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Ben Crnic

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bcrnic@dailyvoice.com

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.

Ben Crnic's Contributions

Traffic

Construction To Back Up Traffic For Weeks In Rye Business District A construction project is expected to cause delays for over two months in a busy business district in Westchester County. Beginning on Monday, Jan. 3, a gas main replacement project will begin in the Rye Central Business District, which will include Purchase Street between Purdy and Locust Avenues, according to the City of Rye Police Department. During the replacement process, which is expected to take between 10 and 12 weeks, on-street parking will not be available and the street will only remain open one way. The road may also close periodically. The work will take…

by Ben Crnic

01/01/2023

Police & Fire

Uninsured Drunk Driver Crossed Double Yellow Line On Route 134 In Yorktown: Police A man is facing charges after driving drunk on a busy Northern Westchester road with no insurance and suspended registration, police said. On Friday, Dec. 23, around 7:20 p.m., police in Yorktown responded to reports of an erratic driver on Route 134, who was soon found and pulled over when authorities saw him drive over the double yellow line, police said. Yorktown Police officers soon discovered that the vehicle's registration was suspended and that it was not insured. The driver, identified as 56-year-old Mount Kisco resident Nectaly Ramos-Sandoval, was also found to be intox…

by Ben Crnic

01/01/2023

Police & Fire

2 Vehicles Stolen From North Castle Homes On Same Day, Police Report Two vehicles were taken from separate residences in Northern Westchester on the same day, police said. The thefts both happened at residences in North Castle on Monday, Dec. 26, according to the town's police department. The first incident happened at a home in Armonk on Upland Lane, when a resident reported around 11 a.m. that his car had been taken from his driveway overnight. The theft was captured on his Ring video camera, police said. The second theft happened on Pine Ridge Road around 9:20 p.m. when a resident reported that her car had been stolen from her garage. …

by Ben Crnic

01/01/2023

Schools

'A Dream For Me': High School Senior From Bethel To Join Division I Team A talented senior from a high school in Fairfield County will play for a Division I women's equestrian team in college. Bethel resident Emily Clee, a senior at the Wooster School in Danbury, will join Auburn University's Divison I women's equestrian team after she graduates, according to Wooster School officials. Already a skilled rider, Clee has proved herself in competitions, including top honors in the 2022 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search 3* in Northern Westchester at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show in North Salem. The sport is nothing new for her, as…

by Ben Crnic

01/01/2023

Police & Fire

Northern Westchester Man Killed After Car Hits Rock Wall, Police Say A man is dead after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a rock wall in the Hudson Valley, police said. The accident happened in Putnam County on Friday, Dec. 30 around 3 p.m. when the car traveling east on Route 301 in Putnam Valley about a mile west of the Taconic State Parkway suddenly lost control, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. The vehicle then traveled up the end of a guard rail before slamming into a rock embankment. The driver, Northern Westchester resident James Cottrell, age 65, of Cortlandt Manor, was pronounced dead at the scene.&nb…

by Ben Crnic

12/31/2022

Police & Fire

3 Suspects Lead Cops On Chase In New Rochelle After Stealing Vehicle, 1 Still On Loose: Police Three suspects charged with stealing a vehicle failed to avoid capture after leading police on a lengthy chase in Westchester County, authorities said. The chase happened on Thursday, Dec. 29 around 1:30 p.m., when police in New Rochelle were told that a stolen vehicle had entered the city after leading both Greenwich and Westchester County Police on a chase on the Hutchinson River Parkway, according to New Rochelle Police. Eventually, officers found the car abandoned on the corner of North Avenue and Bon Air Avenue. After searching the area, they then saw four men walking a short dis…

by Ben Crnic

12/31/2022

Schools

2 Immaculate High School Students Get Perfect SAT Math Scores Two promising students who attend a high school in Fairfield County will likely have no problems getting accepted into colleges. That's because they both achieved a perfect score of 800 on the math portion of their SAT exams in December, according to Immaculate High School, which is located in Danbury. Both Danbury resident Jie Du, Class of 2023, and Sandy Hook resident Yipeng "Simon" Zhao, Class of 2024, earned the impressive accomplishment. The school announced the perfect scores on Thursday, Dec. 29.

by Ben Crnic

12/31/2022

Police & Fire

Person Rescued From Vehicle After 3-Car Crash In Hudson Valley A three-car crash in the Hudson Valley left one person trapped in their vehicle with injuries. The accident happened on Saturday, Dec. 24 around 6:40 p.m. in Putnam County on Route 9D in the area of Durisol Road, according to members of Cold Spring Fire Company No. 1. After arriving, firefighters found a three-car crash with one person trapped in their vehicle and were able to rescue them. The road was then cleared while members of the fire department handled traffic on the busy road. The accident was one of five calls the department responded to on Christmas Eve.&n…

by Ben Crnic

12/31/2022

Police & Fire

Long Island Man Kept Dog In 'Putrid' Cage For 10 Days Straight, Officials Say A man is facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly keeping a dog in a filthy cage for 10 days straight, officials said. Suffolk County resident Peter Miller, age 57, of Melville, kept his male bull terrier “Buster” in a cage with "deplorable" conditions without taking the animal out of the cage or cleaning it at all for 10 days, according to an announcement by the Suffolk County Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals from Friday, Dec. 30. The cage that Buster was kept in was found to have a "putrid smell of rotting food, ammonia and urine," in addition to…

by Ben Crnic

12/30/2022

Police & Fire

Gunshots Fired At Garbage Collectors In Mount Vernon, Officials Say Several gunshots were fired at public works employees as they were collecting garbage in a Westchester County city, officials said. The incident happened on Thursday, Dec. 29, around 8:40 a.m., when police in Mount Vernon were told that multiple gunshots were fired at one of the city's garbage trucks in the area of Union Lane and East 5th Street, according to Mount Vernon officials. After they arrived at the scene, police found spent shell casings and also found items of private property that had been damaged. Through talking with public works employees, authorities disco…

by Ben Crnic

12/30/2022

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