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New Dessert Shop Opens In Westchester: Ingredients Are 'Fresh, Local As Possible' New Dessert Shop Opens In Westchester: Ingredients Are 'Fresh, Local As Possible'
New Dessert Shop Opens In Westchester: Ingredients Are 'Fresh, Local As Possible' A popular dessert shop chain known for its delicious, hand-made pies has expanded to a second Westchester location.  Noble Pies opened up a new location in Tarrytown at 38 Main St. on Saturday, Aug. 12, celebrating the event with a 10 percent discount on all pies.  The family-owned pie shop bakes both savory and sweet pies using its own ingredients, which it tries to keep as "fresh and local as possible," according to the shop's website.  Many of the recipes used by the business are inspired by owner Leslie Noble's grandmother Fowler, who was raised in Texas. These recipes use a low amoun…

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by Ben Crnic
Business
50,000-Plus Bottles Of Popular Brand Of Buffalo Wing Sauce Recalled 50,000-Plus Bottles Of Popular Brand Of Buffalo Wing Sauce Recalled
50,000-Plus Bottles Of Popular Brand Of Buffalo Wing Sauce Recalled A recall has been issued for a popular brand of buffalo wing sauce due to an undeclared ingredient. T.W. Garner Food Company is voluntarily recalling 50,688 12-ounce bottles of Texas Pete Buffalo Wing Sauce because some of the bottles may contain Texas Pete® Extra Mild Wing Sauce which contains soy, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product, the FDA noted The product can be identified as a 12 oz. glass bottle with…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Now Linked To 4 Deaths, Dozens Of Infections, CDC Says Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Now Linked To 4 Deaths, Dozens Of Infections, CDC Says
Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Now Linked To 4 Deaths, Dozens Of Infections, CDC Says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says four deaths and dozens of infections have now been linked to eye drops tainted with bacteria. Patients who have used EzriCare or Delsam Pharma’s artificial tears and Delsam Pharma artificial ointment and who have signs or symptoms of an eye infection should seek medical care immediately, the CDC said.  A total of 81 patients have been identified in 18 states as of Monday, May 15. At this time, there is no recommendation for testing of those who have used those products and who are not experiencing any signs or symptoms of infec…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Linked To Deaths, Infections, CDC Says Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Linked To Deaths, Infections, CDC Says
Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Linked To Deaths, Infections, CDC Says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning about eye drops tainted with bacteria that are now being linked to three deaths and dozens of infections. In addition, eight people have reported vision loss and there have been four reports of eyes being removed after the drops were used. A total of 68 people in 16 states have been identified as having infections of a rare strain of drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa never before reported in the United States before this outbreak, according to the CDC. The outbreak is associated with multiple types of infections, including…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Migrants Flown To Martha's Vineyard Sue FL Gov. DeSantis For 'Cowardly Political Stunt' Migrants Flown To Martha's Vineyard Sue FL Gov. DeSantis For 'Cowardly Political Stunt'
Migrants Flown To Martha's Vineyard Sue FL Gov. DeSantis For 'Cowardly Political Stunt' The Venezuelan migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard at the order of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Republican leader for using them as "pawns in a political stunt." Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the federal civil rights lawsuit working with the migrants from Joint Base Cape Cod along with Alianza Americas. The groups said these men, women, and children fled their home country out of fear and violence and made a harrowing journey to America only to be caught in a political tug of war and left stranded with no options.   “No human being should be used…

