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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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Police & Fire
House Fire In Mahopac Caused By Flue-Pipe Malfunction, Chief Says House Fire In Mahopac Caused By Flue-Pipe Malfunction, Chief Says
House Fire In Mahopac Caused By Flue-Pipe Malfunction, Chief Says MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- A malfunctioning flue pipe was responsible for a Sunday residential fire, according to Mahopac Fire Chief Brian Lena. The fire then spread through the attic, according to Lena. Fire damage was contained to the upper portion of the house, Lena recalled, with there being moderate water damage throughout the building. The house, located on Stephanie Lane in Mahopac, is in a quiet neighborhood near the border with Somers. The damage from the blaze is prominent on the building's roof. Mahopac's fire department was dispatched at 12:31 p.m. on Sunday, Lena said.  Fire de…

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Business
PepsiCo Plans To Leave Somers, Says Town PepsiCo Plans To Leave Somers, Says Town
PepsiCo Plans To Leave Somers, Says Town SOMERS, N.Y. – PepsiCo has plans to leave its Somers facility, according to an announcement from the town. The departure from Somers will involve moving employees to locations in Purchase and White Plains, the town's announcement state, adding that the move's completion is expected in the first quarter of 2016. The facility has 540,000 square feet, is located at 1 Pepsi Way and has been connected to Pepsi since 1985, according to a previous press release from the company. The Pepsi links to the Somers campus have been in different forms over the years. In 1999, PepsiCo spun off a bot…

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Schools
Katonah-Lewisboro Board Names Selesnick Superintendent Katonah-Lewisboro Board Names Selesnick Superintendent
Katonah-Lewisboro Board Names Selesnick Superintendent CROSS RIVER, N.Y. -- The Katonah-Lewisboro school board made its selection of Andrew Selesnick official when it voted Friday to appoint the veteran Chappaqua administrator as the school district's next superintendent.  The board voted 6-0, although Trustee Peter Treyz was absent. Selesnick's term will begin July 1 and run until June 30, 2018. After the vote, board President Marjorie Schiff gave a detailed statement praising Selesnick. “Our excellent school system is at the heart of our community, one of our most important local institutions," Schiff said. "Andrew recognizes this, as …

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News
Cross River Man Died Of Blunt-Force Trauma In Accident, Says M.E. Cross River Man Died Of Blunt-Force Trauma In Accident, Says M.E.
Cross River Man Died Of Blunt-Force Trauma In Accident, Says M.E. LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- Cross River resident Robert Jones died of blunt-force trauma to the body in a vehicle accident in Armonk on Thursday, according the Westchester Medical Examiner's office. The 54-year-old Jones, according to media reports, was injured in the accident on Armonk's Business Park Drive. The incident happened at 215 Business Park Drive, according to media reports. A press release from the North Castle Police Department, which does not mention Jones by name, said that his vehicle "had struck and under-ridden an unhitched trailer which had been parked along the east side o…

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News
Westchester, Putnam Stakeholders Weigh In On Drinking Age Of 21 Westchester, Putnam Stakeholders Weigh In On Drinking Age Of 21
Westchester, Putnam Stakeholders Weigh In On Drinking Age Of 21 WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The minimum age for drinking alcohol, currently 21, has been the subject of an ongoing debate for years. Recently it received renewed attention due to a decision by Dartmouth College to ban hard alcohol on campus, according to The New York Times, which published an opinion section article featuring different perspectives on the matter. To get local feedback on the issue, Daily Voice reached out to stakeholders in Northern Westchester and Putnam. Dr. Nan Miller, an Armonk resident and therapist, is part of the group Mount Kisco Partners in Prevention, which…

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News
Chappaqua Crossing Owner Tweaks Retail Plan Chappaqua Crossing Owner Tweaks Retail Plan
Chappaqua Crossing Owner Tweaks Retail Plan CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Chappaqua Crossing owner Summit/Greenfield has tweaked its retail proposal to reflect changes in building dimensions. The alterations involve changing the project's Preliminary Development Concept Plan (PDCP), which is itself is a draft iteration of where the buildings will be laid out. According to Divney Tung Schwalbe, the owner's planning firm that submitted the new PDCP, the changes include a reduction in the size of a bank space from 4,000 square feet to 3,200; replacing a proposed 25,000-square-foot gym space and adjacent 7,500-square-foot retail building on the…

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News
Southeast Supervisor Hay Seeks Re-Election Southeast Supervisor Hay Seeks Re-Election
Southeast Supervisor Hay Seeks Re-Election SOUTHEAST, N.Y. -- Southeast Supervisor Tony Hay announced this week that he is seeking another term. “When I entered office in January of 2012, I had planned to serve only one term and then retire from public office on Jan. 1, 2016,” the supervisor said in his announcement. “However since that time, I have been asked by many residents to reconsider that decision and to seek another term as supervisor.  Further, I have come to realize that although we have made much progress in the last three years, there is still much left to be done.” In his announcement, Hay also touted the increase …

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News
Deal For Bedford's Merestead Among Harckham's Priorities Deal For Bedford's Merestead Among Harckham's Priorities
Deal For Bedford's Merestead Among Harckham's Priorities WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County Legislator Peter Harckham announced Tuesday that he will not seek another term. However, that will not stop the veteran lawmaker from pursuing some major ongoing projects during the final 10 months of his term. In an interview with Daily Voice, Harckham, D-North Salem, named the proposed police merger between Mount Kisco and the county, explaining that he would like to have a deal finalized. Under the proposal, Mount Kisco's local police would join the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, which would have a substation presence at th…

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Bedford Unlikely To Impose General Ban On Chain Stores Bedford Unlikely To Impose General Ban On Chain Stores
Bedford Unlikely To Impose General Ban On Chain Stores BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. -- Bedford Town Board members are unlikely to take up any broad-based ban on chain stores after discussing the matter at a recent work session. Board members, at their Feb. 3 meeting, did not rule out more narrowly geared measures, however. Examples include regulating types of signage, hours of operation and limiting drive-thru operations. Councilman Don Scott, who noted that the town code was previously changed, recalled an interest that CVS once had in moving into Arroway's site, which is in Katonah. CVS ultimately did come into Katonah when it replaced Katonah …

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Seventy-Nine Homes Proposed Near Downtown Bedford Village Seventy-Nine Homes Proposed Near Downtown Bedford Village
Seventy-Nine Homes Proposed Near Downtown Bedford Village BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Developer Wilder Balter Partners is proposing a 79-home project on a site near Bedford Village's downtown, a location that Rippowam Cisqua previously sought to use for a high school. The project, which carries the working title "Bedford Farm," calls for using the northern portion of a 113-acre site, which is bounded by Old Post Road (Route 22) to the north, Crusher Road to the west, Vinton Avenue to the east and the Mianus River to the south.  Seventy of the homes would be "age-targeted" and consist of single-family and two-unit structures. Nine of the units would be af…

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