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Tom Auchterlonie

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Tom Auchterlonie is an experienced local journalist and is originally from Mount Kisco. Prior to joining The Daily Voice he spent more than four years at Patch.com, where he covered Mount Kisco, New Castle and Bedford. He has also freelanced for various local publications, including The Examiner, Inside Chappaqua and The Record-Review. Tom is an alumnus of Syracuse University.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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News

First Federal Lawsuit Over Sex-Abuse Case Filed Against Chappaqua CSD CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- A former Horace Greeley High School student has filed the first federal lawsuit against the Chappaqua Central School District over how it handled the sex-abuse allegations involving former drama teacher Christopher Schraufnagel. The student, who goes by the pseudonym of "John Roe," was a Greeley student from 2009 to 2013, when he graduated. He is also one of three criminal accusers against Schraufnagel, who last month admitted to having sexual contact with a pair of students as part of a tentative plea deal. The deal has yet to be approved by New Castle Town Just…

by Tom Auchterlonie

09/13/2016

News

Bill Clinton Visits Hometown Deli In Chappaqua Following Shooting CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Days after Lange's Little Store & Delicatessen dealt with the shooting of two people outside of its entrance, one of its most famous patrons came to visit. In a Sunday post to its Facebook page, the deli included an image of former President Bill Clinton with owner Richard Lange, who is pictured at right. "Thanks to our neighbor for coming to check up on us," the deli's Facebook post stated. The Facebook post can be read here. Lange's staffers told Daily Voice in 2014 about visits from Bill and Hillary Clinton, which varied in frequency. The former pres…

by Tom Auchterlonie

09/07/2016

Police & Fire

Chappaqua Board Unaware Of Defense Blaming Sex-Abuse Accusers, Member Says CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Chappaqua school board Vice President Victoria Tipp stated at a Thursday meeting that neither she nor her board colleagues were aware beforehand of a legal defense put forward by a school-district attorney that blamed student sex-abuse accusers in a lawsuit against the district that relates to former Horace Greeley High School drama teacher Christopher Schraufnagel. “I personally learned of the filing in the media," Tipp said. Tipp also blasted, in general, blaming child sex-abuse accusers. “I do not believe children should ever be held responsible in cases of crimi…

by Tom Auchterlonie

09/05/2016

News

FBI Releases Docs In Probe Of Hillary Clinton's Chappaqua Email Server CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Friday the release of documents pertaining to its investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server that was stored at her home in Chappaqua. Clinton, who is the Democratic nominee for president, served as secretary from 2009 to 2013. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced in July that the Department of Justice, which the FBI is part of and reports to, would not criminally charge Clinton in connection with the matter. The FBI probe looked into whether Clinton mishandled the …

by Tom Auchterlonie

09/02/2016

Schools

Deadline Approaches For Ordering Somers Fall School Spirit Signs SOMERS, N.Y. -- Somers community members wishing to order school spirit signs for fall sports teams have until Monday, Sept. 5 to do so. The signs, which are $25 each, are for high school-level field hockey, cross country, soccer, tennis, volleyball, football, swimming and cheerleading. The sign sale is in connection with a fundraiser for the Somers Athletic Booster Club. A sign-order form can be found here.

by Tom Auchterlonie

09/01/2016

Police & Fire

Chappaqua Deli Frequented By Clintons Reopens Day After Shooting CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Tuesday afternoon appeared to be an outwardly normal one for Lange's Little Store & Delicatessen in Chappaqua after it reopened a day after a shooting by its entrance made international headlines. Foot traffic was steady, as patrons came and received their orders. There were no other reporters to be found in the vicinity, a stark contrast from the day before. Glass panes for the entranceway, which had been damaged due to the activity, had been hastily replaced. Yet full normality eludes the Chappaqua institution, which is best known for being a place to eat for Hillar…

by Tom Auchterlonie

08/31/2016

Police & Fire

Three Injured After Golf Cart Rolls Over At Bedford Club BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Three women were injured after a golf cart rolled over at GlenArbor Golf Club on Tuesday, according to Bedford Police. Police, after receiving a report from the club at 5:17 p.m., said that two of the women were taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla after sustaining head and arm injuries, respectively. The third woman refused medical attention, police added. Police attributed the vehicle's roll over, which happened near one of the putting greens, to driver error.

by Tom Auchterlonie

08/30/2016

Police & Fire

Chappaqua Deli Shooting Suspect Sued Victim, Renowned Doctor, Over Firing CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The suspect in Monday morning's shooting by Chappaqua's Lange's Little Store & Delicatassen, a favorite of hometown residents Bill and Hillary Clinton, that injured two people has a contentious legal history with one of the men who was wounded. Tuckahoe resident Hengjun Chao, 49, is a former assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He sued the institution and former co-workers in 2010 after being fired for alleged manipulation of research data, which he claimed was due to a biased disciplinary process. One of the shooting victims was identif…

by Tom Auchterlonie

08/30/2016

Police & Fire

Man, 49, Arrested In Chappaqua Deli Shooting CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- A 49-year-old Tuckahoe man has been arrested in connection with Monday morning's shooting by the entrance of Lange's Little Store & Delicatassen in Chappaqua. The announcement, which came from the town of New Castle, initially named the suspect as Chao Hengjun, although police subsequent confirmed that his name is Hengjun Chao. He was taken into custody at the scene, the announcement said. Two people were shot at Lange's and sustained injuries as a result, according to the announcement "Both victims are being treated at Westchester Medical Center and are expect…

by Tom Auchterlonie

08/29/2016

Police & Fire

Bedford Teen Survives Car Jumping Incident POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Pound Ridge police are investigating a two-car crash that occurred after a 17-year-old Bedford resident jumped onto the trunk of a moving vehicle on Brook Farm Road East early Sunday afternoon. The teen jumped onto the trunk of one of the cars, which was moving and then subsequently hit the second car, Pound Ridge Police Chief David Ryan said. "The 17-year-old was thrown from the vehicle and sustained serious injuries," Ryan said. Ryan said that the teenager was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla and was "in serious but non-life threatening…

by Tom Auchterlonie

08/29/2016

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