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Donna Christopher

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Neighbors

Fairfield Letter: Support Bill Perugini In District 9 FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Send letters to norwalk@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: We are writing in support of Bill Perugini as RTM of District 9 (formerly district 10) in Fairfield. We are independents, have lived in Fairfield since 2003 and are raising a family here. Having met and spoken with Bill several times on various issues, we have found him to be open, honest, responsive and above all determined to properly reflect his neighbors’ views fairly in his representative role. Bill is generous with his time, listens attenti…

by Per and Lydia Heilmann

10/07/2015

Schools

Chinese Students Complete Immersion Studies At Berkeley In White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Thirty-nine students and faculty of Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (GUFE) in China are completing an American cultural immersion program at Berkeley College in White Plains. The 90-day Summer Program came out of collaboration between the college and university. There were classes in English Business Communications, visits to American historical and cultural sites, as well as several business and government institutions in Westchester and New York City. The Chinese and Berkeley students visited the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City and IBM in Yorktown. …

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

Sports

New Rochelle's Iona Men's Basketball, Agency Team On Fundraising Promotion NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – A New York City-based communications agency North 6th Agency, Inc. has announced its partnership for the second season of its “Root to Shoot” charity fundraising promotion with Iona College Athletics and the men’s basketball program in New Rochelle for the 2015-16 season. The agency has pledged to donate $100 for every three-point basket made by Iona at the Hynes Athletics Center and $1,500 for every 100-plus point home game. Donations will be distributed evenly at the end of the season between Al’s Angels, BlueRock Energy’s “Save the Skin” and the Iona College Goal C…

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

Business

Men's High Fashion Store Opening In Rye RYE, N.Y. -- Angela Guitard has announced she will open a high fashion men's store next door to her women's fashion and lifestyle store, Angela's, 24 Purchase St., in Rye this month.Brands will include Etro, Herno, Incotex, Iris Von Arnim, Moncler, Michael Sebastian, Rag & Bone, Ralph Lauren, Sand, Thomas Maier and Ferragamo. An official grand opening is planned for Thursday, Nov. 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, call (915)-481-5894. Also visit Angela's About page or the website

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

News

Greenburg: Developers Break Ground On Rivertowns Square DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- A groundbreaking ceremony attended by 50 community members was hosted by Saber Dobbs Ferry, LLC Tuesday, Oct. 6, for the retail, dining and entertainment portion of Rivertowns Square in Dobbs Ferry. The $130 million, 450,000-square-foot mixed-use development is currently under construction. Set to open in 2016, Rivertowns Square will feature a 138-room hotel, restaurants and boutiques. During the ceremony Corey Rabin, of Saber Dobbs Ferry, said the project is slated to create over 650 full and part-time jobs, as well as 475 construction jobs, upon its completion. T…

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

News

Dobbs Ferry Developers Break Ground On Rivertowns Square DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- A groundbreaking ceremony attended by 50 community members was hosted Saber Dobbs Ferry, LLC Tuesday, Oct. 6, for the retail, dining and entertainment portion of Rivertowns Square in Dobbs Ferry. The $130 million, 450,000-square-foot mixed-use development is currently under construction. Set to open in 2016, Rivertowns Square will feature a 138-room hotel, restaurants and boutiques. During the ceremony Corey Rabin, of Saber Dobbs Ferry, said the project is slated to create over 650 full and part-time jobs, as well as 475 construction jobs, upon its completion. The p…

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

Schools

Sign Up For Dinner To Help Train Peekskill High Athletes PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Peekskill High School Athletic Hall of Fame dinner will be held Friday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Colonial Terrace Restaurant., 119 Oregon Road, in Cortlandt Manor. The cost is $50 per person (cash bar).To reserve a seat, mail a check made payable to Athletic Hall of Fame Training Fund to Lou Panzanaro, 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 For more information, call (914)737-3300, x320; or email lpanzanaro@peekskillcsd.org Also visit Peekskill High School on Facebook

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

Police & Fire

Paterson Police: Man Shot Tuesday Has Died PATERSON, N.J. - A 21-year-old city man shot multiple times in the 4th Ward early Tuesday morning has died, according to NorthJersey.com. Mark Eason was released from the Passaic County jail two weeks before the Oct. 6 shooting and had been convicted as the gunman in a 2012 shooting just three blocks from where he was fatally shot, NorthJersey.com said. Eason is the 13th homicide victim in Paterson this year, NorthJersey.com reported. Read the full story here

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

News

Some Claims Dropped In Ramapo Police Profiling Case RAMAPO, N.Y. -- The four parole officers detained by Ramapo police in April 2014 have dropped some claims about the incident, The Journal News reported.In the incident The Journal News recounts, the April 21 police stop was triggered by a resident's 911 call describing people wearing bullet-proof vests in an unmarked car. The parole officers later filed a federal lawsuit against the town, Ramapo police department and others alleging there had been racial profiling and their civil rights were violated, the Journal News story said. According to the story, the parole officers have updated the …

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

Obituaries

New York Times: Greenwich Native, Art Collector Olga Hirshhorn, 95 GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich native and modern art collector Olga Hirshhorn died Saturday, Oct. 3, in Naples, Fla., according to The New York Times. She was 95.Hirshhorn, a a graduate of Greenwich High School, started buying modern art when she was married to Joseph H. Hirshhorn, founder of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, part of the Smithsonian Institution, and later became a serious collector in her own right, according to The New York Times. The couple met in the 1960s in Greenwich where Hirshhorn was running a small employment agency and he needed to hire help f…

by Donna Christopher

10/07/2015

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