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Ossining School District

Obituaries
'Band Of Brothers' Original Member From Hudson Valley Dies 'Band Of Brothers' Original Member From Hudson Valley Dies
'Band Of Brothers' Original Member From Hudson Valley Dies One of the original “Band of Brothers” from the Hudson Valley who parachuted behind enemy lines on D-Day has died at the age of 96. Philip Perugini, a Northern Westchester resident in Buchanan who formerly called Ossining home died on Thursday, Aug. 9. He was born on May 26, 1922, to Tomaso and Angiolina Perugini. When World War II began, Perugini enlisted in the United States Army and was one of the original “Band of Brothers,” the group of soldiers with the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry, with the Easy Company Squad. He received a Purple Heart for injuries he sustained during hi…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
School District In Hudson Valley Installs Strobe Lights For Security School District In Hudson Valley Installs Strobe Lights For Security
School District In Hudson Valley Installs Strobe Lights For Security In an effort to keep students, parents, and visitors to Ossining schools safe during emergencies, the district has installed a new safety measure at a time when school shootings are becoming commonplace.  According to Raymond Sanchez, superintendent of the Ossining School District, the district has installed blue strobe lights on the exterior of all buildings districtwide that will alert anyone outside of a potential threat. The additions are intended to notify individuals on the exterior of the building that there is a potential threat to the building and they should not try to enter the b…

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by Kathy Reakes