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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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Man Pronounced Dead After Falling Into Croton Falls Reservoir Man Pronounced Dead After Falling Into Croton Falls Reservoir
Man Pronounced Dead After Falling Into Croton Falls Reservoir Update, Wednesday, Aug. 20: Although preliminary information suggested that the boat overturned, a DEP official now says that it did not capsize. ORIGINAL STORY, POSTED ON TUESDAY, AUG. 19: CARMEL, N.Y. -- A man who was recovered from the Croton Falls Reservoir on Tuesday afternoon has been pronounced dead while another man involved survived, a spokesperson for New York City's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) confirmed. The boat was previously said to have overturned but a DEP official on Wednesday denies that it capsized. Instead, according to the official, the person lost …

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New Castle Switching To Single-Stream Recycling Under New Contract New Castle Switching To Single-Stream Recycling Under New Contract
New Castle Switching To Single-Stream Recycling Under New Contract CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The New Castle Town Board unanimously approved a new refuse and recycling contract with SaniPro Disposal Services Corp., a deal that includes single-stream recycling and once-a-week garage pick up. The town currently has dual stream recycling, according to Jennifer Mebes Flagg, who gave recommendations at the Town Board's Aug. 12 meeting on behalf of the town's Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB). Dual stream is where paper and cardboard are separated from plastic, glass and metal, she explained. Single stream, she said, is where everything is mixed. Speaking for SAB,…

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Registered Sex Offender, 61, Moves To Brewster, Police Say Registered Sex Offender, 61, Moves To Brewster, Police Say
Registered Sex Offender, 61, Moves To Brewster, Police Say BREWSTER, N.Y. -- A registered sex offender has moved to Brewster, according to an announcement from Brewster Police. The man is identified as 61-year-old Patrick Caporale, of 16 Allview Ave., who has a risk level of three, which means there is a high risk for a repeat offense, police announced. The announcement also indicates Caporale has a child pornography possession conviction in January 2004. In New York, the child pornography possession charge is called possession of the sexual performance of a  child, according to state police. A flier that mentions Carporale's move into the c…

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Carmel Car Show Serves As Fundraiser Carmel Car Show Serves As Fundraiser
Carmel Car Show Serves As Fundraiser CARMEL, N.Y. -- An array of vintage cars were brought to a Carmel parking lot Sunday, Aug. 17, for the Hot Rods on the Hudson Car Show, which was held in the plaza near ShopRite. A portion of the proceeds go to support Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, according to Gary Malstrom, who is in charge of the event, with the remainder used to support the cost. Malstrom, who lives in Hopewell Junction, grew up in Carmel. Hot Rods on the Hudson was originally held in Newburgh before being moved to Carmel five years ago, Malstrom recalled. There were almost 100 vintage cars, according to Mals…

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Break In Reported At Purdy’s Farmer & The Fish Restaurant Break In Reported At Purdy’s Farmer & The Fish Restaurant
Break In Reported At Purdy’s Farmer & The Fish Restaurant NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- A break in occurred at Purdy’s Farmer & the Fish in North Salem early Monday morning, according to co-owner Michael Kaphan. The break in was discovered after one of the farmers went to open the restaurant, according to Kaphan, and a person there discovered that the office upstairs had been broken in to. A “small amount” of cash was taken, Kaphan said. He could not say what the amount was. There were no other break-in signs, according to Kaphan, who also confirmed that state troopers came. The matter is still under investigation. The burglary took place between m…

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Lewisboro Residents React To Reported Stabbing Lewisboro Residents React To Reported Stabbing
Lewisboro Residents React To Reported Stabbing SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. -- South Salem's Donna Mokszycki lives in the Lake Truesdale area of South Salem, not far from where a woman was reported to have been stabbed repeatedly by an unidentified assailant on Wednesday night, Aug. 13. Mokszycki, who recalled being surprised when she heard about the incident, said she did not hear anything unusual that night. Like the woman involved, Mokszycki has walked her dog in the area and said that she could have been there had she done so that night. There is no known motive for the stabbing, according to a state police investigator who spoke to report…

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Staffers At Putnam Hospital Center React To Ice Bucket Challenge Craze Staffers At Putnam Hospital Center React To Ice Bucket Challenge Craze
Staffers At Putnam Hospital Center React To Ice Bucket Challenge Craze CARMEL, N.Y. -- A big news story this week has been the Ice Bucket Challenge, which promotes awareness of ALS and has gone viral online. Staffers at Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel offered their reactions to the challenge. Anita Minella, executive director of the Putnam Hospital Center Foundation, called it an “innovative way of not only bringing attention to ALS but also a way of raising funds for it.” Suzanne Brown, a neurologist with Mount Kisco Medical Group – it uses space in the hospital building – called it a “fantastic money raiser.” Brown, who has been a neurologist in t…

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Body Discovered In Carmel Is Identified As Local Man, 53 Body Discovered In Carmel Is Identified As Local Man, 53
Body Discovered In Carmel Is Identified As Local Man, 53 CARMEL, N.Y. -- The dead body found off of Route 6 in Carmel on Tuesday has been identified as a local man, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department announced. Mark Conroy's body was found in a wooded area to the west of the intersection with John Simpson Road and several hundred yards from the northern side of Route 6, according to the sheriff's department. The cause of death for Conroy, 53, has not been determined, although the sheriff's department previous disclosed that no signs of foul play were indicated.  It is believed that Conroy had been dead for days or weeks before his body…

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Forty-Four Housing Units Proposed For Pound Ridge Site Forty-Four Housing Units Proposed For Pound Ridge Site
Forty-Four Housing Units Proposed For Pound Ridge Site   POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Information on Ridge 29, a proposal for 44 housing units on a site in Pound Ridge that makes up 29.1 acres, was provided at a Town Board meeting. The proposal for the site, near Pine Drive, includes 132 parking spaces, with a request to allow land banking of 22 of them, Giris disclosed to the board. Thirty-nine of the units would be market rate while five would be affordable. It was disclosed that the units would have three bedrooms and be in the 2,400’s range for square footage. Anthony Sblendorio, a principal with the applicant, gave an overview of the pro…

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Chappaqua Crossing Traffic Comparison Looks At Five Scenarios Chappaqua Crossing Traffic Comparison Looks At Five Scenarios
Chappaqua Crossing Traffic Comparison Looks At Five Scenarios CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- A consulting firm working for Chappaqua Crossing developer Summit/Greenfield has compiled a table showing the changes in traffic volume and percentages under various scenarios for the site. The table, from Master Consulting, was submitted to the New Castle Town Board at its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 12, which included multiple public hearings pertaining to Summit/Greenfield's retail and grocery proposal for a portion of the site. The data show traffic volumes for five scenarios and what peak hours during a week, which include school traffic. The first is with baseline …

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