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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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Pleasantville Group Seeks To Ban Plastic Bags Pleasantville Group Seeks To Ban Plastic Bags
Pleasantville Group Seeks To Ban Plastic Bags PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- A group in Pleasantville is seeking to introduce an ordinance that would ban single-use plastic shopping bags in the village. PleasantvilleRecycles is a group of residents that work to improve and expand recycling in the community through education, events and other programs. The group has drafted a law that would see the shopping bags removed from stores due to their harmful impact on the environment. Similar ordinances have been passed in Rye, Mamaroneck, Larchmont and Westport. "We believe that Pleasantville is ready to take this step," said Dan Turner, chair of …

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Mount Pleasant Appoints Lt. Oliva As Acting Police Chief Mount Pleasant Appoints Lt. Oliva As Acting Police Chief
Mount Pleasant Appoints Lt. Oliva As Acting Police Chief MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Mount Pleasant has appointed Lt. Paul Oliva Jr. as acting police chief following the arrest of Chief Brian Fanelli on child pornography charges. Oliva is a Mount Pleasant resident and son of former Chief Paul Oliva. He has been with the department since 1988. Oliva received unanimous approval from the Town Board at the meeting Tuesday night. "I work with a group of great law enforcement professionals and they were shocked at the news but they are professional and we are eager to move on and show the residents of Mount Pleasant that they will continue to get the bes…

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Pleasantville Officer Disciplined For Offensive Facebook Post About Obama Pleasantville Officer Disciplined For Offensive Facebook Post About Obama
Pleasantville Officer Disciplined For Offensive Facebook Post About Obama PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pleasantville Police Officer Peter Burns will be suspended for two months for posting racist comments about President Barack Obama on his Facebook page. Burns was accused in December of posting comments on his personal page, in which he referred to Obama as a "Muslim commie" and told the president to "go die in a shallow grave." Following the Police Department's discovery of the comments, Police Chief Richard Love placed Burns on administrative leave while an investigation was conducted. The Facebook page has since been taken down. The Village Board has approved dis…

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Port Chester Schools, Village Hope To Slow Down Overcrowding Port Chester Schools, Village Hope To Slow Down Overcrowding
Port Chester Schools, Village Hope To Slow Down Overcrowding PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Port Chester school and village officials are looking at ways that they can slow down overcrowding in the schools. The Board of Education has passed a resolution, discouraging the villages of Port Chester and Rye Brook from developing any large-scale residential projects that would lead to increases in school enrollment. This includes the proposed Starwood development at the United Hospital site, which could bring in as many as 800 units, as well as potential future developments. The village is also looking at ways to tackle the issue. "This problem must be attacked …

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Suspended Rye Teacher To Return To The Classroom Suspended Rye Teacher To Return To The Classroom
Suspended Rye Teacher To Return To The Classroom RYE, N.Y. -- One of the Rye teachers accused of testing improprieties will be returning to the classroom amid allegations of a conflict of interest on the part of the Board of Education president. In May, the district reassigned four elementary school teachers  - Gail Topol and Carin Mehler at Osborn School and Shannon Gold and Dana Coppola at Milton School - as part of an investigation into allegations that the teachers provided improper coaching to students on state standardized tests. Since then, the four have been prohibited from teaching while the district investigated the claims. Th…

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Student Engineers Compete At Robotics Tournament In Somers Student Engineers Compete At Robotics Tournament In Somers
Student Engineers Compete At Robotics Tournament In Somers SOMERS, N.Y. – Robots and their designers from Suffern High School came out on top in the Mid-Hudson Bionic Brouhaha robotics tournament at Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers Saturday. The competition was a qualifying tournament for FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge. Several teams will be moving on to the Hudson Valley Regional Championship at Pace University on Feb. 16, where they will compete for a chance to move onto the Eastern Super-Regional Championship in York, Pa.., and later the World Championship in St. Louis in April. Teams of …

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Bedford Community Salutes Former Supervisor Lee Roberts Bedford Community Salutes Former Supervisor Lee Roberts
Bedford Community Salutes Former Supervisor Lee Roberts KATONAH, N.Y. – More than 400 Bedford residents braved the snow and icy roads Saturday night to salute former Town Supervisor Lee Roberts. The event was hosted by Bedford 2020 at The Harvey School in Katonah. Roberts stepped down in December after 12 years as town supervisor and 20 years in public office. “I would have little identity in Bedford without Lee,” joked her husband, Ken. The two moved to Bedford 42 years ago, and Ken said that they would often drive around and Lee would remark that the town was the best town in the country. “I’m so proud that not only did she say it, she got…

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Purchase College Sees Savings Through Energy Efficiency Purchase College Sees Savings Through Energy Efficiency
Purchase College Sees Savings Through Energy Efficiency PURCHASE, N.Y. – SUNY Purchase College and the New York Power Authority are working to increase energy efficiency and reduce costs as part of the Build Smart NY program. The goal of the program is to reduce energy use 20 percent by 2020, and Purchase College President Thomas Schwarz said that the campus has been working toward that goal. By partnering with NYPA, the college has instituted a number of projects that reduce costs and energy, saving about $3.5 million per year. One of the biggest is the new HVAC system at Purchase’s Neuberger Museum of Art. Scwarz said that the new system wor…

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Mount Pleasant Police Chief Arraigned On Child Pornography Charges Mount Pleasant Police Chief Arraigned On Child Pornography Charges
Mount Pleasant Police Chief Arraigned On Child Pornography Charges MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Mount Pleasant Police Chief Brian Fanelli was arraigned on child pornography charges Thursday afternoon at the federal courthouse in White Plains. Fanelli, 54, was arrested in his home by agents of Homeland Security Investigations and charged with one count of possession of child pornography. He was released on a $50,000 bond. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith ordered that he be confined to his home with an electronic monitor. According to the complaint filed against Fanelli by Homeland Security, he used a Peer-to-Peer file sharing network to download 126 f…

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Kerry Kennedy Trial To Begin In February In White Plains Kerry Kennedy Trial To Begin In February In White Plains
Kerry Kennedy Trial To Begin In February In White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Bedford resident Kerry Kennedy's trial for driving under the influence will begin on Monday, Feb. 24 in White Plains. Kennedy appeared in Westchester County Court on Thursday for a pretrial conference, where the court date was set by Judge Robert Neary. The jury selection for the trail will take place Thursday, Feb. 20 and Friday, Feb. 21, though Kennedy will not be present for those days because she will be out of the country. Kennedy is the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, niece of John F. Kennedy and ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She was arrested in July 2012 in A…

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