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Elliot Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Elliot Is SPCA Pet Of The Week
Elliot Is SPCA Pet Of The Week BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- The SPCA is hoping someone will adopt Elliot. Elliot is 1.5 and recently spent time in a foster home, becoming housebroken. He enjoys people and dogs but not cats. "Elliot is initially timid but warms up nicely; he's a blast to play with in the yard," the SPCA said. For more information, e-mail trainer@spca914.org or call (914) 941-2896 ext. 24.

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by Sam Barron
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Hawthorne Community Rallies Around Family After New Father Dies Hawthorne Community Rallies Around Family After New Father Dies
Hawthorne Community Rallies Around Family After New Father Dies Paulie Packes was only 9 days old when his father, Anthony, a Stamford resident who grew up in Hawthorne, died of a brain tumor at the age of 36. A GoFundMe page has been launched for the Packes family. As of Friday morning, the page has raised $51,565 in four days from 325 people. Anthony was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March 2015. The tumor was surgically removed, and he was given a clean bill of health. He married Toni in October 2016, but his brain tumor returned last June. While the tumor was surgically removed, it eventually resurfaced and was deemed inoperable.  "Anthony n…

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by Sam Barron
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Bedford's Martha Stewart Stranded In Florida Amid Storm Bedford's Martha Stewart Stranded In Florida Amid Storm
Bedford's Martha Stewart Stranded In Florida Amid Storm Martha Stewart, a Bedford resident, is missing out on the region's first major snowstorm of the year. Stewart is stranded in Florida according to her Instagram. Despite avoiding the snowstorm, it doesn't sound like she's too happy about it. "It is really inclement here," the lifestyle mogul said. "I am worried about the farm crops and citrus crops! But I know it is even worse up north where people cannot even get to work and pipes are freezing and trees breaking." Stewart, a former Westport, Conn., resident, found solace by visiting a spa. "A great place to visit …

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by Sam Barron
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Hudson Valley Resident's New Album Pays Tribute To Famed Folk Musician Hudson Valley Resident's New Album Pays Tribute To Famed Folk Musician
Hudson Valley Resident's New Album Pays Tribute To Famed Folk Musician Andy Biskin is hoping people love the music of Alan Lomax as much as he does.Biskin and his band, 16 Tons, have launched a Kickstarter to help fund the recording of his band's new record, which features a collection of American folk songs previously collected by Lomax.  The campaign, which runs through Feb. 1, is hoping to raise $8,000 to help cover fees for musicians recording, editing, mixing, mastering and producing the CDs. As of Saturday morning, 51 people have already pledged $4,521. Biskin must raise the full amount or he receives nothing. The album will begin recording in January an…

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by Sam Barron
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Westchester Family Welcomes First Baby Of 2018 At Greenwich Hospital Westchester Family Welcomes First Baby Of 2018 At Greenwich Hospital
Westchester Family Welcomes First Baby Of 2018 At Greenwich Hospital GREENWICH, Conn. – It's a boy! Greenwich Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2018 just after midnight on Monday. Baby boy Mason Raphael Mederos made his debut Jan. 1 at 12:08 a.m., weighing in at 7 pound and 14 ounces. This is the second baby for parents Emily and TJ Mederos of Port Chester, N.Y., who were high school sweethearts at Port Chester High School. Mason joins big brother Matthew Aidan, who is 1 years old.  His dad, TJ Mederos, is a New York City police officer based in the Bronx, and Emily Mederos plans to be a stay-at-home mom. The family received a gift basket from the hospi…

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Northern Westchester Resident Marching In Tournament Of Roses Parade Northern Westchester Resident Marching In Tournament Of Roses Parade
Northern Westchester Resident Marching In Tournament Of Roses Parade Samuel Levine, a Northern Westchester resident, is going to have a very happy new year. Levine, who graduated from North Salem High School, will be marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade in California on New Year's Day. Levine is one of 400 people in the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band. A trumpet player, Levine, a freshman at UMass, initially was reluctant to join the band. But he went to an event over the summer and was instantly blown away by the band — which is known as "The Power and Class of New England."  Aside from the Tournament of Roses parade, Le…

