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Yorktown Class Teaches Youths About Mental Health First Aid YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A youth mental health first aid course is being offered Saturday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at Soundview Preparatory School in Yorktown Heights. The class is sponsored by the Putnam Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services' Project Aware and the Alliance for Safe Kids. The class will teach a five-step action plan to offer initial help to young people showing signs of a mental illness or in a crisis and connect them with the appropriate professional, peer, social or self-help care. Presenters will be Dara Caputo of St. Christopher's Inc. and Karen R. Profita…

by Robert Mikulak

10/23/2015

Schools

Yorktown High School Boasts Two Siemens Semifinalists YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown High School students James WoMa and Andrew Amini, members of the Science Research Program, were recently recognized by the National Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology for their multiyear research projects. The students were two of only seven recognized in Westchester County. The only other high school with two semifinalists was Pelham. There were 466 semifinalists nationwide. The teachers of the Yorktown Science Research Program, Michael Blueglass, Rachel Koenigstein and Dominic Guazzo, said they were very proud of the students' dedication to re…

by Robert Mikulak

10/23/2015

Events

New Canaan's Silvermine School Of Art Throws Halloween Party For Kids NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The Silvermine School of Art will hold a Children’s Halloween Art Party on Sunday, Oct. 25, giving kids a creative afternoon of crafts, treats, games and a Halloween parade around the Silvermine campus in New Canaan. All ages are welcome. Silvermine School of Art teachers Marta Kot, Karen Siegel, Megan Collins, Inez Andrucyk, Lisa Scroggins, Jon Puzzuoli and Christopher Crowe will guide children in creative mask making, clay pumpkin making and glow-in-the-dark T-shirt design and painting. Kids will also paint a pumpkin-patch mural, join in a costume parade (though costu…

by Robert Mikulak

10/23/2015

Schools

Ridgefield School Board's Lunch Bunch Focuses On Math RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- The Ridgefield Board of Education Outreach Committee's upcoming Lunch Bunch session will focus on math assessment/placement at the middle school level. School Superintendent Karen Baldwin will attend the session Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the school board conference room at Town Hall Annex. For more information or any questions, contact Karen Sulzinsky, chair of the Outreach Committee, at 203-431-2800 or at ksulzinsky@ridgefield.org.

by Robert Mikulak

10/23/2015

Events

Yorktown's Hilltop Hanover Farm Teaches About Immunity-Building Plants YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Herbalist Bonnie Rodgers will conduct a session on how to build your immune system from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at Hilltop Hanover Farm, 1271 Hanover St., Yorktown Heights. Rodgers will teach how to boost your immune system using elderberry and other natural immunity-building plants just in time for cold and flu season. Registration is required. Cost is $35 for nonmembers and $31.50 for members. Visit www.HilltopHanoverFarm.org for more information and registration.

by Robert Mikulak

10/23/2015

Police & Fire

Millbrook Man Faces Charges Of Sexual Abuse At Underage Party MILLBROOK, N.Y. -- New York State Police have arrested a 24-year-old Millbrook man on charges of sexual abuse and forcible touching. Police said an investigation conducted by the state police Highland Bureau of Criminal Investigation revealed that Mark Dedaj recently attended an underage drinking party in the town of Gardiner in Ulster County, during which Dedaj forced sexual contact upon an 18-year-old female. Dedaj was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a class D felony, third-degree sexual abuse, a class B misdemeanor, and forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor, police said. Deda…

by Robert Mikulak

10/22/2015

Events

Pelham's Picture House Screens Ski Movie 'Chasing Shadows' PELHAM, N.Y. – The Picture House in Pelham will screen "Chasing Shadows," a film for ski and snow enthusiasts, on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m."Chasing Shadows" is Warren Miller Entertainment's 66th snow sports film. Attendees will receive a free lift ticket to Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort – one of the largest ski resorts in New England – with each ticket purchased. In "Chasing Shadows," viewers explore what it means to be inspired and what it is about exotic locations and snow-covered summits that keeps us searching for more. Athletes JT Holmes, Seth Wescott, Carol…

by Robert Mikulak

10/22/2015

Events

Pleasantville Chamber Picks 3 Honorees For 2015 PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce will give its 2015 Chamber Appreciation Awards to three residents -- Bob Camilli, Graeme Goldstein and Doris Sharp -- on Wednesday.The awards will be presented at a special chamber meeting from 5-7 p.m.. at Riviera Restaurant, 113 Tompkins Ave. Certificates of Appreciation are awarded annually to chamber and community members for improvements and contributions they made to the village. Bob Camilli, of Peter A. Camilli and Sons, 210 Marble Ave., is being recognized for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Camilli fam…

by Robert Mikulak

10/22/2015

Neighbors

Letter: Mamaroneck Development Threatens Infrastructure MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The Mamaroneck Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Please send letters to mamaroneck@dailyvoice.com . To the editor: The village of Mamaroneck is losing its last supermarket. The Food Emporium on West Boston Post Road closed seven years ago, and now the A&P, in bankruptcy, failed to find a supermarket chain buyer and has instead been sold to the landowner -- an investment vehicle of the Rosenshein family, as it turns out. That, and several adjacent properties will almost certainly be aggregated into a big lot -- the Transit-Oriented Development zoning…

by Ilissa Miller

10/22/2015

News

New Rochelle Library Trustee May Quit Over Residency Question NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Questions over residency may lead to the resignation of a New Rochelle Public Library trustee, according to a report in newrochelletalk.com.Emery Schweig, the Board of Trustees vice president, revealed on videotape before the Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 1 that she lives in Danbury, Conn., newrochelletalk reported. City resident Lorraine Karl asked Schweig about the discrepancy during an Oct. 8 library board meeting, according to newrochelletalk. To read the full report, click here.

by Robert Mikulak

10/22/2015

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