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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

Police & Fire

Route 9 Reopens After Officer Struck By Car In Police Chase This story has been updated. OSSINING, N.Y. -- An officer was taken to the hospital after his car was struck by a vehicle that was being pursued by Ossining and Briarcliff police Wednesday afternoon, according to Chief Kevin Sylvester of the Ossining Police Department. Route 9 reopened between Rockledge Avenue and Route 117 Phelps Way late Wednesday evening following an ongoing investigation of the incident. Westchester County Police are also investigating. Ossining police have the driver in custody after the crash, which occurred on Route 9 at Scarborough Road just before 2 p.m, according…

by Sam Barron

10/19/2016

Schools

Croton-Harmon Bond Overwhelmingly Approved By Voters CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Voters in the Croton-Harmon school district overwhelmingly approved a $20.8 million bond that the district will spend on capital improvements Tuesday. The bond was approved 465 votes to 152 votes. The district said the bond will lead to building improvements at three schools, the district office and transportation facility. The bond will not increase taxes because the district is retiring existing debt. The proposition includes upgrades to heating, ventilation, air condition systems, exterior window/wall replacement at the elementary school, creation of 21st centur…

by Sam Barron

10/19/2016

Police & Fire

Officer Struck By Car In Ossining Police Chase This story has been updated. OSSINING, N.Y. -- An officer was taken to the hospital after his car was struck by a vehicle that was being pursued by Ossining and Briarcliff police Wednesday afternoon, according to Chief Kevin Sylvester of the Ossining Police Department Ossining police have the driver in custody after the crash, which occurred on Route 9 at Scarborough Road just before 2 p.m, according to Sylvester. Ossining Police went to Hamilton Avenue to pick up a man who was wanted on felony charges from another jurisdiction. The man fled the residence in a vehicle upon police's arrival…

by Sam Barron

10/19/2016

Police & Fire

Car Crashes Into Building In Croton CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- A driver in Croton-on-Hudson received quite the scare Tuesday afternoon when his car crashed into the side of a building at the corner of South Riverside Avenue and Wayne Street. The driver was pulling into a parking lot when the car accelerated. The driver said he stood on the brakes, but the car would not stop, according to an EMT at the scene. The driver refused medical attention.

by Sam Barron

10/18/2016

Police & Fire

Pleasantville Police Chief Richard Love Retiring PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Richard Love is retiring as Police Chief for the Village of Pleasantville, effective Nov. 1. Love has been on medical leave since a car accident in March. The 51-year-old told the Pleasantville Village Board he had been interested in retiring, and the board came to an agreement in September, placing him on administrative leave, according to Village Administrator Patty Dwyer. Erik Grutzner has served as acting police chief in Love's absence and will continue in the role on a provisional basis, pending passing a chief's exam. "We're delighted we're in a position…

by Sam Barron

10/18/2016

Police & Fire

Suspect With Stolen Gun Pleads Guilty To Fatal Shooting Of Peekskill Man PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- A 25-year-old Peekskill resident pleaded guilty Monday to killing a man on Park Street in Dec. 2015. Janiel Myke had been charged with manslaughter in the first degree (a Class B violent felony) in the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephen Agosto of Peekskill. Myke shot Agosto three times with a stolen handgun in front of 1431 Park Street, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Agosto was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Myke was arrested two days later and police determined Agosto and Myke had had a long standing dispute, accordi…

by Sam Barron

10/18/2016

Schools

Pelham Sophomore Takes Fourth Place At Forensics Competition PELHAM, N.Y. -- Violet Massie-Vereker is getting notice for her oratory skills. Massie-Vereker and the rest of the Pelham Memorial High School Forensics Team attended the Hugh McEvoy Memorial Invitational at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. It was the first junior varsity tournament of the season. Massie-Vereker won fourth place in the category of Oratorical Declamation.

by Sam Barron

10/16/2016

Schools

Five Lakeland Musicians Selected To Area All-State Groups SHRUB OAK, N.Y. -- The Lakeland School District is home to some of Westchester's top musicians. Julianna Christopolous, a junior at Lakeland High School, Sarah Taxter, a junior at Panas High School, Cary Abramson, a junior at Panas High School, Ariana Vida, a junior at Panas High School and Tatiana Stevenson, a sophomore at Panas High School were selected to Area All-State Group. This year, Lakeland has students in all five performing groups - Women's Choir, Mixed Choir, Band, Symphony Orchestra, and String Orchestra. The Area All-State groups are open to all public school music students …

by Sam Barron

10/16/2016

Lifestyle

Newly Released 'The Girl On The Train' Has Plenty Of Westchester Scenes WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- So you just saw "The Girl on the Train" and now you want to do your own voyeurism from the train? You're in luck, since the movie is set and was filmed in Westchester. The movie, which opened at No. 1 at the box office this past weekend and is based on the bestselling book, is about a troubled woman, Rachel, (Emily Blunt) who becomes concerned when a woman she spies on from the Hudson Line train goes missing. While the book is set in England, screenwriter Erin Wilson decided to set the film in Westchester because she was inspired by the movies "Unf…

by Sam Barron

10/15/2016

Politics

Gipson Seeks To Tie Serino With Trump In State Senate Race State Sen. Sue Serino (R-Hyde Park) said she found Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's comments about groping women offensive and will not be endorsing him for president while her opponent, Terry Gipson is trying to tie Serino to Trump. "As a woman, I found Donald Trump’s vulgar and offensive comments in the 2005 audiotape to be particularly troubling," Serino, who represents the 41st district said. "This type of behavior does not belong in politics, in business or in our society and it most certainly is not representative of my own values." Gipson, a Democrat…

by Sam Barron

10/14/2016

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