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‘Hello, is this Mikey’s Mom?’

I get a call from Mikey’s school almost weekly. He and some friends were pushing and shoving. He keeps speaking out of turn. He laughed and encouraged another student when they were making a bad decision. He and some friends were pushing and shoving, again. Every time my phone rings during school hours and I see that familiar number flash across the screen, I do an eye roll. My greeting is usually something to the effect of, “What did he do now?” However, throughout the weeks

Man Gets 37 Years For Somers Murder

By Holly Crocco The man who killed a teenager in a Somers apartment complex last year, also shooting the boy’s mother and brother, before leading police on a manhunt that ended in Putnam Valley, was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison last week. In a plea deal reached in October, Fernando Jimenez, 41, pleaded guilty to shooting his girlfriend and her two sons in their Baldwin Place apartment Oct. 28, 2024. One of the sons, 15-year-old Michael Raimondi, was killed. A Westc

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