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Hawthorne Man Among 6 Genovese Crime Family Suspects Sentenced For Racketeering Hawthorne Man Among 6 Genovese Crime Family Suspects Sentenced For Racketeering
Hawthorne Man Among 6 Genovese Crime Family Suspects Sentenced For Racketeering Six members and associates of the Genovese organized crime family, including a Westchester man and a Fairfield County resident, have been sentenced on racketeering charges, federal officials said.  The sentencings were announced on Friday, Aug. 4 by US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.  According to Williams, the six men were associated with the Genovese Organized Crime Family, part of a nationwide criminal organization known by various names such as "La Cosa Nostra" and the “Mafia."  Those sentenced included two "captains," who were r…
Beloved Westchester Woman Remembered As 'Take-Charge Mother' Who Brought Mascot To HS Games Beloved Westchester Woman Remembered As 'Take-Charge Mother' Who Brought Mascot To HS Games
Beloved Westchester Woman Remembered As 'Take-Charge Mother' Who Brought Mascot To HS Games A Westchester woman is being remembered as a devoted mother of six and loving wife. Mary Jane D’Arrigo, age 95, of Irvington, died peacefully while vacationing in Boca Raton, Florida, according to her obituary. D’Arrigo spent her earliest years in Flushing before moving at age 7 to Orange County and a farm in Walden, her obituary said. She began studying at Cornell University when she was 16 years old, and after graduation, she moved to New York City and taught women's groups about nutrition and how to cook fresh vegetables. "It was here that she met and married Steve D’Arrigo, a fresh pr…
Alleged Crime Family Member From Hawthorne Charged With Racketeering Alleged Crime Family Member From Hawthorne Charged With Racketeering
Alleged Crime Family Member From Hawthorne Charged With Racketeering Alleged members of the Genovese Organized Crime Family from Westchester and Fairfield counties are facing racketeering charges for their roles within the organization. Federal prosecutors announced that four members and two associates of the family have been charged with racketeering conspiracy involving illegal gambling and extortion. Those charged in Manhattan federal court: Michael Messina, age 69, of New Fairfield, Connecticut; Ralph Balsamo, age 51, of Tuckahoe, NY; Michael Poli, age 37, of Hawthorne, NY; Nicholas Calisi, age 63, of Boca Raton, Florida; John Campanella, age 47, of t…
Popular Kosher Deli Has Loyal Following In Westchester, On Long Island Popular Kosher Deli Has Loyal Following In Westchester, On Long Island
Popular Kosher Deli Has Loyal Following In Westchester, On Long Island With restaurants, there’s often pressure to keep up with the times, follow the trends, but on the heels of its 50th anniversary, Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen has managed to thrive by sticking to the classics. With seven locations (including three on Long Island, two in New York City, one in Westchester, and one in Florida), the Jewish deli serves exactly what you’d expect - hot open-faced and overstuffed sandwiches, fresh soups and salads, eggs, steaks, knishes, and pickles - with a few unique dishes sprinkled in. Among the less standard menu standouts at Ben's Delicatessen are the BBQ Briske…
Port Chester Native, Former CBS Employee Christine Lo Parco Dies At 95 Port Chester Native, Former CBS Employee Christine Lo Parco Dies At 95
Port Chester Native, Former CBS Employee Christine Lo Parco Dies At 95 Christine Lo Parco, 95, died Saturday, March 30, in Boca Raton Community Hospital after falling ill the day before. She leaves her sister, Nancy Caminiti of Port Chester and several nieces and nephews and many friends. Her husband, John Lo Parco died in 2007. Another sister, Carmela Scafa of Port Chester and brothers Louis and Patrick preceded her in death. Christine was born in Port Chester on March 25, 1924 to Alessandro and Filomena (Franciosa) Paen. She worked as a bookkeeper at CBS in New York before moving to Boca Raton, FL nearly 30 years ago where she was employed at the Boca Raton …
Area Resident Mort Walker, 'Beetle Bailey' Creator, Dies At 94 Area Resident Mort Walker, 'Beetle Bailey' Creator, Dies At 94
Area Resident Mort Walker, 'Beetle Bailey' Creator, Dies At 94 Mort Walker, the creator of the popular cartoon strips "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois," died Saturday at his home in Stamford. He was 94."Beetle Bailey," chronicling the escapes of a U.S. Army private known for his laziness, was created in 1950. "Hi and Lois," about a suburban family, launched in 1954. Addison Morton Walker was born on Sept. 3, 1923 in  El Dorado, Kansas.  “If there is such a thing as being born into a profession, it happened to me,” Walker wrote in the introduction to his autobiography. “From my first breath, all I ever wanted to b…