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Police & Fire

12 Displaced In Fairfield County Blaze Requiring 30 Firefighters Twelve residents of a Stamford home were displaced by a fire that required some 30 firefighters to bring under control, according to the Stamford Fire Department. The fire started in the kitchen around 4:23 pm Thursday at 63 Soundview Ave., said Deputy Fire Chief Patrick J. Tripodi. The first engine company arrived within three minutes of the alarm and found a kitchen fire at the rear of the two-and-half-story wood frame home, Tripodi said. All 12 residents had safely self-evacuated before firefighters arrived on scene. Multiple hose lines were stretched and the fire was brought under co…

05/24/2018

Police & Fire

Two Men Shot, One Dead In Bridgeport Bridgeport marked its fifth homicide of the year following the shooting of two men early Thursday, leaving one dead. Bridgeport police learned of the shootings around 12:30 a.m. after a man was brought to Bridgeport Hospital by private vehicle, and another man was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center, both with gunshot wounds, said Av Harris, spokesman for the department. Harris said the man at Bridgeport Hospital was in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his torso. The second man, who has not been identified, died from his injuries following surgery around 6 a.m., Harris said. Ev…

05/24/2018

News

Two Brothers From Area Missing After SUV Flips Over Into River Click here for an updated story: SUV Found In River During Search For Four, Including Two From Area A massive rescue mission is underway for two brothers from the area who disappeared on a hunting vacation in Idaho after their SUV overturned into a river. Mahopac residents Raymond Ferrieri, 25, and his brother, 22-year-old Jesse Ferrieri, have not been seen since the Chevrolet Suburban flipped over into the Selway River on Monday morning, Ravalli County Sheriff's officials said. River conditions have made it difficult to get to the submerged vehicle, which had a total of six passengers. …

05/24/2018

Lifestyle

Did You See Them? Navy Fighter Jets Fly Over Hudson River Did you see them? Five U.S. Navy Blue Angel jets zipped through the sky Thursday morning around 9 a.m. as part of a planned flyover before heading to LaGuardia Airport. The Navy F/A-18 jets flew north over Westchester and Rockland counties, turning south. The group is returning from performing an airshow in Annapolis, MD., on Wednesday to celebrate the Naval Academy graduations. If you happened to snap a shot of the planes, all photos are welcome. Just send us an email.

05/24/2018

Police & Fire

Woman Dies After Being Hit By Pickup Truck Driven By Stamford Man An 81-year-old woman hit by a pickup truck driven by a Fairfield County man has died from her injuries, according to the Orangetown Police Department. Sueann Esposito of Orangetown died from injuries sustained when she was hit by a 24-year-old Stamford resident Edvin Lopez, around noon Tuesday at the intersection of North Broadway and Main Street in Nyack, said Sgt. Kerri Schiller. Esposito died at Westchester Medical Center after being hit by the 2004 Ford F-250, Schiller added. Lopez was not injured in the crash. The Orangetown Police Department Accident Investigation Team is conducting…

05/24/2018

Lifestyle

Will You See Them? Navy Fighter Jets Will Fly Over Hudson River This Week Local residents can view a flyover by the renowned U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the place is the new Tappan Zee Bridge. And the time is 8:45 a.m. Thursday, May 24. According to FAA officials, six Blue Angel F/A-18 jets will be heading north along the Hudson River past the bridge before they turn south and fly to LaGuardia Airport. The group is returning from performing an airshow in Annapolis, MD., on Wednesday to celebrate the Naval Academy graduations.

05/23/2018

Lifestyle

Video: Area Car Lovers Flock To Pound Ridge Show What better way to get to know the area you live in than to attend different local events and while you are at it, video them for others to enjoy. That's what Pound Ridge resident Tohir Tillyaev, 28, spends his free time doing. "I think life is beautiful. Life is full of people, activities, and things to discover," he said. "In each video, I explore a new aspect of life. Sometimes it is a place, a person, a job or some comedic situation." A recent stop for Tillyaev was at the Pound Ridge Car Show where more than 300 people gathered to show their luxury and vintage cars …

10/22/2017

Lifestyle

NY Women Paid 14 Percent Less Than What Men Make, Report Says A new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that found New York women were paid 86 percent of what men made in 2016, comes as no surprise to women. The report, released Monday, found that in 2016, New York women who were full-time workers, had weekly earnings of $840 or 86.2 percent of the $975 weekly earnings of their male counterparts. A snapshot of the entire U.S. ranks New York women's pay eighth, with Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noting that it declined slightly from a high of nearly 87 percent in New York in 2015. The data also showed that nationwide, women had a m…

10/22/2017

Schools

Smoking Heating Unit Causes Evacuation At Cortlandt Elementary School Editor's note: This story has been updated with a correction to an earlier version of the headline. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Students were evacuated from an elementary school in Cortlandt on Thursday when part of a heating unit malfunctioned, sending smoke into the school, said Buchanan Fire Chief Stuart Bayer. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. when an alarmed was activated at the Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary Schools, sending firefighters from Buchanan to the school, at 160 Westchester Ave., the chief said. Once inside, they encountered smoke in a third-grade classroom and hallwa…

10/19/2017

Police & Fire

Seen Him? Town Of Poughkeepsie Home Burglary Suspect At Large DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Town of Poughkeepsie police are on the lookout for a man who attempted a burglary at a home on Thomas Avenue on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 10:40 a.m. when the department received a call from a resident on Thomas Avenue off of Route 44 (Dutchess Turnpike) reporting a man attempted to come into the residence, police said. The resident confronted the man while he was trying to enter the home and he fled into the woods in a northeast direction. A search of the area for the man, with help from the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit, was unsuccessful…

10/19/2017

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