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Bear With Us: Latest Sighting Comes Outside Garage At Area Home Bear With Us: Latest Sighting Comes Outside Garage At Area Home
Bear With Us: Latest Sighting Comes Outside Garage At Area Home A black bear got up close and personal on Tuesday morning, walking up to a Putnam County garage and taking a look around before heading back into the woods. The bear was spotted outside the front yard of a Travis Corners Road home in Garrison, perusing some bird feeders in front of the home. The bear was described as “quiet as a cat and very calm,” and left without incident after his detour. The sighting comes after a flurry of others in Northern Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland and Orange counties. According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, “though rarely s…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society
Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society Archbishop Stepinac High School has inducted 33 high achieving students into the Honors Academy. It's the first-of-its-kind, small personalized learning program in the region, officials at the private school in White Plains said.i Starting in September, the group of sophomore-year students will pursue advanced studies in either engineering, health sciences, finance or law. Launched three years ago, Stepinac’s Honors Academy has captured headlines, most recently for the inaugural group’s Symposium last May on the unresolved Flint, Michigan, contaminated drinking water crisis. To qualify for…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
Pataki Introduces Molinaro At GOP Convention Pataki Introduces Molinaro At GOP Convention
Pataki Introduces Molinaro At GOP Convention Former Gov. George E. Pataki of Garrison, a native of Peekskill where he once served as mayor, introduced Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro on Wednesday at the Republican Party Convention. "We beat the odds in 1994 and will do it again in 2018," Pataki said in this tweet.  Pataki was referring to his upset win over then-Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1994. Pataki served three terms as the last Republican governor of New York.  Molinaro is expected to face Cuomo's son, Democrat Andrew Cuomo of New Castle, in November's general election.  "To our friends in the media who have writ…

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by Jon Craig
News
Woman Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed Westchester Student Woman Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed Westchester Student
Woman Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed Westchester Student The family of a 21-year-old Manhattanville College student scolded the drunk driver who struck and killed their son in court at her sentencing on Wednesday. Rye resident Emma Fox, 26, was sentenced for her role as the driver in a fatal crash that took the life of Fishkill resident Robby Schartner, who graduated from Brookfield High School and formerly lived in Putnam County, in Garrison. According to the deal Fox made last year, she will be sentenced to six months in jail and more than four years of probation after she pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while…

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by Zak Failla
News
Woman To Be Sentenced In Drunk Driving Death Of Manhattanville Student Woman To Be Sentenced In Drunk Driving Death Of Manhattanville Student
Woman To Be Sentenced In Drunk Driving Death Of Manhattanville Student The Westchester County woman who pleaded guilty to drinking, driving and killing a 21-year-old Manhattanville College lacrosse player is due to be sentenced this week. Rye resident Emma Fox, 26, is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for her role in the fatal crash that took the life of Fishkill resident Robby Schartner, who graduated from Brookfield, Conn., High School and formerly lived in Putnam County, in Garrison. According to the deal Fox made last year, she will be sentenced to six months in jail and more than four years of probation after she pleaded guilty to second-degree vehic…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Westchester Luxury Home Sales Hit 10-Year High Westchester Luxury Home Sales Hit 10-Year High
Westchester Luxury Home Sales Hit 10-Year High Sales of luxury homes selling for $2 million and higher in Westchester County hit a 10-year high in 2017 with 357 high-end homes sold, a 4.7 percent increase from 2016, according to a new Houlihan Lawrence Luxury Market Report. Sale prices for luxury homes rose slightly from 2016, with the median sale price at $2.60 million, up from $2.56 million. Total sales for 2017 topped the $1 billion mark, a 6.2 percent increase from the previous year’s volume.  Two markets – Scarsdale and Rye – accounted for approximately 43 percent of the total luxury sales in Westchester in 2017. Westchester’s top…

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