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Donna Christopher

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H&M Opening Store At Danbury Fair Mall H&M is returning to Danbury. The trendy clothing retailer will move into Danbury Fair by summer's end or early fall. It will occupy the former Express store space and also space next to it where Ann Taylor was. The new store will extend all the way to Lord & Taylor, said Melissa Eigen, Danbury Fair marketing manager. A sign signals the pending arrival of H&M which is posting job ads for many different positions on Indeed and other employment sites. H&M located on the mall's lower level by Sears closed in 2014 at the mall on Backus Avenue. Eigen said the new store will be l…

by Donna Christopher

05/03/2019

Lifestyle

Iconic Zorn's Of Bethpage Closed For Several Days During Move To New Location Popular food takeout and catering business Zorn's of Bethpage is closed for the first time in its 80-plus year history. The store will not be serving customers for several days Friday, May 3 through the weekend because it is relocating to a new, smaller building on the same property right next store at 4321 Hempstead Turnpike. Construction is complete for the new Zorn’s of Bethpage store and will be open in time to fill Mother's Day orders, said the company's announcement. Zorn's known for its rotisseries and southern fried chicken, turkey, ribs and more had over 100 comments ab…

by Donna Christopher

05/03/2019

Lifestyle

North Shore Residents Irked By Helicopter Noise With Billy Joel At Center Of Controversy Residents don't like the noise helicopters make when they take off and land on Centre Island and are debating over whether or not to allow private helipads, with Billy Joel at the center of the controversy, according to the Wall Street Journal. There are four private helipads mong 185 homes on the island, said the article. Flying there by helicopter from Manhattan takes just 15 minutes as opposed to driving to Centre Island which takes two hours, according to the Wall Street Journal. Billy Joel commutes to Madison Square Garden events by chopper from his waterfront estate. Helipad o…

by Donna Christopher

05/02/2019

Business

Two East End Affordable Housing Developments Getting $1.8M From Suffolk County Suffolk County will provide $1.8 million for two affordable housing projects on East End. One of these, Gansett Meadow will be located in Amagansett, and the second project, Vineyard View, will be located in Greenport, said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in the announcement. The Gansett Meadow development will be less than half a mile away for the Long Island Rail Road station. The project will include 37 units, 36 of which will be affordable to residents. The unit mix will include 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom, 3 Bedroom, and 4 Bedroom apartments. The co-developers …

by Donna Christopher

05/02/2019

Lifestyle

Single-Use Bag Fees Not Going Over Well In This Fairfield County Town The following is Part 1 in a two-part series of stories on single-use bag fees in Fairfield County. Many towns and cities in Connecticut have enacted bans on plastic bag use and others have ordinances in place that will take effect this year. In early March, Weston's plastic bag ordinance took effect, but a local market owner says his customers are upset. It's not the ban on single-use plastic bags shoppers at Peter's Weston Market object to but the 10 cent fee stores have to charge when customers use them, said owner Jim Magee. The ordinance prohibits retailers from providing singl…

by Donna Christopher

05/02/2019

Police & Fire

Two Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Intersection In Smithtown Two people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash at a busy intersection in Suffolk County. The crash occurred just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 1 at Franklin Drive and Middle County Road in Smithtown, according to the Smithtown Fire Department. When firefighters arrived it was reportedly determined that no one was trapped inside the vehicle, said the fire department. The injured two were transported to area hospitals, the department said. The extent of their injuries was not immediately released.

by Donna Christopher

05/01/2019

Police & Fire

Suspect In Knifepoint Fairfield Home Invasion Nabbed After Chase, Police Say Fairfield Police arrested a Bridgeport man in connection with an alleged home invasion in which he reportedly threatened the occupant with a knife and fled, leading to a police chase and area schools to be placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon, April 30. Police said that on April 30 at 2:01 p.m. they received a 911 call from a concerned relative who reported that she had received a telephone call from her sister reporting a suspicious person on the property on Coventry Lane. Moments later she reportedly heard her sister yell, “No, No” and the line was disconnected, according to…

by Donna Christopher

05/01/2019

Lifestyle

Jones Beach Restaurant The Landing Will Not Be Back This Summer, New Eatery Coming This story has been updated. Landing at Jones Beach, which opened in the West Bathhouse in 2018, will not be back this summer. The Landing operated for two years and the contract was terminated in December, George Gorman, the regional director of New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, told Daily Voice. "State Park’s has gone through the competitive bid process where a new operator was selected and the restaurant and catering facility will be open for the season in early summer, possibly as early as Memorial Day weekend," he said in an email. …

by Donna Christopher

05/01/2019

Lifestyle

Iconic East End Theater To Reopen Years After Fire A beloved movie house on the island's East End that was destroyed by fire will re-open. A 2016 fire devastated the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center. A group known as the Sag Harbor Partnership raised money to buy Sag Harbor Cinema from its owner Gerald Mallow in 2017 and has continued to raised funds to rebuild the landmark theater. The new Center will carry on the tradition of exceptional programming and expand to include a new not-for-profit, the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Cente. This group is committed to education, outreach, and programming for all the people of the East End year-round. The …

by Donna Christopher

05/01/2019

Lifestyle

CBS Evening News Anchor Jeff Glor To MC, 98 Degrees To Perform Greenwich Hospital Benefit CBS Evening News anchor and Greenwich resident Jeff Glor will serve as master of ceremonies at the Under the Stars benefit for Greenwich Hospital on Friday, May 17. This is the third year the Emmy-award winning and veteran news journalist will emcee for the annual hospital benefit. Glor’s wife, Nicole, serves on the planning committee for the event. Pop band 98 Degrees will perform at the benefit which includes dinner, auctions and dancing to a DJ. The fundraiser being held at the Riverside Yacht Club (7 to 11:30 p.m.) is a benefit for pediatric and women’s health services at Greenwi…

by Donna Christopher

05/01/2019

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