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Glen Rock High School Stages 'Little Shop Of Horrors' Glen Rock High School Stages 'Little Shop Of Horrors'
Glen Rock High School Stages 'Little Shop Of Horrors' GLEN ROCK, N. J. -- More than 40 Glen Rock High School students are preparing to perform in February their own take on the hit musical "Little Shop of Horrors," a dark comedy that inspired the 1986 movie by the same name. The show takes the stage at 7 p.m. Feb. 4-6 at the high school's auditorium, 600 Harristown Road, Glen Rock. Directed by Christopher Barker, the show follows the original Alan Menken and Howard Ashman gory rock comedy. Glen Rock's musical direction is provided by Carl Helder. Other production crew members are Rachel Beeksma, choreography; Jeff Kurland, orchestra …

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Nyack Debates Plan To Allow Schools To Use Breathalyzers Nyack Debates Plan To Allow Schools To Use Breathalyzers
Nyack Debates Plan To Allow Schools To Use Breathalyzers NYACK, N.Y. -- Nyack board of education members are expected to debate a controversial policy change to allow administrators to use Breathalyzer tests if students in school or at school-sponored events look to be under the influence of alcohol, ABC 7 reports.The topic is on the agenda for the Nyack Public Schools board of education meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Hilltop Administration Building, 13A Dickinson Ave., Nyack. While many students aren't happy with the proposed change, some parents think it might serve as a deterrent to keep kids away from alcohol, ABC 7 says. Click here to re…

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Police & Fire
Two Stamford Men Arrested For Convenience-Store Robbery Two Stamford Men Arrested For Convenience-Store Robbery
Two Stamford Men Arrested For Convenience-Store Robbery STAMFORD, CONN. -- Two Stamford men are facing robbery, conspiracy and firearm charges after police said they committed a series of cigarette robberies, the Stamford Advocate reported.Police made the connection after the most recent robbery Friday night of a convenience store on Hope Street, along with a robbery last week of a Chinese food delivery driver, the Stamford Advocate said. Thomas Bartlett, 20, of Rugby Street, and Paul Cordova-Perez, of Remington Street, have been charged with robbery, conspiracy and unlawful use of a facsimile firearm in the most recent robbery, the Stamford Advo…

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Police & Fire
Greenwich's Stephanie Seymour Arrested For Utility Pole Accident Greenwich's Stephanie Seymour Arrested For Utility Pole Accident
Greenwich's Stephanie Seymour Arrested For Utility Pole Accident GREENWICH, CONN. -- Former supermodel Stephanie Seymour turned herself into police Monday following an investigation into a damaged utility pole led police to her while investigating a second accident off I-95 in Greenwich, Greenwich Time reports. Seymour, who was released on $500 bail, had been previously charged with driving while intoxicated for the accident off I-95's exit 5 in which she backed into another car. That happened an hour or so after she hit a utility pole Jan. 15, breaking it in half, then driving off, Greenwich Time says. Police were able to connect her to the first accide…

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Sports
Mamaroneck Students Stage Mock Iowa Caucus Mamaroneck Students Stage Mock Iowa Caucus
Mamaroneck Students Stage Mock Iowa Caucus MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Election fever came to Mamoraneck High School on Monday as students gathered to stage their own mock caucus on the day voters in Iowa get to kick off the presidential nomination season. Groups of Mamaroneck students gathered together to chant the name of their candidate, similar to the caucus process voters use in Iowa, among other states, use to select Democratic and Republican candidates. Students also plan to follow news coverage Monday night and make live calls with caucus-goers, school officials said. They are also getting ready to travel to New Hampshire next week …

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News
Family Of Slain Baseball Player Starts Yonkers Scholarship Fund Family Of Slain Baseball Player Starts Yonkers Scholarship Fund
Family Of Slain Baseball Player Starts Yonkers Scholarship Fund YONKERS, N.Y. -- Family members of slain baseball prospect Michael Nolan are working to create a scholarship fund to help other young athletes at Nolan's alma mater, Saunders High School in Yonkers, according to a News 12 report.They held a fundraiser Sunday at Rory Dolan's bar in Yonkers to help raise money for the Michael Nolan Scholarship Fund. Sports items and memorabilia from New York's sports teams were sold to help support the cause, News 12 says. Nolan, 23, who'd just been drafted by the Oakland A's, was shot in September in a parking lot near Cross County Mall in a drive-by shooting…

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Mount Vernon Police Charge Yonkers Woman With Possessing Loaded Gun Mount Vernon Police Charge Yonkers Woman With Possessing Loaded Gun
Mount Vernon Police Charge Yonkers Woman With Possessing Loaded Gun MOUNT VERNON, N Y. -- A Yonkers woman is being held at the Westchester County Jail after Mount Vernon police say they found a loaded .40-caliber handgun in her possession, according to a report from News12.Police say they found the gun shortly after stopping Omaiah Thompson, 18, of Yonkers, in a Wednesday traffic stop. Police said she is also awaiting sentencing in another shooting incident in September, according to News 12. Click here to read the full story.

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Politics
Robert Kelly Named Dutchess County's First Poet Laureate Robert Kelly Named Dutchess County's First Poet Laureate
Robert Kelly Named Dutchess County's First Poet Laureate POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. -- As Dutchess County's first poet laureate, Bard College professor and Annandale poet Robert Kelly plans to read two poems at Wednesday's State of the County Address in Poughkeepsie.In announcing Kelly's appointment, County Executive Marc Molinaro said it was a reflection on how important the arts are to Dutchess County, as well as Kelly's efforts to promote arts education. "I look forward to Robert’s contributions to our arts scene, and I encourage all residents to explore how the arts make us all distinctly Dutchess,” Molinaro said. One of the poems Kelly plans t…

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Rabid Raccoon Discovery Prompts Clarkstown Health Warning Rabid Raccoon Discovery Prompts Clarkstown Health Warning
Rabid Raccoon Discovery Prompts Clarkstown Health Warning CLARKSTOWN, N. Y. -- Clarkstown police are warning residents to make sure pets are vaccinated for rabies after learning that a raccoon captured in New City this week has rabies.Police sent out an alert Friday about the positive rabies test by the Rockland County Health Department. Clarkstown's animal control officer found the raccoon in the area of Long Clove Road in New City earlier this week. Police said there have been no reports that the raccoon had any contact with people, but police are reminding residents about the threat to pets, as well. Rabies in raccoons has been in the news this …

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Schools
New Rochelle Middle School Team Finishes First In Stock Market Game New Rochelle Middle School Team Finishes First In Stock Market Game
New Rochelle Middle School Team Finishes First In Stock Market Game NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. -- Four students at Isaac E. Young Middle School in New Rochelle finished first in a field of 183 investment teams in the an online Stock Market Game that had them buying and selling stock in a simulated learning exercise.The Isaac Young middle school team, made up of seventh-graders Rafeal Dilone and Karina Soto, and eighth-grader Kiara Soto and sixth-grader River Sampson, will compete later this year in the 2016 national Capital Hill Challenge, school officials said. The team is in the top five of 1,775 middle school and high school teams in the Westchester and Lower Hud…

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