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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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Yorktown Couple Gives Favorite Places For Summer Trips Yorktown Couple Gives Favorite Places For Summer Trips
Yorktown Couple Gives Favorite Places For Summer Trips YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- With summer weather there is time for trips, and a Yorktown couple has a lot of favorite places to go. For Michael Perrone his favorites include several cities in Europe, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome Zurich, Vienna and Hamburg. His wife, Carmen, agreed. Carmen Perrone added Montreal. Closer to home, both also brought up Washington, DC as a place to go to. Some of their favorite places were also listed in a guide from U.S News and World Report for best summer vacations. The guide has places including Maui, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Montrea…

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Pool At Mount Kisco Gym Cited For Beating The Heat Pool At Mount Kisco Gym Cited For Beating The Heat
Pool At Mount Kisco Gym Cited For Beating The Heat MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- It's early July and the weather this week has been hot. On a hot Thursday residents from the area were asked to share what they do to beat the heat in the summer. For Kanta Asrani, a Bedford Hills resident, it involves going to a swimming pool at her gym, which is the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco. Another thing she does is to have iced coffee. Rose Pelino, a Millwood resident, stays indoors with central air conditioning. Pelino, who is heading out to the Hamptons, also noted that it is cool at the beach. She also discussed what her kids do, and that is to go to a sw…

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North Castle Town Board To Meet In North White Plains North Castle Town Board To Meet In North White Plains
North Castle Town Board To Meet In North White Plains ARMONK, N.Y. -- The North Castle Town Board will be holding its next meeting in a different section of town. Instead of its typical location, which is at North Castle Town Hall in Armonk, the board is instead scheduled to meeting at the Community Center in North White Plains. The community center, which is at 10 Clove Road, also contains the North White Plains branch of the North Castle Public Library and space for the North Castle Police Department. The Town Board is scheduled to meet at the center on July 9, first with a work session at 6:30 p.m. and then with a regular meeting at 7:30 …

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Mount Kisco Man, 18, Accused Of Burglary, Assaulting Woman, Then Fleeing Mount Kisco Man, 18, Accused Of Burglary, Assaulting Woman, Then Fleeing
Mount Kisco Man, 18, Accused Of Burglary, Assaulting Woman, Then Fleeing MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- An 18-year-old Mount Kisco man has been arrested after being accused of entering the home of a neighboring woman and assaulting her. Mount Kisco police said Mario Coronado was arrested after a 911 call about 3:41 a.m. Thursday, July 3, from a residence on Maple Avenue. Two officers responded and were told that a man had entered the woman's bedroom, police said. Coronado is accused of then assaulting the woman by choking her and grabbing her throat with his hands. Coronado is also accused of having fled by going out a window after other residents of the building came t…

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Armonk Gazebo Roof Collapse Announced By Town Administrator Armonk Gazebo Roof Collapse Announced By Town Administrator
Armonk Gazebo Roof Collapse Announced By Town Administrator ARMONK, N.Y. -- The roof for a gazebo in Armonk’s Wampus Brook Park collapsed recently, damaging a truck underneath it. The collapse was announced by North Castle Town Administrator Joan Goldberg at the Town Board’s June 25 meeting when discussion came up about a proposed change order for renovation work on the structure. The board, according to Goldberg, authorized about $34,000 for work, including replacement of decking and railings, along with electrical work. Deficient structural supports were discovered by a contractor, according to Goldberg.  Steel collars around the gazebo’s concre…

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State Board Denies Variances For Chappaqua Station State Board Denies Variances For Chappaqua Station
State Board Denies Variances For Chappaqua Station CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Conifer Realty was dealt a setback on Wednesday when a state board denied variances needed for its proposed affordable housing structure for downtown Chappaqua. At a special meeting held at Cortlandt Town Hall, the Hudson Valley Regional Board of Review voted 4-0 to reject seven out of eight variances requested. The variances for the project, called Chappaqua Station, pertain to state building and fire codes. Prior to the rejection, a board member brought up concerns about firefighter apparatus staging, a lack of alternative fire protection and fire safety of the exteri…

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Palmer Honored Prior To Leaving Mount Kisco Manager Post Palmer Honored Prior To Leaving Mount Kisco Manager Post
Palmer Honored Prior To Leaving Mount Kisco Manager Post MOUNT KISCO N.Y. -- Before he departed as Mount Kisco village manager, James Palmer was honored twice during his last days of service. Palmer, whose service for the village has totaled about two decades in various capacities, was presented with a plaque at the Village Board of Trustees' June 16 meeting, which was his last. Then, on June 20, he was honored with a lunch outside Village Hall, attended by village officials and board members. Mayor Michael Cindrich mentioned that the event was organized by village staff and referred to the occasion as a sign that he was going to be missed. …

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Bedford School District Responds To Fired Fox Lane Teacher’s Lawsuit Bedford School District Responds To Fired Fox Lane Teacher’s Lawsuit
Bedford School District Responds To Fired Fox Lane Teacher’s Lawsuit BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Through an attorney, the Bedford Central School District has responded to a recent lawsuit filed on behalf of a fired Fox Lane High School teacher who wondered about a governmental conspiracy in the Newtown school shooting. In a reply filed on June 20 with the state Supreme Court, attorney Richard Kass defends hearing officer Jeffrey Sherman’s May ruling against Adam Heller in a disciplinary proceeding, which allowed for the English teacher’s termination.  Heller was accused of not being cooperative with an April 2013 mental fitness investigation, which came after he was …

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Bedford Woman Will Be Charged After Being Extricated From Vehicle Rollover Bedford Woman Will Be Charged After Being Extricated From Vehicle Rollover
Bedford Woman Will Be Charged After Being Extricated From Vehicle Rollover BEDFORD, N.Y. -- A Bedford woman is being charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle following a Tuesday rollover, according to Bedford Police Lt. Jeffrey Dickan. She was ordered to appear in Bedford Town Court, in Bedford Hills, on July 10. to answer the third-degree charge, a misdemeanor. The incident happened at about 11:47 a.m. on Bedford Center Road, Dickan said, in the vicinity of the intersection with Davids Hill Road. The woman, who had to be extricated, was then taken by a Bedford Fire Department ambulance to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, accordin…

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North Castle Town Board Backs Union Contracts After Heated Remarks North Castle Town Board Backs Union Contracts After Heated Remarks
North Castle Town Board Backs Union Contracts After Heated Remarks ARMONK, N.Y. -- Members of North Castle's Town Board unanimously approved a pair of CSEA union contracts Wednesday night after tense remarks from members of the public. Under the terms of the contracts, which were outlined by Town Administrator Joan Goldberg, there will be the creation of a new employee class that has a starting salary of around $20,000 less. There is also a reduction in holidays from the previous 15 per year. New employees will have 12 holidays while existing staff will have 14. New employees will also have eight personal days per year. In contrast, varying amounts at …

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