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Child Star Who Graduated From Staples High Wins NBC's 'The Voice'
WESTPORT, Conn. — Alisan Porter, who went to Staples High School and lived in Westport as a teen, is the 10th season winner of "The Voice," Westport News reported.After winning Porter performed her song, "Down that Road."
She was born in Worcester, Mass., and moved to Westport with her family at age 13, where she belonged to the Staples Players school theater group, said Westport News.
Porter was a child actor and appeared on TV in "The Golden Girls," "Family Ties," and "Pee-Wee's Playhouse," and in the movie, "Parenthood," with St…
'Taps' Linked To Civil War General From Cold Spring
COLD SPRING, N.Y. -- 'Taps,' the bugle call for "lights out" has its origin in Cold Spring, an adaptation of a call by Civil War Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, who lived in the village after the war, according to lohud.com.
Butterfield received the Medal of Honor, and is among "Cold Spring's first families," the report said.
Butterfield and wife, Julia, namesake for Cold Spring's library, lived on Cragside, now site of Haldane High School, said lohud.com.
Among signs that Butterfield was from the area is the eagle statue at Haldane High School, Butterfield is said to hav…
Northwest Dutchess Students Competing In National Spelling Bee
RED HOOK, N.Y. -- Two local students, Alexandra B. Snyder, 13, of Red Hook, and Shashwat Patel, 13, of Central Valley are competing at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland, reported Time Warner Cable News.Snyder is a student Linden Avenue Middle School and has a black belt in karate, said the report.
Patel attends Monroe-Woodbury Middle School has an interest in science, specifically in the history of the earth's evolution, according to the TWC report. Click here to read the Time Warner Cable News report.
Two-Day Memorial Day Remembrance Honors New Rochelle Vets
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — New Rochelle will hold a Memorial Day Weekend Remembrance Sunday and Monday, May 29 and 30.
The following is scheduled:
Sunday, May 29, 9 a.m.: Memorial service and grave flag replacement at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, main entrance. Volunteers are needed to help out. Call (914)557-5556.
Monday, May 30, 10 a.m., Traditional Service and Wreath Laying, Memorial Plaza, Memorial Highway and Main St. The New Rochelle High School band will perform.
Then from noon to 6 p.m. there will be a Water Service at Glen Island Park, followed by a veteran appreciation event with all day …
Redding's Memorial Day Parade Steps Off At Elementary School
REDDING, Conn. -- The Redding Memorial Day Parade is Saturday, May 28, beginning with formation at 11:30 a.m. at Redding Elementary School Memorial Auditorium.Parade features include vintage cars, fire trucks, Suffergettes, Fife & Drum Corps, and Huckleberry the Frog.
The ceremony will begin promptly at noon with parade step-off at 12:15 p.m.
The parade will proceed to the Redding green, for flag-raising and flower-placing ceremonies at the Memorial Stone, and festivities should conclude by 1 p.m.
The parade will run, rain or shine.
