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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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Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Goshen Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Goshen
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Goshen Health officials in Orange County have detected more mosquito pools carrying West Nile Virus in the county.  The discovery of the virus-carrying bugs in Goshen, announced Friday, Aug. 22, by County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus and the Orange County Department of Health, follows the county’s first positive pool of the season earlier this summer in Greenwood Lake, as Daily Voice previously reported.  The positive pools were found through the county’s ongoing mosquito surveillance program, which monitors for viruses throughout the season. Officials said mosquitoes can breed in any st…

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Obituaries
Beacon Man, 25, Dies In Unexpected Accident: Friends Now Seeking Help Sending Him Home Beacon Man, 25, Dies In Unexpected Accident: Friends Now Seeking Help Sending Him Home
Beacon Man, 25, Dies In Unexpected Accident: Friends Now Seeking Help Sending Him Home Following the unexpected death of a 25-year-old soccer player who resided in Dutchess County, his friends are now coming together to send his body back to his home country to be with his family. The effort has come in the form of a GoFundMe page started to raise funds to send the man, identified only as Alexander, back to his home country of Guatemala following his death on Monday, Aug. 18.  According to the page's organizer, Alex Serroukas, Alexander was a "great human being" who played soccer in Beacon and also worked at the Double O Grill in Wappingers Falls.  "With …

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$200K Scheme: Ex-Finance Manager Stole From Construction Firm In White Plains, DA Says $200K Scheme: Ex-Finance Manager Stole From Construction Firm In White Plains, DA Says
$200K Scheme: Ex-Finance Manager Stole From Construction Firm In White Plains, DA Says A former construction company finance manager is accused of orchestrating a months-long scheme to steal more than $200,000 from her Westchester-based employer, prosecutors said. Michele Rinaldo, 52, of The Bronx, was arraigned Wednesday, Aug. 13, in Westchester County Court on a sweeping set of charges connected to her alleged theft from a White Plains-based construction firm, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Aug. 22. According to a felony complaint filed in the case, Rinaldo handled payroll and accounting for the firm, which the DA's Office did not nam…

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Police & Fire
Man Points Gun At Driver After Miles-Long Road Rage Incident In Wawayanda: Sheriff Man Points Gun At Driver After Miles-Long Road Rage Incident In Wawayanda: Sheriff
Man Points Gun At Driver After Miles-Long Road Rage Incident In Wawayanda: Sheriff A 49-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly pointing a handgun at another driver as part of a mile-long road rage incident in Orange County, authorities announced. The incident happened in Wawayanda on Thursday morning, Aug. 21, around 10:15 a.m., when deputies and New York State Police responded to reports of a road rage altercation on Route 17M, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday, Aug. 22.  Investigators determined that the confrontation spanned several miles before escalating when the suspect, identified as 49-year-old Marckensy Louissaint of Highland Mills, a…

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Residents Report 'Strong Sewage Odors' In Parks, Public Areas In Monroe Residents Report 'Strong Sewage Odors' In Parks, Public Areas In Monroe
Residents Report 'Strong Sewage Odors' In Parks, Public Areas In Monroe A New York State Senator is calling on state officials to intervene after receiving a flood of complaints from residents in an Orange County village and town about "strong sewage odors" disrupting daily life in public spaces. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 22, New York State Sen. James Skoufis, who represents the state's 42nd District, said the smells have been reported throughout the Town and Village of Monroe, including at Airplane Park, where families have recently gathered since the playground’s opening.  The reports prompted Skoufis to send a letter to New…

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'Oily Sheen' On Bronx River May Be Result Of Yonkers Leak, Officials Warn 'Oily Sheen' On Bronx River May Be Result Of Yonkers Leak, Officials Warn
'Oily Sheen' On Bronx River May Be Result Of Yonkers Leak, Officials Warn An electrical equipment leak in Westchester may be contributing to pollution in the Bronx River as far south as the Bronx Zoo, state officials announced.  According to New York State Assemblymember Emerita Torres, Con Edison reported a dielectric leak in Yonkers that appears linked to an oily sheen observed on the Bronx River. The sheen has been detected at multiple points downstream, including near the Bronx Zoo.  Con Edison has since installed absorbent booms at Yonkers outfalls and is conducting further testing to confirm the source of the discharge and to assess potential heal…

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'Our Future Was Taken': Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim In Stomach In White Plains Learns Fate 'Our Future Was Taken': Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim In Stomach In White Plains Learns Fate
'Our Future Was Taken': Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim In Stomach In White Plains Learns Fate A 55-year-old man will spend more than a decade behind bars for a fatal stabbing that claimed the life of his known acquaintance during a Fourth of July dispute in Westchester.  Mount Vernon resident Nathaniel Hill, 55, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 21, to 16 years in state prison after pleading guilty in March to first-degree manslaughter in the killing of 40-year-old Bernard Potillo in July 2024, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Friday, Aug. 22.  The deadly incident happened on July 4, 2024, in White Plains, when Hill stabbed Potillo in the abdome…

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Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen' Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen'
Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen' A frightening crash on the New York State Thruway left two people hospitalized after a car slammed into the back of a maintenance vehicle, officials said.  The crash happened Thursday, Aug. 22, on I-87 near the New York City line, according to the New York State Thruway Authority.  Officials said a passenger car struck the rear of an attenuator truck—a safety vehicle designed to absorb impacts and protect road crews.  Both the Thruway worker and the car’s driver were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. “This should not happen,” the Thruway Authority said in a stateme…

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Police & Fire
Guns, Stash Of Crack Cocaine, Mushrooms, Seized From LaGrange Home, Police Say Guns, Stash Of Crack Cocaine, Mushrooms, Seized From LaGrange Home, Police Say
Guns, Stash Of Crack Cocaine, Mushrooms, Seized From LaGrange Home, Police Say A Dutchess County man is behind bars after investigators seized an arsenal of weapons and a large stash of narcotics during a raid at his home, police said. Cody T. Gilmore, 30, was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at a private home on New Hackensack Road (Route 376) in the Town of LaGrange on Wednesday, Aug. 20, New York State Police announced on Friday, Aug. 22. Inside, troopers said they recovered  Seven firearms; 82.8 grams of cocaine; 119.6 grams of crack cocaine; 21.4 grams of psilocybin mushrooms; 2.8 grams of assorted pills; Digital scales and $405 in…

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Putnam County Sheriff Dies At Home Months After Halting Reelection Campaign Putnam County Sheriff Dies At Home Months After Halting Reelection Campaign
Putnam County Sheriff Dies At Home Months After Halting Reelection Campaign The Putnam County community is mourning the loss of Sheriff Kevin J. McConville, who died Friday morning, Aug. 22, at his home with his family by his side, officials announced.  The Sheriff’s Office confirmed his death in a statement on Friday morning, writing that he died "at his home with his loving family by his side." He was 65.  McConville, a Republican, had served as Putnam County Sheriff since winning office in 2021.  Before taking on the county’s top law enforcement role, he spent 30 years with the MTA Police Department, where he began as a patrolman and rose through…

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