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School Fire: Solar Panel Goes Up In Flames In Pocantico Hills School Fire: Solar Panel Goes Up In Flames In Pocantico Hills
School Fire: Solar Panel Goes Up In Flames In Pocantico Hills A burnt-out solar panel caused flames to erupt on the roof of a school in Northern Westchester, requiring a quick response from numerous fire departments.  The blaze happened on Friday, July 21 around 1:40 p.m., when the Pocantico Hills and Archville Fire Departments were sent to the Pocantico Hills Central School for a fire on the roof.  According to the Pocantico Hills Fire Department, arriving crews confirmed that flames were coming from the roof of the building and quickly required a tower ladder and additional help from the Pleasantville and Sleepy Hollow Fire Depar…

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by Ben Crnic
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Ossining Woman Killed When Car, SUV Crash In Briarcliff Manor Ossining Woman Killed When Car, SUV Crash In Briarcliff Manor
Ossining Woman Killed When Car, SUV Crash In Briarcliff Manor A 24-year-old Northern Westchester woman killed in a car crash on Sunday has been identified. Ruth Alexandra Cajamarca-Paccha of Ossining was killed around 7:42 a.m. Sunday during a head-on crash on Route 9 just south of Sleepy Hollow Road in Briarcliff Manor, said Mount Pleasant Police Capt. Michael Pierce. Cajamarca-Paccha was a passenger in a 2013 Chevrolet Spark that collided with a 2016 Ford Explorer. When officers arrived on the scene, both vehicles had extensive damage and two of the occupants of the Chevy, including  Cajamarca-Paccha, were in the process of being extr…

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by Kathy Reakes