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Eyewear Company To Get $1.32 Million In Tax Credits In Move To Sloatsburg Eyewear Company To Get $1.32 Million In Tax Credits In Move To Sloatsburg
Eyewear Company To Get $1.32 Million In Tax Credits In Move To Sloatsburg SLOATSBURG, N.Y. -- Designer eyewear company Warby Parker will get as much as $1.32 million in tax credits via Empire State Development, New York's economic development agency, according to lohud.com.The company will construct a new optical lab in Sloatsburg, which will create 128 jobs over the next five years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. The new, 34,000-square-foot optical lab is the first that Warby Parker will fully own. It will be outfitted for the assembly of glasses as well as the finishing of prescription lenses. Click here to read the full lohud.com story. Click here to …

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Neighbors
Brookfield Handy Dandy Handyman Charity Seeks Help To Keep Operating Brookfield Handy Dandy Handyman Charity Seeks Help To Keep Operating
Brookfield Handy Dandy Handyman Charity Seeks Help To Keep Operating BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- Over $2,300 has been raised to date for a Brookfield-based charity Handy Dandy Handyman since launching a campaign on Crowdrise, the social-fundraising platform.The plea asks for help to save the ministry from extinction.  The charity founded in 2000 by Peter Brady and wife Carol Ann repairs homes for those less fortunate at no cost to the clients. Clients range from those with handicaps, widows, seniors, recovering addicts and the unemployed, according to the Crowdrise page. With the help of 2,200 volunteers, more than 1,000 families have been helped in the Danbury re…

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Events
Paula Poundstone Performs At Poughkeepsie's Bardavon 1869 Opera House Paula Poundstone Performs At Poughkeepsie's Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Paula Poundstone Performs At Poughkeepsie's Bardavon 1869 Opera House POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone will take the stage Friday, June 24, at the Bardavon 1869 Opera house in Poughkeepsie.Poundstone appears on Comedy Central, has won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-up Comic, and in 2010 was voted into the Comedy Hall of Fame. She is a regular panelist on NPR's quiz show, "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me." Click here to purchase tickets For information, call the Bardavon box office at (845)-473-2072.

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Schools
Tuckahoe School District Reorganizes Leadership Tuckahoe School District Reorganizes Leadership
Tuckahoe School District Reorganizes Leadership EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Tuckahoe Union Free School District has announced the establishment of a new leadership team.. The board had already selected Assistant Superintendent Carl Albano to become the new superintendent beginning Aug. 1. To assist Albano in making the transition, Charles Wilson was retained as interim superintendent.  Once Albano’s appointment was made in December, he and the board began looking for a new director of finance, said the release. The board selected Lee Lew, treasurer from Katonah- Lewisboro Schools, who will start as the new director of finance and faciliti…

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News
Dog Missing From Saxon Woods In White Plains Dog Missing From Saxon Woods In White Plains
Dog Missing From Saxon Woods In White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A black and white dog has been missing since Wednesday, June 22 from Saxon Woods Park area in White Plains, N.Y. according to an announcement. The owner asks anyone whose seen her to call (914)-330-6024.

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Superintendent Appoints Interim Principal At Old Greenwich School Superintendent Appoints Interim Principal At Old Greenwich School
Superintendent Appoints Interim Principal At Old Greenwich School GREENWICH, Conn. -- Old Greenwich School has a new skipper for now. Superintendent of Schools Bill McKersie has appointed Jennifer Lynn Bencivengo as the Interim Principal effective July 1, according to an announcement.  She is now the assistant principal at North Mianus School, a position she has held for nine years. Bencivengo has also run the Greenwich Public Schools Summer School program since 2011. She will continue in this role for the 2016 Summer School program. “I am humbled and honored to return to Old Greenwich School as Interim Principal. OGS has an impressive reputation as a Sc…

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Neighbors
New Canaan Community Foundation Supports Cultural Alliance New Canaan Community Foundation Supports Cultural Alliance
New Canaan Community Foundation Supports Cultural Alliance NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The New Canaan Community Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, according to an announcement. The grant will support peer networking programs, which include the Executive Director’s Network, Marketing Roundtable, and Preservation Network, among programming. The grants go to organizations in the region that provide a range of essential services to the community, said the release. The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a nonprofit that supports the arts and cultural organizations, artists and creative businesses in Fairf…

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Somers Camp Owner Receives Project Morry Award Somers Camp Owner Receives Project Morry Award
Somers Camp Owner Receives Project Morry Award SOMERS, N.Y. -- The 2016 Project Morry Award has been given to Scott Rails who owns the Summer Trails Day Camp in Somers.Project Morry is a youth development organization with a residential summer camp that has an educational focus. It provides enriching learning opportunities to kids in underserved communities in the New York metropolitan area. The nonprofit is named for Morry Stein who died in a plane crash in 1994. Stein was owner and director of Camp Echo Lake in Warrensburg, N.Y., a children's summer camp and the national leader in the American Camping Association.  In 1995, inspired b…

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Schools
West Haverstraw Elementary School Kindergarteners Take Stage To Celebrate West Haverstraw Elementary School Kindergarteners Take Stage To Celebrate
West Haverstraw Elementary School Kindergarteners Take Stage To Celebrate WEST HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- The youngest members of the West Haverstraw Elementary School filled a stage wearing red gowns this week for a Kindergarten Celebration that culminates the school year.The school offers morning and afternoon kindergarten sessions.

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Events
200 Artists, Crafters Ready To Take Over Dutchess Fairgrounds 200 Artists, Crafters Ready To Take Over Dutchess Fairgrounds
200 Artists, Crafters Ready To Take Over Dutchess Fairgrounds RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- The Dutchess County Fairgrounds will be awash with over 200 artists and craftspeople at the fourth annual Rhinebeck Arts Festival Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The two-day event will deliver a diverse selection of art and entertainment.  Unique artwork, live music by the Lindsey Webster Band, gourmet specialty foods, tastings of local wines, craft demonstrations, interactive experiences and activities for families are all planned Show hours Saturday are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is $10, seniors are…

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