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Mahopac Board Of Ed Announces BOCES Student Of Distinction Mahopac Board Of Ed Announces BOCES Student Of Distinction
Mahopac Board Of Ed Announces Boces Student Of Distinction MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- The Mahopac Board of Education named Joseph Giorgio BOCES Student of Distinction for March.Joseph Giorgo, whose passion for sports medicine developed after he dislocated his shoulder at a baseball tournament in New Jersey a few years back, is a second year student in the BOCES Tech Center’s Sports Medicine program. He was honored March 15 at a Board of Education meeting. “When I hurt my shoulder, the first person who came to my side was the athletic trainer, and ever since I met that guy I have wanted to do what he did and have focused on the medical side of sports,” Giorgi…
Read Why Westchester County Executive Astorino Boycotts Common Core Read Why Westchester County Executive Astorino Boycotts Common Core
Read Why Westchester County Executive Astorino Boycotts Common Core WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino released a statement regarding why his family is again boycotting the Common Core testing. The statement is as follows: My wife, Sheila, and I are again withholding our children from this year’s controversial Common Core tests, joining tens of thousands of other New York families in withholding their children from tests roundly criticized by experts for being age-inappropriate, experimental and potentially harmful to traditional classroom studies. I said three years ago that Common Core was going to be a disaster for New…
Pump Station Operating Tops Village Manager's Report Pump Station Operating Tops Village Manager's Report
Pump Station Operating Tops Village Manager's Report BRIARCLIFF, N.Y. -- The pump station is up and operating having met all testing guidelines, according to Village Manager Philip E. Zegarelli's latest report. The Kings College tank has been valved off. There will be additional tests before the village "accepts" the pump station from the contractor. Comfort station: Final work is being completed on the comfort station with its opening in the immediate future.  Club field: The club field is being groomed and set for opening, targeted for next weekend. Con Ed gas main work: Various area gas main work projects are in process. Con…
Bronxville Second-Graders Analyze Nonfiction Texts, Learn Note-Taking Bronxville Second-Graders Analyze Nonfiction Texts, Learn Note-Taking
Bronxville Second-Graders Analyze Nonfiction Texts, Learn Note-Taking BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Bronxville Elementary School second-graders recently learned how to analyze nonfiction texts and discovered what types of notes are most efficient, thanks to a lesson developed by second-grade teachers at the school. Students in Dianne Aronson’s class partnered with classmates to examine a variety of illustrated texts. They were asked to take notes based on the information provided, as well as their own observations, before discussing the types of notes they had taken with the rest of the class.  “Our lesson was discovery-based; the students were challenged to use the tex…
Katonah Museum Honors Greenhouse Grassroots Leaders At Gala Katonah Museum Honors Greenhouse Grassroots Leaders At Gala
Katonah Museum Honors Greenhouse Grassroots Leaders At Gala KATONAH, N.Y -- The Katonah Museum of Art will honor the founders of Bedford 2020, Ellen Conrad, Olivia Farr, and Mary Beth Kass, at a key fundraiser, their Spring Gala, Forces of Nature Saturday, May 7.Funded in 2009, Bedford 2020 is a grass roots effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020 in Bedford, N.Y. The gala will recognize Bedford 2020 for its environmental leadership.  The celebration includes a live fashion runway, festive cocktails, and fine cuisine. Since its founding four years ago, Bedford 2020 has achieved nearly 80 percent progress to date, according to a …
Speaker Talks Of Nazi-Controlled Poland At Fox Meadow Assembly Speaker Talks Of Nazi-Controlled Poland At Fox Meadow Assembly
Speaker Talks Of Nazi-Controlled Poland At Fox Meadow Assembly YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A guest speaker talked about Nazi-controlled Poland in the 1940s at a recent Women's History Month assembly at Fox Meadow Middle and High School.“I am here today as your principal, in part, because of this woman," said Principal Ricki Butler, introducing Simone Scheumann.  Butler invited Scheumann to the school to speak about her mother, Erna Hilfstein. Hilfstein was a Holocaust survivor and teacher who had a profound influence on Butler. Scheumann began her presentation by painting a picture of life in Nazi-controlled Poland in the 1940s. She described how her pare…
Partners In Prevention Plans Heroin Forum in Mount Kisco Partners In Prevention Plans Heroin Forum in Mount Kisco
Partners In Prevention Plans Heroin Forum in Mount Kisco MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Partners in Prevention will present “The New Faces of Heroin” Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at Mount Kisco Village Hall. East House Director Brian Davidson at Fox Lane Middle School and Executive Director of Drug Crisis in Our Backyard Steve Salomone will be guest speakers. Brian Davidson will tell the story of his daughter’s addiction, recoveries, relapses and her death in 2014 at age 19. Steve Salomone, will tell the story of his son who died of a heroin overdose in 2012 at age 29 after battling years of addiction and encouraging recoveries. For more information, co…
Pianist Yun Chin Zhou Performs In South Salem Pianist Yun Chin Zhou Performs In South Salem
Pianist Yun Chin Zhou Performs In South Salem SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Pianist Yun Chin Zhou will perform a concert, "Joy in Playing," Sunday, April 10 at South Salem Presbyterian Church.A native of Shenyang, China, Zhou, whose given name means pure melody, has been hailed as a “dashing virtuoso” … (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and praised as “. . . far and beyond anyone I have heard in many years … [with] insightful musicianship, breathtaking technique, and best of all … true joy in playing,” (Huffington Post, Arts & Culture), according to a release.  Tickets are $25 General, $40 preferred and $15 student when purchased in advance…
Westport Police Launch Campaign Against Distracted Driving Westport Police Launch Campaign Against Distracted Driving
Westport Police Launch Campaign Against Distracted Driving WESTPORT, Conn. --The Westport Police Department is partnering with the Connecticut Highway Safety Office as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month to crack down on drivers who choose to ignore Connecticut’s mobile phone laws, said police.The campaign began Monday and will run until Saturday, April 30. In 2014, an estimated 3,179 people were killed (10 percent of all crash fatalities) and an additional 431,000 were injured (18 percent of all crash injuries) in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers, according to police. Last year, Connecticut drivers started to get …
Expect Delays In Suffern At Lafayette-Washington Avenue Intersection Expect Delays In Suffern At Lafayette-Washington Avenue Intersection
Expect Delays In Suffern At Lafayette-Washington Avenue Intersection SUFFERN, N.Y. -- For the next two days, expect some traffic delays on Lafayette Avenue as flaggers will be handling traffic control at the intersection of Lafayette and Washington Avenue due to construction, according to the Suffern Police Department.
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