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Entrepreneur From Westchester Earns Spot On Forbes' 30 Under 30 List Entrepreneur From Westchester Earns Spot On Forbes' 30 Under 30 List
Entrepreneur From Westchester Earns Spot On Forbes' 30 Under 30 List For Northern Westchester native Tom Weingarten, simply following his passion for sports and coaching and taking a chance ended up bringing him to a level of success that is now earning recognition from major national outlets. Weingarten, age 29, who serves as the chief growth officer for sports media company Overtime, was named on the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, which is released annually and features 600 successful young entrepreneurs, stars, and leaders who have already exhibited plenty of potential.  Since Weingarten joined Overtime in 2015 as a startup, it has grown to have …

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by Ben Crnic
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Hit-Run: Beloved Westchester High School Teacher Dies In Cape Cod Crash Hit-Run: Beloved Westchester High School Teacher Dies In Cape Cod Crash
Hit-Run: Beloved Westchester High School Teacher Dies In Cape Cod Crash Authorities are investigating after a high school teacher in New York who lived in Connecticut was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Massachusetts, police said.  Fairfield County resident Jeffrey Richardson, age 59, of Brookfield, who taught music in Northern Westchester County at John Jay High School in Cross River, died on Tuesday, July 11 following the incident that happened the day before around 9:40 p.m. in the town of Wellfleet on Cape Cod.  According to Wellfleet Police, at the time of the incident, officers were called to Route 6, where Richardson was lying unresponsive …

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Obituaries
Paul Silas, 3-Time NBA Champion Player/Coach Who Lived In Westchester, Dies Paul Silas, 3-Time NBA Champion Player/Coach Who Lived In Westchester, Dies
Paul Silas, 3-Time NBA Champion Player/Coach Who Lived In Westchester, Dies Former NBA player and coach Paul Silas who lived in Northern Westchester for a period of his life has died.  Silas died on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the age of 79, according to a tweet by the Houston Rockets, where Silas' son Stephen, is the team's head coach. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, his daughter, Paula Silas-Guy, told The New York Times. The Silas family lived in the town of Lewisboro hamlet of Waccabuc while Paul Silas was an assistant coach with the New York Knicks from 1989 to 1992 and New Jersey Nets from 1992 to 1995. During part of that time, Stephen, a guard, was a baske…

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Westchester Family's Lost Bird Found Miles From Home During HS Practice Westchester Family's Lost Bird Found Miles From Home During HS Practice
Westchester Family's Lost Bird Found Miles From Home During HS Practice A Northern Westchester woman had nearly given up hope of ever finding her family's beloved pet bird when she received a call that the cockatiel had interrupted a local high school team's practice.  Katonah resident Jen Lieberman had her pet cockatiel, Stormi, on her shoulder while standing at her front door on Friday, April 1, when the bird suddenly took off into the sky. "He takes off," she said. "And he's flying so fast and so high, like up as high as the tallest trees in the neighborhood, and I take off running, and the kids are hysterical. It's everything you can imagine." Lieberman s…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Westchester Native Tucci's Book Focuses On Love Of Food, Battle With Cancer Westchester Native Tucci's Book Focuses On Love Of Food, Battle With Cancer
Westchester Native Tucci's Book Focuses On Love Of Food, Battle With Cancer Actor and Northern Westchester County native Stanley Tucci has written a memoir. The book, "Taste," focuses on the important role food has played throughout his life and upbringing, and his experiences being diagnosed with and treated for oral cancer, losing his sense of taste and smell for a period of time, according to New York Public Radio. NPR said Tucci is now cancer-free and his sense of taste has returned. The actor, known for his roles in films such as Julie & Julia and The Hunger Games film series, has also written best-selling cookbooks. In the memoir, Tucci reportedly …

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by Nicole Valinote
Politics
Prosecutors Seek Harsh Sentence For Trump Confidant, Area Native Roger Stone Prosecutors Seek Harsh Sentence For Trump Confidant, Area Native Roger Stone
Prosecutors Seek Harsh Sentence For Trump Confidant, Area Native Roger Stone Ten days away from his scheduled sentencing,  prosecutors are asking a federal judge to give a harsh prison sentence to longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, Roger Stone. Stone, a Fairfield County native who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester, was found guilty of lying to lawmakers who were investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and other charges. He's due to be sentenced on Thursday, Feb. 20. In asking for a seven- to nine-year sentence for the 67-year-old Stone, prosecutors wrote on Monday, Feb. 10: "Roger S…

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by Joe Lombardi
Sports
Westchester HS Football Golden Dozen Scholar-Athlete Team Unveiled Westchester HS Football Golden Dozen Scholar-Athlete Team Unveiled
Westchester HS Football Golden Dozen Scholar-Athlete Team Unveiled The Westchester Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame has cited football standouts for both athletic and academic excellence with its Scholar-Athlete or "Golden Dozen" team. This year’s winners will be honored in January at the 45th annual awards banquet at the Westchester Country Club in Rye. The 12 recipients are: Jack Baglieri - Dobbs Ferry Cameron Coleman - Rye Country Day School Kevin Coleman - Pelham Memorial Jordan Forrest - New Rochelle Joseph Garbowski - Archbishop Stepinac Folger Hogg - Hackley School Jack Howe - Pleasantville John "Jack" Iuliano - Rye Vin…

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High-Profile Attorney, HS Teacher ID'd As Remaining Victims In Fatal Plane Crash High-Profile Attorney, HS Teacher ID'd As Remaining Victims In Fatal Plane Crash
High-Profile Attorney, HS Teacher ID'd As Remaining Victims In Fatal Plane Crash Click here for an updated story: Teacher, Attorney From Area Killed In Plane Crash Were In Long-Distance Relationship A high-profile attorney based in Fairfield County and a female teacher were identified Tuesday as the final victims of the small-plane crash that killed three people on Saturday. The pilot of the small plane with three aboard that crashed in the waters off the Hamptons late Saturday morning had been identified on Monday as 41-year-old Munidat "Raj" Persaud, the owner of a Danbury flight training company. The other two victims were 53-year-old Richard Terbrusch, a …

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Funeral Set For Michael Whalen, 48, Westchester Management Association VP Funeral Set For Michael Whalen, 48, Westchester Management Association VP
Funeral Set For Michael Whalen, 48, Westchester Management Association VP Funeral services have been scheduled for Local Union #3 Business Representative Michael Whalen who died at age 48 after a long illness and surrounded by his family.  There will be a mass of Christian burial on Saturday, May 19 at St. Mary’s Church in Katonah at 11 a.m. Arrangements are being handled by Clark Associates Funeral Home in Katonah. Michael is survived by his wife and two daughters, Kyla, 15, and Chloe, 13; his brothers, Keith of Katonah and Ryan (Gillian); nephew, Jack; and his mother and father. Michael was born to Michael and Dorothy Whalen on Oct. 6, 1969 in Yonkers. Michael…

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