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'Hamilton' Star Follows Path Back To Walter Panas High School CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- The journey from acting in high school plays to landing a part in one of the hottest plays on Broadway is a long and uncertain one, says former Cortlandt Manor resident Anthony Lee Medina. But it’s well worth the effort if that path leads you back home once in a while where you can inspire and encourage others the way you were when you were starting out. The 28-year-old actor recently visited theater students at Walter Panas High School, his alma mater, and at Copper Beech Middle School and Lakeland High School .in the Lakeland Central School District. Medina, who will m…

02/06/2017

News

Missing Brewster Dog Reunited With Owners BREWSTER, N.Y. – Brewski, a Husky who was missing from his Brewster home, has been found safe, say the folks at the Putnam Humane Society. The dog, which went missing from a house on Deans Corner Road, has been reunited with his owners.

02/06/2017

News

I-684 Lane Closures In Effect This Week Maintenance projects are resulting in lane closures on I-684 in Westchester and Putnam counties this week. In Putnam’s Southeast, single lane closures are occurring between Exit 9 (I-84) and Exit 10 (Route 6/202) starting Monday, Feb. 6 and running through Friday, Feb. 10. Northbound lane closures are scheduled between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. and southbound lane closures, between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. In Westchester’s Harrison and North Castle, lane closures will occur between Exit 1 (I-287) and Exit 3 (Route 22). Northbound lane closures are set from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and…

02/06/2017

Police & Fire

Croton Firefighters, Police Keep Porch Fire From Spreading To Home CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Croton firefighters were called to 20 Van Wyck Street Sunday after one of the residents of the wooden, multi-family home detected smoke emanating from its front porch. The landlord was already pulling up smoldering boards from the porch when firefighters arrived on the scene within two minutes of receiving the 12:23 p.m. call. Croton police officers, whose headquarters are right up the street, had lent a hand by using their fire extinguishers, firefighters said in a Facebook post. Fire crews determined that no flames or smoke had gotten inside the 2 ½-story structu…

02/06/2017

News

Big Changes In Store For Rockland Commuters Rockland commuters who use Coach USA’s #20 buses will notice some significant changes when they head back to work this week. As of Monday, Feb. 6, #20 buses will no longer service stops on Orangeburgh Road, Sickletown Road and Convent Road west of 3rd Avenue, the transit company announced on its website. This #20 bus route will instead continue on Old Middletown Road to Gilbert & Veterans Memorial Highway. It also will include a stop at the Blue Hill Plaza in Pearl River on Veterans Memorial Highway. The #20 takes riders to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bus terminal. …

02/06/2017

News

Officials Seek Answers On 2nd Anniversary Of Deadliest Metro-North Crash VALHALLA, N.Y. – It’s been two years since a Metro-North commuter train plowed into an SUV at a railroad crossing in Valhalla, killing six people and injuring 15 others. Yet the exact cause of the fatal crash, and safety recommendations that could prevent another such tragedy, are still not known. And certain elected officials – on the local, state and national level – are saying they are tired of all the talk; they want to see some action. Issuing a joint statement to that effect on the second anniversary of the crash, were state Sen. Terrence Murphy, R-Yorktown; Westchester County Legisl…

02/05/2017

News

Students Hailed For Role In Rockland Tobacco Ban ROCKLAND COUNTY N.Y. – Rockland students got a real lesson in people power when they witnessed the signing of a bill making it illegal to sell tobacco products in pharmacies. With one stroke of the pen Friday, County Executive Ed Day, an admitted former smoker, made Rockland the first county in the state to do so. He made the historic move at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, where students first started lobbying county legislators for the ban several years ago. Day told students that they now have tangible proof of what happens when citizens exercise their rights in a democracy. The…

02/05/2017

News

Big Changes In Store For Rockland Commuters Rockland commuters who use Coach USA’s #20 buses will notice some significant changes when they head back to work this week. As of Monday, Feb. 6, #20 buses will no longer service stops on Orangeburgh Road, Sickletown Road and Convent Road west of 3rd Avenue, the transit company announced on its website. This #20 bus route will instead continue on Old Middletown Road to Gilbert & Veterans Memorial Highway. It also will include a stop at the Blue Hill Plaza in Pearl River on Veterans Memorial Highway. The #20 takes riders to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bus terminal. …

02/05/2017

News

I-684 Lane Closures Set For Coming Week Maintenance projects will force lane closures on I-684 in Westchester and Putnam counties this week. In Putnam’s Southeast, single lane closures are expected to occur between Exit 9 (I-84) and Exit 10 (Route 6/202) starting Monday, Feb. 6 and running through Friday, Feb. 10. Northbound lane closures are expected to occur between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. and southbound lane closures, between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. In Westchester’s Harrison and North Castle, lane closures are expected to occur between Exit 1 (I-287) and Exit 3 (Route 22). Northbound lane closures are set from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on…

02/05/2017

Police & Fire

Clarkstown Police Search For Woman, 29, On Larceny, Stolen Property Charges CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- A Rockland woman is being sought on charges of larceny and possession of stolen property, Clarkstown police said. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 29-year-old Rachel Matias of Spring Valley, police said. Matias is described as white, 4 feet 6 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. Clarkstown police are asking anyone with knowledge of Matias’s whereabouts to call their warrant unit at (845) 639-5880, or their TIPS line at (877) 639-6233.

02/04/2017

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