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Support Pours In For Daughter Of Retired Westchester Police Officer Battling Cancer Support Pours In For Daughter Of Retired Westchester Police Officer Battling Cancer
Support Pours In For Daughter Of Retired Westchester Police Officer Battling Cancer Community members have come together to raise funds for the young daughter of a well-known retired police officer in Northern Westchester who is fighting a courageous battle against cancer.  The fundraising effort began after 18-year-old Andrea Wright, the daughter of retired Peekskill Police Officer Andre Wright, was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in her uterus after experiencing severe pain in her stomach. Because the cancer was aggressive and rapidly spreading, Wright was taken to Montefiore Medical Center in New York City and scheduled for emergency surgery, during which a…

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by Ben Crnic
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Nearly 200 Handguns, Rifles Now Off The Streets After Buyback In Peekskill Nearly 200 Handguns, Rifles Now Off The Streets After Buyback In Peekskill
Nearly 200 Handguns, Rifles Now Off The Streets After Buyback In Peekskill A total of 185 guns are off the streets thanks to the efforts of the Peekskill Police Department during their annual Gun Buyback Event. The event, held Saturday, Sept. 15 at the United Methodist Church, was designed to get unwanted and/or unsecured guns off the street and out of people’s homes, according to Peekskill Chief of Police Donald Halmy. Out of the 185 guns turned in, 97 were handguns, two assault rifles, and 86 were shotguns and rifles. All of the guns, from the smallest to the largest, had the same thing in common, they were unwanted and were potentially deadly in the wrong hands…

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by Kathy Reakes