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Plea For Man Charged With Assaulting Two Officers In Westchester Tops News WESCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's stories from around Northern Westchester County. Bronx resident Nathan Irizarry pleaded not guilty after being arraigned Wednesday in the alleged auto assault of two Mount Pleasant police officers. A federal housing monitor recommends that the U.S. Justice Department sue seven communities in Westchester, county officials said on Monday. Five people were injured when a car drove into the CVS at the Triangle Shopping Center in Yorktown Tuesday night. Steven Siciliano has been selected as John Jay High School's new principal. President Bar…

by Ken Davis

05/08/2016

News

Mahopac High Student Evacuation From Gas Leak Tops Week’s New In Putnam PUTMAN COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Putnam County. Students were evacuated from Mahopac High School on Monday as authorities investigated an apparent gas leak. Firefighters knocked down a house fire on Center Road in Lake Secor in Mahopac Monday night. A 21-year-old college student from Orange County has been charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. Five people were injured when a car drove into the CVS at the Triangle Shopping Center in Yorktown Tuesday night. A 43-year-old Yorktown man is facing an assault charge after Yorktown police connected…

by Ken Davis

05/08/2016

News

Death of Westchester College Student From Drug Overdose Tops Week's News WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's stories from around Southern Westchester County. Elliot A. Meister, a graduate of Rye High School, died of an apparent drug overdose – the school's sixth graduate to do so in the last two years, according to multiple media reports. A federal housing monitor recommends that the U.S. Justice Department sue seven communities in Westchester, county officials said on Monday. Multiple fountains and sinks were shut down at George Davis Elementary School in New Rochelle last week after high levels of lead were found in the water. During a recen…

by Ken Davis

05/08/2016

Events

Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck Stages Stand-Up Comedy Night RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck will present its first night of stand-up comedy on Friday, May 27. The event will be hosted by comedian Spencer Lynds. More than a dozen of Hudson Valley's favorite up-and-coming comics will take the stage. The event is not suitable for all ages. Tickets are $7 per person and can be purchased online. The event will be from 8-11 p.m. For additional information, call the box office at 845-876-3080. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck is at 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck.

by Ken Davis

05/06/2016

Events

Poughkeepsie Farm Project Hosts Plant Sale POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie Farm Project (PFP) will hold its annual plant sale over the next two Saturdays, May 7 and 14. Nearly 100 varieties of vegetables, flowers and herbs raised in the project's greenhouse will be available for purchase as well as beautiful merchandise. Guests are encouraged to bring containers/boxes in which to place four-inch pots and plugs. The plant sale days will also be Open Farm Days, where guests can tour the farm, meet the staff and board, learn about PFP's programs and activities, and find out how to sign up for shareholder work hours in PFP's new sys…

by Ken Davis

05/05/2016

Neighbors

Bronxville's Chapel School Travels 'The Yellow Brick Road' To Oz BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- The Chapel School in Bronxville will present its spring theater performance of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, from May 6 - 8 (Friday - Sunday).Guests can come see Dorothy Gale of Kansas and hear their favorite songs from "The Wizard of Oz" film, including "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Tickets are available and may be purchased in advance by calling (914)-337-0207, ext. 1039. All tickets are $10. Tickets will also be available at the door. The showtimes will be 7 p.m. on Friday; 1 and 7 p.m…

by Ken Davis

05/05/2016

Events

Theater O Performs R.J. Palacio’s 'Wonder' in Ossining OSSINING, N.Y. -- Twenty-five young actors took to the stage in Theater O's adaptation of R.J. Palacio’s "Wonder" last weekend in Ossining.The play was performed at Theater O in yet another original configuration, with audience members on two sides of the stage, facing each other. Patrons were wowed by the depth and professionalism of the young actors. Young and old audience members sat rapt by the story and characters they love for two hours. Theater O performers began rehearsing for the play in March, a few days a week, in addition to their theater class schedules and other acti…

by Ken Davis

05/05/2016

Schools

Forum Features Mount Pleasant School Board Candidates MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- The Mount Pleasant Central School District will host a Meet the Candidates night Monday in the Westlake Library.Four candidates are running for two open spots on the Mount Pleasant Board of Education. Incumbents Theresa Fowler and Christopher Pinchiaroli are being challenged by residents Celia Cannata and Vincent Graci. The event will be moderated by a representative from the League of Women Voters. It will start at 7:30 p.m. Click here to learn more about the candidates.

by Ken Davis

05/05/2016

Events

Putnam Hospital Center Program Discusses Fertility Preservation CARMEL, N.Y. -- Putnam Hospital Center will host a Fertility Preservation Program on Monday, May 9, in the center's Michael T. Weber Conference Room 2.Egg freezing has long served as a viable option for women who want to delay pregnancy or who have a medical issue preventing them from conceiving on their own, according to Putnam Hospital Center. Guests can learn more about this technology at the center's fertility preservation program, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Rachel Bennett, who is on the medical staff at Putnam Hospital Center, will present information on fertility preservation and th…

by Ken Davis

05/04/2016

Schools

New Rochelle Holds Successful Special Education Workshops for Parents NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The New Rochelle School District's Department of Special Education collaborated with the Mid-Westchester Parent Center to provide two workshops in Spanish for parents of students with disabilities. The workshops were sponsored by the Westchester Institute of Human Development, a National Program of Excellence which studies issues related to providing quality programs for persons with developmental disabilities. New Rochelle High School students with developmental disabilities who participate in a community-based culinary arts program prepared the food for attendees.

by Ken Davis

05/04/2016

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