Terry M. Less, 56, Of Somers

Family will receive friends Friday, Jan. 30, from 4-8 p.m. at Clark Associates Funeral Home in Katonah. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 95 Plum Brook Road, Somers.

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North Salem Community Rallies To Help Twins Who Lost Mother

... tes Funeral Home in Katonah. The funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Church, which is in Somers.

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Information Sought On Beagle Found In Somers

She is very friendly, reacts well with other animals and shows signs of having had a recent litter of puppies. Call the Somers Town Clerk's Office at 914-277-3323 or the dog control officer at 914-232-0963 if you have any information about this dog.

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Lynn Kokinchak, 53, Of Somers

She was born to the late Vincent and Violet Kokinchak. Lynn is survived by her brother, Donald Kokinchak of Croton-on-Hudson; and nieces, Samantha and Melissa Kokinchak.

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Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Offers Effective...

Elder law attorney Anthony J. Enea, managing partner at Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP in White Plains and Somers, N.Y., recently addressed the importance of estate and long-term care planning for seniors at an education program for the Financial Planning Association of New York. Mr. Enea, past chair of the New York State Bar Association's Elder Law Section, urges seniors to take a proactive role in planning for the years ahead.

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Somers Chef Offers Recipe Idea For Storm Essentials Of Milk, Bread, Eggs

... no doubt have a supply of bread, eggs, and milk on hand and looking for ideas for something other than French Toast. Somers resident Karen Doman, chef/owner of Dishin' It , a personal chef and catering service, offered the following bread pudding ...

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Snowstorm Closes Town Hall, Schools In Bedford

... set for Tuesday was postponed to Wednesday. A snow emergency is in effect in New Castle, which can be read here. Somers' town offices are scheduled to be closed on Tuesday, along with Somers schools. North Salem town Hall and schools are also set to ...

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Snowstorm Shuts Down Towns, Schools, Roads In North Castle

... set for Tuesday was postponed to Wednesday. A snow emergency is in effect in New Castle, which can be read here. Somers' town offices are scheduled to be closed on Tuesday, along with Somers schools. North Salem schools are also set to be closed on ...

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Snowstorm Leads To School Closures In North Salem

... set for Tuesday was postponed to Wednesday. A snow emergency is in effect in New Castle, which can be read here. Somers' town offices are scheduled to be closed on Tuesday, along with Somers schools. North Salem schools are also set to be closed on ...

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Somers Library Presents Tinted Drawing Workshop

Artists can learn tinted drawing at Somers Library through a four-hour workshop on Monday, Jan. 26 and Monday, Feb. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tinted drawing, originally developed by artists of the Renaissance as an aid to oil painting, was the forerunner of watercolor. Using this method, sketches were shaded in with only one or two washes.

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Westchester Real Estate Prices Climb 4.2 Percent in 2014

... region grew 2 percent. Single family home sales rose 13 percent in Bedford, but fell in Chappaqua (19 percent) and Somers (13 percent). Sales also slid 13 percent in the Byram Hills School District, which includes students from North Castle, ...

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Median Sale Price Rises 8 Percent In North Salem In 2014

... region grew 2 percent. Single family home sales rose 13 percent in Bedford, but fell in Chappaqua (19 percent) and Somers (13 percent). Sales also slid 13 percent in the Byram Hills School District, which includes students from North Castle, ...

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Somers FD Supports Mahopac Falls Colleagues Battling Blaze

... ring fire departments, according to Sacher, including help at the scene from Mahopac, Putnam Valley and Mohegan, with Somers on standby at Mahopac Falls' firehouse. Additionally, TransCare's EMS was on scene.

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Somers Education Foundation Holding Talent Show

SOMERS, N.Y. The Somers Education Foundation is hosting a talent show at Somers Middle School on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. Every child attending this event must be accompanied by an adult.

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Nominate a Somers or Yorktown Sports Figure for the County's Sports Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame honors outstanding professional and amateur sportsmen and sportswomen, living or deceased, who have gained prominence in their fields and who have made substantial contributions to sports in Westchester County. Since its establishment in 1968, the organization has inducted 228 individuals into its prestigious membership ranks.

