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Wappingers Falls Resident Wins Girl Scout Leadership Award Wappingers Falls Resident Wins Girl Scout Leadership Award
Wappingers Falls Resident Wins Girl Scout Leadership Award WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. -- A Wappingers Falls Girls Scout has won a Leadership Award.Bettina Bricetti has been selected as the recipient of the 2nd Annual Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Juliette Gordon Low Leadership Award. It will be presented at the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson’s Leadership Luncheon honoring Community Partners on Friday, March 11. The Award was created to honor an alumna between the ages of 21 and 35, who participated in Girl Scouting as a girl for at least three years, and has distinguished herself as an exceptional leader in her chosen profession and/or her current v…
Deadline Approaching To Nominate Bethel Teacher For Excellence Award Deadline Approaching To Nominate Bethel Teacher For Excellence Award
Deadline Approaching To Nominate Bethel Teacher For Excellence Award BETHEL, Conn. -- The deadline to nominate a Bethel teacher for the Dr. Janice Jordan Excellence in Education Award is Friday, Feb. 26.The award recognizes superior educators whose creativity and innovation within the classroom, school, or district have had a significant impact on student performance and achievement and provide an ongoing model of excellence in encouraging all learners and educators to excel.  The Foundation's mission is to promote innovation, creativity and excellence in learning for children and the community. Educators are nominated by school administrators, teachers, col…
Prominent African-American Figure Honored At Yonkers Leake & Watts School Prominent African-American Figure Honored At Yonkers Leake & Watts School
Prominent African-American Figure Honored At Yonkers Leake & Watts School YONKERS, N.Y. -- The former head of the National Urban League and a proponent of education and economic opportunity for African-Americans, Hugh B. Price, will be honored at a Black History Month event Friday, Feb. 26 at the Leake & Watts Biondi School, Yonkers, N.Y. A New Rochelle resident, Price is widely respected for advancing economic and educational opportunities for African-Americans throughout the country, said a release. He will be inducted Into the Biondi School Black History Wall of Fame. The induction ceremony will include remarks from Price and a performance by the Biondi S…
Mayor Noam Bramson Talks Of Global Climate Change Mayor Noam Bramson Talks Of Global Climate Change
Mayor Noam Bramson Talks Of Global Climate Change NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson writes a blog that is being reprinted by the Daily Voice. By now, it’s not like we really needed another data point to confirm that global climate change is happening and that its consequences could be catastrophic, but if you’re a glutton for bad news, here’s the latest from today’s New York Times (read to the last sentence): “[S]cientists reconstructed the level of the sea over time and confirmed that it is most likely rising faster than at any point in 28 centuries, with the rate of increase growing sharply over the past century — lar…
Happy Birthday To Pawling's Sally Jessy Raphael Happy Birthday To Pawling's Sally Jessy Raphael
Happy Birthday To Pawling's Sally Jessy Raphael PAWLING, N.Y.-- Happy birthday to Pawling's Sally Jessy Raphael. Raphael, former talk show host known for her eponymous talk show program turns 81 on Thursday. She was born Sally Lowenthal in Easton, Pa., on Feb.25, 1935. She hosted her talk show for two decades, and was known for the bright red oversized eyeglasses she wears in all public appearances. Lowenthal was born in Easton, Pa., on Feb. 25, 1935, and graduated from Easton Area High School. She also spent time in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where her father, Jesse Lowenthal, was in the rum exporting business and her mother, Zelda Lowent…
Harrison School District Pushes For Return Of Lost Aid Harrison School District Pushes For Return Of Lost Aid
Harrison School District Pushes For Return Of Lost Aid HARRISON, N.Y. -- More than 600 community members wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislators in January to prevent budget cuts in the Harrison School District. The campaign stems from Cuomo's proposed budget Jan. 13 for 2016-17 they say underfund public schools and does not restore the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) funds lost over the past six years. Attributing the shortfall to the "underfunding" and "zero percent CPI in the tax cap," public schools around the state will continue to struggle to maintain class sizes and programs, according to the Take Action adv…
Westchester-Putnam Council Needs Help, Cash To Transport Water To Flint Westchester-Putnam Council Needs Help, Cash To Transport Water To Flint
Westchester-Putnam Council Needs Help, Cash To Transport Water To Flint PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Westchester-Putnam Council Good Turn for America Project has been successful in providing 500 cases of bottled water for Flint, Mich., though monetary contributions are needed to defray transportation costs.Volunteers are also wanted to load trucks Thursday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. at the Council Service Center in Hawthorne. For information and to volunteer, contact, Jay Singer, Westchester-Putnam Good Turn Chairperson via email at Water for Flint wpcbsawaterforflint@gmail.com.  To Make a Monetary Contribution: Make checks payable to WPCBSA (tax deductible) and mail to…
Food Sales Up In Target's Final Quarter Of 2015 Food Sales Up In Target's Final Quarter Of 2015
Food Sales Up In Target's Final Quarter Of 2015 Target's food sales in the fiscal year's final quarter as compared to the year's first half accelerated more quickly, activity that support the changes made by the company in offerings, how they are presented and freshness, Brian Cornell, chairman and cief executive officer told investors, reported Supermarket News.Cornell was not specific about the increases in food sales in the quarter that concluded Jan. 30, said Supermarket News. The company, which is based in Minneapolis, is expanding its offerings of "clean-label, natural and organic" products, according to Supermarket News. …
Eileen Neff, 78, of South Nyack Eileen Neff, 78, of South Nyack
Eileen Neff, 78, of South Nyack NYACK, N.Y. -- Eileen Neff, of South Nyack, died Feb. 22 at the Joe Raso Hospice Residence, New City, N.Y.She was 78. Neff is survived by her husband of 53 years, Thomas E. Neff; her daughters, Jennifer Grennan (Neal), of Tappan, N.Y., and Caryn Neff, of Valley Cottage, N.Y.; her grandchildren, Paige, Luke and Quinn Grennan; her sister, Mary Burke, of Little Ferry, N.J.; and her brother, John F. McCarthy, of Juno Beach, Fla.; as well as her nieces and nephews.  Neff was born in Bronx, N.Y., on June 18, 1937 to John and Julia McCarthy (Burns). She spent much of her childhood in the parish of…
James Patrick O’Hara, 72, of Bethel James Patrick O’Hara, 72, of Bethel
James Patrick O’Hara, 72, of Bethel BETHEL, Conn. -- James Patrick O’Hara, a lifelong resident of Bethel, died Sunday, Feb. 21 at Regional Hospice Center, Danbury.He was 72. O'Hara is survived by his wife of 52 years, Ellen D. (Knudsen) O’Hara.  He was born in Danbury Aug. 29, 1943, son of the late Rosalyn A. (Peters) Birdsall and George T. Birdsall.  He served in the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps Reserves. O'Hara was a police officer with the Bethel Police Department and served 20 years as Captain.  He was recognized by the State of Connecticut Governor and Legislature for outstanding service to the Town of Bethel. He w…
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