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Suffern Marks Veterans Day With Parade, Ceremony Suffern Marks Veterans Day With Parade, Ceremony
Suffern Marks Veterans Day With Parade, Ceremony SUFFERN, N. Y. -- A Suffern parade was just one way Hudson Valley residents offered their thanks to the men and women of the U.S.armed forces on Veteras Day, according to News 12. Suffern's American Legion Post 859 coordinated the annual parade, which started at Village Hall and concluded at a monument to soldiers. Local veterans were pleased with the fanfare, News 12 reported. Click here to read the full article.

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by Amy Maciaszek
Business
Westchester-Based PepsiCo Confirms Layoffs Westchester-Based PepsiCo Confirms Layoffs
Westchester-Based PepsiCo Confirms Layoffs PURCHASE, N. Y. -- Officials with Westchester-based PepsiCo confirmed that the company had to layoff some employees but did not say how many or which of its Westchester County locations would be most affected, according to lohud.com.A company representative said on Thursday reorganizing the company to make it more efficient has led to some layoffs. Company officials said those laid off will get severance and career support, The Journal News/lohud.com said. Company officials have said in the past that no employees would be laid off as a result of closing the Somers facility. Rather, those emp…

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Neighbors
Feiner Thanks Those Who Helped With Law Aimed At Illegal Parlors Feiner Thanks Those Who Helped With Law Aimed At Illegal Parlors
Feiner Thanks Those Who Helped With Law Aimed At Illegal Parlors GREENBURGH, N. Y. -- The Greenburgh Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Please send them to greenburgh@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: I would like to express my thanks to Bob Bernstein, head of the Edgemont Community Council, Councilmembers Francis Sheehan, Kevin Morgan and Ken Jones for working cooperatively on a law that was approved unanimously by the Greenburgh Town Board that will give the police the tools they need to close permanently all illegal adult massage businesses in unincorporated Greenburgh. This new law, which had the support of Greenburgh Police Chief Chris Mc…

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by Paul Feiner
News
New City's Karassik Family Keeps Daughter's Spirit Alive New City's Karassik Family Keeps Daughter's Spirit Alive
New City's Karassik Family Keeps Daughter's Spirit Alive NEW CITY, N. Y. -- Clarkstown South High School students plan to wear blue Thursday, Nov. 12, the birthday of ninth-grader Larisa Karassik, who was killed in May in a drunk-driving accident, lohud.com reported.Touched by this and all of the outpouring of support since the crash that also injured her father, her family says they will try to keep her spirit alive by continuing her good works in the Clarkstown and New City communities, lohud said. Her parents plan to develop larisastrong.org and the Larisa Karassik Foundation to continue her legacy of helping others, which included feeding the …

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by Amy Maciaszek
Obituaries
Genevieve Giordano, 73, Of Lyndhurst Genevieve Giordano, 73, Of Lyndhurst
Genevieve Giordano, 73, Of Lyndhurst LYNDHURST, N. J. -- Geneview Giordano, Lyndhurst resident and teacher for Hillside Public Schools, died Nov. 10. She was 73.She was a teacher for the Hillside Board of Education and a member of the NJEA. Surviors include aunt Dolores Stefanelli, and cousins Diane McCabe, and husband James; Jesse Collins; and Wade Collins. She is also survived by her niece Juliana Collins.  A visitation is planned for 4-8 p.m. Friday at the Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, 425 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst. A service is planned for 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, followed by Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Michael's R.C…

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by Amy Maciaszek
Police & Fire
Easton's New Police Chief Hopes For Closure In Navin Murder Case Easton's New Police Chief Hopes For Closure In Navin Murder Case
Easton's New Police Chief Hopes For Closure In Navin Murder Case EASTON, Conn. — Police Chief Timothy Shaw said the Easton Police Department will stay on the case of the tragic murders of two residents to bring closure to their family, the Easton Courier reported. Shaw said Jeffrey and Jennifer Navin were reported missing Aug. 4, just three weeks after he was sworn in as chief, the Easton Courier said. The remains of the two, who had moved to Easton this spring after many years in Weston, were found Oct. 30 after nearly three months of searches and investigation.   Their son, Kyle Navin, a 27-year-old from Bridgeport, has been arrested in their deaths. …

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Events
Habitat Dedicates House To Yonkers Veteran On Veterans Day Habitat Dedicates House To Yonkers Veteran On Veterans Day
Habitat Dedicates House To Yonkers Veteran On Veterans Day YONKERS, N. Y. -- Veterans Day was made even more special for Yonkers veteran Ivan Arroyo and his family with Wednesday's dedication of a house by the Westchester chapter of Habitat for Humanity.Arroyo, a National Guard reserve who served in Kandahar, Afghanistan, is now the owner of a house on Purser Place in Yonkers. Built through a partnership between Habitat and Horace Mann School in the Bronx, the house is expected to be ready for the family by Thanksgiving. This is the second year the Westchester chapter has given a house to a veteran on Veterans Day, said Habitat Westchester CEO Jim …

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Events
Fox Studio's Centennial Exhibit Displayed In Fort Lee Fox Studio's Centennial Exhibit Displayed In Fort Lee
Fox Studio's Centennial Exhibit Displayed In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N. J. -- Fort Lee's 100-year history as the birthplace of Fox Studio's filmmaking is on display through the end of the year at the Fort Lee Historical Society Museum.Featuring archival photos and artifacts from the Fort Lee Film Commission, private collectors, and Fox News, the exhibit commemorates the 1915 opening of Fox Studios in Fort Lee. It follows Fox's history as it moves to Century City, Calif. through the present day. Earlier in the year, the museum hosted a reception for the exhibit that included grandchildren of Fox Studio's founder William J. Fox, who was born in Fort L…

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Events
Bring Old Paperwork To Ridgefield's Paper-Shredding Event Bring Old Paperwork To Ridgefield's Paper-Shredding Event
Bring Old Paperwork To Ridgefield's Paper-Shredding Event RIDGEFIELD, N. J. -- Ridgefield residents with unneeded or outdated documents can shred them at a free event Saturday sponsored by the borough of Ridgefield.Bring old paperwork to the mobile shredding event between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at Slocum Skewes School.  Trucks will be inside the play area, next to the all-purpose room, at the school, 650 Prospect Ave. Ridgefield officials said a limited number of bags will be accepted. Trucks have cameras that monitor the shredding to make sure everything is destroyed properly, officials said. Throwing away personal documents in the trash can…

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Events
Clergy Abuse Scandal The Focus Of Talk At Norwalk Community College Clergy Abuse Scandal The Focus Of Talk At Norwalk Community College
Clergy Abuse Scandal The Focus Of Talk At Norwalk Community College NORWALK, CONN. -- A panel discussion Nov. 17 at Norwalk Community College about clergy sex abuse news in Connecticut features three area journalists who've covered it.It also includes a viewing of the trailer for the newly released film "Spotlight" that focuses on Catholic clergy sex abuse coverage in the Boston area. Norwalk Community College is partnering with the Connecticut chapter of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) to host the panel discussion that features Dave Altimari, Tom Connor and Dan Tepfer, three Connecticut journalists who have spent years writing …

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