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Brian Donnelly

bdonnelly@dailyvoice.com

Larchmont native Brian Donnelly covers White Plains for the Daily Voice. Brian graduated magna cum laude from Iona College and interned for the Fox News Channel. After college, he became a freelance writer for the health section of the Fox News Channel website. Brian most recently worked at the public-access channel LMC-TV as an audio-visual technician, filming local board meetings, high school sports and community events.

News 01/04/13

Andrew O'Rourke, Former County Executive, Dies

by Brian Donnelly   Comment

Updated 3:30 p.m. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Former Westchester County Executive Andrew O'Rourke died Thursday night at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, according to a statement released by current ...

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Opinion 12/28/12

Letter: Dem Leader Criticizes 'Compromise' County Budget

by Brian Donnelly   Comments (2)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The former Executive Director of the Westchester County Democratic Party, Marc S. Oxman, sent this letter to The Daily Voice giving his take on how the 2013 county budget was passed Dec. 10.

Having voted for the 2013 Astorino budget, Democratic legislators Michael Kaplowitz and Virginia Perez are, no doubt, taking great delight in ...

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News 12/17/12

Gun, Knife Show Won't Return To Westchester Next Year

by Brian Donnelly   Comments (9)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County will not host the Sportsmen Firearm and Knife Show in 2013 out of respect for the lives lost in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, County Executive Robert Astorino announced Monday.

The show has been run in a professional manner in past years but bringing it back after such a tragedy would not be “appropriate,” ...

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Politics 12/14/12

Jenkins Wants Stricter Gun Laws After Conn. Shooting

by Brian Donnelly   Comments (17)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Kenneth Jenkins, chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, called for “the strictest national gun laws in the world” on Friday after the shooting at Sandy ...

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Politics 12/10/12

Dems Hold Off Legal Action, Analyze County Budget Vote

by Brian Donnelly   Comments (2)
News 12/03/12

Watch Out For Signs Of Emotional Trauma After Hurricane

by Brian Donnelly   Comment

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – While many suffered from the physical damage of Hurricane Sandy, an estimated 11,000 suffered emotional trauma, according to the Mental Health Association (MHA), which has been chosen to deliver crisis counseling to those individuals.

The MHA will provide post-Sandy crisis counseling through Project Hope, which was created by the New York ...

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Politics 12/03/12

County Legislators Make Additions To Proposed Budget

by Brian Donnelly   Comment

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – All 126 jobs cut in the 2013 proposed budget for Westchester County were restored in the list of additions approved by county legislators Monday.

Legislators added $40.6 million in spending and $31.6 million in revenues. They must provide their deletions to the budget later this week to bring it into balance. Kenneth Jenkins (D - Yonkers), who ...

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Police & Fire 11/30/12

Bill OK'd To Let County Provide Local Police Service

by Brian Donnelly   Comments (7)
News 11/29/12

Larchmont Store Sells $1M Powerball Winning Ticket

by Brian Donnelly   Comment

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The Powerball drawing Wednesday produced four $1 million winners in New York, one of whom bought the ticket at the Corner Store in Larchmont.

Rakesh Patel of White Plains is the owner of the Corner Store, 1906 Palmer Ave. A friend texted him Thursday morning to tell him his store had sold one of the four winning tickets that matched five of ...

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News 11/27/12

NYS Gun Law Upheld By Federal Appeals Court Panel

by Brian Donnelly   Comments (2)

WHITE PLAINS – The state law requiring gun owners to demonstrate “proper cause” to get a license to carry concealed handguns in public does not violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a federal Appeals Court panel as ruled.

In the case of Kachalsky, et al. v. Cacace, et al, five Westchester residents and the Second Amendment Foundation, ...

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