Martha Stewart's Pet Peacocks Eaten: Hudson Valley Week In Review

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — In a special celebrity edition of Hudson Valley Week in Review, Martha Stewart loses more pets to Darwin's Law, Matt Damon moves into the neighborhood, Yankee legend Lou Gehrig's former Westchester home goes on the market and that new gun store on the corner is just a film set.

There was plenty of news involving us common folk as well. Here are this week's most read stories from the Hudson Valley Patch network:

6 Of Martha Stewart's Beloved Pet Peacocks 'Devoured' By Coyotes

The celebrity lifestyle guru welcomed any suggestions for dealing with the "coyotes who have expensive tastes when it comes to poultry."

Matt Damon Buys An $8.5M Home In The Hudson Valley

The Oscar-winning actor purchased the estate, with a treehouse and antique barn next to a golf course in Westchester County, in June.

Yankee Legend Lou Gehrig's Former House In Westchester For Sale

You can own a piece of baseball history and a quintessential New Rochelle dream house near the Long Island Sound for $1.459 million.

Gun Store Movie Set Surprises New City Residents

Signs plastered all over the strip-mall storefront offered guns, knives, ammo to buy, sell, trade. New City residents were shocked.

John Doe Found Unconscious In Bronx Street ID'd As Westchester Man

The case drew interest from missing persons investigators as far away as Texas, but police say the mystery man is from the Hudson Valley.

Westchester Man Arrested For Targeting Cop With Water Pellet Gun: NYPD

The NYPD recently posted on social media that "bead blasters" shoot gel water beads propelled by a spring-loaded air pump, thus making them illegal air rifles.

» Also This Week:

• Knife Pulled At Gas Station Over Cutting In Line: NYSP
• Police Say Man Burglarized Same Car Wash 10 Times
• State Trooper Accused Of Sexual Abuse
• Mount Kisco Man Arrested For Breaking Into Home, Hiding Cameras: Cops
• Blues Traveler Will Headline Free Pound Ridge Harvest Fest Show
• See Where NY Ranks In Just Released Survey Of US School Systems
• More Smoke Over The Hudson, Bowline Power Plant Shut Down: Riverkeeper
• Middletown District Bans Cell Phone Use During School Day

Answer this week's poll question: Should Schools Ban All Cell Phone Use During The Day? And see where your local hospital ranks: 29 New York Hospitals Named Best In State: U.S. News.