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Saddle Brook Senior Center Schedules 'Chicken Bingo' Saddle Brook Senior Center Schedules 'Chicken Bingo'
Saddle Brook Senior Center Schedules 'Chicken Bingo' SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- The Saddle Brook Senior Center is hosting "Chicken Bingo" Sunday, Feb. 28.The cost of $12 includes lunch, coffee, dessert and bingo boards. “Specials” can be purchased separately. Doors will not open before 11 a.m. For more information or to make reservations, call Joe Lecce at (201) 845-4594. The event starts at noon. The Caldwell Senior Center is at 8 Caldwell Ave., Saddle Brook.

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Tarrytown Music Hall Goes Solar Tarrytown Music Hall Goes Solar
Tarrytown Music Hall Goes Solar TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- A solar panel array at the Tarrytown Music Hall, made possible by a $50,000 grant from the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club, went online Dec. 6 and will cut the venue's annual energy consumption by 27 percent. The Tarrytown Music Hall is Westchester’s only solar-powered music venue. The solar panels  followed the venue's recently completed structural improvement projects, where $1.5 million was raised and invested in new foundation walls, newly installed drainage, a new roof and roof repairs, new gutters, new exit doors, and a paved parking lot.

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Fordham Students Assist Habitat For Humanity In Yonkers Fordham Students Assist Habitat For Humanity In Yonkers
Fordham Students Assist Habitat For Humanity In Yonkers YONKERS, N.Y. -- Students from Fordham University assisted Habitat For Humanity on Saturday by helping to build a house on High Street in Yonkers.Habitat for Humanity of Westchester is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, the not-for-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry founded by Millard and Linda Fuller in 1976. Habitat of Westchester is an organization of thousands of volunteers who seek to eliminate poverty and homelessness throughout Westchester County, and to make decent, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and public action.

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Police & Fire
Easton Volunteer Fire Commission Swears In New Officers Easton Volunteer Fire Commission Swears In New Officers
Easton Volunteer Fire Commission Swears In New Officers EASTON, Conn.. -- The new officers of the Easton Volunteer Fire Commission were sworn in Monday, Jan. 4.Those sworn in were: Line officers -- Steve Waugh (chief), Jim Girardi (assistant chief), Carl Ceva (captain), Casey Meskers (lieutenant) and Dave Wheatley (lieutenant); Lieutenant Company Officers -- Casey Meskers (president), Adrian Kushnir (vice president), Lucy Crossman (secretary), Joe Puchalski (treasurer) and Carl Ceva (assistant treasurer).

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Schools
Scarsdale Students Visit Weinberg Nature Center Scarsdale Students Visit Weinberg Nature Center
Scarsdale Students Visit Weinberg Nature Center SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Second-graders from the Scarsdale School District recently began their Intro to animal adaptations at the Weinberg Nature Center this fall. The students made many new discoveries about nature and animal adaptations during their educational visit to the center.

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Janeen Bjork Speaks In Greenwich On Evolution Of Newspapers Janeen Bjork Speaks In Greenwich On Evolution Of Newspapers
Janeen Bjork Speaks In Greenwich On Evolution Of Newspapers GREENWICH, Conn. -- The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association will present Janeen Bjork's discussion “The Evolution of American Newspapers: Style, Philosophy, Role in Society” on Wednesday, Jan, 13, at the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich.Is it time to write an obituary for American newspapers? Where once almost every adult in America read a newspaper, today hard-copy editions and investigative reporting are vaporizing, while blogs that allow almost anyone to flash fact-free opinions to the world proliferate. How have American newspapers evolved and where might they be headed? Bjork, an…

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VA Hudson Valley Offers Caregiver Telephone Education Groups VA Hudson Valley Offers Caregiver Telephone Education Groups
VA Hudson Valley Offers Caregiver Telephone Education Groups MONTROSE, N.Y. -- The Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System in Montrose will conduct three telephone education groups titled “Creating a Space for You: Caring for a Loved One at Home” in the month of January. The groups will be offered Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m., and Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 3 p.m.  The VA Caregiver Support Line will facilitate the sessions, which are open to family caregivers of veterans of all eras. Those who wish to participate should register now by calling John Immundo at (845)-831-2000, ext. 5487 or Anne Millik…

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Series At Field Library In Peekskill Focuses On Power Of Meditation Series At Field Library In Peekskill Focuses On Power Of Meditation
Series At Field Library In Peekskill Focuses On Power Of Meditation PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Field Library in Peekskill presents "The Healing Power of Meditation" with Nomi Bachar on Saturdays Jan. 16, Feb. 20 and March 19, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.Bachar -- a holistic spiritual counselor and a self-healing, self-actualization expert -- will “discuss, share and explore the three levels of the mind: The Monkey Mind, The Creative Mind, and The Zen Mind. You will learn to identify them, move through them and abide in the stillness of the Zen Mind,” according to the library. Appropriate for all levels of meditation practitioners. Bachar is the founder and dire…

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Schools
Rockland Lawmakers Get Behind Full-Day Kindergarten Rockland Lawmakers Get Behind Full-Day Kindergarten
Rockland Lawmakers Get Behind Full-Day Kindergarten HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- Rockland state Assembly members Ken Zebrowski and James Skoufis announced their proposal to better assist school districts' transition to full-day kindergarten on Monday at the Haverstraw Town Hall.As of the 2015-16 school year, only nine school districts in New York state still provide half-day programs to students. The legislation would help the remaining school districts achieve full-day kindergarten by expanding the current incentive aid program from one year to five years. The bill would better fund the cost of transitioning to a full-day program and would move the s…

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Katonah Library Presents Lecture On Walkable Westchester Katonah Library Presents Lecture On Walkable Westchester
Katonah Library Presents Lecture On Walkable Westchester KATONAH, N.Y. -- Bedford Audubon and the Friends of FDR State Park will welcome Yorktown residents Jan and Walt Daniels on Wednesday at the Katonah Village Library for a free public talk on hiking in Westchester’s parks and trails.Jane and Walt Daniels are the authors of "Walkable Westchester," a handbook of the 200 parks in the county suitable for hiking and walking. The more than 600 miles of trails offer a range of opportunity, from accessible trails for mobility-impaired users to rugged hilly terrain, through woodlands, wetlands, fields, meadows, or along streams, ponds and lake…

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