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Mahopac American Legion Post Schedules Golf Outing
MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- American Legion Mahopac Post 1080 will hold a golf outing Monday, Aug. 24, at the Mahopac Golf Club 601 N. Lake Boulevard.
The event will include cart, lunch and beverages on the course, raffles, prizes, a 50/50 drawing and a chance to win a "hole-in-one" Toyota. At 4 p.m., there will be a one-hour open bar with appetizers, followed by dinner at American Legion Mahopac Post 1080.
Registration is at 9 a.m. and a shotgun start is at 10 a.m. The cost is $150 per golfer and $50 for nongolfers.
For more information, call 845-225-2248.
Yonkers' Sacred Heart Junior Olympians Excel At Nationals
YONKERS, N.Y. -- The Notre Dame Track Club of Sacred Heart Grade School in Yonkers competed at the National Junior Olympics Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., from July 27 to Aug. 2, and the team took home several medals.
Jaden Snow, a fourth-grader, won a fifth-place medal in the triathlon with bests of 26 ½ feet in the shot put, 4 feet 1 ½ inches in the high jump, and 1:09 in the 400 meters.
Jessica Manzueta, fourth grade, won a sixth-place medal in the shot put, with a best throw of 25 ½ feet; and Prizila Negrete, fourth grade, won a seventh-place medal, hurling the javelin 79 feet…
Abreu Urges Complete Odor Remediation At Yonkers Sewage Plant
YONKERS, N.Y. – Piedad Abreu, a local business owner running for election as Westchester County legislator, has called on county officials to complete odor remediation projects at the Yonkers Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The three-stage project, initiated in 2009, stands in limbo, with construction work that was supposed to begin this summer stalled due to bidding problems, according to a press release.
“The odor from the treatment plant, even on a good day, is awful, and the county should be working as quickly as possible to alleviate this problem,” said Abreu.
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John J. Gulick, 93, White Plains Resident
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- John J. Gulick, 93, of White Plains, died at his home on Sunday, Aug. 2.
Gulick was born May 23, 1922, the son of John and Elizabeth Gulick.
Gulick was a master plumber and owner of John Gulick Plumbing and Heating in White Plains, along with his son Robert.
He was a member of the Greenville Volunteer Fire Department for 10 years followed by seven years of service on the White Plains Fire Department.
He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Essex from 1942-45. He was a longtime member of the Scarsdale Elks and was a P.E.R, P.S.V.P. and P.D.D.G.E.R. in the organi…
John Lefervoich Jr., 83, Longtime Eastchester Resident
EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- John Lefervoich Jr., a longtime resident of Eastchester, died Monday, Aug. 3, at the age 83.
Lefervoich was born Nov. 6, 1931, to John and Anna (Capko) Leferovich.
In 1953, he graduated from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a 1958 graduate of Columbia Law School.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1953-55. For 25 years he was the general counsel to the New York State Bankers Association.
His vocation was law, and his avocation was magic. He was a magician who was a past president of the Society of American Magicians Pare…
