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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

Hudson Valley Claims Fame To Presidents Past, Present With the Hudson Valley and the nation celebrating Presidents Day on Monday, this area continues to be a place near and dear to the hearts of Presidents of the United States from Washington to Trump. Our very first president, George Washington, spent the summer of 1781 in central Westchester, fighting in the American Revolution. Washington teamed with the French and fought in Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley and White Plains in a risky strategy that helped win the war for the revolutionaries, according to Richard Borkow, who wrote "George Washington's Westchester Gamble." President Abraham L…

by Sam Barron

02/20/2017

Neighbors

Rhinebeck Minister Publishes Novel About Grief RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- As a minister at Rhinebeck Reformed Church, Luis Perez has seen firsthand the right way and the wrong way to deal with grief. Perez, a former journalist, decided to turn his observations into his first novel, "Catharsis: Maldonado's Journey Through Grief," which was recently published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. In the book, grief has led Maldonado to be vulnerable to wrongminded decisions which lead him to prison and a halfway house. As he grapples with his grief, he blames the world and a former business partner who emerged unscathed from a scandal that sent…

by Sam Barron

02/20/2017

Business

Poughkeepsie Mechanics Aim To Bring Honesty, Convenience To Industry POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Adam Albertelli, a Poughkeepsie native, knows that bringing your car to the mechanic is often an unpleasant experience. Last year, Albertelli opened Bolt Mechanics, an auto repair shop at 211 Cottage Street #105 in Poughkeepsie, with the goal of being as transparent and convenient as possible for the customer. Bolt provides photos and video documenting the repairs, while also offering complimentary pickup and drop-off services for customers. "We understand that the industry as a whole has a bad reputation," Albertelli said. "It lacks trust and transpa…

by Sam Barron

02/20/2017

Police & Fire

Missing 24-Year-Old Croton Woman Found Safe Veronica Hallock, a 24-year-old Croton resident who had been missing since Tuesday afternoon, was found safe Saturday at LaGuardia Airport. Emily Hallock, Veronica's sister, shared the news on her Facebook page. Veronica was spotted by Leslie Kuhn, who saw her at Terminal B in American Airlines departures at the food court. "I cannot possibly express my gratitude to Leslie Safian Kuhn, who spotted her," Emily said on Facebook. "Thank you so much to everybody -- you've shown our family to have faith in our fellow humans. This is an unspeakable relief." Veronica was spott…

by Sam Barron

02/18/2017

Events

FDR Library Debuting New Exhibit About Japanese Internment HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- The internment of Japanese Americans is being examined in a new exhibit at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park. Images of Internment: The Incarceration Of Japanese Americans During World War II debuts Sunday marking the 75th anniversary of President Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9006, which led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, including 80,000 American citizens. The exhibit kicks off with a conversation Sunday at 3 p.m. featuring actor George Takei, who lived in an internment camp as a child and starred in…

by Sam Barron

02/17/2017

Schools

Pleasantville Seniors Vote To Keep Prom At Trump National In Briarcliff PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Pleasantville Senior Prom will remain at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff. Seniors voted 97-44 to keep the June 8 prom at the golf club owned by the 45th President of the United States. The prom was booked in Feb. 2016, by a group of parents, faculty, and students, before Donald Trump became president. A nonrefundable deposit of $4,000 -- money raised by both students and parents -- was put down when the prom was booked. Students had expressed concern about holding the prom at a Trump venue after his executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim-maj…

by Sam Barron

02/17/2017

Sports

Yorktown Cheerleaders Advance To Semifinals At National Competition YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown's cheerleading squad recently made history. The cheerleaders recently went to Orlando where it competed in the National High School Cheerleading Championship against teams from across the country at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. Yorktown’s team scored high enough in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals for the first time in the team's history. "I am so incredibly proud of my team and their accomplishments," coach Angela Battista said. "This year’s team has been so motivated and their hard work at each practice truly paid off.…

by Sam Barron

02/17/2017

Politics

Molinaro Says To 'Think Dutchess' At State Of The County Address DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- County Executive Marc Molinaro laid out his vision for Dutchess County at his 2017 State of the County Address, calling the state of Dutchess County "strong." Molinaro discussed a wide range of issues, from Dutchess' economic development to offering better services to seniors to how the county can combat drug abuse during his speech Thursday at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Molinaro, who has not ruled out running for governor in 2018, also took some swipes at state government. "New York does not make it easy to create a business or c…

by Sam Barron

02/16/2017

Police & Fire

New Details Emerge In Case Of Missing Croton Woman, 24 Veronica Hallock, the missing 24-year-old Croton-on-Hudson woman, was spotted by a young man getting off a southbound Metro-North train in Ossining shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday according to her sister Emily Hallock. MTA police found surveillance video of her in Grand Central Terminal at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday with a backpack and wearing a t-shirt with the Captain America logo, according to Emily. Veronica has not been heard from since noon on Tuesday. Veronica has been described as 5-foot 10-inches and slim. She has green eyes, long brown hair and wears glasses. Anyone with information can co…

by Sam Barron

02/16/2017

Events

Beacon Man Takes The Plunge To Help Fight Alzheimer's BEACON, N.Y. -- Matt Santoro, a Beacon resident, knows the water is going to be cold Saturday. But he'll do whatever it takes to raise money for Alzheimer's Disease. Santoro, a member relations supervisor for TEG Credit Union, is one of the many hundreds of people taking part in the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter's seventh annual Subzero Heroes fundraiser by plunging into Berean Lake in Highland. Money raised by Subzero Heroes benefits the Hudson Valley Chapter’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which fuels the Alzheimer’s Association’s initiatives of care, support and research. Sub…

by Sam Barron

02/16/2017

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