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Sam Barron

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sbarron@dailyvoice.com

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

Sam Barron's Contributions

Politics

Donald Trump Jr. Rules Out Run For Governor Donald Trump Jr. has decided to stay in the boardroom. For now. Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, said he will not be running for governor of New York in 2018, ending a week of speculation. Trump Jr. said Monday that while he won't be running for governor, he has not ruled out running for higher office in the future. While his father works in The White House, Trump, Jr. and his brother Eric are running The Trump Organization. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is up for re-election in 2018. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Cuomo's Republican opponent in 2014, and Dutchess Co…

by Sam Barron

04/11/2017

Neighbors

Community Rallies Around Family After Mount Kisco Woman Dies MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Maria DePoto touched a lot of lives in Mount Kisco, and now the community is returning the favor. A GoFundMe page has been launched in honor of DePoto, who died Sunday at 68. As of Tuesday, more than $3,000 has been raised and the money will go to her daughter Nicole to help pay for funeral expenses. DePoto worked for 15 years as a preschool teacher at the Boys and Girls Club. That's where Ashley Balogh, who started the GoFundMe page, first met "Mrs. D." "From when we were three years old, I had a very special relationship with Nicole and her mother, Mar…

by Sam Barron

04/11/2017

Sports

Ossining Senior Heads To Harvard To Swim, Dive OSSINING, N.Y. -- An accomplished Ossining diver and swimmer will be taking his talents to Harvard University in the fall. Alec DeCaprio will be swimming and diving for the Crimson where he plans to major in economics. While at Ossining, DeCaprio was a two-time Section 1 champion, four-time conference champion, four-time All-Section honor winner and four-time All-League honor winner. DeCaprio holds the Ossining six-dive and 11-dive school records. He recently won second place at the state Boys Swimming and Diving Championships. “Alec is the type of athlete any coach dreams of coming acros…

by Sam Barron

04/11/2017

Business

Smoke Shop Opens In Yorktown YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Rock Liu hopes his new smoke shop will fill a void in Northern Westchester. Liu just opened Rock's Smoke Shop at 1925 Commerce Street in Yorktown Heights. The store sells cigars, pipes, cigarettes, bongs, rolling papers, tobacco, and e-cigarettes, among other accessories. Liu, who lives in New York City and also has a smoke shop in Newburgh, said the area didn't have any smoke shop. So far, customers have inquired about dipping tobacco and been purchasing Rocky Patel The Edge cigars, Liu said. The ending of the embargo with Cuba also means Liu is able to sell Cuba…

by Sam Barron

04/11/2017

Lifestyle

Newest Sightings: Bobcats Spotted In Mahopac, Carmel With the weather warming up, bobcat sightings are becoming more frequent in the Hudson Valley. A day after a bobcat was spotted in Pound Ridge, Daily Voice reader Tommy Levy sent in several photos he had of bobcats in the woods of Mahopac and Carmel. Levy, a hunter, attached two pictures from a trail camera he had set up, roaming in the woods at night. Levy said bobcats were plentiful in the Hudson Valley. "They are nocturnal so not often seen by the average person," Levy said. "There is a hunting season for them because there is clearly an abundance of them in our area.&qu…

by Sam Barron

04/11/2017

Police & Fire

Two Charged In Irvington Home Invasion Linked To Westchester Robberies This story has been updated IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Two people who police say were involved in an Irvington home invasion and robbery were arrested by an FBI Task Force Thursday. Dennis Brown, 35, a Yonkers resident and Elbio Espaillat, 32, a resident of the Bronx, are all facing charges. At about 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 2, Irvington police responded after a mother and son said two unknown men entered their Main Street apartment and ordered them both to the ground at gunpoint, Chief Michael Cerone said. The male victim was forced into a separate room where he was pistol whipped and ordered to give t…

by Sam Barron

04/10/2017

News

Letter To The Editor: Appalled At Ossining Roundabout Meeting OSSINING, N.Y. -- Ossining Daily Voice accepts signed and original letters to the editor up to 350 words. To submit your letter, email ossining@dailyvoice.com . Last night (April 6), I was truly appalled by a “community meeting” in which Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity and her Village Board (“OVB”) discussed a proposed Downtown Redevelopment Working Committee “(DRWC”), the membership of which the OVB will handpick. Composition notwithstanding, the work of the DRWC is to issue a report in late July to propose how the downtown Ossining Historical District (“OHD”) is to be redeveloped. Meanwh…

by Steven Felsenfeld

04/10/2017

News

Cortlandt Creates Fund Offsetting Losses From Indian Point Closure CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- The Town of Cortlandt wants to be prepared for when Indian Point in Buchanan closes its doors. Supervisor Linda Puglisi announced the town has developed a fund, starting this year, to offset the town's loss of $900,000 in revenue when Indian Point shuts down in 2020 and 2021. Puglisi said $100,000 each year from the fund balance will be placed in a separate reserve account. The Town Board and I have developed a fund beginning in 2017 to offset the Town’s loss of $900,000 each year in revenue once Indian Point’s two nuclear reactors close in 2020/2021. "(This) will…

by Sam Barron

04/10/2017

Police & Fire

Yorktown Man Charged With Felony After Stealing Wallet, Police Say YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A 28-year-old Yorktown resident was arrested and charged Sunday with stealing another man's wallet, police said on Monday. Andrew Eidelson was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the 4th degree, a Class E felony after an Evergreen Street resident reported his wallet, containing debit cards and cash, was missing, police said. An investigation determined Eidelson had the wallet while on Evergreen Street, police said. Eidelson voluntarily turned himself in and was released on $2,500 bail. An order of protection was issued against the victim. He is due bac…

by Sam Barron

04/10/2017

Obituaries

Sister Mary Stolz, 94, Maryknoll OSSINING, N.Y. -- Sister Mary Teresa Stolz, 94, died on April 7 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center. She had been a Maryknoll Sister for 63 years. Stolz was born on February 1, 1923, in Elyria, OH to Mary B. (Dietz) and William J. Stolz. She had one brother, Rev. Joseph Stolz and four sisters, Florence, Anne, Cecilia and Margaret. Her parents and siblings have all predeceased her. In 1941, Stolz graduated from Elyria High School and worked as a secretary at The National Society for Crippled Children and the Army Air Corp Depot in Elyria until 1943. She then joined the U.S. Navy serving as a …

by Sam Barron

04/10/2017

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