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Tom Auchterlonie

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tauchterlonie@dailyvoice.com

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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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News

Group Makes Funding Push For Bedford Theater Conversion BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Bedford's John Farr has been interested in movies for most of his life. “I’ve loved movies of all types and stripes since I was 5," he said. Now, Farr is facing a big challenge: raising $2.5 million in pledges by March 1 to pay for the conversion of the shuttered Bedford Playhouse movie theater space into a nonprofit arts center. Farr, whose past career was in the advertising industry, lives near downtown Bedford Village, where the Playhouse is located. He calls the theater “a precious jewel in the heart of Bedford Village that could go away forever.” Farr, who ru…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/30/2015

Neighbors

North Salem Community Rallies To Help Twins Who Lost Mother NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Members of the community are working to help 19-year-old twins and North Salem High School graduates Brendan and Michael Less after the passing of their mother, Terry, 56, of Somers on Monday. Mitch Lanyi, a friend of the Less brothers who has known them since he moved to North Salem in seventh grade, set up a GoFundMe donation page to help cover the cost of their mother's funeral. Lanyi added that the threshold for the funeral has been reached but that the difference in funds will be for their general needs. The fundraiser has a goal of $30,000. As of Thursday a…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/30/2015

News

Applebee's Donates To Mount Kisco Camp Benefit MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Applebee's announced that it will donate a portion of its proceeds that will be collected on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to benefit Mount Kisco's Camp Iroquois. The initiative, called Dining To Donate, involves the local Applebee's donating 10 percent of patrons' bill to help the camp. In order for the donation to count, Applebee's requires that patrons present a flier advertising the initiative to servers. The flier can be found here. The local Applebee's is at 185 N. Bedford Road.

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/30/2015

News

Southeast Residents Speak Out For, Against Crossroads 312 Project SOUTHEAST, N.Y. -- Residents for and against the Crossroads 312 project packed Southeast Town Hall at a recent public hearing held by the Town Board. The proposal, which is from developer and Southeast resident Harold Lepler, calls for a 100-room hotel and 143,000 square feet of retail space on a roughly 51-acre site by Route 312. It is near the Interstate 84 interchange. A zoning change is being requested for the project. It calls for a switch from the site’s current Rural Commercial (RC) zone to a Highway Commercial (HC-1) zone. The Town Board conducted an environmental review, voted …

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/30/2015

News

Town Board OK's Filming In Armonk Of TV Pilot Starring Sarah Jessica Parker ARMONK, N.Y. -- The North Castle Town Board voted to grant a film permit to a production company for shooting scenes to be included in a pilot episode for a new television show starring Sarah Jessica Parker. The pilot for the show, which is titled "Divorce," is for HBO. It would be the second HBO series for Parker who starred in "Sex And The City," which ran from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The production company, Across the Pond Productions, is covered by the film permit from Feb. 23 to March 6. Hours allowed on days in which shooting for the show is done would be from 6 a.m. to 3 a…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/29/2015

Sports

Ice-Fishing Season Is Thriving In Northern Westchester CROSS RIVER, N.Y. -- It's a cold Thursday afternoon in the middle of the Cross River Reservoir, which straddles Cross River and Katonah. The frozen-solid surface allows for a prime ice fishing spot, which several men take up the opportunity for. One of the men, Croton Falls resident Bill Weizenecker, sat while his line went through a drilled hole. His earlier catch, trout, could be heard moving around in his sled while it was covered by a plastic bag. With winter comes ice-fishing season, a time when the reservoirs of Northern Westchester and Putnam can be walked on. Charles George,…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/29/2015

Schools

Bedford Central Faces $2.6M Deficit For 2015-16 School Year BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Bedford Central is facing a budget deficit of roughly $2.6 million for the 2015-16 school year, according to preliminary figures released by the district this month. The early data, which do not factor into changes in revenues or expenditures, forecast a gap of exactly $2,662,847. A preliminary budget, which will include details for how it will be balanced, will be unveiled in March, according to a timeline released by Superintendent Jere Hochman. There will be public information sessions on the budget at all five elementary schools, he explained. The board is scheduled…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/28/2015

Police & Fire

Devastating Mahopac Falls House Fire Ruled Accidental MAHOPAC FALLS, N.Y. -- The cause of Sunday's house fire in Mahopac Falls has been ruled accidental and electrical, according to Brian Sacher, 1st Assistant Chief with the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department. Sacher said the fire was caused by an overloaded wire, which was located in the house's kitchen area. The blaze, put out by local firefighters with support on site from three neighboring fire departments, severely damaged the structure. The house was located at 72 Entrance Way, in a neighborhood near Lake Secor. The house was demolished on Sunday night, Sacher added. The assi…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/28/2015

Weather

Latest Snowfall Transforms Familiar Venues In Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Although forecasts called for a significant blizzard to hit the region, the actual snowstorm was more run of the mill in its quality. Nevertheless, the added snow contributed to the transformation of Putnam's landscape. Lakes and reservoirs across the area were still, having been blanketed with snow. Meanwhile, traffic continued in the area's downtowns, including Mahopac, Carmel and Brewster. Daily Voice's photo gallery shows the Tuesday aftermath of the snowstorm.

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/28/2015

Weather

Erroneous Blizzard Forecast Disrupts Life In Putnam County PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Although the significant blizzard that weather forecasts predicted never came to Putnam -- a storm that was garden-variety in nature came -- local merchants and workers could feel the impact, anyway. Anthony Porto, owner of Smalley Inn, a mainstay in downtown Carmel, reported that business was down on Tuesday. He explained that a lot of customers and his help did not come in, which left him and his son to operate an eatery that is open seven days a week and rarely closed. The last time Smalley closed was in 2012 due to power outage caused by Hurricane Sandy, Port…

by Tom Auchterlonie

01/27/2015

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