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Schools

Croton-Harmon District Invites Community To Capital Plan Discussion CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- The Croton-Harmon Union Free School District invites all residents and district stakeholders to a community meeting regarding the state of the district's facilities and a new five-year capital plan and financing options. The meeting will take place Monday, Jan. 25, in the Croton-Harmon High School Community Room. Community members are encouraged to visit the district’s Buildings and Grounds home page for preliminary information about the district’s capital needs and building conditions before the meeting. There will be ample time for residents to ask questions to a…

by Ken Davis

01/11/2016

Events

Author Steps Up To Teach Writing Workshops At Westport Library WESTPORT, Conn. -- Over the next two months, author and teacher Mary-Lou Weisman will host a one-day writers' workshop as well as a new six-part series for beginning writers at the Westport Library.The workshop, "One Day-Wonder," is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 16, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the library's McManus Room. This workshop is designed for beginners who have dreamed of writing a memoir or personal essay but need a gentle jump start. Weisman will lead participants through a series of motivating exercises and prompts. The fee is $15, which includes refreshments. It's limited to 30…

by Ken Davis

01/11/2016

News

Theft Arrests In Murder Probe Top Week’s News In Northern Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Northern Westchester County. In the course of the investigation of the murder of North Salem socialite Lois Colley, state police have charged two workers on the Colley family's 300-acre Windswept Farm with stealing $30,000 worth of hay and selling it. Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin's lunch at the Pleasantville Diner is now online for the world to see. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announced a $1.2 billion private investment that will be used to build a bioscience and technology complex in Valhalla…

by Ken Davis

01/10/2016

News

Teen Mom's Jail Smuggling Arrest Tops Week’s News In Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Putnam County. A 19-year-old woman from Lake Peekskill was arrested Thursday after allegedly using her child to smuggle a prescription drug into jail. Ex-Mount Pleasant Police Chief Brian Fanelli's sentence of 18 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography has sparked a debate as to whether the sentence was too light or too harsh for the Mahopac resident. Carmel Town Board Member Suzi McDonough announced her intent to seek election to the New York State Assembly seat serving Putnam, Somers and Yorktown …

by Ken Davis

01/10/2016

News

$1.2B Investment For Biotechnology Complex Tops Week’s News In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Southern Weschester County. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announced a $1.2 billion private investment that will be used to build a bioscience and technology complex in Valhalla. Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin's lunch at the Pleasantville Diner is now online for the world to see. Victor Weil, 71, of Ossining was arrested last Saturday after he was caught with a photo of a naked 3-year-old child on his iPad at a hotel in Greenburgh. Brian Fanelli, the former Mount Pleasant police chief, was sentence…

by Ken Davis

01/10/2016

Schools

New Rochelle Alternative Campus School Administrator Speaks To Parents NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- During the New Rochelle Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, Alternative Campus School Administrator Joel Fridovich gave an overview of the unique opportunities available to students who choose to spend their high school careers in his learning community. Students also took to the microphone, enthusiastically detailing how the campus experience is changing their lives and putting them on track for graduation.

by Ken Davis

01/09/2016

Lifestyle

Mount Vernon Public Library Offers Museum Passes To Cardholders MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Family museum passes are available to Mount Vernon Public Library cardholders who are over the age of 18 and in good standing.Only one pass per family may be borrowed at a time. Museum passes are loaned from the library's reference desk. The person borrowing a museum pass must present his/her own valid library card to the reference librarian and sign a museum pass loan agreement. Children under 18 may not borrow museum passes for their parents. Passes may be reserved for the current and the next calendar months with the Reference Desk, in person or by phone (914-668-184…

by Ken Davis

01/09/2016

Neighbors

Tuckahoe Joins Empire State Purchasing Group TUCKAHOE, N.Y. -- The village of Tuckahoe announced Friday that it has joined the Empire State Purchasing Group, a regional purchasing organization that helps local governments post, distribute and manage requests for proposals, quotes, addenda and awards online.BidNet’s New York purchasing group provides notification to registered vendors of new relevant solicitations, any addenda and award information from 194 participating agencies from across the state. In joining, Tuckahoe becomes the 194th participating local government agency using the system to streamline the purchasing process. Th…

by Ken Davis

01/09/2016

Lifestyle

New Canaan's Silvermine Arts Center Presents Fundraising Workshop NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County has arranged for Ana Fiore of the Fiscal Sponsorship Program of the New York Foundation for the Arts to present a workshop Tuesday at Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan.The presentation will include practical information on fundraising and grant writing for artists as well as information about NYFA's various program offerings such as NYFA Source, NYFA Learning, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, and more. Fiscal Sponsorship is a critical way for individual artists, artists' collaborative projects and emerging arts organizations in all dis…

by Ken Davis

01/09/2016

Business

Food Bank For Westchester In Elmsford Benefits From Whole Foods Shopping ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- The Food Bank for Westchester in Elmsford, which operates the county’s largest food collection and emergency distribution network, recently announced a new partnership with Whole Foods Market that will help feed the county’s food-insecure population.Five percent of net sales from purchases Wednesday at Whole Foods Market’s Westchester County locations, which include Port Chester, White Plains and Yonkers, will go to the Food Bank for Westchester to help provide food to hungry families in the county. “We are grateful that Whole Foods Market has partnered with us for this won…

by Ken Davis

01/09/2016

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