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Donna Christopher

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Letter To The Editor: Parents Demand Change PUTNAM, N.Y. -- Putnam Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Send signed letters to Putnam@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: I am deeply disappointed with the direction that education has taken in the last few years. Let me preface this by explaining my qualifications to make such a statement. I have 25 years of experience as a teacher. I am appalled by the leadership of the NYS Regents, the NYS Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen Elia, and the U.S. Department of Education Secretary of Education John King. We are short changing our most precious commodity, our children, with toda…

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Schools

Clarkstown North High School Principal Earns Doctoral Dissertation Award CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Clarkstown North High School Principal Harry Leonardatos has been recognized with a State University at Albany Presidential Distinguished Dissertation Award for his recently earned doctoral degree dissertation, “Comparing Organizational Configurations of Principal Autonomy in Finland and New York.” Leonardatos’ work was done at the university’s Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, and was described by the selection council in the following statement: "Dr. Leonardatos’ work is a rare work of comparative educational research undertaken by a si…

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Schools

Increase Miller Elementary School Kids Mark 100th Day With 'Peanuts' Fun LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- Kids in the first grade at Increase Miller Elementary School celebrated their 100th day at school "Peanuts" style, said the Lewisboro Ledger. The celebration included decorations and game and activity booths, with 100-themed activities, including some related to the popular comic strip, according to the report. One activity involved kids trying to stuff balloons into a pair of large pants, said the Lewisboro Ledger. Click here to read the Lewisboro Ledger story.

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Events

Women Look Good Feel Better At Nyack Hospital NYACK, N.Y. -- Look Good Feel Better, a program for women receiving cancer treatment, is being offered at Nyack Hospital Monday, May 2.The program provides tips and techniques to help women make the most of their appearance while dealing with hair loss and skin changes due to chemotherapy, radiation and other cancer treatments. It is offered through a collaborative effort of the Personal Care Products Council Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the Professional Beauty Association. Click here for more information about Look Good Feel Better. There is no fee to attend, but registr…

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

News

Rockland County Sheriff's Office Explains Communications Division NEW CITY, N.Y. -- The Rockland County Sheriff's Office offers information in a digital open house about fire and dispatch operations at its Communications Division. The division is the sole dispatch center for the following: Rockland County's 26 member volunteer fire departments. Hazardous materials team. Regional technical rescue team. Fire, police and fire safety officers. The center manages emergency fire response with 13 conventional radio frequencies and six trunked talk groups. Volunteer firefighters are notified to respond by personal pagers, email and text messaging via SMS, accord…

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Neighbors

Senior Center Craft Projects Help Eastchester Community EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Creative and artistic skills among members of the Garth Road Senior Center in Eastchester are being tapped in monthly community service projects, recently to make bookmarks for the Eastchester Library.are on tap monthly for a community project involving making bookmarks to donate to the Eastchester Library. These craft projects are supported by a grant from The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe. “The seniors use old greeting cards, donated stickers and ribbon, scrapbooking paper and other pretty embellishments,” says Maureen Casey, program coordina…

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Lifestyle

Tarrytown Coffee Roaster Collaborates With Peekskill Brewery TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Coffee Labs Roasters in Tarrytown is collaborating with local brewers like Peekskill and Sloop, and with Taconic Distillery, according to a report in The New York Times.Peekskill Brewers owner Mike Love told the Times it benefits business to work with "other small craftsmen within the Hudson Valley," said the article. Working with Peekskill Brewery, the company roasted beans from Villa Gladys in Colombia, to make a black Indian pale ale called Midnight Toker, said the New York Times. Matt Levy told the Times it is "a beautiful, beautiful coffee," accor…

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Events

Eric Garrison Brings Irish Music To Hyde Park HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Irish music was featured in two recent Hyde Park performances by Eric Garrison.He took the stage at an open mic event at the Artists' Collective March 10, and more recently, at a Hyde Park Library concert, Garrison and Vito Petrocitto performed together April 9.

by Donna Christopher

04/12/2016

Schools

State Questions Fire Inspections At Ramapo Private Schools RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Officials are making inquiries on inspections that were done on school buildings by the Ramapo fire inspector, lohud.com reported.A letter on March 14 to fire inspector Adam Peltz from the state Department of Education mentions "multiple issues with inspections" he did at Rockland County private schools: The Rockland Institute for Special Education, Bais Yaakov, Green Meadow Waldorf and Bais Yehuda, said lohud.com. Peltz, Anthony Mallia, Ramapo's director of building, planning and zoning, or Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence could not be reached for comment…

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Town Police Department In Poughkeepsie Gets Accredited Again POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department upon review by the Division of Criminal Justice Services in New York has been re-accredited, reported the Poughkeepsie Journal.Five years, from 2011, to 2015, were looked at in the assessment, said the Poughkeepsie Journal report. Click here to read the Poughkeepsie Journal article.

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

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