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Obituaries
Beloved Northern Westchester Business Owner Dies At 69 Beloved Northern Westchester Business Owner Dies At 69
Beloved Northern Westchester Business Owner Dies At 69 A community is mourning the loss of a Hudson Valley woman who once owned two popular businesses in Northern Westchester and was known for her love of crafting.  Putnam County resident Diane Callahan-Caro of Brewster died on Friday, Jan. 19 in Newark, New Jersey at the age of 69, according to her obituary.  Born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1954, Callahan-Caro went on to graduate from Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak in 1972 before earning her bachelor's degree from Briarcliff College.  Years later in 1978, she married John Caro in Peekskill and together, they live…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
Supervisor Of Northern Westchester Town Dies Suddenly: 'Was Incredible Friend To So Many' Supervisor Of Northern Westchester Town Dies Suddenly: 'Was Incredible Friend To So Many'
Supervisor Of Northern Westchester Town Dies Suddenly: 'Was Incredible Friend To So Many' The beloved supervisor of a Northern Westchester town has died suddenly, officials announced. Here's a new, updated report - Update: Funeral Details Released After Sudden Death Of Yorktown Town Supervisor Thomas Diana Yorktown Town Supervisor Thomas Diana died on Friday morning, Jan. 5, Yorktown Deputy Supervisor Ed Lachterman announced.  Lachterman announced the news in a statement released on social media and the town's website.  "Tom was an incredible friend to so many. He was filled with energy, an open mind and heart, and a sense of duty and that influenced everything …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of Making Terror Threats Against High School In Northern Westchester, Police Say Woman Accused Of Making Terror Threats Against High School In Northern Westchester, Police Say
Woman Accused Of Making Terror Threats Against High School In Northern Westchester, Police Say A woman has been arrested for allegedly making terroristic threats against an area school. Northern Westchester resident Diane Harris-Hines, age 54, of Peekskill, was arrested by Yorktown Police on Friday, April 23, after allegedly making a threatening phone call to the main office of Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, said the Yorktown Police. During the call, it's alleged the unidentified caller -- later identified as Harris-Hines -- made threats that she was on her way to the school to cause physical harm to the school administrators over what she alleged was an unresolved complaint, pol…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Videos Of Students In Northern Westchester Using Racist Language Under Investigation Videos Of Students In Northern Westchester Using Racist Language Under Investigation
Videos Of Students In Northern Westchester Using Racist Language Under Investigation An investigation is underway after an area school district became aware of videos featuring "racially insensitive language" by students. The videos, currently circulating on social media among Northern Westchester students in the Lakeland Central School District who attend Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak and Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor came to the attention of district officials earlier this week, the district said on Wednesday, June 3. "Based on initial findings, these incidents appear to have taken place in the past, several years ago, and are now being recirculated," sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Lakeland High School Threat Deemed Non-Credible Lakeland High School Threat Deemed Non-Credible
Lakeland High School Threat Deemed Non-Credible Yorktown Police said a social media post indicating a possible threat at Lakeland High School was found to be "nothing to worry about." On Monday, Sept. 23, the department notified school officials about several social media posts indicating a possible threat at the school, said Superintendent Dr. George Stone On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Yorktown Police Lt . Tom Genter said the threat "was nothing" and had been spread after "someone thought they heard something." Stone said in a letter to parents that the district cooperated with the police department’s investigation into the incident, which con…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Lakeland HS Students Charged In Bomb Threat That Caused Evacuation Two Lakeland HS Students Charged In Bomb Threat That Caused Evacuation
Two Lakeland HS Students Charged In Bomb Threat That Caused Evacuation Two Northern Westchester teenage girls are facing felony charges after making a bomb threat in a bathroom that forced the evacuation of Lakeland High School last week. The Yorktown Police Department announced the arrests of Mohegan Lake residents Emma Lineau, 16, and Alexandra Pujol, 17, on Monday. The two face first-degree falsely reporting an incident charges --  a Class D felony -- for their roles in making a threat in the bathroom that forced a school-wide evacuation. A Lakeland High School resource officer reported the bomb threat shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, saying that it was…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Lakeland High School Evacuated After Threat Found In Bathroom Lakeland High School Evacuated After Threat Found In Bathroom
Lakeland High School Evacuated After Threat Found In Bathroom An area high school had to be evacuated on Thursday morning after a written threat was found in a bathroom. Lakeland High School was evacuated at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday to allow officers from the Yorktown Police Department and a bomb squad to investigate a written “non-specific” threat that was found in a bathroom, school officials said. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department and Westchester County Bomb Squad responded to the school at approximately noon, with students and staff returning to the building shortly thereafter. School officials said that the Yorktown Police De…

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by Zak Failla