Ossining News

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Police Chief Mark Busche was the town's top wage earner in 2008. Busche was a lieutenant in the town Police Department last year when he earned $156,008, according to salary figures released by Ossining town.

At some point down the road, Sam Morkal-Williams is hoping to turn cycling into a career.

This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo.

The ripple effect from the stalemate in the state Senate will be felt by municipalities as sales and other taxes awaiting renewal by Albany lapse, Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, D-Ossining, said yesterday during a press conference on the steps of Putnam's Historic Courthouse.

Police struggled to break up three separate fights over the weekend, arresting three individuals who refused to back down.

MAHOPAC - Participants entered the sanctuary wearing colorful traditional costumes and bearing flags from around the world, including Poland, Italy, Ireland, Philippines, Portugal, Germany and Mexico.

OSSINING - Village Manager Linda Cooper was the highest-paid village employee in 2008, while two police officers boosted their pay by earning more than $50,000 each in overtime, according to salary information that The Journal News obtained through the Freedom of Information Law.

A correction officer who was on leave from work was shot dead on a street in Brooklyn after a dispute with another man early on Sunday, the authorities said.

On two occasions this year my family has had to call on EMS for assistance. Both times they arrived promptly and treated my family members with the most nurturing, gentle and respectful touch possible.

Tao Rodriguez-Seeger asked a special guest, his grandfather Pete, to join his cooking band for a rendition of "Worried Man Blues." Midway through a crackling noise crept in through the steady rain.

Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 7:58 p.m. Where are you originally from? A little town called Ossining in New York.

A local woman accused of driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.31 percent - nearly four times the legal limit - is due in Village Court tomorrow, police said.

Tarrytown resident and author Joe Queenan will be at the Ossining Public Library at 7:30 p.m. He will discuss his new book "Closing Time," a memoir of growing up poor in East Falls, Philadelphia.

Note to would-be burglars: Don't dye your hair the color of a clown's wig until after the break-in. Police said a Peekskill resident was awakened Tuesday by a burglar who fled with camera and computer equipment.

A bill that would prohibit text messaging while driving and increase safety measures for teen drivers passed the Assembly unanimously today and moved to the Senate, where it will be stalled unless that chamber resolves its leadership stalemate.

Frankly, I cannot figure which was worse - the thrust of a so-called Commercial Assessment Ratio Bill affecting only Westchester County or the underhanded way in which the Assembly-backed measure has been handled.

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. By John F. Bailey. June 9,2009 UPDATED 12:45 P.M. E.D.T. WITH TEXT OF COUNTY EXEC LETTER: The Westchester County Executive is calling for 'revaluation' by towns, cities and municipalities as the only solution to city and town tax roll erosion from commercial property owners filing successful certiorari actions.

OSSINING - The 29th edition of the Ossining Village Fair proved to be one of the most popular - and populated - yet.

Troopers charged two motorists with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated in separate incidents last night and this morning, state police said today.