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Westchester Store With No First-Place Winner In $194M Jackpot $1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Westchester Store With No First-Place Winner In $194M Jackpot
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Westchester Store With No First-Place Winner In $194M Jackpot Did you buy it? A second-prize ticket worth $1,000,000 for the Monday, Sept. 12 Powerball drawing was sold at a store in Westchester County.  Actually, according to the New York Lottery, the ticket is worth a guaranteed $1,000,004 to be precise. It was sold in New Rochelle at Lucky Trading, located at 486 Main St. There were no first-place winners in the jackpot of $194,600,000. The next Powerball drawing is Wednesday, Sept. 14, with the new jackpot now $206 million. Another second-place ticket was sold in Texas. The winning numbers were 6, 14, 16, 34, and 66, with 25 be…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Sandy Hook Shooting Victim's Family A Total Of $49M Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Sandy Hook Shooting Victim's Family A Total Of $49M
Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Sandy Hook Shooting Victim's Family A Total Of $49M Far-right radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered by a Texas jury to pay nearly $50 million to the family of a young boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. In a unanimous decision Friday, Aug. 5, the jury said Jones must pay $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of 6-year-old victim Jesse Lewis. That’s in addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages the jury awarded the family the day prior. Jones had already been found liable in a default judgment for defamation and “intentional inflicti…

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by Michael Mashburn
Business
Recall Issued For Frozen Pizza Products Made Without Inspection Recall Issued For Frozen Pizza Products Made Without Inspection
Recall Issued For Frozen Pizza Products Made Without Inspection A national recall has been issued for a brand of frozen pizzas that were produced without undergoing federal inspection. The recall affects approximately 19,275 pounds of frozen meat products sold under the brand name Danny’s Cuban Pizza, according to an alert from the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).  The recall affects the 14 and 17.5oz plastic shrink wrapped frozen packages containing a single serving of "Danny's Cuban Pizza Authentic Cuban style" pepperoni, chorizo, Hawaiian, and ham pizzas. The individual size pizzas were produced from Ja…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Panera Soup Sold At Grocery Stores Recalled Due To Undeclared Allergen Panera Soup Sold At Grocery Stores Recalled Due To Undeclared Allergen
Panera Soup Sold At Grocery Stores Recalled Due To Undeclared Allergen More than 2,000 cases of Panera soups that were sold in grocery stores have been recalled due to an undeclared wheat allergen. Blount Fine Foods announced on Friday, June 24, that it is recalling 2,569 cases of 16-ounce Panera at Home Southwest Corn Chowder. The recall is limited to products with lot number 042122-2K and “Use By” date of 6/30/22, the company said. The products also have a UPC code of 077958690812. The recalled soups are sold in refrigerated cases in the deli department of certain grocery stores, and they are not sold at Panera restaurants, Blount Fine Foods said.…

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by Nicole Valinote
News
New Westchester Law Requires Gun Shop Owners Post Warnings New Westchester Law Requires Gun Shop Owners Post Warnings
New Westchester Law Requires Gun Shop Owners Post Warnings In the wake of multiple mass shootings across the country, elected officials in Westchester took steps to help curtail the sale of potentially dangerous weapons in the county. Westchester County Executive George Latimer signed legislation that will require the posting of notices warning of the dangers of weapons or firearms at the point of sale and at the point of the issuance of a firearm license. The move comes following fatal shootings in Buffalo, Texas, Oklahoma, and other parts of the nation. Latimer likened the new legislation to that of the Surgeon General's warning on cigarettes re…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say 13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say
13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say A middle school student  has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to shoot up his school in New York while making a reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas massacre. The incident took place in Suffolk County at Westhampton Beach Middle School on Thursday, June 2. The 13-year-old boy told other students and school officials that he was going to "shoot the school" because he was annoyed and frustrated with other students, said Chief Steven McManus of the Westhampton Police. "The teenager made reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas shooting," McManus said. McManu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
Yankees, Other Pro Sports Teams Urge Fans To Take Action On Gun Law Reform After Mass Shootings Yankees, Other Pro Sports Teams Urge Fans To Take Action On Gun Law Reform After Mass Shootings
Yankees, Other Pro Sports Teams Urge Fans To Take Action On Gun Law Reform After Mass Shootings The game of baseball took a backseat for a pair of rival teams who took the opportunity to encourage gun control and legislative action after the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Texas, and elsewhere in the US. Social media departments from the New York Yankees and AL East rival Tampa Bay Rays teamed up during their matchup on Thursday, May 26 to forego tweeting and messaging about their game, and instead used it to promote gun law reform. “In lieu of game coverage and in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Rays, we will be using our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence,…

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by Zak Failla