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Somers Girl Scout Tara Lockwood Plans Bone Marrow Registry For Gold Award

Tara Lockwood, a senior at Somers High School in Lincolndale, is nearing completion of her Gold Award project for the Girl Scouts to create awareness for bone marrow transplants. Lockwood's goal is to spread awareness about bone marrow transplants and being a donor.

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What's Open/Closed In Somers On MLK Day

Here's a look at what will be open and closed in Somers on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Green Meadow Waldorf School Robotics Club Engineers a Big Victory

... won the FIRST Tech Challenge Mid-Hudson Tournament on Saturday, January 10 at Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers, NY. In this year's game, Cascade Effect, students designed and operated a robot that placed plastic balls in various goals on a ...

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Somers Chamber Hosting Free Business Networking Event

SOMERS, N.Y. The Somers Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free business networking event on Jan. 22, from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Anytime Fitness in Somers. The event will be held at 325 Route 100.

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Kennedy Catholic Hosts Robotics Event

Kennedy Catholic High School hosted a robotics event called "Bionic Brouhaha II: The Second One," which was a Mid-Hudson Qualifying Tournament for the Empire NY Region on Saturday, Jan. 10. Somers Town Supervisor Rick Morrissey, attended the event and proclaimed Jan. 10 to be Technology Day in the Town of Somers, to commend the Bionic Gaels, the Xeno Gaels and the rest of the teams present in FIRST Tech Challenge. The opening ceremony also included comments from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's Chief of Staff George Oros and Kennedy Catholic President and Principal Father Mark Vaillancourt.

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Kennedy Catholic Hosts Robotics Event, Somers Supervisor Commends Team

From left: Somers Town Supervisor Rick Morrissey, Kennedy Catholic President and Principal Father Mark Vaillancourt and Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino's Chief of Staff George Oros at the opening ceremonies. SOMERS, N.Y. -- Kennedy Catholic High School hosted a robotics event called "Bionic Brouhaha II: The Second One," which was a Mid-Hudson Qualifying Tournament for the Empire NY Region on Saturday, Jan. 10. Somers Town Supervisor Rick Morrissey, attended the event and proclaimed Jan. 10 to be Technology Day in the Town of Somers, to commend the Bionic Gaels, the Xeno Gaels and the rest of the teams present in FIRST Tech Challenge.

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Somers Library Presents Technology Help Days

Technology help is available in the Somers Library program room on Saturdays, Jan. 17 and Feb. 21, from 2-4 p.m. Residents are asked to bring charged cellphones, smartphones, iPads, tablets or laptops. Teen volunteers, coordinated by At Home in Somers, will answer your questions.

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Black Ice Advisory Issued For Somers

After a day of rain and mixed precipitation, motorists in Westchester County should be aware of spots of patchy black ice on roadways, the National Weather Service said. With temperatures only expected to reach into the 20s Tuesday and Wednesday, patches of black ice will remain on road surfaces into the afternoon and evening commute, especially on untreated surfaces.

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Accidents Result In Stop-And-Go Traffic On I-84, Route 9, Taconic

An accident was reported at the intersection of Route 100 and Route 139 in Somers at 8:45 a.m. An accident caused heavy delays on eastbound I-84 between Route 312 in Carmel and the I-684 interchange.

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Brewster's MarkNet Helps North Salem Cutlery Business Maximize Visibility

... some Westchester businesses. Joe Marconi, the owner and founder of Osceola Garage in the Baldwin Place section of Somers, said he has had his website re-designed and is now using MarkNet and other businesses for social media, email and blogging ...

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Combined Court of Honor for Scouting Brother and Sister

Sister and brother Belinda and Brandon Vuto were the center of attention at a combined Court of Honor Jan. 3 to acknowledge their achievement of Scouting's highest honors. Belinda Vuto earned her Gold Award on July 21, 2014 for creating a patch-earning program for historical Muscoot Farm to promote visitors to the activities and sights at the working farm/museum in Somers.

