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Crews Battling Industrial Fire in Ontario
Several emergency crews from Wayne and Monroe Counties were called to a working fire on Dean Parkway, off of Route 104 in Ontario, Wayne County.
Construction Underway on Veterans Cemetery
Construction has begun for the veterans cemetery at the old Sampson Naval and Air Force Base on Seneca Lake, off Route 96A.
Student Charged with Brighton Bomb Threat
Brighton, N.Y. a ' A 16-year-old male student has been arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat at Brighton High School.
Entergy awards $275,000 in funds to local responders
BUCHANAN Entergy announced grant awards totaling 275,000 to 15 local organizations as part of the company's new Safety Responders Fund program.
Copenhagen: a Buchananite puzzle
Therea s something about the Copenhagen summit thata s puzzling me. To see it, approach the issue from the perspective discussed by James Buchanan in The Calculus of Consent .
Ringleader pleads guilty in Westchester home-invasion spree
The leader of a home-invasion ring that brutalized a Harrision family pleaded guilty today on the promise he'll get 10 years in state prison, authorities said.
Matthew Continetti On The 'Persecution' Of Palin
Matthew Continetti says that Sara Palin, pictured above delivering her farewell speech as Alaska's governor, "could not be more unlike her public caricature." Eric Engman / Matthew Continetti says that Sara Palin, pictured above delivering her farewell speech as Alaska's governor, "could not be more unlike her public caricature." It's been all ...
Probation violation for 'Moody' White Plains dentist...
White Plains "parking rage" dentist Dr. William Moody, whose videotaped assault of a Buchanan woman became an Internet sensation, appeared in City Court today on a probation violation, accused of blowing off a court-ordered anger-management class.
Link Found Between Thyroid Cancer and NY Area Residents' Proximity to Indian Point Nuclear Plant
My first three years of life I lived in Peekskill, New York, and I grew up in Westchester County, right outside of New York City.
Middletown Times Herald Record
Clearwater argues against Indian Point license renewal
A local environmental group wants federal regulators to deny a renewal of Indian Point's operating license, contending the nuclear power plant will soon have no place to store its radioactive waste.
New York woman seriously injured in I-75 wreck in Collier County, dies hours later
Earlier A 22-year-old New York woman was identified Saturday as the person injured when a vehicle tipped over Friday night near the 102 mile marker on eastbound Interstate 75.
Troopers charge 9 with DWI on Taconic, Sprain, Rts. 9A, 9, 312
Troopers charged nine motorists with driving while intoxicated after recent traffic stops and one accident in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.
Verplanck 16-year-old charged in Cortlandt graffiti spree
A teenager has been accused of defacing property at a handful of locations in town with spray paint, state police said Wednesday.
YONKERS: Detectives are awaiting autopsy results from the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office to determine how a 50-year-old man whose body was found in the southwest part of the city died.
Fire out at Cortlandt medical laboratory; low level radiation at scene
CORTLANDT - An early morning fire at medical laboratory instrument maker was extinguished without anyone's being injured, the fire department said.
Troopers make 10 weekend DWI arrests in Westchester, Putnam
A Stormville man who stopped his car to urinate on the side of a road - unaware that troopers were watching him - was among 10 motorists charged with driving while intoxicated in Westchester County since Friday, state police said Monday.
Middletown Times Herald Record
Ratings panel lauds Indian Point's plans
The controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant has earned a big high-five from a panel of nuclear industry experts.
10 percent of Indian Point sirens fail test
BUCHANAN - More than one in 10 of the new emergency sirens for Indian Point failed to work properly during a quarterly test Wednesday morning, just as federal officials are deciding whether to allow the old system to be dismantled.
NRC seeks better leak detection at US nuke plants
Spurred by recurring leaks of radioactive water from the nation's oldest nuclear power plant, federal regulators say they're looking for better ways to detect leaks from buried pipes at all 104 American nuclear power plants.
Support Puglisi in Democratic primary
We need to re-elect Linda Puglisi for Cortlandt town supervisor on Primary Day, Sept.