Tom Auchterlonie

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Tom Auchterlonie is an experienced local journalist and is originally from Mount Kisco. Prior to joining The Daily Voice he spent more than four years at Patch.com, where he covered Mount Kisco, New Castle and Bedford. He has also freelanced for various local publications, including The Examiner, Inside Chappaqua and The Record-Review. Tom is an alumnus of Syracuse University.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Lewisboro, NY

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Katonah-Lewisboro Residents Seek To Re-Open Gym At Closed School SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Residents in the Katonah-Lewisboro School District have signed an online petition seeking to reopen the gymnasium at the shuttered Lewisboro Elementary School (LES) so that it can be used for town recreational programs. The petition comes just days after the Katonah-Lewisboro School Board and the Lewisboro Town Board approved a 4-year lease that will allow for the town to use roughly 20 percent of LES for its police station, court and land-use departments. The agreement that does include reuse of the gym. "All recreation programs run by the town are open to distr…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/07/2017

Armonk, NY

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Armonk's Heavenly Productions Foundation Adds Four Board Members ARMONK, N.Y. -- The Heavenly Productions Foundation announced that it has added four new members to its board. The foundation, which is located in Armonk, said that its new members are Westchester County Court Judge Anne E. Minihan, fundraising and marketing veteran George Drapeau; and John and Marie DeCicco, who are owners of DeCicco & Sons, a grocery store chain that has a location in downtown Armonk. Minihan, the foundation notes, was elected as a judge in 2014 to a 10-year term. Prior to that, she served as a village justice in Croton-on-Hudson, a magistrate judge and as an assistan…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/06/2017

Chappaqua, NY

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Store Helping Cancer-Support Group Opens In Chappaqua CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Support Connection, a Yorktown Heights-based group that provides comfort to cancer patients and survivors, announced that it will receive proceeds from a new resale store in Chappaqua. The upscale store, which is called Fantastic Finds, opened at 400 King St., which is the former location of Discovery Shop. "All proceeds from sales at the shop will benefit Support Connection’s free, year-round breast and ovarian cancer support services," the group noted in its announcement. The group notes that Fantastic Finds, which is staffed by volunteer,s accepts donated it…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/03/2017

North Salem, NY

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Maloney Holding Town Hall At North Salem School NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney's office announced that he will hold a town hall on Saturday at Westchester Exceptional Children's School in North Salem. The town hall is scheduled to run from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. “No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, I know a lot of people have questions or concerns about what is going on down in Washington and neighborhood office hours give me the chance to answer many of their questions in person,” the congressman said in a provided statement. “Folks should know I am here to listen and get things done for them and I look forward…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/03/2017

Bedford, NY

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West Patent Elementary Named 'School Of Character' BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. -- West Patent Elementary School has been named a 2017 New York State School of Character. The school, which announced the naming, is the only one in New York to receive the designation for this year. Schools across the country are selected for the distinction by Character.org, the school noted. In its announcement, West Patent notes, "State Schools of Character demonstrate “a dedicated focus on character development that has a true positive impact on academic achievement, student behavior, and school climate.”" West Patent will be honored at the Champions of …

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/03/2017

Chappaqua, NY

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Mental-Health Evaluation, Discipline Sought For Greeley Assistant Principal CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Chappaqua's school board is seeking to have Horace Greeley High School Assistant Principal Michael Taylor, who is suing the school district for alleged racial bias, undergo a mental-health evaluation. The request came to light in a letter filed in federal court on Feb. 17 by Lewis R. Silverman, an attorney who is representing the district for the lawsuit. The letter is the latest document to be filed with the court. The review, which is a psychiatric examination, is pursuant to section 913 of the state's education law, Silverman wrote. Silverman is also seeking shared ac…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/02/2017

Mt. Kisco, NY

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Mount Kisco Mulls Expanding Firehouses MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Mount Kisco officials are exploring the possibility of building additions for all three of the village's firehouses, which would be the biggest change for the buildings in recent history. A study released on Monday by H2M, an architecture and engineer firm, notes that the firehouses have several logistical problems. They include lack of compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act for second floors and toilets; outdated electrical service, generators and HVAC systems; a need for separate storage, training and decontamination spaces that older firehouses traditiona…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/02/2017

Mahopac, NY

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Putnam Sheriff's Investigator Dies After Collapsing At Gym Putnam County Sheriff Donald Smith announced Thursday that a senior investigator in his office, Mark R. Gilmore, died after collapsing at a gym in Dutchess County. Smith's whose office said that Gilmore, 54, had an "apparent heart attack," noted that an official cause of death has yet to be determined. Gilmore was rushed to Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie but could not be revived, the office added. “Mark was a consummate professional,” Smith said in a statement. “As head of the Narcotics Unit, Mark worked hard every day at trying to keep dangerous drugs away from ou…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/02/2017

Chappaqua, NY

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Wallace Auditorium Becomes 'Chappaqua Performing Arts Center' CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The New Castle Town Board voted on Tuesday to rename the Wallace Auditorium to the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, Councilwoman Lisa Katz wrote in a Facebook post. The building, which Katz nicknamed "ChapPAC," is located at Chappaqua Crossing. It was built on the campus when it was still the corporate headquarters of Reader's Digest and named after the publisher's co-founders, Lila and DeWitt Wallace. The town acquired the auditorium last year from Chappaqua Crossing owner Summit/Greenfield, which is seeking to redevelop other parts of the campus with retail a…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/02/2017

Bedford, NY

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Former Fox Lane Student Who Went To Jail Will Speak At Drug-Abuse Forum BEDFORD, N.Y. -- A former Fox Lane High School student who served time in jail over a car crash that killed his friend will speak at a forum for community members on teenage substance abuse. The former student, Ralph Tarchine III, started doing drugs and alcohol in ninth grade and got into the car wreck during his senior year while driving under the influence, according to an information flyer for the forum. "He went to jail and is now openly and truthfully talking about his experience and the impact that teen drug and alcohol use had on his life," the flyer states. "He hopes…

by Tom Auchterlonie

03/02/2017

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