Find Your Daily Voice
61°
Election 2024: Projection Made In NY State Senate Race Representing Northern Westchester
New York's 40th State Senate District voters have officially chosen their next representative.
Democrat Pete Harckham, age 64, has been projected as winning re-election for his fourth term in the New York State Senate seat representing Northern Westchester and parts of Putnam and Rockland counties, according to the state's Board of Elections.
As of just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Harckham was leading his opponent, Republican Gina Arena, by 50 to 44 percent.
In total, Harckham received 84,789 votes of those tallied, over 10,000 more than those cast for Arena. It i…
4 Nabbed For DWI In Putnam: Wrong Way Driving, Mailbox Damage Among Offenses, Police Say
Four people, including Westchester and Fairfield County residents, face various charges after they were caught driving while intoxicated in the Hudson Valley, police said.
The arrests all happened in Putnam County over both Saturday, Aug. 19, and Sunday, Aug. 20, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
The following people were arrested, according to sheriff's deputies:
Fairfield County resident Michael F. Bautista-Zumba, age 23, of Danbury, was arrested on Saturday around 2:10 a.m. after authorities saw him allegedly travel from his lane in an unsafe…
Unlucky: Drunk Driver Crashes Into Dumpster In Hudson Valley On St. Patrick's Day, Police Say
A woman faces charges after crashing her car into a dumpster while allegedly driving drunk on St. Patrick's Day in the Hudson Valley, police said.
On Friday, March 17, around 10:30 p.m., police in Putnam County responded to Tonianne Drive in Kent for a reported vehicle crash, according to Kent Police.
There, they found that a woman had crashed her gray Honda Accord into a dumpster container.
The woman, identified as 46-year-old Erika Rizzotto of Kent, was then asked by an officer if she had been drinking that evening, to which she replied, "yes," police said.
After …
