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Politics
Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race
Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race Mayoral candidates in the Village of Ossining clashed over the village's inability to receive a $10 million state economic redevelopment grant. On her website, Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity claimed that village Trustee Omar Herrera, who is challenging her for mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 6, jeopardized the village’s chances of being awarded a Downtown Revitalization Initiative Grant from the MidHudson Region of the Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC). Earlier this year, Herrera proposed a building moratorium for Ossining. “The REDC will only entrust $10M to a community with leader…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
'Band Of Brothers' Original Member From Westchester Dies 'Band Of Brothers' Original Member From Westchester Dies
'Band Of Brothers' Original Member From Westchester Dies One of the original “Band of Brothers” from the Hudson Valley who parachuted behind enemy lines on D-Day has died at the age of 96. Philip Perugini, a Northern Westchester resident in Buchanan who formerly called Ossining home died on Thursday, Aug. 9. He was born on May 26, 1922, to Tomaso and Angiolina Perugini. When World War II began, Perugini enlisted in the United States Army and was one of the original “Band of Brothers,” the group of soldiers with the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry, with the Easy Company Squad. He received a Purple Heart for injuries he sustained during hi…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
School District In Westchester Installs Strobe Lights As Security Measure School District In Westchester Installs Strobe Lights As Security Measure
School District In Westchester Installs Strobe Lights As Security Measure In an effort to keep students, parents, and visitors to Ossining schools safe during emergencies, the district has installed a new safety measure at a time when school shootings are becoming commonplace.  According to Raymond Sanchez, superintendent of the Ossining School District, the district has installed blue strobe lights on the exterior of all buildings districtwide that will alert anyone outside of a potential threat. The additions are intended to notify individuals on the exterior of the building that there is a potential threat to the building and they should not try to enter the b…

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by Kathy Reakes