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MacQuesten Development In Pelham Promotes Kurt Purves To Project Manager PELHAM, N.Y. -- Pelham-based MacQuesten Development has announced the promotion of Kurt Purves to Project Manager.Purves has more than 19 years of management experience and an extensive technical background in HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems. He oversees multimillion-dollar high-rise projects that include superstructures, conversions and community rehabilitation, and he’s responsible for project scheduling, budgeting, personnel, monthly financials and closeout preparations. As a certified site safety manager, he also ensures that all workers in the field, including those of subcontrac…

by Ken Davis

01/01/2016

Events

Yorktown Child, Mom Take Part In Whud's Maria Fareri Radioathon VALHALLA, N.Y. – The 11th edition of 100.7 WHUD’s annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Radiothon raised more than $480,000 for Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, the children’s hospital for New York’s Hudson Valley and Connecticut’s Fairfield County. Among those joining WHUD broadcasters Kacey Morabito Grean and Mike Bennett at the Radiothon – which was held Nov. 18-20 – were former patient Rianne Torres (age six) and her mother, Rosa Torres, of Yorktown Heights.

by Ken Davis

12/31/2015

Schools

Peekskill's Special Ed PTO Discusses Front Door Process PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Come join Peekskill's Special Education Parent Teacher Organization (SEPTO) at its Front Door meeting in the Peekskill High School Library on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The evening's guest speaker will be Amy Coccodrilli of the Hudson Valley Developmental Disabilities regional office. The Front Door was created by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) to improve how our community learns about and accesses services. OPWDD has changed how it offers services and the changes have an emphasis on self-direction, employment and community integration as our childre…

by Ken Davis

12/31/2015

Schools

Danbury's Wooster School Becomes 2 Star Certified Green Restaurant DANBURY, Conn. -- Wooster School in Danbury recently was certified as a 2 Star Certified Green Restaurant by the Green Restaurant Association, a national nonprofit organization helping restaurants to become more environmentally sustainable.Receiving 140.84 GreenPoints on the association's certification scale and having implemented 34 environmental steps, Wooster School has gone 40.84 percent above the minimum requirements necessary for certification. "The GRA certification process has given us a chance to measure our continuous efforts towards sustainability," said Chef Manager Ri…

by Ken Davis

12/31/2015

Politics

Mayor Mike Spano Appoints Yonkers' First Hispanic City Court Judge YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced his appointment of Thomas Quiñones as a new City Court judge on Wednesday. Spano will swear in Quiñones on Friday at the city’s Inauguration Ceremony at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site on Warburton Avenue. Quiñones will be Yonkers’ first Hispanic City Court judge. “I am proud to appoint Tom Quiñones as our new City Court Judge,” said Spano. “Tom has been in public service for nearly 30 years, serving the New York community, especially our most vulnerable population, assisting families and children in need. Tom’s professionalism, …

by Ken Davis

12/31/2015

Politics

New Abinanti-Sponsored Law Opens Valve For Clean Water Projects A new state law, sponsored by Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mount Pleasant) and Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers), authorizes Westchester County to bond sewer and water capital projects more than $10 million without the need for a referendum. Under the previous State Local Finance Law, Westchester was the only county in the state required to conduct a public referendum on capital bonding more than $10 million. The new law continues the requirement that the Westchester Board of Legislators hold a public hearing before authorizing bonding. “Capital projects that protect clean …

by Ken Davis

12/31/2015

Lifestyle

Rye Retailers Offer Clothing Tips For New Year's Eve Parties RYE, N.Y. -- A popular quandary when it comes to New Year's Eve is what to wear? Two Rye retailers offer creative tips on fashionable attire to ring in the new year in style.Cindy Lustrin of contemporary fashion boutique Great Stuff suggests a sleeveless halter top made out of silk charmeuse that can be worn six different ways. She recommends pairing it with black jeans or a flare leg pant. Dahlia Bruschetti, manager at luxury beauty products and spa retailer Bluemercury, said that anything that sparkles is in. She recommends eye shadow in shades of purple, gold and silver paired with red l…

by Ken Davis

12/30/2015

Business

Rye's Alex And Ani Raises Money For Peace Corps' Let Girls Learn Fund RYE, N.Y. -- Eco-friendly jewelry store Alex and Ani in Rye is holding a charity clearance sale of 30 percent off to benefit The Peace Corps' Let Girls Learn Fund. The fund provides access to education for adolescent girls around the world. Purchases can be made in the store or online. Alex and Ani will give a minimum donation of $25,000 and a maximum donation of $100,000. These accessories fall into three categories: symbolic, occasions and collections like the board game Monopoly car, dog and house charms. The clearance sale lasts through Sunday, Jan. 10. Alex and Ani is at 52 Purchase …

by Ken Davis

12/30/2015

News

Scarsdale Public TV's 'Senior Options' Profiles Weinberg Nature Center SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Learn more about the creatures and activities at the Weinberg Nature Center on the Scarsdale Public TV show "Senior Options," hosted by Scarsdale High School senior Anito Akuetey.The full video of of the show's profile on the Weinburg Nature Center can be viewed here.

by Ken Davis

12/30/2015

Schools

Haskell Elementary School Students Show Off Art Skills HASKELL, N.J. -- Two Haskell Elementary School students recently were named individual art contest winners in the Wyland Foundation’s 2015 “Water is Life” National Art Challenge. Their artwork is part of a giant painted mural created by students who participate in the gifted art program at Haskell School. Some 55 students in grades 5-8 created, designed, illustrated and painted the 5-foot-by-10-foot canvas depicting their theme “No Home for Polar Bear." Haskell School is one of 100 schools in the United States to have received a free canvas from the Wyland Foundation in order to parti…

by Ken Davis

12/30/2015

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