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Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart To Switch Up Thanksgiving Plans This Year Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart To Switch Up Thanksgiving Plans This Year
Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart To Switch Up Thanksgiving Plans This Year Iconic homemaker Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving plans this year may come as a bit of a shock — they won't involve her hosting at home and turkey will not be an option at her table.  The 83-year-old Stewart, a longtime New York and former Connecticut resident, will be spending Turkey Day abroad in Rome instead of celebrating at her Katonah residence, according to the homemaker's website.  Stewart will be traveling with her daughter, Alexis, and two grandchildren, Jude and Truman, she said in an interview with People: "We decided the kids wanted to go away, the grandchildren, and so…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart Spotted Up Near Stage At Post-Rock Band's Show: Report Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart Spotted Up Near Stage At Post-Rock Band's Show: Report
Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart Spotted Up Near Stage At Post-Rock Band's Show: Report Some concertgoers at a popular post-rock band's show reportedly did a double-take when they saw longtime New York and former Connecticut resident Martha Stewart rocking out up near the front of the stage, according to a new report.  Stewart, age 83, was seen attending a Godspeed You! Black Emperor concert in Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday, Nov 16, according to a report by Stereogum.  The popular Canadian post-rock band, which formed in 1994, had been playing at Charleston's Music Farm. There, those in the audience posted about spotting Stewart in the crowd on X t…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart Admits To Cheating On Ex-Husband Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart Admits To Cheating On Ex-Husband
Northern Westchester's Martha Stewart Admits To Cheating On Ex-Husband Longtime New York and former Connecticut resident Martha Stewart, the homemaking icon casually drops a stunning revelation.  In the trailer for "Martha," an upcoming Netflix film to be released on Wednesday, Oct. 30, Stewart confirms that she cheated on her first husband, Andy Stewart, during their 25-year marriage.  Immediately after, Stewart, age 83, drops another bombshell — her ex-husband never found out.  "Young women, listen to my advice: If you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a (expletive deleted)" Stewart says in the trailer, adding, "Ge…

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by Ben Crnic
Politics
Kennedy Appeals Ruling in NY Ballot Access Residency Case Involving Northern Westchester Home Kennedy Appeals Ruling in NY Ballot Access Residency Case Involving Northern Westchester Home
Kennedy Appeals Ruling in NY Ballot Access Residency Case Involving Northern Westchester Home Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is appealing a judge's ruling that his listing of a Northern Westchester home on nominating petitions as a place of residence was false.  Following Judge Christina Ryba's ruling that Kennedy does not meet the legal requirement of a New York resident and cannot appear on the state's election ballots, the presidential hopeful has decided to keep fighting, according to a statement released by his campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 14 According to Ryba, Kennedy made a false statement when he listed his Katonah address at 84 Croton Lake Rd. as…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Social Media Stars' Visit To Area Pizzeria Shuts Down Eatery Social Media Stars' Visit To Area Pizzeria Shuts Down Eatery
Social Media Stars' Visit To Area Pizzeria Shuts Down Eatery When a couple who have become famous on social media ducked into a uber-popular pizzeria in Connecticut for a bite, the eatery ended up having to close its doors. That's what happened on Sunday, May 30 in Fairfield County, when the TikTok tandem of Dixie D’Amelio and Noah Beck paid a visit to Locali Pizza Bar & Kitchen in New Canaan, according to Jamie Caceres, a waiter at the restaurant. For those not in the know, D’Amelio, age 19, is a singer from Norwalk who has more than 52.1 million followers on the app. Her boyfriend, Beck, age 20, has some 27.3 million followers for his mostly p…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Expect Delays: New Round Of Weekday I-684 Double-Lane Closures Scheduled Expect Delays: New Round Of Weekday I-684 Double-Lane Closures Scheduled
Expect Delays: New Round Of Weekday I-684 Double-Lane Closures Scheduled Motorists are advised that various double-lane closures are scheduled on I-684 northbound and southbound. The closures will be between Exit 3 (Route 22) in Armonk and Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, daily from Monday, May 6 through Friday, May 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., while crews perform maintenance activities, weather permitting. Motorists should anticipate delays and plan accordingly. Drivers are asked to use caution when traveling through the work zone area and pay particular attention to all traffic control devices, including signs and flaggers. Motorists are reminded that fines…

