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Ossining High School Senior Recognized For Astrophysics Research Ossining High School Senior Recognized For Astrophysics Research
Ossining High School Senior Recognized For Astrophysics Research OSSINING, N.Y. -- Ossining High School senior Cen Chen has received an Acorda Scientific Excellence Award for her research on an alternative method for measuring activity in distant galaxies. The award recognizes students in Westchester and Putnam counties and in Fairfield County, Conn., who are performing “highly significant and innovative scientific, technical, engineering and mathematical (STEM) research," said the announcement. The award is sponsored by Acorda Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company based in Ardsley.  One Acorda Award winner is selected each week during the scho…

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Events
3D Printing, Video Editing Taught In HS Class At Red Hook Library 3D Printing, Video Editing Taught In HS Class At Red Hook Library
3D Printing, Video Editing Taught In HS Class At Red Hook Library RED HOOK, N.Y. — A 3D Printing, Making, Video Editing class is offered Friday, June 10 at the Red Hook Publi Library for high schoolers. The class will focus on 3D doodlers, duct tape crafting, green screen filming, and 3D printing techniques. Call (845) 758-3241 to register for the class, which runs from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. at the library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook, N.Y.

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News
Hopewell Junction Route 82 Bridge Closed To November, Detour Set Hopewell Junction Route 82 Bridge Closed To November, Detour Set
Hopewell Junction Route 82 Bridge Closed To November, Detour Set HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y -- The bridge on State Route 82 over Spout Creek near All Angels Hill Road will be closed for construction until November, according to New York Department of Transportation. There will be e detour to direct travelers to take Route 52 and County Route 31 (Palen Road) as a bypass of Route 82 during the construction, the announcement said.  Commuters are asked to use county roads, All Angles Hill Road and Old Hopewell Road, for a more direct detour. Local roads and neighborhoods should not be used as an alternate route and will be marked for "local traffic only,&q…

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Events
David Crosby, Cuban Nights, Illusion, Big Head Todd Take Bardavon Stage David Crosby, Cuban Nights, Illusion, Big Head Todd Take Bardavon Stage
David Crosby, Cuban Nights, Illusion, Big Head Todd Take Bardavon Stage POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.-- Tickets go on sale Friday, June 10 for David Crosby & Friends, Masters of Illusion, The Havana Cuba All-Stars and Big Head Todd & the Monsters at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkepsie.An Evening with David Crosby & Friends Saturday is set for Saturday, Aug. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $60 to $85. Masters of Illusion: “Believe the Impossible!” is set for Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $39 to $69. The Havana Cuba All-Stars: “Cuban Nights” is set for Sunday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $44 to $64. Big Head Todd & the Monsters: “The Songs of Willie D…

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Events
Yale Grad Screens Documentary On Battered Woman At Greenwich Film Festival Yale Grad Screens Documentary On Battered Woman At Greenwich Film Festival
Yale Grad Screens Documentary On Battered Woman At Greenwich Film Festival GREENWICH, Conn. -- Documentary filmmaker and Yale alum Ondi Timoner will host a screening of her film, "The Nature of the Beast" on Friday, June 10 as part of the Greenwich International Film Festival at Greenwich Public Library.Timoner won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice, for "Dig!’ and "We Live In Public." "The Nature of the Beast" chronicles the unjust prosecution of battered Hartford woman Bonnie Foreshaw for jacked-up charges in an accidental shooting.  Timoner, of Pasadena, Calif., will host a question and answer session aft…

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Events
Celebrate Juneteenth With Parade, Carnival In Englewood Celebrate Juneteenth With Parade, Carnival In Englewood
Celebrate Juneteenth With Parade, Carnival In Englewood ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- The Jabari Association of Bergen County will have its sixth annual Juneteenth Independence Day celebration from Thursday, June 16 through Sunday, June 19 at Depot Square in Englewood. The celebration will feature a festival and carnival from 5-10 p.m. June 16-17, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 18 and noon to 9 p.m. June 19 at Depot Square at Demarest Avenue and Dean Street in Englewood. There will be a parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18 at the monument at Tenafly Road and Palisades Avenue. Purchase wristbands from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 18 and ride all day until closing…

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Lifestyle
Italian Tradition Endures At These Westchester Restaurants Italian Tradition Endures At These Westchester Restaurants
Italian Tradition Endures At These Westchester Restaurants WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A trio of Westchester County "family-run" Italian restaurants, Sam's in Dobbs Ferry, and Francesco's and La Manda's, both in White Plains, are featured in an article in The New York Times.Sam’s was opened for business in 1952 by Sam Ciancio, who is from Calabria, Italy, and grew up on Main Street, where the restaurant is located after coming to the United States at age 9, reported The New York Times. Francesco Spinali began work as a waiter at the establishment that is named for him in 1964, according to The New York Times. Spinali, of Florence, Italy, took ov…

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Politics
Sewage Agreement Reached Between Bridgeport And Trumbull Sewage Agreement Reached Between Bridgeport And Trumbull
Sewage Agreement Reached Between Bridgeport And Trumbull BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Bridgeport City Council agreed Monday to let Trumbull continue its use of Bridgeport's sewer system and one of its pair of sewage treatment plants, according to the Connecticut Post.The agreement is for ten years and instantly lessens the 13.5 percent discount residents of Trumbull had to 8 percent, then 1 percent per year after that, said the Connecticut Post. There won't be a discount in the contract's last two years, though it can be extended to three more years, reported the Connecticut Post. At the same time, Trumbull may look into other ways to flush the town'…

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Sports
Dominick DeMatteo Leaves Arlington To Take Nyack Football Job Dominick DeMatteo Leaves Arlington To Take Nyack Football Job
Dominick DeMatteo Leaves Arlington To Take Nyack Football Job The football coach at Arlington High School in LaGrangeville, Dominick DeMatteo will take over as head man at Section 1 power Nyack High School, according to Hudson Valley Sports Report. DeMatteo said the offer was too good to refuse, according to the report. “It went from no interest to piquing my interest to, finally, they presented me an opportunity I could not turn away from,” he Hudson Valley Sports Report. Arlington's coach for nine years was approved officially Tuesday evening by the Nyack Board of Education - he'd told his Arlington players the prior Thursday that he'd taken the sp…

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Police & Fire
Orangetown Police Charge Pearl River Woman In Stabbing Orangetown Police Charge Pearl River Woman In Stabbing
Orangetown Police Charge Pearl River Woman In Stabbing PEARL RIVER, N.Y. -- A woman allegedly stabbed a man in a domestic attack Tuesday morning in the Pearl River area, according to the Orangetown Police Department. Officers responded at 6:42 a.m. to the scene and ascertained that the accused, Deborah Baranello, 59, of Pearl River had been in a dispute with a male when she pulled a large kitchen knife on him and stabbed at him, causing a laceration to his hand and a puncture wound to his stomach, police said. The victim received medical treatment for his wounds at Nyack Hospital, and Baranello was arrested at the scene, according to police. B…

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