77°

Thursday, jul 4

James O'Rourke

Curator

james.orourke01@gmail.com

James O'Rourke's Contributions

Police & Fire

Six Correction Officers Injured Escorting Three Prisoners At Green Haven STORMVILLE, N.Y. – Six correction officers at Green Haven Correctional Facility were injured Tuesday while escorting three inmates for medication, according to prison officials. One of the suspected attackers was armed with a 6 ½-inch plexiglass shank, according to prison officials, who said that two of the officers had to be transported to Mid-Hudson Regional Medical Center for treatment and did not return to duty. Charlie Scott, who began a 25-year sentence in 2007 after being convicted of first-degree manslaughter, appears to have instigated the incident about 7:30 p.m., according to off…

by James O'Rourke

02/02/2017

Lifestyle

Bust Out Your Special Talent At Putnam County's Got Talent Show MAHOPAC, N.Y. – Calling all singers, musicians, magicians, dancers and comedians! The Italian American Club of Mahopac is looking for entertainers to compete in Putnam County's Got Talent Show & Competition. Proceeds from the event will benefit Community Cares, a nonprofit organization that provides aid to families in Putnam and northern Westchester counties that are enduring a medical crisis, according to organizers. Admission to the show costs $30 for contestants and $10 for those just wishing to watch, according to organizers, who said the event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2…

by James O'Rourke

02/02/2017

Lifestyle

Westchester's Megyn Kelly's NBC Assignment Could Be 'Today' Show Megyn Kelly’s move to NBC apparently means a programing change and the departure of another network journalist, according to pagesix.com. Kelly, of Rye, left the Fox News Channel earlier this month after 12 years with the broadcast news behemoth. Most recently, she had been anchoring her own primetime television show, “The Kelly File.” To make room for Kelly’s new daytime show, NBC has decided to cancel the third hour of “Today,” according to pagesix.com, which reported that Kelly with either take over the 9 a.m. slot from Tamron Hall and Al Roker or will replace Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gi…

by James O'Rourke

02/02/2017

Events

How Good Is Your Photo? Let Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce Decide WESTPORT, Conn. – The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce is seeking a “quintessential” community photograph to grace the cover of its 2017-18 Visitors/Membership Guide. To find the perfect photo, the Chamber will be running a photo contest, according to organizers, who said that a similar contest in 2015 received more than 1,000 entries from dozens of local amateur and professional photographers. “It was such a success, with so many participants and submissions, that we knew we were going to do it again,” said Matthew Mandell, the Chamber’s executive director. “It’s a great community activ…

by James O'Rourke

02/02/2017

Police & Fire

Yorktown Chamber Donates Drone To Police Department YORKTOWN, N.Y. – The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce has donated a $5,100 aerial drone to the Yorktown Police Department, according to Yorktown News. The donation, which was recognized in mid-January when Chief of Police Robert Noble presented a certificate of appreciate to the Chamber, will enable investigators to gain a “bird’s eye view” of crime scenes, crash sites and public gatherings, according to Yorktown News. The drone – a DJI Inspire 1 – will be utilized by a small team of officers and deployed during missing persons, barricade and burglary investigations, Noble said, according to Yo…

by James O'Rourke

02/02/2017

Schools

Greeley Students Seek To Save School Counselor's Job CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. – Dozens of students from Horace Greeley High School have rallied around a guidance counselor they believe may be forced from the Chappaqua school district after being denied tenure, according to The Examiner. Student Life Coordinator Kristin Spillane was hired for the newly created position of outreach counselor for students in 2014, but could soon see her position eliminated, according to The Examiner, which said that more than 30 students at a recent school board meeting “confronted trustees over rampant speculation” of Spillane’s departure. Though it was not yet clear wh…

by James O'Rourke

02/01/2017

Police & Fire

Trump Name Removed After Repeated Vandalism Of Signage In Yorktown The Trump name has been removed from the signage of a local apartment complex after repeated incidents of vandalism, according to Yorktown News. In a report this week, Yorktown News said President Donald J. Trump’s surname was removed from the Trump Park Residences sign, though whether the full name was removed by vandals or the development’s owners was not clear. Yorktown police said the “T” in Trump was reported missing twice in the past few months, but could not comment about other missing letters, according to Yorktown News, which reported that the letter was not recovered in either cas…

by James O'Rourke

02/01/2017

Police & Fire

Croton Firefighters Get Radio Refresher Course CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- More than 40 members of the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department recently participated in a radio and communications class aimed at making the department's radio communications more efficient. Led by John Munson, a self-proclaimed "radio geek," the class focused on the department's radio systems, the county's radio systems, general communications, Croton Fire Department radio guidelines, urgent and mayday calls and medical helicopter landing procedures, according to a statement from fire officials. After sitting through a lecture delivered by Munson, firefigh…

by James O'Rourke

02/01/2017

Politics

Fairfield Immigration Talk To Focus On Barriers To U.S. Citizenship FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The hot-button topic of immigration will be the focus of an upcoming talk at the Fairfield Museum and History Center. Sponsored by the Fairfield League of Women Voters, the free event's featured speaker – Alicia Kinsman – is director and managing attorney for immigration legal services with the International Institute of Connecticut, a nonprofit agency offering services to immigrants and refugees in the Bridgeport area, according to a statement from organizers. Kinsman’s talk, “Immigration: The Facts of the Matter,” will aim to clearly define many terms often used in the …

by James O'Rourke

02/01/2017

Politics

State Commission To Vote On $2M For Cleanup Of Stratford's Raymark Site STRATFORD, Conn. -- The State Bond Commission is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to authorize $2 million to fund the first phase of the Raymark superfund site cleanup in Stratford, according to a statement from state legislators. If authorized, the money will fund Connecticut's portion of the first phase in a remedial action plan calling for the state to work through the Environmental Protection Agency to cleanup soil and groundwater contamination at the site, according to legislators. Raymark, which manufactures brakes, clutch discs and other car parts, operated at the site for the s…

by James O'Rourke

01/31/2017

Prev Page 22 of 215 20 21 22 23 24 Next

211 - 220 of 2,150 articles