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Hero Officer Honored For Saving Woman, Dog From Burning Car In Yorktown Hero Officer Honored For Saving Woman, Dog From Burning Car In Yorktown
Hero Officer Honored For Saving Woman, Dog From Burning Car In Yorktown James Talbert didn't think twice about running to save a woman and her dog from a burning car on the Taconic Parkway. That's because the Mahopac resident and NYPD officer has spent years helping, and saving, others. But Senator Terrance Murphy (R-40th District) didn't take his heroic actions for granted and recognized him with the coveted New York State Liberty Medal at Yorktown Town Hall. The incident took place in July, while Talbert was driving to his home in Mahopac from a friend's house and saw a vehicle overturned and on fire on the Taconic Parkway in Yorktown.  Punching out the sun…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lou Alice "Buddy" Baker Pierce, 91, Yorktown Lou Alice "Buddy" Baker Pierce, 91, Yorktown
Lou Alice "Buddy" Baker Pierce, 91, Yorktown YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Lou Alice (“Buddy”) Baker Pierce passed away peacefully with her daughter at her side on Saturday, Dec. 16. Pierce was born in Corning and graduated from Northside High School in 1944. She developed a natural drawing ability and worked as a draftsman at Ingersol Rand for many years. She did architectural drafting for the Yorktown Town Hall where she lived for 26 years before returning to Corning to be closer to her sisters and ultimately moving to Connecticut to be close to her daughter and her family.  She was predeceased by her son, Gregory Pierce and husband, Pier Pierc…

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by Sam Barron