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Three Injured When Vehicle Crashes Into Concrete Wall On I-684

... who is with the New York State Police and responded to the scene. Conway, who is with the State Police barracks in Somers, said the vehicle included a male driver, a female passenger in the front and a boy who was a passenger in the rear. All three ...

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St. Joseph by-the-Sea falls to Kennedy Catholic, 73-43

St. Joseph by-the-Sea fell 73-43 to host Kennedy Catholic in CHSAA A play Sunday in Somers, N.Y. The division-leading Gaels are undefeated and ranked No. 7 in the state in Class A by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

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Three Injured When Vehicle Crashes Into Wall On I-684

... who is with the New York State Police and responded to the scene. Conway, who is with the State Police barracks in Somers, said the vehicle included a male driver, a female passenger in the front and a boy who was a passenger in the rear. All three ...

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Three Injured When Vehicle Crashes Into Wall In Goldens Bridge

... who is with the New York State Police and responded to the scene. Conway, who is with the State Police barracks in Somers, said the vehicle included a male driver, a female passenger in the front and a boy who was a passenger in the rear. All three ...

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Somers Library Forms Teen Advisory Group

The Somers Library will be giving Somers teens and tweens the opportunity to make an impact on their library and their community through participation in the Somers Library Teen Advisory Group. The first meeting will be held on Monday, Feb. 9, from 3:15-4:30 p.m. with bimonthly meetings on Mondays.

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Somers' Courtney Ineson Wins 'Youth For The Dream' Award

SOMERS, N.Y. Somers High School senior Courtney Ineson will be honored this week with the "Youth for the Dream" award for outstanding service to her school and the overall community. "Courtney is an A student at Somers High School where she is also captain of the Somers High School Dance Team," her mother, Doreen Ineson, wrote in an email to the Daily Voice.

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Port Chester Coach Holcomb Participates In Mike Ice Basketball Clinic

For a third year, friends of Michael Ice are turning his tragic death into a positive for budding student athletes. The Mike Ice Memorial Basketball Classic begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday with a two-hour clinic led by high school coaches from Rye, Port Chester and Somers; a former NBA All-Star and college coach; as well as Rye High basketball alumni.

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Somers' Lou Christiansen, Co-Founder Of Drug Abuse Awareness Group, Dies

Louis Hammershaimb Christiansen Jr., a Somers resident and co-founder of the drug abuse awareness group Drug Crisis in Our Backyard , died of brain cancer on Jan. 4. Christiansen and his wife Carol co-founded the nonprofit organization Drug Crisis in Our Backyard with Susan and Steven Salomone in 2012, after both couples lost their sons to drug overdoses two weeks apart, said Putnbam County Executive Mary Ellen Odell. "At a time where many would be privately mourning, Lou, Carol, Susan and Steven worked tirelessly to make the community aware of the substance abuse epidemic in Putnam and Northern Westchester," she said.

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How to Research the History of Your House

... at the end of the driveway: Suttonfields, ca. 1734. The sign dates to 1983, after Gladys Schondorf, who owns the Somers, N.Y., house with her husband, Jack, did a deed trace on the property. Working with the town historian, she learned that her 2.7 ...

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Kennedy hosting robotics team qualifier Jan. 10

... 10. Twenty-four teams, more than 200 students and some 100 parents and volunteers will descend on Kennedy Catholic in Somers for the last of five qualifying tournaments in the Hudson Valley. "Everyone is very enthusiastic about being a big ...

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Lou Christiansen, Founder of Westchester Drug Abuse Awareness Group, Dies

Louis Hammershaimb Christiansen Jr., a Somers resident and co-founder of the drug abuse awareness group Drug Crisis in Our Backyard , died of brain cancer on Jan. 4. Christiansen and his wife Carol co-founded the nonprofit organization Drug Crisis in Our Backyard with Susan and Steven Salomone in 2012, after both couples lost their sons to drug overdoses two weeks apart, said Putnbam County Executive Mary Ellen Odell. "At a time where many would be privately mourning, Lou, Carol, Susan and Steven worked tirelessly to make the community aware of the substance abuse epidemic in Putnam and Northern Westchester," she said.

