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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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New Castle's 2015 Budget Calls For 0.20 Percent Tax Levy Increase New Castle's 2015 Budget Calls For 0.20 Percent Tax Levy Increase
New Castle's 2015 Budget Calls For 0.20 Percent Tax Levy Increase CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Town of New Castle's tentative 2015 budget has a 0.20-percent tax levy increase, which is the lowest in recent years. The levy is proposed to increase by $39,618 from the previous year. The tax levy, which represents the amount of the budget that is funded by property tax revenue, would be almost $20.2 million. Total spending for the budget is more than $36.8 million. The increase is the smallest in recent years. A chart included in the budget shows that the levy rose by 2.01 percent for 2014 and increased by similar amounts in the three fiscal years before that. …

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Bedford Schools Superintendent Cancels Race Relations Workshop Bedford Schools Superintendent Cancels Race Relations Workshop
Bedford Schools Superintendent Cancels Race Relations Workshop BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Bedford Central Schools Superintendent Jere Hochman declined to move forward with a workshop on race relations that drew opposition from some district residents. In an interview, Hochman explained that he did not put it on the school board's agenda. “I realized there were too many questions that needed to be answered,” he said. The two-day workshop was to be held on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4, according to a letter from Hochman that was addressed to community agency leaders. It would have been facilitated by an organization called Educational Equity Consultants (EEC). The …

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North Castle Ward Vote Scheduled For Nov. 13 After County Board's Rejection North Castle Ward Vote Scheduled For Nov. 13 After County Board's Rejection
North Castle Ward Vote Scheduled For Nov. 13 After County Board's Rejection ARMONK, N.Y. -- The North Castle Town Board voted to schedule the ward system referendum for a Nov. 13 special election. The Wednesday night decision followed an Oct. 9 letter from the Westchester County Board of Elections that rejected including the referendum on the Nov. 4 general election ballot because the referendum is not taking place in an odd-numbered year. Regular town government elections are held in odd years in New York state. The board cited state law in rejecting the town's request. If a ward system is approved, Town Board members would be elected by districts representing…

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School Role Is Focus Of Somers Drug Forum School Role Is Focus Of Somers Drug Forum
School Role Is Focus Of Somers Drug Forum (This is our second story on the forum. For our first story, click here). SOMERS, N.Y. -- The school system's role was a major topic at an Oct. 7 drug forum in Somers. Some attendees at the forum, held at the Somers Community Center, were critical of how the school system dealt with drug use. Some argued that there has been denial that there is a problem. One man who spoke, who declined to give his name, said Somers High School does not want to know about drug use. He also called for tougher punishment for drug dealing. Somers High School senior Chelsie Von Elm, who had a question…

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Bike Trail Would Link Chappaqua Crossing To Downtown Bike Trail Would Link Chappaqua Crossing To Downtown
Bike Trail Would Link Chappaqua Crossing To Downtown CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- A proposed trail for bicycles and pedestrians would link Chappaqua Crossing to downtown Chappaqua and Horace Greeley High School. The concept for the trail, dubbed the “ChapLine,” was presented at the New Castle Town Board meeting on Tuesday night, Oct. 14, by Chappaqua resident Dan Googel, who is currently involved with a subcommittee for the town’s master plan update. Googel noted that the trail is already there. He believes that it was formed between 2004 to 2007 for sewer line work. An existing connection of the trail to the high school was formed, Googel believes…

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Police & Fire
Fire Damages Carmel Apartment; Smoke Inhalation Reported Fire Damages Carmel Apartment; Smoke Inhalation Reported
Fire Damages Carmel Apartment; Smoke Inhalation Reported CARMEL, N.Y. -- An apartment sustained damage from a morning fire Wednesday, according to Carmel First Assistant Fire Chief David DiRienzo. Dispatch for the fire was at approximately 8:12 a.m., DiRienzo said. The building is a separate structure located on the same property as 122 Gleneida Ave., according to the assistant chief.  The building contains three apartments housing three families, DiRienzo said. The affected unit had moderate fire damage in a closet and hallway, while there was smoke damage through it, according to DiRienzo. The other two units were not damaged, he added. …

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Men In School Went To Bathroom, Asked About Admission, Bedford Police Say Men In School Went To Bathroom, Asked About Admission, Bedford Police Say
Men In School Went To Bathroom, Asked About Admission, Bedford Police Say BEDFORD, N.Y. -- The men who recently entered Rippowam Cisqua School each went to a nearby bathroom, while one inquired about admission for a 15-year-old family member, according to Bedford Police Lt. Jeffrey Dickan. When the men entered the school, one headed directly to a nearby restroom, Dickan explained, while the other was confronted by a school employee. The man speaking with the employee inquired about admission to the school for a family member, Dickan added. The employee explained that the school did not have 15-year-old students.  The second man then went to the restroom befor…

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Bedford's Traffic Safety Group Is Meeting In Bedford Hills Bedford's Traffic Safety Group Is Meeting In Bedford Hills
Bedford's Traffic Safety Group Is Meeting In Bedford Hills BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. -- Bedford's Traffic Safety Working Group is scheduled to hold another meeting Wednesday night (Oct. 15), this time at the Bedford Hills Community House. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Traffic safety has risen as a town priority this year. In September, it was announced that the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) approved lowering the speed limit for parts of Routes 172 and 22. The affected areas, according to the DOT letter, include a stretch from the intersection of the two roads to the Route 172/Greenwich Road intersection (at 35 …

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Deer Hunting Season Is Under Way In Westchester Deer Hunting Season Is Under Way In Westchester
Deer Hunting Season Is Under Way In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The annual bow hunting season for deer is under way and will continue until Dec. 31. The program began in Westchester County in 2009 following a task force and report and has since expanded to different parks, according to a 2013 report from the county's Recreation and Parks Department. This year, Westchester is allowing bow hunting in six of its parks in Northern Westchester: Yorktown's Hilltop Hanover Farm; Somers' Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial; Somers' Muscoot Farm; Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, which straddles Pound Ridge and Lewisboro; N…

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Chappaqua Shooting Of Man, 21, Reported By Police Chappaqua Shooting Of Man, 21, Reported By Police
Chappaqua Shooting Of Man, 21, Reported By Police CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- New Castle Police reported that a 21-year-old Greenburgh man was shot while outside a vehicle on Roaring Brook Road. The road, which is in Chappaqua, is near Chappaqua Crossing and Horace Greeley High School. The man's injury is not life threatening, according to police. The man arrived to Chappaqua Crossing around 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 11 with a gunshot wound in his leg, police said. He was subsequently brought to Westchester Medical Center, police said. Police said that no suspects or vehicle have been found, and asked people with information on the incident to c…

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