Find Your Daily Voice
89°
Rockland HS Student Auditions For 'American Idol'
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Clarkstown North High School student Harrison Cohen, who apparently used his youthful charisma to great effect on "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez, sailed through his audition and has a golden ticket to Hollywood, according to media reports.
Cohen, 17, impressed JLo, and the other judges -- Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban – with his smoldering glances and original song, “No Time,” during the Fox show in Philadelphia, which was televised Wednesday night.
Cohen, who attends Clarkstown North High School, played acoustic guitar and locked eyes with the actress,…
Happy Birthday To Dutchess Resident James Earl Jones!
PAWLING, N.Y. -- Happy Birthday to Pawling’s James Earl Jones!
The actor -- and the unmistakable voice of Darth Vader – was born in Arkabutta, Miss., Jan. 17, 1931. He turns 85 today.
Jones, known as one of America’s most distinguished and versatile actors, is currently starring in “The Gin Game” on Broadway.
He debuted on Broadway in 1957, and in the decades since has racked up a Tony Award, three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for his role in “The Great White Hope.”
A pre-med major in college, he went on to serve in the U.S. Army before overcoming a childhoo…
Happy Birthday To Bedford's Robert Kennedy, Jr.
BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Happy Birthday to Bedford’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr.!
Kennedy, an environmentalist, activist and author, turns 62 today.
Kennedy was born in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 1954, the third of 11 children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy.
He is the nephew of President John F. Kennedy.
The president of the Waterkeeper Alliance’s board, he currently co-hosts “Ring of Fire,” a nationally syndicated radio program.
He has written several political books and two children’s books.
Married to actress Cheryl Hines, his third wife, Kennedy is a master falconer and an avid w…
Woman Charged With Entering Sing Sing With Methadone
OSSINING, N.Y. -- A 46-year-old Long Island woman faces charges after she entered a prison in Ossining while carrying methadone, state police said.
Laverne R. Lane, of Brentwood, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 14, at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, police said.
She was charged with second-degree promoting prison contraband and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both misdemeanors, police said.
Lane, who was at the prison to visit an inmate, was taken into custody by troopers with the assistance of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Spe…
Rockland Executive Praises Honduras Crash Victim As Brave, Compassionate
SPARKILL, N.Y. – Rockland County Executive Ed Day, reacting to the news that a Sparkill nurse had been killed in a tragic van crash while helping the poor in Honduras, praised her as compassionate and brave, according to a report in lohud.
Abigail Flanagan, 45, was on a volunteer mission in the South American country Wednesday when the van she was in suddenly plunged into a ravine, according to a report in the Daily Voice.
Flanagan was a nurse practitioner and a student at the Columbia University Medical Center.
Her 19-year-old son, Patrick, helped organize the trip, lohud reported.
Accor…
Man Charged With DWI After Failing To Stay In Lane In Cortlandt, Police Say
CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- A Delaware man faces misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated after he was pulled over in Cortlandt, state police said.
Fizal M. Rahman, 31, of Wilmington, was stopped by troopers on Sunday, Jan. 10 after, police said, he failed to stay in his lane.
Troopers determined that Rahman was intoxicated after, they said, they conducted a field sobriety test and his blood alcohol content was shown to be .18 percent, more than two times the legal limit.
He was ticketed and ordered to appear in the Town of Cortlandt Court on Friday, Jan. 22, police said.
Police: Man Smashed Into Westport Store, Stole Cigarettes
WESTPORT, Conn. — A Bridgeport man wanted in connection with a smash-and-grab burglary was handed over to Westport police on Tuesday, Jan. 12, police said.
Jacob Dagley, 46, who was in custody at the Fairfield Police Department, had been sought by Westport after a break-in at the Merritt Country Store on Main Street last November, police said.
According to the police report, Dagley threw a rock, smashing the store’s glass door in the early hours of Nov. 4. He then made off with $545.61 worth of smokes, police said.
Later that night, Dagley and an accomplice were involved in a high- speed c…
