guru A Connecticut pizzeria has received acclaim from Barstool Sports CEO and popular pizza reviewer. New Haven County's Fuoco Apizza, located in the town of Cheshire at 461 West Main St., was the subject of Barstool's Dave Portnoy's newest review posted online on Monday, June 12. The pizzeria, owned by George Constanti, prides itself on offering authentic New Haven-style coal-fired pizza as an option for people who don't want to drive all the way to the Elm City. It's clear that Constanti has accomplished this, as in his review, Portnoy said the pizza was superior to anything else in the ar…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

Injured Worker Rescued From Roof Of Metro-North Facility In Croton-On-Hudson Emergency responders were called to a Metro-North yard in Northern Westchester to rescue an injured worker from a roof. The incident happened on Tuesday, June 13 just before noon, when firefighters and first responders were sent to the Metro-North Croton-Harmon Yard in Croton-on-Hudson on a report of an injured worker on top of a building. According to the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department, the worker, who suffered a shoulder injury, was evaluated on the roof before they were lowered to the ground by a ladder. The quick rescue was completed within a half-hour, fire officia…

by Ben Crnic

06/14/2023

Schools

New Superintendent Named At Mamaroneck Union Free School District After a six-week nationwide search process, a school district in Westchester has named a new superintendent who will be arriving from a district in a neighboring state. The Mamaroneck Union Free School District has named Charles B. Sampson as its next superintendent, the district's school board announced on Tuesday, June 13. When he begins his position on Wednesday, Nov. 1, Sampson will replace Robert Shaps, who will be retiring in December 2023, district officials said. Sampson will be coming to the district from his current position as Superintendent of the Freehold…

by Ben Crnic

06/13/2023

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