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'You Can't Take It With You' On Stage At Horace Greeley High School 'You Can't Take It With You' On Stage At Horace Greeley High School
'You Can't Take It With You' On Stage At Horace Greeley High School CHAPPAQUA, NY -- The Horace Greeley Theatre Company will present "You Can't Take It With You" Thursday, March 2 to Saturday, March 5 at Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua. A three-act madcap written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, it is an idealistic comedy that reinforces the idea that you can only live life to the fullest by doing whatever makes you happy. Synopsis: Grandpa Vanderhof and his wacky family, the Sycamores, have been happily living their zany lives in his house by Columbia University in New York for many years. This family (and their friends) are a madcap gr…
Whole Foods Market Recalls Blue Cheese Due To Potential Listeria Risk Whole Foods Market Recalls Blue Cheese Due To Potential Listeria Risk
Whole Foods Market Recalls Blue Cheese Due To Potential Listeria Risk Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling Maytag Raw Milk Blue Cheese nationally due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy people may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregn…
Northern Westchester BOCES Tech Students Make It To Regionals Northern Westchester BOCES Tech Students Make It To Regionals
Northern Westchester Boces Tech Students Make It To Regionals YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. --  New Visions Engineering students from The Tech Center at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES in Yorktown Heights will compete in the First Tech Challenge East Super-Regional competition March 18 to 20 in Scranton, Pa. The students compose one of only 75 teams that made it to the super-regionals out of 5,000 teams that began the FTC competition earlier in the school year.  They made it this far by winning first place in the regional robotics alliance competition of FTC at Pace University on Feb. 21 and by coming in first at the Lower Hudson Valley FTC qualifying tour…
Read A Book For Read Across America Day, White Plains Read A Book For Read Across America Day, White Plains
Read A Book For Read Across America Day, White Plains Communities nationwide will celebrate Read Across America Day Wednesday, March 2. Held on the closest school day to the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the initiative on reading created by the National Education Association aims to build a nation of readers. Now in its 19th year, the program focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships and reading resources. Birthday parties for for Dr. Seuss, inviting guest readers into children's classrooms and reading-centered activities within libraries and throughout communities are among ways to mark the occasion whose motto, …
Putnam Valley Letter: Who Will Benefit From Longer School Day? Putnam Valley Letter: Who Will Benefit From Longer School Day?
Putnam Valley Letter: Who Will Benefit From Longer School Day? PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. -- The Putnam Daily Voice accepts signed and original letters to the editor up to 350 words. To submit your letter, email putnam@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: One of the hot topics in education is the idea of extending the school day with recommendations for 30 minutes to as much as two hours additional class time each day.  The belief behind this is that it will close the achievement gap and improve student achievement in high-poverty, low performing schools. While the extended school day has a host of potential positive benefits such as more time for classes such as …
Shelton Police Make Arrest In Series Of Burglaries Shelton Police Make Arrest In Series Of Burglaries
Shelton Police Make Arrest In Series Of Burglaries SHELTON, Conn. -- Shelton police made an arrest in connection with a string of residential burglaries that occurred over the course of 2015 spread throughout several area towns, according to police. Shelton police arrested Kevin Lesko, 48, of Shelton, on Feb. 23, charging him with third-degree larceny, third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief, according to police. The Orange, Trumbull, Stratford, Milford, Monroe, Woodbridge, and Shelton police departments working together were reportedly able to link Lesko to several burglaries that occurred during 2015, said police. Lesko,…
CEO Says GE Will Aid Boston Causes After Leaving Fairfield CEO Says GE Will Aid Boston Causes After Leaving Fairfield
CEO Says GE Will Aid Boston Causes After Leaving Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. will be largely civic-minded upon its relocation to Boston this summer where 800 of its 333,000 employees will work, according to the Boston Globe.Chief Executive Jeff Immelt, a New Canaan resident, reportedly told the Globe, "We want our presence felt."  In a Friday interview, Immelt told Globe editors and reporters GE's focus philanthropically would be toward "education and community health, same as at its headquarters in Fairfield, according to the Globe. GE would provide assistance to high schools locally, Immelt told the Globe. C…
Lakeland Physics Students Make Paper Roller Coasters Lakeland Physics Students Make Paper Roller Coasters
Lakeland Physics Students Make Paper Roller Coasters SHRUB OAK, N.Y. -- Lakeland High School students recently built paper roller coasters.The project was a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) activity in Frank Prost's physics classes. Students used their knowledge of physics and engineering to construct a roller coaster out of nothing but paper and Scotch tape.  Over the course of the project students applied their knowledge of Newton's Laws, uniform circular motion and energy to create a roller coaster which allows its marble passenger to travel more than 30 seconds.  The Paper Roller Coaster project is just one of the many en…
Three Young Adult Authors Will Make Debuts In Rhinebeck Three Young Adult Authors Will Make Debuts In Rhinebeck
Three Young Adult Authors Will Make Debuts In Rhinebeck RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Authors Goldy Moldavsky, Rebecca Podos and Gavriel Savit will debut their young adult books of the Hudson Valley YA Society Sunday, March 6 at Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, N.Y. From new author Goldy Moldavsky comes a pitch-black, hilarious take on fandom and the badass girls who have the power to make-or break-the people we call "celebrities," "Kill the Boy Band." It is Heathers meets One Direction. Goldy writes young adult fiction from her hometown of Brooklyn. She studied journalism in college, where she got to interview some celebrities for her school…
Opera, American Classics Taking Stage In Rye Brook Mansion Opera, American Classics Taking Stage In Rye Brook Mansion
Opera, American Classics Taking Stage In Rye Brook Mansion RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Friends of Crawford Park will present "Music at the Mansion: An Afternoon of Opera and American Classics" Sunday, March 20 at Crawford Mansion in Rye Brook, N.Y.Join Robin Clifford, soprano; Rachel Weishoff, mezzo soprano; Matthew Cossack, baritone; and Christopher Cooley, pianist, for an afternoon of opera and American classics. Program highlights include Verdi, Massanet, Mozart, Gershwin and Rodgers and Hammerstein.  “Music at the Mansion” has a mission to help raise money for Crawford Park by hosting numerous events, showcasing artists from the area. Show…
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