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by Daily Voice
News
White Supremacist Stickers, Posters Spotted In Northern Westchester White Supremacist Stickers, Posters Spotted In Northern Westchester
White Supremacist Stickers, Posters Spotted In Northern Westchester They’re back. Months after flyers promoting a white supremacist group near schools in Westchester and a popular deli were posted, the organization is back at it, with a prominent presence in Katonah. In July last year, recruitment posters for Identity Evropa, cropped up in Croton-on-Hudson, including several that were hung outside the Croton-Harmon High School and the local middle school. Then again late in November, stickers for the white supremacy group were found posted outside the post office in Montrose, near the Montrose Deli. The stickers have since been removed by police and t…

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by Zak Failla
Traffic
Separate Incidents Cause Morning Gridlock On Several Area Roadways Separate Incidents Cause Morning Gridlock On Several Area Roadways
Separate Incidents Cause Morning Gridlock On Several Area Roadways This story has been updated. It was a slow go for commuters in parts of the area during the Thursday morning commute as a result of four separate incidents. A crash took out the left lane on southbound I-684 at Route 35 (Exit 6) in Katonah with stopped traffic at the scene and stop-and-go delays of one hour to Hardscrabble Road (Exit 8) until the lane reopened at around 8:30 a.m. On the southbound Taconic Parkway, a crash took out the right lane at Peekskill Hollow Road, with stop-and-go delays to Pudding Street until the lane reopened around 9 a.m. A stretch of Route 123 (Smith…

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by Daily Voice
News
Ex-Wall Street Law Clerk From Katonah Sentenced For Insider Trading Scheme Ex-Wall Street Law Clerk From Katonah Sentenced For Insider Trading Scheme
Ex-Wall Street Law Clerk From Katonah Sentenced For Insider Trading Scheme A Northern Westchester man who was the former managing clerk for an international law firm was resentenced for stealing sensitive, confidential information for use in a five-year insider trading scheme that yielded net profits of more than $2 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Steven Metro, 44, formerly of Katonah, was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months in prison.  Metro pleaded guilty to the first two counts of an indictment charging him with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and tender offer fraud In November 2015, and was sentenced to 46 months in prison i…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Northern Westchester Woman Unearths Model Mom's Mental Illness Northern Westchester Woman Unearths Model Mom's Mental Illness
Northern Westchester Woman Unearths Model Mom's Mental Illness Carolyn Scott Reybold's glamorous life may have been sidelined by mental illness, but her Westchester daughter helped to reclaim it. Pound Ridge mental health activist Nyna Giles embarked on an investigation to unearth the lost pieces of her mother's remarkable life story, and tells all about it in her new book: "The Bridesmaid's Daughter: From Grace Kelly's Wedding to a Women’s Shelter -- Searching for the Truth About My Mother." The book -- co-authored by Eve Claxton -- will be on sale March 27.  Carolyn Scott’s early life was like something out of a movie Moving from Steubenv…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Westchester Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices Westchester Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices
Westchester Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices Laurie Gershgorn has always been about local, seasonal food. Which is why, when she opened her Ossining cafe, she went with the name Good Choice Kitchen and the tagline "Real fresh food." A longtime personal chef, the mother of three saw her clients get smarter -- and more demanding -- about what they were eating (and feeding their kids). That hunger for good food, along with folks' increasingly changing dietary restrictions made her take the leap and open a storefront. So far, so good. "I'm very happy to be in Ossining," she said. "I definitely feel I am filling a…

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by Jeanne Muchnick