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Josh Lanier

Assistant Managing Editor

jlanier@dailyvoice.com

Josh Lanier started his reporting career in high school for his local newspaper. Many — many — years later, he’s still chasing leads for compelling stories. During his time writing for newspapers, magazines, and online publications, he’s covered everything from murderers to mommy bloggers, but his most interesting story is always the next one.

Josh is a native of Charlotte, NC, where he is a member of a sketch comedy group in his spare time.

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Obituaries

Veteran, Great-Grandfather ID'd As Victim In Fatal Lanesborough Motorcycle Crash A 75-year-old Berkshire County man was identified as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash last week, authorities said. Al Salvatore, of Pittsfield, was riding his Harley Davidson with his friend in Lanesborough on Sunday, Sept. 1, when he collided with an SUV, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. Salvatore was driving east on Route 7 onto the Route 8 connector when his bike crossed the double yellow line and into the path of an oncoming SUV, the prosecutor's office said. He died at the scene. Salvatore was born in Pittsfield and graduated from Wahco…

09/08/2024

Lifestyle

Macaulay Culkin Coming To Wallingford For Special Screening Of 'Home Alone' If you're home alone with nothing to do, you can set a date with the man who single-handedly took down the Wet Bandits. The 44-year-old Macaulay Culkin, star of the beloved holiday film classic "Home Alone," is going on tour to movie theaters across the country later this year. He'll screen the movie and talk with fans afterward. Dubbed "A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin,” the tour will stop in Wallingford, Connecticut, Medford, Massachusetts, Erie, Pennsylvania, and other states. “Hear about his experiences on set, his favorite memories from filming, and his take on why th…

09/08/2024

Real Estate

$15M NY Home Built For French Royalty — No Really It's a home that looks like it was plucked from Versaille and placed in New York. That's because it was. "Haut Bois," a 108-year-old home in the exclusive town of Brookville on Long Island's Gold Coast was designed to look like Louis XIV Hunting Lodge, now known as the Palace of Versailles, the listing reads. This one-of-a-kind regal Brookville manor could be yours for $14.9 million. Zillow The 18-room home sits on eight acres at the end of a private drive. It was originally built in 1916 and has undergone two major renovations in the past century. Zillow Th…

09/08/2024

News

New Haven Leads Way As CT Claims It's Home To Pizza Capital Of World Keep walking, New York. Not a chance, Chicago. No way, Naples. Detroit? Don't think so. This is a New Haven pizza world. It may shock the rest of the world, but Connecticut has staked its claim as the most important pizza city on the planet. New signs on interstates welcoming drivers to The Constitution State say it plainly: "Welcome to Connecticut — Home of the Pizza Capital Of The World." “These new signs are not just markers on our highways, they are a reflection of what makes Connecticut special,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a release. “We want everyone entering our state to immediately …

09/08/2024

Police & Fire

Police Nab Woman Accused Of Robbing Selden Bank After She Crashes Into Cop Car: Officers A woman accused of robbing a Long Island bank was arrested after she crashed head-on with a police officer in a stolen car a day after the heist, authorities said. Nina Cahill, age 41, of Holtsville, is accused of robbing the Chase Bank in Selden at 999 Middle Country Road around 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, Suffolk County Police said. She wore a surgical mask during the robbery. Original Report: Police Searching For Woman Who Robbed Suffolk County Bank On Saturday, police located Cahill in a stolen Toyota Corolla in Holbrook around 7:30 p.m., but when they tried to st…

09/08/2024

Police & Fire

Intoxicated Shirley Driver Had His Kids In Car When He Crashed In Mastic: Police A 46-year-old Long Island man faces multiple felony charges after police said he drove while intoxicated and crashed into multiple parked vehicles with his two young daughters in his car. Gerardo Gonzalez Ramos, of Shirley, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 7, following the crash in Mastic, Suffolk County Police said. Police received tips that a Honda had plowed into two cars at 50 Mastic Blvd West a little before 8:30 p.m. As officers investigated, Gonzalez Ramos returned to the crash site, authorities said. He had his two daughters — ages 4 and 6 — in the vehic…

09/08/2024

Police & Fire

2 Young Girls Die In Apparent Drowning In Holtsville Pond Police on Long Island are investigating the deaths of two young girls — ages 2 and 4 — who are believed to have drowned in a pond behind an apartment complex, authorities said. The girls were found behind the Fairfield Townhouses at Holtsville at 2 Victorian Court in Holtsville on Saturday, Sept. 7, the Suffolk County Police Department said. A family member called 911 around 3:15 p.m. to report the girls missing. Police found their bodies in the pond a few minutes after they arrived at the scene. Their identities have not yet been released. Paramedics took the children to …

09/08/2024

Obituaries

Friends Remember Men Killed In Old Saybrook Boat Crash After Police ID Victims Friends and family are remembering two victims of a Long Island Sound boat crash that killed three and sent six others to the hospital in Connecticut. New London County residents Ian Duchemin, age 25, of Oakdale, and Ryan D. Britagna, age 24, of Waterford, were killed on Monday, Sept. 2, when their boat hit the break wall at the mouth of the Connecticut River, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said. Searchers found their bodies on Friday, Sept. 6. Middlesex County resident Christopher Hallahan, age 34, of Westbrook, also died in the crash ne…

09/07/2024

Police & Fire

Girl Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Stamford High School: Police A Connecticut teenager who said she would shoot up her high school in a social media message was busted hours after making the threat, authorities said. The FBI contacted administrators in Fairfield County at Stamford High School around 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, after intercepting a message on the social media app Snapchat, Stamford Police said. In the message, a girl wrote she would "shoot up the school." Agents quickly linked the social media account to the teenager and tracked the phone to a classroom at the 55 Strawberry Hill Ave. school. Police pulled the…

09/07/2024

Real Estate

Greenwich Mansion With A Lot Of History Hits Market At $35M Connecticut's Beinecke Estate was built in 1939 and has remained in the same family ever since — until now. The 9,300-square-foot Georgian colonial mansion sits on 66 acres of rolling hills at 10 Cliffdale Rd in Greenwich and was just listed for sale for $35 million. Zillow Commissioned by business tycoon Edwin John Beinecke, the estate features 10-foot-high ceilings throughout the main house, handcrafted wood molding, and a built-in library that would be the envy of any book lover, according to the listing. The eight-bedroom, nine-bath mansion's liv…

09/07/2024

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