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Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas
Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas This story has been updated. A Danbury deputy fire chief helped save the life of a person suffering a medical crisis on a flight from Las Vegas. The incident took place around 5:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, when Deputy Chief Bill Lounsbury was off duty on a flight from Las Vegas when he was altered that medical personnel was needed for a patient having an anaphylactic reaction.  He told the flight crew that he was an advanced EMT, said Danbury Fire Communications Coordinator James Gagliardo. Lounsbury quickly teamed up with a Connecticut pediatrician to treat the patient.&nb…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Lifelong Westchester Resident Anthony Piraneo Dies At 45 Lifelong Westchester Resident Anthony Piraneo Dies At 45
Lifelong Westchester Resident Anthony Piraneo Dies At 45 Anthony G. Piraneo who spent his whole life in Westchester died Wednesday, Aug. 21, at age 45. He was raised in Pelham where he attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Hutchinson Schools before graduating from Pelham Memorial High School in 1992. Born March 19, 1974, in  New Rochelle to Anthony and Patricia, he was one of three children. Piraneo went on to further his education with an associate's degree in communications from Westchester Community College. For 18 years, he worked as a dispatcher for Cable Vision. He was a "tech guy" and loved to build computers and p…

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by Donna Christopher
Politics
That's The Ticket? Chappaqua's Bill, Hillary Clinton Start International Speaking Tour That's The Ticket? Chappaqua's Bill, Hillary Clinton Start International Speaking Tour
That's The Ticket? Chappaqua's Bill, Hillary Clinton Start International Speaking Tour Bill and Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua are going on tour, including April stops in Connecticut and New York. The political couple's speaking tour will span two countries and 13 cities — including Wallingford, CT where they'll speak at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre. The tour, billed as "An Evening with the Clintons," kicks off on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas.  Bill Clinton served as the nation's 42nd president from January 1993 through January 2001. His wife, Hillary, is a former First Lady, Secretary of State and U.S. senator from New York who lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
Connecticut House Overwhelmingly Passes Bump Stock Ban Connecticut House Overwhelmingly Passes Bump Stock Ban
Connecticut House Overwhelmingly Passes Bump Stock Ban The Connecticut House overwhelmingly passed a ban that helps disarm automatic weapons.By a vote of 114 to 55, the state's House late on Tuesday, May 1 passed the so-called bump stock ban, according to multiple news reports. Bump stocks are rapid-fire devices that enable guns to fire like automatic weapons. The measure must be approved by the state Senate to become law in Connecticut. Bump stocks were used in the October 2017 shooting at a Las Vegas concert that left 58 people dead and more than 800 others injured. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy proposed the ban earlier this year. Proponen…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
'Viva Las Vegas' Gala Set For Westchester 'Viva Las Vegas' Gala Set For Westchester
'Viva Las Vegas' Gala Set For Westchester Las Vegas comes to the Hudson Valley when the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation hosts its “Viva Las Vegas” Gala on Tuesday, May 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.  The gala will benefit Hudson Valley charities and non-profit organizations. The highlight of the evening will be a glitzy, glamorous Las Vegas-style show featuring “Elvis” tribute artist Cody Ray Slaughter. Tagged as one of the most talented, young Elvis tribute artists in the country, Slaughter was the youngest man ever to be named the “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist” by Elvis Presley Enterprises in …

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by Jon Craig
News
Viral Video Shows Hudson Valley Gun Owner Cutting AR-15 To Pieces Viral Video Shows Hudson Valley Gun Owner Cutting AR-15 To Pieces
Viral Video Shows Hudson Valley Gun Owner Cutting AR-15 To Pieces A Hudson Valley gun owner has gained attention after posting a video that has been viewed millions of times of him sawing his AR-15 rifle, similar to the one used in last week's school shooting that claimed 17 lives in Florida. Middletown resident Scott-Dani Pappalardo, an admitted supporter of the Second Amendment posted the video on Facebook on Saturday afternoon, and it quickly gained national attention, with more than 360,000 views in just two days, and now, views in the millions. Pappalardo said that he purchased the gun more than three decades ago, but the recent rash of school shooti…

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by Zak Failla