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New Details: Landmark Diner Blaze Started In Kitchen Ceiling; Three Firefighters Injured New Details: Landmark Diner Blaze Started In Kitchen Ceiling; Three Firefighters Injured
New Details: Landmark Diner Blaze Started In Kitchen Ceiling; Three Firefighters Injured Officials said a fire that destroyed the Landmark Diner in Briarcliff Manor started in the ceiling while diners were inside the restaurant. The fire broke out around 9:45 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 22, while patrons were dining in the iconic restaurant located at at 265 Highland Ave., in Briarcliff Manor, said the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department. Heavy flames roared through the restaurant, sending three firefighters to the hospital for heat exhaustion, a department official said. All diners and staff were able to escape without any injuries, the department said. And while firefighters con…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Killed In Crash Involving Car, SUV In Northern Westchester Woman Killed In Crash Involving Car, SUV In Northern Westchester
Woman Killed In Crash Involving Car, SUV In Northern Westchester A 24-year-old Northern Westchester woman killed in a car crash on Sunday has been identified. Ruth Alexandra Cajamarca-Paccha of Ossining was killed around 7:42 a.m. Sunday during a head-on crash on Route 9 just south of Sleepy Hollow Road in Briarcliff Manor, said Mount Pleasant Police Capt. Michael Pierce. Cajamarca-Paccha was a passenger in a 2013 Chevrolet Spark that collided with a 2016 Ford Explorer. When officers arrived on the scene, both vehicles had extensive damage and two of the occupants of the Chevy, including  Cajamarca-Paccha, were in the process of being extr…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Former Fire Chief In Westchester Admits To Embezzling More Than $120K Former Fire Chief In Westchester Admits To Embezzling More Than $120K
Former Fire Chief In Westchester Admits To Embezzling More Than $120K A former fire chief in Westchester is facing a decade behind bars after admitting to embezzling more than $100,000 from the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department. Ossining resident Robert Garcia, 51, the former president and chief of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of more than $120,000 from the fire department in White Plains federal court this week. Garcia was elected to the position of second assistant chief of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department in April 2013, making him an officer of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Council, which oversees the department. …

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by Zak Failla