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Schools
Clarkstown Link Students Celebrate Authors Clarkstown Link Students Celebrate Authors
Clarkstown Link Students Celebrate Authors CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- A month-long program focuses on authors at Link Elementary School in Clarkstown where students in all grades have been sculpting stories and personal narrative essays. This week, these young authors are being celebrated and being given the opportunity to share their unique work with an authentic audience of their peers and members of the community. At a presentation Monday one thought-provoking student asked another, the one presenting, "If you could add another page, what would it say?” who replied, "Can it be anywhere?"

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Lifestyle
Bounce Trampoline Sports, Hudson Pizza Expand In Valley Cottage Bounce Trampoline Sports, Hudson Pizza Expand In Valley Cottage
Bounce Trampoline Sports, Hudson Pizza Expand In Valley Cottage VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. -- Local businesses, Bounce! Trampoline Sports and Hudson Pizza have expanded their offerings in Valley Cottage. Bounce! open since 2011, is an indoor trampoline park. Six months ago, owner Mike Gross took on an additional 3500 square feet and adding slam dunk basketball trampoline lanes and additional foam pits. In January, an area at the facility was transformed to a trampoline obstacle course. The business also provides services to those with sensory issues and autism. Last month, Bounce! partnered with Ben Javurek, another local business owner, to create the Huds…

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Real Estate
Fairview To Break Ground On $9M Municipal Complex Fairview To Break Ground On $9M Municipal Complex
Fairview To Break Ground On $9M Municipal Complex FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A $9 million project to replace the municipal complex will begin this spring when construction on a new police headquarters, municipal court and administrative building will begin, reported The Record.The 17,000-square-foot complex will be next to Borough Hall and will take 18 months to finish, according to The Record. Staff will remain working in Borough Hall until the new complex is finished, reported The Record. They will then move into the new site and the old building will be converted into a parking lot, said The Record. Click here to read full The Record story.

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Neighbors
Yonkers Rotary Sends School Bus For Liberian Children Yonkers Rotary Sends School Bus For Liberian Children
Yonkers Rotary Sends School Bus For Liberian Children YONKERS, N.Y. --The children of the African Dream Academy in Monrovia, Liberia West Africa, has a 62-seat school bus shipped there in time for the New Year's holiday by the Rotary Club of Yonkers-East.The bus arrived at the Port of Monrovia in early December where after clearance and inspection, the Academy's founder a Rotarian Sam Enders brought it to the school. The bus is 36-feet long and weighs 18,000 pounds. Built in 2001, it has about 110,000 miles. Enders had been working in Monrovia on alleviating the sufferings caused by the Ebola virus in Liberia.  The African Dream Academy had a…

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Schools
New Field Surface Among New Canaan High Stadium Improvements New Field Surface Among New Canaan High Stadium Improvements
New Field Surface Among New Canaan High Stadium Improvements NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Private donations will cover the cost of replacing the synthetic turf at Dunning Field, one of the ideas to improve the athletic stadium at New Canaan High School, according to the New Canaan Advertiser. The donations will come from a half-million-dollar fundraiser proposed to the town's selectmen and finance board by Jay Egan, the athletic director at the high school, said New Canaan Advertiser. His presentation included an initiative to expand the stadium's bleachers on the home side, the press box, construct a new concession building with bathrooms and more, accordin…

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Lifestyle
Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Matt Dillon Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Matt Dillon
Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Matt Dillon NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Happy Birthday to New Rochelle's Matt Dillon! Matt Dillon, an actor and film director, turns 52 on Thursday. Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon, , was born Feb. 18, 1964, in New Rochelle, the son of Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer. Matt Dillon made his feature film debut in "Over the Edge" (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in films such as "My Bodyguard" (1980), "Tex" (1982), "Rumble Fish" (1983) and "…

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Events
New Milford Resident Returns 'Home' To Bergen PAC New Milford Resident Returns 'Home' To Bergen PAC
New Milford Resident Returns 'Home' To Bergen PAC NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- New Milford native, Broadway actor and Tony Award nominee Rob McClure will perform in his home state Wednesday, March 23 at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood. McClure is a singer, dancer and entertainer. This one-night-only debut is especially for all his neighbors and fans back home.  He will bring with him several friends and special guests, including Nicky and Rod from "Avenue Q," "Jersey Boy" and Broadway veteran Matthew Scott, a chorus of New Jersey’s most promising up-and-coming teen talent, plus a major Broadway star. McClure is …

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News
Mount Vernon School Improvements Hinge On Outcome Of March Vote Mount Vernon School Improvements Hinge On Outcome Of March Vote
Mount Vernon School Improvements Hinge On Outcome Of March Vote MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Residents of Mount Vernon will be able to vote March 15 on a $108 million bond for improvements such as new gym floors and to replace handrails, stairs and lockers, according to Westchester News 12. The amount will not affect taxes until next school year, according to Westchester News 12. Click here to read the Westchester News 12 report.

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Police & Fire
Norwalk Woman Charged With Drunken Driving After Westport Crash Norwalk Woman Charged With Drunken Driving After Westport Crash
Norwalk Woman Charged With Drunken Driving After Westport Crash WESTPORT, Conn. -- A Norwalk woman faces drunken driving charges stemming from a motor vehicle accident in Westport Dec. 21, according to the Westport Police Department.Officers responded that evening at approximately 11:30 p.m. to the intersection of Newtown Turnpike and Wilton Road, where they determined the alleged at fault driver was Amparo Montoya, 68, police said. Officers found Montoya to be disoriented, had trouble balancing herself, and they smelled a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath, according to police. Officers completed a search warrant for Montoya's blood to det…

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Events
A Play Takes Stage At Eastchester Library A Play Takes Stage At Eastchester Library
A Play Takes Stage At Eastchester Library EASTCHESTER, N.Y. — M&M Productions will present a play, “Becky Shaw” by Gina Gionfriddo Sunday, Feb. 28 at the Eastchester Library.  In the play, a newlywed couple fixes up two romantically challenged friends. Free tickets are available for Friends members at the Adult Reference Desk starting Thursday, Feb. 18 and for the public starting Monday, Feb. 22. All are welcome but you must have a ticket to attend. The play will be at 2 p.m. at the library, 11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester, N.Y. Click here for more information or call (914)793-5055.

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