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Mount Vernon Boys And Girls Club Names Youth Of The Year MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- The Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon presented the 2016-17 Youth of the Year award to Nathaly Burgos. Nathaly is a 14-year old eighth-grader at A. B. Davis Middle School and will attend Thornton High School in September. She has been a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon since she was 10 years old and participates in many activities at the club including Smart Girls, Mentoring Program, STEM, Poet’s Club, Teen Program, Community Service, and serves as a tutor for younger members. Nathaly has worked at the Club through Mount Vernon’s Youth Employment Prog…

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Police & Fire

Firefighters Respond To Car Fire In New City NEW CITY, N.Y. -- There was a car fire in at 115 South Mountain Road in New City on Tuesday, May 24.Click here for a video of the incident on Facebook.

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Schools

District Water Testing Results In For Clarkstown Schools CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- The Clarkstown Central School District has tested the water for lead in each of their schools after recent media coverage raised questions about lead levels in drinking water. The findings were that 96 percent of the water fountain test samples were below the 20 ppb EPA standard, 16 water fountains tested over 20 ppb, 90 percent of the sink test samples were below the 20 ppb EPA standard. This result includes high, medium, and low priority sinks, such as science lab and utility sinks. 88 sinks tested over 20 ppb. Though there are currently no New York State Education D…

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Police & Fire

Suffern Police Warn Residents To Be Wary Of Scammers SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Suffern Police said they have received dozens of calls from people claiming the IRS had called them as well as people calling for other suspicious reasons. Suffern Police said that if you don't recognize the number, don't pick the phone up and if by chance you do at all costs do not give out any personal or financial information on yourself or your family and never send money somewhere. Simply hang the phone up and do not talk to them.

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Neighbors

Pelham's David Wright, Fordham Pitcher, Appears On 'The Michael Kay Show' PELHAM, N.Y. -- David Wright, pitcher for the Fordham University baseball team and a Pelham native, was on "The Michael Kay Show" Tuesday speaking about the upcoming Atlantic-10 Tournament. A student in Chappaqua-native John Cirillo's sports communications course in the fal of 2015l, Wright promised Kay, a Fordham alumnus, a game-used Fordham baseball jacket and delivered it on the show. "The Michael Kay Show" is broadcast on ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM, and simulcast on YES Network. The Fordham Rams begin their Atlantic 10 tournament play on Wednesday at Houlihan Park on th…

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Obituaries

Rabbi Solomon Acrish Of Southeast's Temple Beth Elohim, 76 SOUTHEAST, N.Y. -- Rabbi Solomon Acrish guided Temple Beth Elohim in Southeast for half a century before the Patterson resident, died Sunday at 76, according to lohud.com. There will be a healing service at the temple at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, according to lohud.com. Temple Administrator Nan Coulter said Acrish helped the temple's membership grow from 25 families in 1966 to 229 families today, leading bar and bat mitzvahs for multiple generations within families, according to lohud.com. He is survived by his wife, Terri; son, Brian; and three grandchildren. Another son, Kevin, died earl…

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Police & Fire

Clarkstown Restripes Main Street In Nanuet CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- The Clarkstown Highway Department is restriping Main Street in Nanuet from First Street to Church Street Thursday. On Thursday morning at approximately 8 a.m., striping of the east side of Main Street will begin and should be reopened by 11 a.m. There will be no overnight parking Wednesday into Thursday on that side of the street. Expect some traffic delays during the work. The west side was striped on Wednesday.

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Police & Fire

Orangetown Reintroduces D.A.R.E. To Schools ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- The Town of Orangetown has refocused its drug abuse prevention efforts by reintroducing the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program into local schools at the seventh-grade level. They also congratulate the D.A.R.E. class of 2016 for being the first group of students to graduate from the reintroduced program. They look forward to the continued commitment of the community in efforts to educate the youth about making positive decisions.

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Schools

Carmel High School Students Win Future Business Leaders Awards CARMEL, N.Y. -- Carmel High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter returned from its recent New York State Leadership Conference (NYS SLC) in Rochester with the state’s highest honor – securing first place as “Chapter of the Year”. The students were also honored for their numerous district and state-level accomplishments by Superintendent of Schools Andy Irvin and the Board of Education at the recent Carmel Central School District Board of Education meeting held on Tuesday May 3. FBLA is a nationwide club that strives to improve the community and teach members professi…

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

Neighbors

County Executive Ed Day Meets With Employees Of Each Department CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Rockland County Executive Ed Day has made a point of visiting each county department to meet with employers to hear about their work, their suggestions for improvement and other ideas. On Tuesday, he was at the Department of Planning and Public Transportation. He gave a special shout out to Victor Muscadin, whom he saw going out of his way to assist elderly and disabled passengers on a TRIPS bus.

by Jason Bisnoff

05/25/2016

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