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Donna Christopher

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Key Food Opens Its First Market In Port Chester PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Key Food Stores Co-operative Inc. has opened its first Key Food in Port Chester at 130 Midland Ave.The store's grand opening with Port Chester Mayor Dennis G. Pilla, Westchester County Chief of Staff George Oros, and Key Food executives in attendance was Friday, April 8. The store has a line of international items, a full-service bakery, meat and deli departments. The produce department offers a variety of organic options. Customers can also enjoy a free shuttle service that will pick them up from their homes and drive them to the store, as well as free parking in a l…

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Schools

Poets Invited To Peekskill Open Mic Night PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Local poets are welcome to the Juneteenth Heritage Committee Poetry Slam on April 22 from 4 to 7 p.m., at Youth Bureau Cafe, 828 Main St., Peekskill. The performer will be Ibrahim Siddiq and disc jockey host is Andre "Noodles" Rainey.

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Events

Starr Library Runs Weekly Program, Weekend Book Sale RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Starr Library in Rhinebeck has full week's schedule and Book Sale set Friday, April 15 to Sunday, April 17.A Poetry Reading with poet Robert Kelly is set for Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. A day trip Wednesday, April 13, will leave at 8 a.m. for the Neue Galerie for Edvard Munch exhibit, returning at 5:30 p.m. at the library. The Lego Club will assemble from 4 to 5 p.m. Story Times are Thursday, April 14 for Toddlers at 10:15 a.m.; Preschoolers at 11 a.m. Brain Game will meet at 1 p.m. Mah-Jong has its run from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The library's three-day book sale runs Frida…

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Schools

C.V Starr Young Artists Skateboard Art Displayed At Brewster Restaurant BREWSTER, N.Y. -- Painted skateboards by art students in 4th grade at C.V. Starr Intermediate School are on display for a year at the Clock Tower Grill, Route 22, Brewster.The 3rd such exhibition, it represents months of work by the students. First they had to research artists, and brainstorm ideas for their compositions, then sand and prep skateboard surfaces, finally adding paint in layers in time for the opening April 7. The display is a collaboration with the restaurant's owners Rich & Cassie Parente, teacher Michielini (Scalera), and morning program students.

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Events

Older Drivers May Schedule Free 'CarFit' Safety Technicians In Haverstraw HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- A CarFit safety event for older drivers is set for April 30 from 9 a.m. to noon by appointment (20 minutes per driver and their personal vehicle) at Helen Hayes Hospital Parking Lot, 9W, West Haverstraw, N.Y. The event is free and open to the public. CarFit technicians will older drivers achieve a perfect fit for increased driver safety, making changes to seat and mirror positions, helping drivers achieve proper foot placement, and aiding with other adjustments that tailor a car's fit to its driver. Each driver will also receive a bag filled with community resources, …

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Lifestyle

Letter: Blacks in Law Enforcement Support Mount Vernon Arts Council MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- The Mount Vernon Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor, up to 350 words. Please send letters to mountvernon@dailyvoice.com. To the Editor: In recent weeks, there have been reports of the Mount Vernon city government's refusal of the Mount Vernon Arts Council proposal to buy a foreclosed property for the purpose of the arts and teaching the children of Mount Vernon music. As a national organization of Law Enforcement Professionals, we feel this move by the Mount Vernon city government is unacceptable and will be detrimental to many of our youths in Mount Ve…

by Damon K. Jones

04/11/2016

Schools

Zumba Hits Note At Tarrytown Family Fun Night TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- A Zumbathon capped off Wellness Week at Tarrytown Schools April 7 in the Sleepy Hollow High School gym.Under the direction of YMCA aerobic fitness program instructors, kids and their parents learned the choreographed moves. The event culminated a week of health-oriented activities that included kids dressing like fruits vegetables for assemblies, movement classes and demonstrations

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Events

Poetry Slam, Writer's Club Night Takes Stage In Rockland County ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Literature and poetry are celebrated in two upcoming events in Rockland County.Suffern Poetry is having a poetry open mic, featuring Boston "slammaster" Simone Beaubien on Saturday from 6:30-9 p.m. at Suffern Village Hall, 61 Washington Ave., Suffern. This monthly poetry slam open mic happens in Suffern the third Saturday of each month in the Village Hall's community room. Parking is ample behind the building and next to the Lafayette Theater. The venue is a five-minute walk from the Suffern train station (Main/Bergen/Port Jervis lines from Secausus). Anyo…

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Business

Submit Youth Summer Employment Applications In New Rochelle NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Applications are being taken for youth employment summer programs, according to a New Rochelle Youth Bureau announcement.The following are offered: Network Youth Leadership Program, ages 14 to 17, $180 stipend for 20-hour per week program for six weeks. Fifty-five (55) percent of participants must meet income eligibility guidelines. Partly funded by local CDBG program through the Department of Development. Summer Internship, ages 18 to 21, $9 per hour/5 hours per day. There is no income eligibility required. Funded by New York State Office of Children & Family Serv…

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

Neighbors

Holocaust Survivor Speaks Of Hate Crimes At Hastings High School HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Ed Lessing, who survived the Holocaust, addressed students in a Thursday assembly at Hastings High School.The assembly was called in response to what police said was a bias crime in January, when houses were egged and painted with swastikas, according to a release. Lessser survived during Nazi occupation in Holland in World War II by hiding with his family and posing as a Christian farmworker.

by Donna Christopher

04/11/2016

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