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Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including Westchester Store, After 100 Years In Business Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including Westchester Store, After 100 Years In Business
Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including Westchester Store, After 100 Years In Business The largest family-owned chain of musical instrument stores in the nation has announced it will be closing all its locations. Sam Ash Music was founded in 1924, has locations in more than a dozen states, and is headquartered on Long Island, in Hicksville. It currently has 27 stores, including five in New York (White Plains, Carle Place, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Forest Hills), two in New Jersey (in Springfield and Cherry Hill), two in Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia and King of Prussia), one in Connecticut (in New Haven), and one in Virginia (in Richmond). The Ash family made the announcement on …
Killed On Her Birthday: Kidnapped NY Woman Dies In Shootout With Police On Virginia Highway Killed On Her Birthday: Kidnapped NY Woman Dies In Shootout With Police On Virginia Highway
Killed On Her Birthday: Kidnapped NY Woman Dies In Shootout With Police On Virginia Highway The search for a New York woman who was kidnapped on her birthday ended in tragedy when she was killed in a shootout with police along a Virginia highway, authorities said. Tatiana David had last been seen in Ithaca in Tompkins County at around 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, her 34th birthday. Earlier Report: NY Woman Kidnapped On 34th Birthday May Be Headed To NYC, Police Say According to New York State Police, a witness told investigators David had been abducted by her child’s father, 34-year-old Michael Davis, of Richmond, Virginia. Davis reportedly forced the woman into a white SUV …
Fugitive Who Shot Man In Head In Westchester Caught Out Of State, Police Say Fugitive Who Shot Man In Head In Westchester Caught Out Of State, Police Say
Fugitive Who Shot Man In Head In Westchester Caught Out Of State, Police Say A man who shot a victim in the head in Westchester County and then fled the state has been caught by authorities, police said.  Earlier Report - Man Found Lying On Ground With Gunshot Wound To Head In Westchester County, Officials Say Richmond, Virginia resident Delvauna "Randy" Brown, age 40, has been charged with shooting Yonkers resident Garfield Morgan in the head in Mount Vernon on Monday, Dec. 19, according to Mount Vernon Police.  Authorities started searching for Brown after discovering Morgan, age 48, on the ground with a gunshot wound to the right side of his head …
Two High School Teammates In Northern Westchester To Play Lacrosse At Division I Universities Two High School Teammates In Northern Westchester To Play Lacrosse At Division I Universities
Two High School Teammates In Northern Westchester To Play Lacrosse At Division I Universities Two high school star lacrosse athletes from Northern Westchester will be bringing their talents to Division I universities.  Armonk natives Gavin Javorsky and Sean Siegel, who are currently seniors at Byram Hills High School, committed to colleges during a ceremonial signing day ceremony in the school's lecture hall on Wednesday, Nov. 9, according to the Byram Hills Central School District. Javorsky, who plays attack, will play lacrosse at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, while Siegel, a midfielder, will play at the University of Richmon…
Ladder Leading To Booth Forces College Broadcaster From New England To Sideline, Sparks Outrage Ladder Leading To Booth Forces College Broadcaster From New England To Sideline, Sparks Outrage
Ladder Leading To Booth Forces College Broadcaster From New England To Sideline, Sparks Outrage A college basketball broadcaster from New England who deals with the effects of cerebral palsy was unable to do his job due to a waist-high step ladder that he would have had to climb to get to the area set up to call an away game, sparking outrage. University of Rhode Island Associate Athletic Director for Communication/New Media Shane Donaldson, who has traveled with the team to every away game, shared a photo that went viral of the ladder, which prevented him from calling the game against Virginia Commonwealth University, drawing the ire of many. At the game at VCU’s Siegel Center in Ric…
Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's First Female Supervisor, Dies Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's First Female Supervisor, Dies
Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's First Female Supervisor, Dies Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's first female supervisor, died Thursday, July 11 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She was 89. "We are saddened to learn of the passing of Nancy Elliott, a former chair of the Yorktown Republican Town Committee and political legend who served 12 years as Yorktown supervisor from 1980 to 1992," Yorktown Republican Town Committee chair Christopher Arnold said in a statement. "She was our first female supervisor and having been fortunate enough to grow up here to watch her in action, I witnessed her numerous achievements first hand and her tremendous loss grieves us all…
12 Meat, Poultry Deli Products Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination 12 Meat, Poultry Deli Products Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
12 Meat, Poultry Deli Products Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination A food manufacturer is recalling approximately 18,296 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry deli-sliced products that may be adulterated with Listeria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Monday.The 12 ready-to-eat meat and poultry deli-sliced products made by Richmond, Virginia-based Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods were produced and packaged from Sept. 14 through Oct. 3.  Click here for a list of products recalled. Click here for labels of products recalled. The problem was discovered on Oct. 4 when FSIS received notification from the est…
Dr. Paul D. Koors, Westchester Native, Dies Unexpectedly At 38 Dr. Paul D. Koors, Westchester Native, Dies Unexpectedly At 38
Dr. Paul D. Koors, Westchester Native, Dies Unexpectedly At 38 Dr. Paul Daniel Koors, 38, a native of Westchester and resident of Bethel in Fairfield County died on Tuesday, Aug. 28 of sudden heart failure.  Dr. Koors was born on Dec. 5, 1979, in Irvington, the son of Paul and Patricia Koors, MD. He graduated from the Hackley School, attended Bucknell University and graduated from Brooklyn College before going to medical school at The Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Virginia in 2017.  Dr. Koors currently was practicing in Danbury. Dr. Koors married Eli…
Case Of Incest Leads To Four Deaths, One In Hudson Valley Case Of Incest Leads To Four Deaths, One In Hudson Valley
Case Of Incest Leads To Four Deaths, One In Hudson Valley The murder of three people -- a man and woman in New Milford, Conn., and an infant in North Carolina -- and the suicide of their suspected killer Thursday in Dutchess County are all linked to a twisted case of incest that was the subject of a Daily Voice story published in February. The story behind the murders began two years ago when then 18-year-old Katie Fusco Pladl of Dover went on a search to find her biological parents.  She found Steven Pladl, her mother and her siblings near Richmond, Va., and eventually moved in with them in 2016. But the happy family reunion didn't last long whe…
Ex-Hudson Valley Resident, Father Face Incest Charge After Baby's Birth Ex-Hudson Valley Resident, Father Face Incest Charge After Baby's Birth
Ex-Hudson Valley Resident, Father Face Incest Charge After Baby's Birth A 20-year-old former Dutchess County woman and her biological father were arrested on incest charges after officials found out they had a child together and considered themselves married, according to multiple reports. Kathie Fusco Pladl, 20, who attended Dover High School and lists her address on her website as Wingdale, and Steven Pladl, 42, from North Carolina, were arrested on Jan. 27 on charges of incest, adultery, and contributing to delinquency, according to USA Today. Their story of "love" began when Fusco, who was given up by her parents in 1998 for adoption out-of-state,…