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Byram Hills Team Wins Charity 'Pink The Rink' Game, Donates $8K Byram Hills Team Wins Charity 'Pink The Rink' Game, Donates $8K
Byram Hills Team Wins Charity 'Pink The Rink' Game, Donates $8K BREWSTER, N.Y. -- The Byram Hills Bobcats defeated their varsity rivals 5-1 Friday in the annual Pink the Rink game to benefit the American Cancer Society, according to the allaboutarmonk.com.The game, which pitted the Byram Hills team against the team from Fox Lane, allowed the Bobcats to raise $8,000 for the charity, more than doubling what was raised last year, according to allaboutarmonk.com. The Bobcats were in a comfortable position for the majority of the game at Brewster Ice Arena, according to allaboutarmonk.com. Click here to read the allaboutarmonk.com story.

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Police & Fire
Man, 22, Charged In Crash That Killed Dutchess Man Man, 22, Charged In Crash That Killed Dutchess Man
Man, 22, Charged In Crash That Killed Dutchess Man CLERMONT, N.Y. -- A 22-year-old man is facing vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated charges in connection with a one-car crash Saturday that killed Andrew Clarke of Red Hook. Andrew Casey of Sound Beach, N.Y. in Suffolk County on Long Island, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Blazer that struck several trees and a utility pole before coming to rest near the bottom of an embankment at the side of northbound Route 9 in Clermont, according to New York State Police. Clarke, 28, a passenger in the Chevrolet, was "partially ejected" from the car and pronounced dead at the scen…

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Suffern Police Step Up Traffic Enforcement Efforts Suffern Police Step Up Traffic Enforcement Efforts
Suffern Police Step Up Traffic Enforcement Efforts SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Suffern police made a number of arrests recently while placing an increased focus on vehicle and traffic enforcement, according to police.Village police arrested two men on Thursday, Jan. 14, according to police. A 33-year-old Spring Valley man was arrested after he was pulled over on Route 202 for a traffic violation and found to have been driving with a suspended license, according to police. A 50-year-old Washingtonville man also was arrested Thursday on Lafayette Avenue, where he was driving with a suspended registration, police said. Authorities said several other arr…

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Activists Against Algonquin Pipeline Proclaim Innocence Activists Against Algonquin Pipeline Proclaim Innocence
Activists Against Algonquin Pipeline Proclaim Innocence CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- A group known as the Montrose Nine appeared outside Cortlandt Town Court on Friday to proclaim their innocence on disorderly conduct charges related to a Nov. 9 protest of the Algonquin pipeline, according to lohud.com.The group was to appear in court later Friday. They have all pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges and denied accusations that they blocked the Montrose parking lot entrance to Spectra Entergy on Route 9A on Nov. 9, as previously reported by Daily Voice. One of the activists said that the group believed a disaster would occur if they failed to if the pi…

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Justin Speights Death: Reward For Information Raised to $20K Justin Speights Death: Reward For Information Raised to $20K
Justin Speights Death: Reward For Information Raised to $20K The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who stabbed a 20-year-old Silver Lake firefighter and former Pine Bush High School football player to death has grown to $20,000, according to reports. Police continue to investigate the New Year’s Eve death of Justin Speights, who was stabbed at a house party on Paddock Drive in Crawford while trying to break up a fight. The reward grew after the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association pledged $10,000 to the cause. Anyone who may have information or video can call the state police …

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Fire Truck Towed From LaGrange Firehouse Fire Truck Towed From LaGrange Firehouse
Fire Truck Towed From LaGrange Firehouse LaGrange, N.Y. -- Even the most reliable of small vehicles need maintenance. The same apparently holds true for large fire engines.A LaGrange fire truck was towed from the department's firehouse on Freedom Plains Road on Friday, Jan. 15, according to a post from the LaGrange Association Library, which makes its home in a neighboring building. The Library, which posted a photograph of the incident to Facebook, claimed to have no knowledge of why the truck was being towed. "It was taken away around 9:45 a.m. (Friday)," according to the library's post. "Impressive to see somethi…

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Rockland Sheriff Warns Residents Of Phone Scam Rockland Sheriff Warns Residents Of Phone Scam
Rockland Sheriff Warns Residents Of Phone Scam ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Rockland County Sheriff's Office is warning area residents to be wary of a telephone scam that was recently attempted on a Nyack resident.The resident received a telephone call from someone claiming to be a member of the Sheriff's Office about a supposed family member who had been arrested and was in need of bail money, according to the Sheriff's Office. Instead of complying with the request, the would-be victim reported the incident to police. "Thankfully, the individual identified the call as suspicious and did not make any payment," the Sheriff's Of…

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Rockland County Weekend Events Geared Toward The Family Rockland County Weekend Events Geared Toward The Family
Rockland County Weekend Events Geared Toward The Family The Nyack Weekender has compiled a list of events for this coming weekend. For the full list, visit the Nyack Weekender. See below for some of the highlights. The Elmwood Playhouse presents "Harvey," a classic comedy about a kind hearted, middle-aged eccentric whose best friend is an invisible mythological creature resembling a six-foot tall rabbit at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. "Unnecessary Farce" is an award-winning stage comedy by Paul Slade Smith that combines all the elements of classic farce with a contemporary American plot. Sat at 8p.m. and Sun at 2p. at t…

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Onetime Fairfield University Football Coach Gets Top Job With Giants Onetime Fairfield University Football Coach Gets Top Job With Giants
Onetime Fairfield University Football Coach Gets Top Job With Giants Citing a desire to hire a coach with "something to prove," the New York Giants announced Thursday that former Fairfield University offensive line and tight ends coach Ben McAdoo would run the NFL team, according to newsday.com. At 38, McAdoo has never served as head coach at any level of football, according to newsday.com, which added he is the second youngest head coach in the NFL. McAdoo, who was officially welcomed to the team during a press conference Friday, said while he may not have served as a head coach before, he has been preparing for the moment throughout his "enti…

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Politics
Chappaqua Housing Claim May Not Be The Full Story Chappaqua Housing Claim May Not Be The Full Story
Chappaqua Housing Claim May Not Be The Full Story CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino says a building permit has been awarded for an affordable housing complex in the hometown of Hillary Clinton and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But that may not be the whole story, according to lohud.com. No building permit for the 28-unit complex to be built at the Chappaqua Station has been awarded, according to lohud.com. The truth, in this case, is a matter of $30,000. If there is no building permit for the complex, then Westchester County has missed a deadline struck with the U.S. Justice Department requiring that the project have a perm…

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