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Reactions To Doma Ruling Top Ossining News This Week

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Here are some of this week's top stories in Ossining.

Ossining Mayor William Hanauer. left, married his partner of nearly 40 years, Alan Stahl, last year.

Ossining Mayor William Hanauer. left, married his partner of nearly 40 years, Alan Stahl, last year.
by The Daily Voice

  • Ossining Mayor William Hanauer, who married his husband Alan Stahl in Ossining last year, said the Supreme Court's ruling on DOMA does not affect his marriage directly but he still sees the ruling as a major generational shift occurring.
  • Westchester's residents and elected officials praised decisions from the Supreme Court Wednesday on same-sex marriage, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who tweeted that the rulings were "groundbreaking civil rights victories."
  • Local and state officials marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Ossining's Bryan Johnson on Wednesday by renaming the Ossining Boat Ramp in honor of the 26-year-old.
  • The Bishop Dunn School community on the Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh recently dedicated its newest wing to Sister Frances Irene Fair of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, based in Ossining.

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