The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, Peekskill NAACP, Peekskill Police Department and the City of Peekskill will be hosting a community gun buyback event on Sat., April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church located
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There’s a lot at stake next Tuesday for the leaders of New Castle Fire District No. 1. The Board of Fire Commissioners is turning to the district’s voters, asking that they authorize borrowing of up to $15.2 million to expand
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A Yonkers man was sentenced Friday to 35 years in federal prison for the March 2011 murder of a 21-year-old White Plains man. According to Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Darnell Kidd,
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A 51-year-old White Plains man was charged with manslaughter last week in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man found in a parking garage in Yonkers. According to the Yonkers Police Department, officers discovered an unconscious man inside a
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Westchester County is at a heightened risk for woodland fires and officials are urging people to take precautions to prevent them. The current dry conditions have increased the risk of fire in county parks and wooded areas in Westchester and
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Westchester County police took three teenage suspects into custody last Wednesday night on the Taconic State Parkway after the vehicle they were traveling in had been reported stolen in Yonkers a short time earlier. Patrol officers stopped a 2009 Acura
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A Carmel Police K9 played a key role last week in helping to find a vulnerable 60-year-old man who went missing. On March 26, Carmel Police Officer Vincent DeSantola and his K9 sidekick Pietro were conducting a demonstration for families
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By Martin Wilbur Shooting threats that have turned out to be hoaxes were reported at multiple school districts in Westchester and Putnam counties Thursday morning, forcing school officials and law enforcement to take quick action. The Examiner received calls, texts
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A Danbury, CT woman was indicted last week on charges of grand larceny and identity theft for stealing more than $300,000 from a 95-year-old woman with dementia while she was under the caseworker’s care. According to New York Attorney General
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The Town of Kent Police Department is mourning the deaths of its two beloved K-9 companions. K-9 Radar, who joined the force in 2013 and retired in 2022, succumbed to an aggressive illness March 21. A few days earlier, on
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