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Food Network Win Tops Week's News In Southern Westchester

SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Here's a look at the top stories from last week around Southern Westchester County. 

Mo Major, a New Rochelle resident and chef at Bartaco in Port Chester, won $10,000 in a competition on the Food Network.

Mo Major, a New Rochelle resident and chef at Bartaco in Port Chester, won $10,000 in a competition on the Food Network.

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  •  Maurice “Mo” Major, chef at Bartaco's in Port Chester and a New Rochelle resident, won $10,000 in a contest on the Food Network.
  • With the Mount Vernon gun buyback less than a month away, officials with the Westchester County Crime Stoppers are teaming with Best Buy to raise awareness of the program.
  • William J. Stark, the superintendent of schools in Blind Brook-Rye, resigned abruptly on Monday without explanation. He had two years left on his contract.
  •  Scarsdale native and millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst was charged in relation to a cold case in California.
  • A former White Plains firefighter, Eric Refvik, was charged with 16-counts in the wrong-way crash that killed a woman and seriously injured a man in November 2014.
  • Bronxville residents debated the merits of a turf athletic field.
  • Six boys earned Eagle Scout honors in Eastchester.
  • Woodlands High School grads Nicole Brooks and Reece Williams, friends since pre-school, followed each as their teams played in NCAA basketball tournament games.
  • Harrison High School sophomores Jordan Canell and Nicholas Bilotta will compete compete in the national Stock Market Game at the 2015 DECA International Career Development Conference at the end of April.

  • A Hommocks Middle School cafeteria worker In Mamaroneck was recovering after being diagnosed with Hepatitis A.

  • The Pelham Memorial High School Forensics Speech Team won ninth place at the New York City Grand Championships at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan.

  • Incumbent Mayor Ken Wray outran seven-year village Trustee Karin Wompa in Sleepy Hollow, capturing 68 percent of the votes.

  • Meredith Checker, 34, was identified by Yonkers officials after she was found dead Sunday in the backyard of a home on Stone Avenue.

     

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