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Casey Donahue

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Originally from Pennsylvania, Casey graduated from Fairfield University with a major in journalism and a minor in political science. He has covered several towns in Fairfield County since 2010. Case was formerly an assistant managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Metro-North Restores All Service To Grand Central After Explosion Metro-North Restores All Service To Grand Central After Explosion
Metro-North Restores All Service To Grand Central After Explosion WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Metro-North has restored all service to and from Grand Central Terminal following the explosion Wednesday morning in Harlem. Service had been suspended after the explosion collapsed a building right next to Metro-North tracks running above Park Avenue. Limited service was restored to the New Haven and Harlem Lines earlier Wednesday afternoon, and now service has been restored to the Hudson Line as additional tracks have been reopened. Metro-North engineers have verified the integrity of the Park Avenue elevated structure, and debris has been cleared from all fo…

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Metro-North Restores Some Service; NTSB Launches Probe Metro-North Restores Some Service; NTSB Launches Probe
Metro-North Restores Some Service; NTSB Launches Probe WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Metro-North is restoring some service to the New Haven and Harlem Lines Wednesday afternoon after an explosion in Harlem caused service to be shut down. There will be limited service from Grand Central Terminal on both lines. Customers who use the Hudson Line should take the B, D or 4 subways to 161st Street and walk to Metro-North's Yankees - East 153rd Street station. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go-team to investigate a gas explosion and subsequent fire in New York City, according to a release. Pipeline Investigator Ravi Chhatre …

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Con Ed: Gas Odor Reported Right Before Harlem Explosion Con Ed: Gas Odor Reported Right Before Harlem Explosion
Con Ed: Gas Odor Reported Right Before Harlem Explosion WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Con Edison crews were responding to reports of a gas odor prior to the explosion that collapsed a building in Harlem Wednesday morning. Con Ed Tweeted that it received a report of a gas odor at 1652 Park Avenue from a resident at 9:13 a.m. Two crews were dispatched at 9:15 a.m. and arrived on the scene shortly before the explosion reported around 9:40 a.m. Crews are currently working closely with the New York City Fire Department, checking lines and making sure the area is safe. Two people died in the explosion and 16 were reported injured, according to news …

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Metro-North Announces Alternate Service Plan After Explosion Metro-North Announces Alternate Service Plan After Explosion
Metro-North Announces Alternate Service Plan After Explosion WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Metro-North has announced alternate service plans following the explosion in Harlem on Wednesday morning. Trains are running in Connecticut and in Westchester County on the New Haven, Harlem and Hudson Lines. But service ends in the Bronx. Customers traveling to New York City will be taken to stations in the Bronx where they can transfer to the subway to travel to Manhattan, Metro-North announced. Customers looking to travel north out of Grand Central Terminal should take the subway, which will honor Metro-North tickets. The alternate service plan will remain in eff…

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Investigation Continues In Death Of Yonkers MTA Worker Investigation Continues In Death Of Yonkers MTA Worker
Investigation Continues In Death Of Yonkers MTA Worker YONKERS, N.Y. -- The investigation continues into the death of the MTA worker from Yonkers who was killed Monday when struck by a train in Harlem. James Romansoff, 58, was struck by a passenger train at 12:54 a.m. Monday while working near 106th Street on the Park Avenue viaduct, according to Metro-North. He was part of a crew restoring power to tracks that had been closed for weekend maintenance when he was hit by a train traveling on the Harlem Line from Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The matter is being invest…

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Proposed Field House At Rye Playland Scaled Back Proposed Field House At Rye Playland Scaled Back
Proposed Field House At Rye Playland Scaled Back RYE, N.Y. -- The size of the field house proposed at Rye Playland has been scaled back as county legislators begin analyzing Sustainable Playland Inc.'s plans to renovate the amusement park. The field house has been reduced from 95,000 square feet to 82,500 square feet a 13 percent reduction. The section that is closer to the surrounding neighborhoods has been reduced, according to Bruce Macleod of SPI. This will increase the amount of parking by 100 spaces, and reduce the building's footprint to about five acres. The reduction was achieved by reducing space devoted to offices and other anc…

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Rye Schools Face Potential $3.8 Million Shortfall Rye Schools Face Potential $3.8 Million Shortfall
Rye Schools Face Potential $3.8 Million Shortfall RYE, N.Y. -- With the Rye City School District facing a $2.7 million increase in its budget next year, officials are weighing options to control a potential budget shortfall. Superintendent Frank Alvarez's proposed budget for the 2014-15 school year is $79.47 million. The tax levy increase of 1.64 percent would give the district $69.989 million in revenue. With an addition of $5.638 million in non-tax revenue, the district is facing a $3.842 million shortfall. Alvarez has proposed a number of options for the district to possibly deal with the shortfall. One would be to fund it through the…

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Rye's Resurrection School Celebrates New Doty Gym Rye's Resurrection School Celebrates New Doty Gym
Rye's Resurrection School Celebrates New Doty Gym RYE, N.Y. -- Cardinal Timothy Dolan was in Rye on Friday evening to bless Resurrection Middle School's new gymnasium, which was donated by the Doty family in memory of longtime parishioners George and Marie Doty. Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, praised the Doty family, which contributed more than $1 million to build the new gym for the school. He also paid tribute to George and Marie Doty, who were residents of Rye from 1956 until their deaths in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Their five children all attended Resurrection Middle School, and the couple also made large contributions to the r…

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School Of The Holy Child In Rye Breaks Ground On New Facilities School Of The Holy Child In Rye Breaks Ground On New Facilities
School Of The Holy Child In Rye Breaks Ground On New Facilities RYE, N.Y. -- The School of the Holy Child in Rye broke ground Thursday on new facilities that will include a new field house, a theater and a workshop for the architecture, engineering and design program. The 22,000 square foot field house will include a gymnasium with two full-sized courts, an athletic training room, a weight and fitness room, a dance and movement studio and a student common area. The new theater will seat 400 people, will have a full stage, new lighting and sound equipment and dedicated space for music, dance and other programs. The new workshop will include space for woo…

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Port Chester's Capitol Theatre Adds Streaming Radio Port Chester's Capitol Theatre Adds Streaming Radio
Port Chester's Capitol Theatre Adds Streaming Radio PORT CHESTER, N.Y.  -- The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester has launched an online radio station to allow music fans to hear upcoming acts before they play. The Capitol Theatre Radio station is a free station offered through DeliRadio, an online streaming radio platform. DeliRadio takes the upcoming calender for the theater and converts it into a radio station, allowing listeners the chance to hear what bands will be playing before buying tickets. DeliRadio was launched in 2011 as a way for bands to build up an audience while out on tour, said  Chief Executive Officer Wayne Skeen. He said …

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