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Social Media Stars' Visit To Area Pizzeria Shuts Down Eatery Social Media Stars' Visit To Area Pizzeria Shuts Down Eatery
Social Media Stars' Visit To Area Pizzeria Shuts Down Eatery When a couple who have become famous on social media ducked into a uber-popular pizzeria in Connecticut for a bite, the eatery ended up having to close its doors. That's what happened on Sunday, May 30 in Fairfield County, when the TikTok tandem of Dixie D’Amelio and Noah Beck paid a visit to Locali Pizza Bar & Kitchen in New Canaan, according to Jamie Caceres, a waiter at the restaurant. For those not in the know, D’Amelio, age 19, is a singer from Norwalk who has more than 52.1 million followers on the app. Her boyfriend, Beck, age 20, has some 27.3 million followers for his mostly p…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Expect Delays: New Round Of Weekday I-684 Double-Lane Closures Scheduled Expect Delays: New Round Of Weekday I-684 Double-Lane Closures Scheduled
Expect Delays: New Round Of Weekday I-684 Double-Lane Closures Scheduled Motorists are advised that various double-lane closures are scheduled on I-684 northbound and southbound. The closures will be between Exit 3 (Route 22) in Armonk and Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, daily from Monday, May 6 through Friday, May 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., while crews perform maintenance activities, weather permitting. Motorists should anticipate delays and plan accordingly. Drivers are asked to use caution when traveling through the work zone area and pay particular attention to all traffic control devices, including signs and flaggers. Motorists are reminded that fines…

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by Daily Voice
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White Supremacist Stickers, Posters Spotted In Northern Westchester White Supremacist Stickers, Posters Spotted In Northern Westchester
White Supremacist Stickers, Posters Spotted In Northern Westchester They’re back. Months after flyers promoting a white supremacist group near schools in Westchester and a popular deli were posted, the organization is back at it, with a prominent presence in Katonah. In July last year, recruitment posters for Identity Evropa, cropped up in Croton-on-Hudson, including several that were hung outside the Croton-Harmon High School and the local middle school. Then again late in November, stickers for the white supremacy group were found posted outside the post office in Montrose, near the Montrose Deli. The stickers have since been removed by police and t…

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by Zak Failla
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Separate Incidents Cause Morning Gridlock On Several Area Roadways Separate Incidents Cause Morning Gridlock On Several Area Roadways
Separate Incidents Cause Morning Gridlock On Several Area Roadways This story has been updated. It was a slow go for commuters in parts of the area during the Thursday morning commute as a result of four separate incidents. A crash took out the left lane on southbound I-684 at Route 35 (Exit 6) in Katonah with stopped traffic at the scene and stop-and-go delays of one hour to Hardscrabble Road (Exit 8) until the lane reopened at around 8:30 a.m. On the southbound Taconic Parkway, a crash took out the right lane at Peekskill Hollow Road, with stop-and-go delays to Pudding Street until the lane reopened around 9 a.m. A stretch of Route 123 (Smith…

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by Daily Voice
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Ex-Wall Street Law Clerk From Katonah Sentenced For Insider Trading Scheme Ex-Wall Street Law Clerk From Katonah Sentenced For Insider Trading Scheme
Ex-Wall Street Law Clerk From Katonah Sentenced For Insider Trading Scheme A Northern Westchester man who was the former managing clerk for an international law firm was resentenced for stealing sensitive, confidential information for use in a five-year insider trading scheme that yielded net profits of more than $2 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Steven Metro, 44, formerly of Katonah, was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months in prison.  Metro pleaded guilty to the first two counts of an indictment charging him with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and tender offer fraud In November 2015, and was sentenced to 46 months in prison i…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Northern Westchester Woman Unearths Model Mom's Mental Illness Northern Westchester Woman Unearths Model Mom's Mental Illness
Northern Westchester Woman Unearths Model Mom's Mental Illness Carolyn Scott Reybold's glamorous life may have been sidelined by mental illness, but her Westchester daughter helped to reclaim it. Pound Ridge mental health activist Nyna Giles embarked on an investigation to unearth the lost pieces of her mother's remarkable life story, and tells all about it in her new book: "The Bridesmaid's Daughter: From Grace Kelly's Wedding to a Women’s Shelter -- Searching for the Truth About My Mother." The book -- co-authored by Eve Claxton -- will be on sale March 27.  Carolyn Scott’s early life was like something out of a movie Moving from Steubenv…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Cortlandt Manor Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices Cortlandt Manor Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices
Cortlandt Manor Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices Laurie Gershgorn has always been about local, seasonal food. Which is why, when she opened her Ossining cafe, she went with the name Good Choice Kitchen and the tagline "Real fresh food." A longtime personal chef, the mother of three saw her clients get smarter -- and more demanding -- about what they were eating (and feeding their kids). That hunger for good food, along with folks' increasingly changing dietary restrictions made her take the leap and open a storefront. So far, so good. "I'm very happy to be in Ossining," she said. "I definitely feel I am filling a…

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by Jeanne Muchnick