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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 Man, Astorino Deputy Named To New Post Northern Westchester Man, Astorino Deputy Named To New Post
Northern Westchester Man, Astorino Deputy Named To New Post A high-profile member of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's inner circle has been hired by Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann as his chief of staff and director of finance. Robert Alberty, 37, of Cortlandt, will join Hoehmann's staff on Jan. 2 with a $106,000 salary, down from Hoehmann's former chief of staff, Vincent Balascio, who earned $119,000, Hoehmann told the Daily Voice Friday. "I’m delighted we were able to find someone of Robert Alberty's caliber to join our team in Clarkstown," Hoehmann said. "I'm confident he will help find savings after working with a…

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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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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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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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Mahopac Falls Volunteer FD Gets In Candy Cane Run Before Snow Arrives Mahopac Falls Volunteer FD Gets In Candy Cane Run Before Snow Arrives
Mahopac Falls Volunteer FD Gets In Candy Cane Run Before Snow Arrives The Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department renewed a tradition Saturday that is now approaching a half century. As the snow began to fall on Saturday morning, Mr & Mrs Claus gathered their firefighter/EMS family for the 2017 Candy Cane Run group picture before heading out to visit the children of the Mahopac Falls Fire District, a tradition that is almost 50 years old.  With candy canes in hand, firefighters and EMT's got on board trucks pulling out of headquarters at 10 a.m. with lights flashing and sirens blaring 

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Somers High School Students' Holiday Crafts Benefit Putnam Hospital Center Somers High School Students' Holiday Crafts Benefit Putnam Hospital Center
Somers High School Students' Holiday Crafts Benefit Putnam Hospital Center Isabella DeChico and Adelina Ademaj, two juniors at Somers High School, are selling crafts for a good cause. The two are selling holiday ornaments and pens made out of polyester clay to raise money for Putnam Hospital Center’s oncology department. “It is our local hospital so we wanted to help out,” DeChico said. Ademaj said she is interested in pursuing medicine and cancer research and DeChico is into making crafts. So the two combined their interests for the project. Customers can either purchase the ornaments for themselves or donate the items to cancer patients, the students said. Ad…

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by Sam Barron
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Mahopac Dancer Performs At Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Mahopac Dancer Performs At Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Mahopac Dancer Performs At Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Sofia Gristina had a lot to be thankful for her on Thanksgiving. Gristina, a Mahopac resident, got to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, dancing with 34th and Phunk.  The 12-year-old, who dances for Epic Dance Studio in Mahopac, went out to Long Island to audition, having to learn a whole new hip-hop dance. She found out she got the part that day. "I was just in shock," Gristina said. "I didn't know what to do, I was excited." Gristina traveled all over the tri-state area to attend rehearsals, which wasn't so bad- some of the dancers would …

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29-Year-Old Westchester Composer Is Behind New Off-Broadway Musical 29-Year-Old Westchester Composer Is Behind New Off-Broadway Musical
29-Year-Old Westchester Composer Is Behind New Off-Broadway Musical Bonnie Gleicher is all about celebrating one's differences. And now, thanks to her show "Addy & Uno," her passion for showcasing what makes us each special is being recognized -- off-Broadway.  The musical, just signed for an extended run at Theatre Row -- it had been at the 14th Street Y Theater in New York City for most of September -- uses puppets and upbeat music to highlight the struggles of a child with autism as he competes in his school's math competition.  It also focuses on other children with (and without) varying disabilities (such as ADHD, visual, hearing and phy…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Not So 'Anonymous' Anymore: Westchester Professor Wins National Arts Award Not So 'Anonymous' Anymore: Westchester Professor Wins National Arts Award
Not So 'Anonymous' Anymore: Westchester Professor Wins National Arts Award A SUNY Purchase Associate Professor of Art+Design is one of ten recipients of a 2017 award by Anonymous Was A Woman. Nancy Bowen is in good company; among the other recipients is Amy Sherald, commissioned to paint the portrait of Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery. Each year, the Award recognizes women over 40 who have made significant contributions in their fields to date, while continuing to create new work.  Winners are chosen from among a competitive pool of applicants recommended by a group of distinguished art historians, curators, writers, and artists who serve as anon…

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