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Ben Crnic

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Ben Crnic graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Geoscience in 2021. He has previously worked as a reporter with the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and has also contributed work to the Connecticut Mirror. Ben joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

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Mount Vernon School District Mourns Fourth-Grade Student 'Taken Far Too Soon' Mount Vernon School District Mourns Fourth-Grade Student 'Taken Far Too Soon'
Mount Vernon School District Mourns Fourth-Grade Student 'Taken Far Too Soon' A school district in Westchester is mourning the untimely loss of a young boy.  The Mount Vernon City School District announced the death of fourth-grade student Ayman Yahaya Luwaa on Thursday, Feb. 1.  According to district officials, Luwaa died on Tuesday morning, Jan. 30. He had previously received care at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla until August 2023.  "He is in the thoughts and hearts of everyone throughout the District as we grieve his passing," the district said in a statement, adding that Luwaa was "taken far too soon."  More detai…

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Police & Fire
Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Somers Home Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Somers Home
Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Somers Home Fire officials are giving residents battery safety tips following a blaze at a Northern Westchester residence caused by an off-brand rechargeable product. The fire broke out on Wednesday, Jan. 24 around 3 p.m. at a residence in Somers on Wood Street, the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department announced on Saturday, Jan. 27.  According to the department, which provided mutual aid during the incident, a small fire broke out on the first floor of the residence but was quickly put out.  The cause of the blaze was later determined to be an off-brand rechargeable battery, fire…

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Lifestyle
'It's Hen Day': Muscoot Farm's Cluxatawney Henrietta Predicts Early Spring 'It's Hen Day': Muscoot Farm's Cluxatawney Henrietta Predicts Early Spring
'It's Hen Day': Muscoot Farm's Cluxatawney Henrietta Predicts Early Spring It turns out that Groundhog Day does not only feature weather predictions from rodents. Northern Westchester's own Cluxatawney Henrietta has just given her opinion on whether or not to expect an early spring.  In an event held on Friday morning, Feb. 2 at Muscoot Farm, located on Route 100 in Somers near the borders of Katonah, and Yorktown, iconic weather hen Cluxatawney Henrietta laid an egg and predicted that an early spring would soon arrive to bring life back to Westchester.  Earlier report - Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Makes His Call As Cold Front…

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Police & Fire
Danbury Man Nabbed For Setting Fire To CT Residence, Police Say Danbury Man Nabbed For Setting Fire To CT Residence, Police Say
Danbury Man Nabbed For Setting Fire To CT Residence, Police Say A 54-year-old man faces arson charges after allegedly setting fire to a Connecticut residence, police announced. Fairfield County resident Jeremy Rawson of Danbury was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 25 around 6:30 p.m. in connection with a March 2023 house fire that happened in the Litchfield County town of New Milford, New Milford Police announced on Monday, Jan. 29.  According to police, on March 31, 2023, around 8:15 p.m., crews from several fire departments responded to a blaze at a residence on Kent Road in the New Milford village of Gaylordsville.  Following the fire, an i…

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Update: Support Rises For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost 'Dream Home' In Blaze Update: Support Rises For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost 'Dream Home' In Blaze
Update: Support Rises For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost 'Dream Home' In Blaze A community is coming together to raise funds for a retired police officer and his family who lost their beloved Hudson Valley home in a destructive blaze.  The fire, which happened on Wednesday, Jan. 24 in Putnam County at a residence in Mahopac on Old Bullet Hole Road, left the home completely destroyed following a tough battle that required firefighters to improvise and use a water source a mile away.  Earlier Report - Mahopac Home Destroyed In Early Morning Blaze: Occupants, Firefighters Escape Unharmed The blaze was a "life-changing experience" for the home's occup…

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Police & Fire
Beloved Man Known As 'Santa Claus' Killed In New Rochelle Apartment Blaze: Report Beloved Man Known As 'Santa Claus' Killed In New Rochelle Apartment Blaze: Report
Beloved Man Known As 'Santa Claus' Killed In New Rochelle Apartment Blaze: Report This story has been updated. An early-morning fire at a Westchester apartment building resulted in the death of a 45-year-old man who was well-known by his neighbors, according to reports.  The fire broke out on Friday, Feb. 2 just after 3:15 a.m. at the six-floor Parkside Place apartment complex at 590 Fifth Ave. in New Rochelle, according to the New Rochelle Fire Department. Arriving firefighters soon found smoke coming from the third floor on the southeast corner of the building and entered the building, eventually arriving at the apartment where the blaze began.  Inside, th…

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Leak Repair To Leave Homes Without Water, Cause Road Closure In North Salem Leak Repair To Leave Homes Without Water, Cause Road Closure In North Salem
Leak Repair To Leave Homes Without Water, Cause Road Closure In North Salem A busy road in Northern Westchester will be partially closed as crews work to repair a large leak that will leave several homes temporarily without water, officials said. Work on the leak, which was found in the Croton Falls Water District in North Salem, will begin on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m., North Salem Supervisor Warren Lucas announced.  The work, which is expected to take around four hours to complete, will leave around ten homes without water between the intersections of Route 22 North and Front Street and Route 22 and Route 202.  Other residences in the area will be fed …

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Crews Repairing Pot Holes On State Roads In Somers Crews Repairing Pot Holes On State Roads In Somers
Crews Repairing Pot Holes On State Roads In Somers Crews are taking advantage of the rain-free weather to make much-needed repairs to Northern Westchester roadways.  In an announcement on Thursday, Feb. 1, the New York State Department of Transportation said that crews are "aggressively" patching state roadways while the weather allows them to.  Some of the roadways being patched include Route 118 in Somers and the Sprain Brook Parkway, officials said on social media.  Anyone who encounters a pothole on state roadways is asked to call 800-POTHOLE to report them. 

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Business
CT Restaurant Closes After Owners Purchase Another Eatery: 'Come Visit Soon' CT Restaurant Closes After Owners Purchase Another Eatery: 'Come Visit Soon'
CT Restaurant Closes After Owners Purchase Another Eatery: 'Come Visit Soon' A popular breakfast and lunch spot in Connecticut has announced its sudden closure following the owner's purchase of another restaurant.  Main Street Eats, located in the Litchfield County town of Watertown at 651 Main St., announced in a social media post on Wednesday, Jan. 31 that it would be closing up shop effective on Thursday, Feb. 1.  In the same announcement, the owners also revealed they would be moving operations to another eatery called Top O' the Mornin', located in the New Haven County city of Waterbury at 2740 South Main St. The eatery's owners expressed a mixture o…

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Police & Fire
Fugitive Wanted For Narcotics Trafficking Caught With Gun At Eastchester Gas Station Fugitive Wanted For Narcotics Trafficking Caught With Gun At Eastchester Gas Station
Fugitive Wanted For Narcotics Trafficking Caught With Gun At Eastchester Gas Station A fugitive wanted on federal narcotics trafficking charges and his two passengers were taken into custody following a traffic stop at a gas station in Westchester, police announced.  The arrests stemmed from an incident on Monday, Jan. 29 that began around 10:15 a.m., when authorities saw a 2023 Hyundai Sonata with tinted windows and an expired North Carolina registration traveling east on the Cross County Parkway, Westchester County Police said on Thursday, Feb. 1.  Officers then followed the Hyundai to New Rochelle Road in Eastchester and pulled it over as it entered a…

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