DETAILS RELEASED: EX-AIDE TO FORMER BOL CHAIR TRIED MEETING TEEN FOR SEX, FEDS SAY

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Details Released: Ex-Aide To Former Westchester BOL Chair Tried Meeting Teen For Sex, Feds Say

Federal officials have released more details about a former Westchester County staffer who was fired after allegedly attempting to meet up with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity.

Ben Crnic--05/01/2023 5:00 p.m.

Tarrytown resident Anand Singh, age 33, was arrested on Monday, May 1, and charged with attempting to meet a person who he thought was a 14-year-old girl at an apartment building in Newark, New Jersey for sex, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. 

According to federal officials, Singh, a former employee of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, began using an app called "Hily" to message an individual posing as a 14-year-old girl in December 2022.

Singh would allegedly send text messages and messages over "Hily" to entice the individual to engage in sexual activity with him and used the screen name "Anon" to do so.

In these communications, Singh expressed "in graphic and unambiguous terms" his desire to engage in sexual activity with the individual and made a plan to meet them at their apartment building in Newark to do so, federal officials said.  MORE AT Details Released: Ex-Aide To Former Westchester BOL Chair Tried Meeting Teen For Sex, Feds Say | Cortlandt Daily Voice

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United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate
Story by Religion News Service • 1h ago

CHICAGO (RNS) — About 100 active and retired United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week in Chicago for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic and since the launch one year ago of the Global Methodist Church, a conservative denomination formed for United Methodist churches looking to disaffiliate over LGBTQ ordination and marriage.

Bishop Thomas Bickerton told the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops it was time to pivot, as the denomination has been losing churches since a 2019 special session of its General Conference approved a disaffiliation plan for congregations wishing to leave for “reasons of conscience” related to their beliefs about sexuality. The United Methodist Church has been stuck in disagreement over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members for decades. READ MORE AT United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate (msn.com)

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Lincoln Depot Museum 2023 Season Opening Soon
User Submitted — April 25, 2023

Actor Patrick Falci portraying Union General James Hill poses for a portrait on the second day of the 149th Gettysburg Reenactment in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 7, 2012. (Photo by Mark Makela/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Lincoln Depot Museum is pleased to announce the start of the 2023 season with a special opening event on May 6, 2023.

A special Saturday presentation, “The Making of Gettysburg,” will celebrate the 30th anniversary of this popular film. The presentation will be made by Patrick Falci, who portrayed Gen. A.P. Hill in the film. Beginning five years before filming began, Pat will share stories about the film’s creators, the re-enactors, the technical aspects of shooting on hallowed ground........MORE AT Lincoln Depot Museum 2023 Season Opening Soon – River Journal Online – News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill

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NEWS 12---FORMER WBCOL AIDE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR

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Former Westchester County Board of Legislators aide charged with attempted enticement of a minor--May 01, 2023, 4:55pmUpdated 13m ago
By: News 12 Staff

A former Westchester County Board of Legislators aide was arrested and charged for attempted enticement of a minor.  Anand Singh has been acused of sharing explicit messages with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The charge alleges that in December 2022, 33-year-old Singh used a dating app to communicate with an individual posing as the female teen about arranging to engage in sexual activity and made plans to meet the individual at an apartment building.  Singh was fired by Westchester Legislator Catherine Borgia after she became aware of a video of the alleged incident. A group called OBL Global posted a video online appearing to show aide Anand Singh exchanging messages with - and eventually driving to visit - someone posing as the teen. more at Former Westchester County Board of Legislators aide charged with attempted enticement of a minor (news12.com)

CORTLANDT DAILY VOICE--INSTITUTIONAL MISOGYNY--CHAIRWOMAN RESIGNS FROM WCBOL AFTER STAFFER MEETS WITH TEEN

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CORTLANDT DAILY VOICE---'Institutional Misogyny': Chairwoman Resigns From Westchester BOL After Staffer Meets With Teen

The chairwoman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators has stepped down from her position following a scandal involving a former county staffer trying to meet with a 14-year-old girl. READ MORE AT 'Institutional Misogyny': Chairwoman Resigns From Westchester BOL After Staffer Meets With Teen | Cortlandt Daily Voice | Your Local News for Cortlandt, Buchanan, and Croton

VILLAGE TO UPGRADE FROM CODERED TO EVERBRIDGE

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Village to Upgrade from CodeRED to Everbridge Emergency Notification System
POSTED ON: MAY 1, 2023 - 11:09AM

The Village of Croton-on-Hudson is upgrading its emergency notification system from the current CodeRED platform to the Everbridge notification system.MORE AT Village to Upgrade from CodeRED to Everbridge Emergency Notification System | Croton-on-Hudson NY (crotononhudson-ny.gov)

EDUCATION--MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT ALLEGEDLY SENT HOME FOR REFUSING TO CHANGE SHIRT THAT SAID THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS

Middle school student allegedly sent home for refusing to change shirt that said 'there are  only two genders'--Story by Ashley Carnahan • Yesterday 7:00 PM

A12-year-old student was allegedly sent home from school after he refused to change his T-shirt that said, "There are only two genders."

Liam Morrison, a 7th grader at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough, Mass., said he was taken out of gym class on March 21 and met with school staff who told him people were complaining about the statement on his shirt and that it made them feel "unsafe."

"Yes, words on a shirt made people feel unsafe. They told me that I wasn't in trouble, but it sure felt like I was. I was told that I would need to remove my shirt before I could return to class. When I nicely told them that I didn't want to do that, they called my father," he explained during a Middleborough School Committee meeting on April 13.

"Thankfully, my dad, supportive of my decisions, came to pick me up. What did my shirt say? Five simple words: There are only two genders. Nothing harmful. Nothing threatening. Just a statement, I believe to be a fact."  READ MORE AT Middle school student allegedly sent home for refusing to change shirt that said 'there are only two genders' (msn.com)