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Jay Waitkus

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Politics

Elected Officials In Fairfield To Be Sworn In At Warde High School FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Town of Fairfield’s inauguration ceremony will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Fairfield Warde High School’s Auditorium, . The program will include oaths administered to the first selectman, selectmen, town clerk and all other officials who won on Election Day. A high school jazz ensemble and choir, along with a Boy Scout and Girl Scout troop and the fire and police honor guard will be on hand for the proceedings. Incumbent Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau, a Democrat, will be sworn in for his second full term. He will be joined on the board o…

11/16/2015

News

Woman's Body Found Floating In Playland Lake This story has been updated. RYE, N.Y. -- The body of an elderly woman was found in the lake at Rye Playland on Saturday, Nov. 14, according to News 12. The body was found in an area only a few yards away from a hockey game, News 12 reports. There was no indication of foul play, or of how long the body had been in the water, and an autopsy will be performed by the medical examiner, News 12 reports. To read the full story, click here.

11/15/2015

News

Vandals Hurl Rocks At Rockland Home SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- A resident of Spring Valley told police that a group of men vandalized his home on Memorial Park Drive around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, according to News 12. The homeowner said five windows were broken in the rock-throwing incident, News 12 reports. The homeowner says that he and his family were awakened from their sleep when the attack began, News 12 reports. To read the full story, click here.

11/15/2015

Schools

Chappaqua Table Tennis Tournament Will Benefit Wounded Warriors CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Chappaqua Central School District is holding a table tennis tournament for charity. The event will take place Friday at 6 p.m. at the Westchester Table Tennis Center. Proceeds will support the Wounded Warrior Project. For more information, visit http://www.ccsd.ws/news.cfm?.

11/15/2015

News

Larchmont Presses On After Terrorist Attack In Paris LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- For the community of Larchmont, which includes hundreds of French people, the mood after the Paris terrorist attacks was somber, according to News 12. Special services were held at St. John and Paul Parish on Saturday, News 12 reports. The French American School in Larchmont considered canceling a book fair but decided to go forward with the event, according to News 12. For the full story, click here.

11/15/2015

Schools

Horace Greeley High School Stages First Production Of The Year CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Horace Greeley High School theater company has announced its first production of the year, the musical “Once on This Island.” Performances are slated for Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the school's auditorium, 70 Roaring Brook Road. The production, a Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" from the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (“Seussical,” “Ragtime”), garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In the st…

11/15/2015

Police & Fire

Mohegan Lake Man Throws Table, Lamp In Domestic Incident, Police Say YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A 19-year-old Mohegan Lake resident has been charged with criminal mischief in the fourth degree, a class A misdemeanor, police report. An officer was dispatched to Panorama Drive for a reported domestic incident on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at approximately 5:31 p.m., according to officials. Following an investigation, it was alleged that Jeffrey D. Eagan threw an end table and lamp and punched a hole in the wall, police report. Eagan was arrested at the scene and taken to the Yorktown Police Department for processing, police report. Eagan was arraigned, and bail was set at $…

11/15/2015

Police & Fire

Police: Two Arrested After Danbury Bust Turns Up Cocaine, Guns DANBURY, Conn. -- Police arrested two Danbury residents on multiple drug charges after a bust on Bergh Street on Friday in which officers seized cocaine, steroids, Viagra and oxycodone as well as an assault rifle and other guns, police said. Members of the Danbury Police Department’s Special Investigations Division executed a court-authorized search-and-seizure warrant against Nicola Rotella, 41, as well as his residence at Bergh Street on Nov. 13, according to police. The warrants were issued after a lengthy investigation that began months earlier in response to citizen complaints that …

11/14/2015

Police & Fire

Millbrook Man Charged With DWI After Traffic Stop PAWLING, N.Y. – New York State Police from the Dover barracks arrested James T. Wood, 62, of Millbrook, for aggravated driving while intoxicated on Wednesday, Nov. 11, officials report. Troopers stopped the vehicle Wood was operating on State Route 22 for failing to maintain its designated lane of travel, according to police. Troopers interviewed the defendant and discovered that he was intoxicated at the time of the traffic stop, police report. Wood provided police with a breath sample that revealed a Blood Alcohol Content of .18%, more than two times the legal limit of intoxication, acco…

11/14/2015

News

State Troopers Placed On High Alert After Terror Attacks In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D'Amico has issued the following statement: "The New York State Police has been in contact with federal officials as well as our local law enforcement partners, including the New York City Police Department, following the attacks in Paris. All troopers, including intelligence assets, have been placed on high alert and have been instructed to remain vigilant. As a precaution, State Police have increased surveillance of critical infrastructure, and will be deploying additional Troopers to large p…

11/14/2015

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