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Indian Point Operators Respond To Pipeline Foes' Safety Stands BUCHANAN, N.Y. -- Calling evacuation and other emergency plans inadequate, a group of health and safety experts Tuesday demanded that Spectra Energy abort its Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) gas pipeline project. Representatives of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) led a tour of the siting of the 42-inch pipeline, which, they said was “only 105 feet from vital structures at the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant.” Jerry Nappi, a spokesman for Entergy, Tuesday called the group’s assertions “absolutely false” and “overheated rhetoric.” Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the Nat…

by Carol Reif

10/18/2016

Police & Fire

Rollover Crash Under Investigation In Croton CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene of a one-car rollover accident in Croton-on-Hudson early Tuesday. The crash occurred on West Mount Airy Road around 7:35 a.m., according to fire department officials. The vehicle’s sole occupant had safely exited before emergency responders arrived. The unidentified driver was taken to New York Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital in Peekskill for evaluation. The fire department monitored the removal of the vehicle and the cleanup of spilled fluids. Con Edison checked the pole and closed a fuse on the pole that had ope…

by Carol Reif

10/18/2016

Events

Bust Out Your Best Costume For Tarrytown's Annual Halloween Parade TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Tarrytown, which takes its place in local folklore very seriously, will host a Halloween parade on Oct. 29 led by none other than the “Headless Horseman” himself. The pumpkin-chucking phantasm was brought to life by Washington Irving in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” a tale set in the late 1700s in a spooky and secluded glen near the Dutch settlement. For the past 15 years, Tarrytown’s folks have donned their most terrifying garb and paraded through its streets. What started with two floats and one marching band has morphed into an event expected to draw at least 10,000 …

by Carol Reif

10/18/2016

News

Hollow Brook Trail Will Mark Grand Opening In Cortlandt CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Talk about perfect timing: the town of Cortlandt is unveiling its newest hiking venue just as the woods are exploding with the glorious reds, oranges and yellows of autumn. The grand opening of the Hollow Brook Trail is set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. The trail traverses about 20 of the 70 acres deeded to the town by the Hollow Brook Golf Club off Oregon Road, according to the town’s recreation and conservation director, John Palmiotto. It is currently less than a mile long, runs on a hillside behind the club, and probably could be categorized as being moderately di…

by Carol Reif

10/18/2016

Lifestyle

White Plains' Lazy Boy Saloon Earns DVlicious 'Best Craft Beer Bar' Nod WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- In the mood for a cold one? Westchester County has become quite the craft beer bar scene, stepping up its suds game and offering residents a host of “hoppy” options. We asked for the best in the county; you gave us your picks. Now, five finalists are competing in our “DVlicious Best Craft Beer Bar in Westchester County” contest. Each is being profiled this week. Raise your glass and drink in the following; then click on your favorite. You can vote multiple times, albeit once per day. Voting ends 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24. The winner will receive a framed DVlicious certi…

by Daily Voice

10/18/2016

Lifestyle

The River of Beer In Bloomingdale Vies For Win In DVlicious Contest BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. -- In the mood for a cold one? Passaic County has become quite the craft beer bar scene, stepping up its suds game and offering residents a host of “hoppy” options. We asked for the best in the county; you gave us your picks. Now, three finalists are competing in our “DVlicious Best Craft Beer Bar in Passaic County” contest. Each is being profiled this week. Raise your glass and drink in the following; then click on your favorite. You can vote multiple times, albeit once per day. Voting ends 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24. The winner will receive a framed DVlicious certificate …

by Daily Voice

10/18/2016

Lifestyle

The Beer Spot In Fort Lee Vies For DVlicious 'Best Craft Beer Bar' Win FORT LEE, N.J. -- In the mood for a cold one? Bergen County has become quite the craft beer bar scene, stepping up its suds game and offering residents a host of “hoppy” options. We asked for the best in the county; you gave us your picks. Now, five finalists are competing in our “DVlicious Best Craft Beer Bar in Bergen County” contest. Each is being profiled this week. Raise your glass and drink in the following; then click on your favorite. You can vote multiple times, albeit once per day. Voting ends 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24. The winner will receive a framed DVlicious certificate as well…

by Daily Voice

10/18/2016

Police & Fire

Woman, Boy Struck By Car At Rye Urgent Care Clinic RYE, N.Y. – A woman was hit by a car while she was walking with a small boy outside a medical clinic in Rye on Monday, according to a report by lohud.com. The driver was pulling into a parking spot at the WestMed Medical Group at 1 Theall Road when she apparently hit the gas instead of the brakes, witnesses told lohud.com. The woman she struck was dragged and then pinned, suffering serious injuries; the 3- or 4-year-old child escaped with cuts and bruises, the lohud.com report said. They were reportedly taken to Westchester Medical Center for treatment. The incident occurred around 4:28 p.…

by Carol Reif

10/17/2016

Police & Fire

Ridgefield Police Seek Suspects In Short-Change Scams RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Ridgefield police are searching for two “persons of interest” in a scam resulting in the theft of nearly $2,000 from a local business and a bank. According to police, two men entered a business in Copps Hill Plaza, a shopping center on Danbury Road, at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, and handed the clerk $500 in $100 bills and asked for $20 bills in return. After the clerk compiled, they said they had changed their minds and wanted it back in $50 bills instead. The clerk told the men that they couldn’t do that and handed back the $500 in $100 bills and the men returned …

by Carol Reif

10/17/2016

News

Spectra Pipeline Protesters Appear In Cortlandt Court; More Actions Planned CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Several protesters who temporarily blocked Spectra’s AIM project by occupying one of the energy company’s pipes have appeared in Cortlandt Town Court. According to Courtney Williams of Resist Spectra, four of the six who were arrested earlier this month on criminal trespassing charges were arraigned on Monday. The district attorney had not prepared the paperwork for the other two, and so they will be arraigned at a later date, Williams said. There was a seventh person arrested, on suspicion of trespassing, on Oct. 10, Williams said, but she was not actually part of the pr…

by Carol Reif

10/17/2016

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