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Somers' Muscoot Farm Holding Woodcarving Workshop

SOMERS, N.Y. The Muscoot Farm in Somers is hosting a wood carving workshop on Sunday, Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Muscoot Farm is on Route 100 in the town of Somers, one and half miles south of the intersection of Routes 35 and 100.

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Muscoot Farm Holding Woodcarving Workshop

SOMERS, N.Y. The Muscoot Farm in Somers is hosting a wood carving workshop on Sunday, Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Muscoot Farm is on Route 100 in the town of Somers, one and half miles south of the intersection of Routes 35 and 100.

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Visiting Hours are Jan. 7 for Lou Christiansen

Lou Christiansen of Somers died on Sunday, January 4, from brain cancer that he had been battling since November 2013. "On Sunday we lost a general in the Army on the War on Addiction," said Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell.

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Lou Christiansen, Co-Founder of Westchester Anti-Drug Group, Dies Of Cancer

Lou Christiansen, a Somers resident and co-founder of the anti-drug group Drugs in Our Backyard , died of brain cancer on Jan. 4, according to an announcement from Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell's office. "Lou and his wife Carol co-founded the nonprofit organization Drugs in Our Backyard with Susan and Steven Salomone in 2012, after both couples lost their sons to drug overdoses two weeks apart," Odell noted in her statement.

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New Year's Resolutions for a Healthier Landscape In Somers

As the New Year begins, let's not forget our landscape so much more than a combination of trees, shrubs and perennials, but complex systems that support nature, and us! Traditional turf lawns are ecological wastelands that fail to support our native wildlife. And, they squander valuable resources like water, while lawn maintenance pollutes the environment.

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Anthony Filipowicz, 84, Of Danbury

DANBURY, Conn. Anthony V. Filipowicz, 84, of Danbury, formerly of Somers, N.Y., husband of Catherine Filipowicz, died on Jan. 2 at his residence.

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Help Wanted: Full-Time Jobs around Cortlandt, Peekskill

... Governance Good understanding about Social Media workforce tools Good in... Managing Consultant, IBM Corporation, Somers, NY and various unanticipated client sites throughout the US: Deliver Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ...

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Somers' Kennedy Catholic's Bionic Gaels Host Robotics Tournament

Twenty-four teams, more than 200 students and some 100 parents and volunteers will descend on Kennedy Catholic in Somers for the last of five qualifying robotics tournaments of the "Bionic Brouhaha II: The Second One" on Saturday. Four years ago, Laurel Higham and her father, Joseph, formed the Bionic Gaels robotics club.

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Snow, Potentially Dangerous Cold Headed To Somers

After an unseasonably warm Sunday, temperatures will plummet on Monday and could bring a little bit of snow along with it. Monday will be mostly sunny, but temperatures will continue to plummet into the 20s by 5 p.m. wind gusts up to 34 mph could make the temperature feel closer to 15 after wind chill.

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Nature Centers In Westchester Plan Events

... to 3 p.m. Make your own bird feeder to take home, then go for a hike. Call 914-835-4466 . Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers. Basics of Wood Carving. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn the basics of woodcarving. Ages 14 and up only. Fee $40; pre-registration ...

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Nature Centers In Westchester Plan Events For Jan. 10-11

... to 3 p.m. Make your own bird feeder to take home, then go for a hike. Call 914-835-4466 . Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers. Basics of Wood Carving. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn the basics of woodcarving. Ages 14 and up only. Fee $40; pre-registration ...

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County Announces Nature Center, Park Events In Yonkers

... Take will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, contact (914) 835-4466. Muscoot Farm on Route 100 in Somers will host Basic Wood Carving from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants can learn the basics of woodcarving. This event is for ...

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Revelry, at times deadly, welcomes 2015

Katlyn Bond of Somers, N.Y., cheers in Times Square during a New Year's Eve celebration in New York. Thousands braved the cold to watch the annual ball drop and to ring in the new year.

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