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Village of Buchanan, NY

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Buchanan Police Chief Calling It A Career After Nearly Four Decades With Department Buchanan Police Chief Calling It A Career After Nearly Four Decades With Department
Buchanan Police Chief Calling It A Career After Nearly Four Decades With Department When he walked through the doors of the Village of Buchanan Police Department 37 years ago, he was a kid fresh out of the police academy. When he walks out the door for the final time in January, Chief Brian J. Tubbs is leaving behind a legacy he is proud of. That legacy includes a police department that spends more time offering "service," to residents than having to chase criminals and one that is fully staffed with seven officers. Tubbs has spent a lot of time working to make the village a safe place and one where the residents know the police officers and that they can depend on them f…

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by Kathy Reakes
Neighbors
Village Of Buchanan Officer Hailed A Hero For Saving Baby Village Of Buchanan Officer Hailed A Hero For Saving Baby
Village Of Buchanan Officer Hailed A Hero For Saving Baby Officials with the Village of Buchanan are hailing one of their officers a hero after he saved the life of an 11-month-old baby who was not breathing. According to officials on Facebook, on Tuesday at about 4:45 p.m. Officer Robert Budde received a call from a hysterical woman. The only information Budde could obtain over the phone was the address. When he arrived, the woman brought him to the 11-month-old baby she was caring for. The baby was not breathing and had no pulse. Budde immediately began performing CPR on the baby and the baby regained a heartbeat and began to breathe. Cortlandt …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Indian Point Closure, Latimer Win, New TZB Top Westchester News For 2017 Indian Point Closure, Latimer Win, New TZB Top Westchester News For 2017
Indian Point Closure, Latimer Win, New TZB Top Westchester News For 2017 WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- It was a game-changing year in Westchester County in 2017. The year began with the announcement Entergy will be closing Indian Point Energy Center in 2020 and 2021. The closure was part of an agreement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Riverkeeper with the state dropping all legal challenges against the plant. Entergy said it was no longer economically viable to keep the plant open. Indian Point closing will impact 2,000 jobs. The Village of Buchanan receives 46 percent of its revenue from the power plant while the Hendrick Hudson School District gets 33 percent of its …

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by Sam Barron