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NY Man ID'd As Tourist Found Dead In Greece NY Man ID'd As Tourist Found Dead In Greece
NY Man ID'd As Tourist Found Dead In Greece An American tourist recently found dead in Greece has been identified as a Long Island horse trainer. Toby Sheets’ body was found on Sunday, June 16, on a rocky beach on the Greek island of Mathraki, according to CBS News New York. Sheets, 55, was a native of Arkansas and lived in the Nassau County village of Floral Park, where he worked as a horse trainer at Belmont Park. His cause of death is still being investigated.  He went missing after being seen at a cafe on Tuesday, June 11, and was dropped off at his rental home that night, The New York Times reported.  On Thu…
Popular Restaurant Opens New Location In Westchester Popular Restaurant Opens New Location In Westchester
Popular Restaurant Opens New Location In Westchester A popular restaurant has opened a new location in the region. Greca Mediterranean Kitchen + Bar, which operates a Connecticut location in Litchfield County, now has a New York restaurant in Westchester County, located in White Plains. The new restaurant's menu offers guests a wide selection of dinner dishes, including gyros, Faroe Island salmon, lamb chops, skirt steak, and more. The drink menu includes a variety of cocktails, such as the "Greca Mule," and wines from around the world, including some from Greece.  "I have to start with saying it's about time White Plains has a superst…
Yorktown Heights' Ken Allen Dies Of COVID, High School Teacher Who 'Could Befriend Anyone' Yorktown Heights' Ken Allen Dies Of COVID, High School Teacher Who 'Could Befriend Anyone'
Yorktown Heights' Ken Allen Dies Of COVID, High School Teacher Who 'Could Befriend Anyone' It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Kenneth Mitchell Allen on April 14, 2020, a victim of COVID-19. Ken was born May 25, 1936 in the Bronx, the son of Nathan and Jeanette (Fisherman) Allen. He graduated from Morris High School and then entered the army. He served in Germany during the Korean war from 1954 to 1956 as a radio operator. He first planned on making it his career but quickly realized that it was not the career for him.  After being honorably discharged from the Army, he attended City College of New York where he met Marcia Bonchek. Marcia would admit she hated …
Going Pro: Iona College Basketball Standout To Play In Greece Going Pro: Iona College Basketball Standout To Play In Greece
Going Pro: Iona College Basketball Standout To Play In Greece The Hudson Valley's own Rickey McGill, who starred at Iona College for four years after a stellar high school career is taking his talent overseas to Greece. The 22-year-old McGill, from Spring Valley in Rockland County, announced that he has signed on to play with the Greek team Panionios after participating in pre-draft workouts for NBA teams. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound guard, was a four-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion, blossomed in his senior year, when he was named to the all-MAAC and all-MET first teams. He was also the honoree of the Joseph O’Connell Award, which is…
Man Confesses To Murder Of Byram Hills HS Grad In Greece, Report Says Man Confesses To Murder Of Byram Hills HS Grad In Greece, Report Says
Man Confesses To Murder Of Byram Hills HS Grad In Greece, Report Says A 27-year-old man has reportedly admitted to the murder of a former Westchester resident on the island of Crete in Greece. Law enforcement officials said the man was interviewed over the weekend in the death of 59-year-old Suzanne Eaton, the renowned scientist who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk, allegedly confessed to the crime, reported CBS News. Eaton, a molecular biologist went missing Tuesday, July 2, while attending a conference at the Orthodox Academy in Crete, Greece, when she disappeared. Crete police are expected to released additional details on Tuesday, July 1…
Byram Hills Grad Found Murdered Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say Byram Hills Grad Found Murdered Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say
Byram Hills Grad Found Murdered Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say Forensic pathologists who performed the autopsy on a former Northern Westchester resident found murdered in a cave said she suffered a slow death. In an interview with CBS News, pathologist Stamatis Belivanis said renowned scientist Suzanne Eaton, 59, a 1977 graduate of Byram Hills High School in Armonk, was suffocated to death and then left in a World War II-era cave-type bunker once used by the Nazis in Greece. Her body was found by two people exploring the area. Some Greek media outlets have reported that Eaton had knife wounds and that she may have been tortured and sexually assaulted.…
Former Northern Westchester Resident Found Dead In Cave Was Murdered, ME Says Former Northern Westchester Resident Found Dead In Cave Was Murdered, ME Says
Former Northern Westchester Resident Found Dead In Cave Was Murdered, ME Says The death of a scientist who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester in Greece has been ruled a homicide. Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, was found dead on Monday, July 8, said her employer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany. Eaton, a biologist, had been missing since Tuesday, July 2, when she was attending a conference in Greece.  Her body was found about 200 feet inside a Nazi bunker in Crete, Greece, by two people exploring the area, said the Daily Mail. Medical examiners said Eaton wa…
Missing Scientist Who Graduated From Byram Hills HS Found Dead In Greece Missing Scientist Who Graduated From Byram Hills HS Found Dead In Greece
Missing Scientist Who Graduated From Byram Hills HS Found Dead In Greece A missing scientist who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester has died in Greece. Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, was found dead on Monday, July 8, said her employer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany. Eaton, who worked for the company as a researcher and as a professor at the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden, was attending a conference when she went missing. Eaton was last seen on the afternoon of July 2 near the port city of Chania on Crete, where she was attending the conference. Gre…
These Are Best Diets For 2019, According To U.S. News Rankings These Are Best Diets For 2019, According To U.S. News Rankings
These Are Best Diets For 2019, According To U.S. News Rankings U.S. News & World Report has released its list of the best diets for the upcoming year. The list encompasses more than 40 diet plans ranked into various weight loss categories, including healthy eating diets, commercial diets, fast weight-loss diets, and more. Tops for weight-loss diets were a three-way tie between the vegan diet, the Jenny Craig diet, and the Flexitarian diet for the third place spot. Ranking second was the Volumetrics diet, and first was Weight Watchers. Though the report categorizes these diets into multiple categories, they also rank the top three best overall …
Westchester Company 'Unmaps' Your Next Adventure Westchester Company 'Unmaps' Your Next Adventure
Westchester Company 'Unmaps' Your Next Adventure Where to know where to travel to next? Tune into "Unmapped," a new podcast by Uncover Studios, a White Plains-based podcast and influencer company. The new show, which debuted in October 2017, stars Angelina Zeppieri, a New Rochelle native. Adam Raymonda, another New Ro native, produces it. Unmapped, according to Dave Keine, Uncover's Managing Director, is a narrative, non-fiction diary similar in style to podcasts such as "Millennial" or "This American Life" in which Zeppieri chronicles her journeys to destinations near and far, while also exploring what it’s…