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Icy Roadways Lead To School Closures, Delayed Starts, Crashes Icy Roadways Lead To School Closures, Delayed Starts, Crashes
Icy Roadways Lead To School Closures, Delayed Starts, Crashes Light freezing rain that began to fall in the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday, Jan. 5 has resulted in numerous crashes in the region as well as delayed school openings and some closures. Freezing rain is expected to change over to plain rain by 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said in a Special Weather Statement issued early Wednesday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory at 5 a.m. is due to expire at 10 a.m. Wednesday and at noon farther north. Slippery conditions have been reported as far south as New York, Long Island, and southern Westchester and Fairfield counties. New York S…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Kayaker Recovered On Long Island Sound Body Of Missing Kayaker Recovered On Long Island Sound
Body Of Missing Kayaker Recovered On Long Island Sound The US Coast Guard recovered the body of a missing area kayaker in the waters of Long Island Sound during a powerful Nor'easter.  The kayaker, 45-year-old Laurence Broderick, reportedly left Hempstead in his red kayak at approximately 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, en route to Mamaroneck, in Southern Westchester County, and was reported overdue early Tuesday, Oct. 26 by his mother. Earlier report: Missing Westchester Kayaker Reportedly Found Dead In Water According to the US Coast Guard, later Tuesday morning, his kayak was found containing his cell phone on Glen Island Beach in New Roc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Fatal Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Causes Hours-Long Roadway Closure In Westchester Fatal Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Causes Hours-Long Roadway Closure In Westchester
Fatal Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Causes Hours-Long Roadway Closure In Westchester One person was killed and several injured during a three-vehicle crash that caused the hours-long closure of a stretch of the Sprain Brook Parkway in Southern Westchester County. The crash, which was originally called in as a person driving in the wrong direction on the parkway in Greenburgh, took place around 1 a.m., Monday, Dec. 28, closing all lanes of the parkway, said New York State Trooper AJ Hicks. Hicks said the crash happened between Dobbs Ferry and Secor roads. By 9 a.m., all lanes of the parkway had reopened, but with some lanes moving slowly. Hicks said police are still invest…

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by Kathy Reakes