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by Sam Barron
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Northern Westchester Soldier Receives Purple Heart From President Trump Northern Westchester Soldier Receives Purple Heart From President Trump
Northern Westchester Soldier Receives Purple Heart From President Trump A soldier from Northern Westchester who was wounded in Afghanistan last month was awarded a Purple Heart from President Donald Trump at Walter Reed Medical Center on Thursday. Victor Prato, a 25-year-old who graduated from Somers High School in 2011 and played football at Somers, has served in the Army for two years. He was injured by a car bomb. "One of the most powerful moments of my life watching @POTUS give the Purple Heart to this American Hero," Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted. "Amazed by the strength and resilience of the men and women in our Armed Force…

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by Sam Barron
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3-Year-Old Saves The Day After Finding Woman's Purse At BJ's In Yorktown 3-Year-Old Saves The Day After Finding Woman's Purse At BJ's In Yorktown
3-Year-Old Saves The Day After Finding Woman's Purse At BJ's In Yorktown Landon Pruyne of Yorktown loves fire trucks, ambulances and police cars, so he was super excited last week when he got to visit a real police station to do a good deed. The 3-year-old  was shopping with his parents in BJ's when he found a purse in a shopping cart and gave it to his dad,  Justin Pruyne, the deputy commissioner for the Westchester Department of Corrections.  Right away, the little guy wanted the person to have their purse back, said Pruyne.  "We decided to take it to the Yorktown Police department on the way home because it had a phone, cash, and credit cards inside,&qu…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Community Rallies Around Westchester Family After Father's Death Community Rallies Around Westchester Family After Father's Death
Community Rallies Around Westchester Family After Father's Death WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A GoFundMe page has been launched for the family of Miguel Gil, a White Plains resident, who took his own life last week. As of Saturday morning, the page has raised nearly $5,000 by 80 people over three days.  "It was so unexpected," his daughter Angie said. " We couldn't understand why he would do something like this to us. We never thought we would have to imagine a life without our father." Angie said they are hoping to raise enough money to send him back to his native Dominican Republican where he can be buried with his parents and siblings and…

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by Sam Barron
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Animal Sanctuary Will Honor 6-Year-Old Sandy Hook Massacre Victim Animal Sanctuary Will Honor 6-Year-Old Sandy Hook Massacre Victim
Animal Sanctuary Will Honor 6-Year-Old Sandy Hook Massacre Victim NEWTOWN, Conn. — Six-year-old Catherine Violet Hubbard once caught a butterfly on her hand. As she set it free, she whispered: “Tell your friends that I am kind.” That one sentence is the inspiration behind the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, a tribute to the little girl who was one of 20 children and six adults who perished in the Sandy Hook School massacre on Dec. 14, 2012. It has been five years since that tragic day and family, friends and supporters of the sanctuary gathered this month to celebrate Catherine’s memory and raise more than $700,000 for the new sanctuary. “If …

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by Meredith Guinness
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Croton Man Celebrates 60 By Releasing New CD Croton Man Celebrates 60 By Releasing New CD
Croton Man Celebrates 60 By Releasing New CD CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Lawrence Savell's new album celebrates a milestone by looking back. Savell, a Croton-on-Hudson resident, just released "Dream World" in honor of his 60th birthday. The album, Savell's eight, revisits and reinterprets songs that he has written over the last 40 years. "You get to be a little retrospective when you turn 60," Savell said. "It's a milestone. It makes you take stock of who you are. I was able to remember who I was at different times in my life. You can look back at this stuff and appreciate it." Savell, a lawyer, was able t…

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by Sam Barron
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Ossining Couple Now $7M Richer After Buying Winning Lottery Ticket Ossining Couple Now $7M Richer After Buying Winning Lottery Ticket
Ossining Couple Now $7M Richer After Buying Winning Lottery Ticket Meat wholesaler Leon Greenberg and his wife are $7 million richer thanks to a winning New York State Lottery scratch-off ticket.  Karin Greenberg purchased a $7,000,000 Cash Blowout ticket with money the couple had left over from a recent trip to a casino and hit the jackpot. “Karin and I came back from a trip to Foxwoods and had some money left over,” said Leon. “She went down to the store to play our daily numbers and splurged on a $25 ticket. When she came home with the $7,000,000 winner, it was unbelievable.” The Greenbergs' ticket contained matching 21s with the $7 million jackpot pri…

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by Kathy Reakes