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Suspect Charged In Murder Of Former Westchester HS Football Star Suspect Charged In Murder Of Former Westchester HS Football Star
Suspect Charged In Murder Of Former Westchester HS Football Star A suspect is in police custody for his role in the shooting death of a former high school football star from Westchester who was playing professionally in Arizona. Christopher Verland Ayers III, 28, who was in custody for unrelated charges in Phoenix, has been charged in connection to the shooting death of former Mount Vernon football standout Lance McDowdell, a member of the Arizona Rattlers indoor football team. Ayers, who is still facing additional charges, was charged with second-degree murder this week, police said. McDowdell, 25, was found with a gunshot wound in the driveway of a Ph…

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by Zak Failla
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Former Area HS, College Football Standout Killed In Shooting Former Area HS, College Football Standout Killed In Shooting
Former Area HS, College Football Standout Killed In Shooting A former Westchester high school football standout who was a two-time junior college all-American at Nassau Community College killed in a shooting in Phoenix. Lance McDowdell, 25, a member of the Arizona Rattlers professional indoor football team, was found with a gunshot wound in the driveway of a Phoenix apartment complex on Friday morning, Dec. 20 before being rushed to a local hospital, where he died. No motive for the shooting has been established yet and no suspect or suspects have been identified.  "Lance represented the Rattlers organization with pride and dedication…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Crane House In Hudson Valley Among 20 Sites Declared Historic By Cuomo Crane House In Hudson Valley Among 20 Sites Declared Historic By Cuomo
Crane House In Hudson Valley Among 20 Sites Declared Historic By Cuomo Middletown's Crane House made Gov. Andrew Cuomo's statewide list of 20 recommended historic sites. The nominations reflect the striking diversity of New York's history and include a covert FBI radio transmission station, a landmark in aviation history now used as a community college, and a facility used in the transmission of electricity from Niagara Falls to Buffalo in the early 1900s. Crane House is a Queen Anne-style home built in 1897 by the Crane family, which operated a prosperous dairy farm at the site into the 1930s. "This administration is committed to helping communities pre…

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by Jon Craig