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Valhalla High Peer Leadership Makes $2000 Children's Hospital Donation Valhalla High Peer Leadership Makes $2000 Children's Hospital Donation
Valhalla High Peer Leadership Makes $2000 Children's Hospital Donation VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Valhalla High School's Peer Leadership Club recently donated $2,000 to the Maria Ferari Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center.Recent Valhalla High School graduates, Carmine DiPalma, Amanda Amiano, Siera Nezaj, Kyleigh Abraham and Joe Cho, visited Westchester Medical Center's Regional Trauma Center to present a check. The money was raised at the Peer Leaderhip Club's May 20 walk-a-thon. The event raised money for traumatic brain injury victims. Approximately 100 Valhalla community members walked or ran a 5K in support, according to a release from the Valhalla U…

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Acclaimed Pianist Offers Masterclass At Peekskill's Field Library Acclaimed Pianist Offers Masterclass At Peekskill's Field Library
Acclaimed Pianist Offers Masterclass At Peekskill's Field Library PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Field Library in Peekskill will present esteemed concert pianist Professor Pierluigi Sampietro in a special masterclass on Wednesday, Aug. 24.The masterclass will be on the works of Mozart, Bach, Chopin and more. Sampietro will lecture on three cycles of music -- Baroque, Rococo and Romantic -- and play excerpts from his CD, "Bach-Sampietro Transcendental Studies." The program is free, and refreshments will be provided. Sampietro was born in northern Italy in 1935 and began playing piano at age six. After graduating from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg…

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Hit That Salsa Beat at Hackensack Dance Class, Concert Hit That Salsa Beat at Hackensack Dance Class, Concert
Hit That Salsa Beat at Hackensack Dance Class, Concert HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Johnson Public Library in Hackensack will host a salsa dance class and concert on Saturday, Aug. 20. The dance lesson will begin at noon followed by a 2 p.m. concert from Armando “Son” Jimenez and Orchestra -- one of the hottest salsa bands in the area -- on the library's front lawn. Lisa Skates, owner of Simply Social Dancing, will teach participants basic salsa steps that can be immediately put into practice at the concert following the lesson. Both events are free of charge and all are welcome. For more information, call Kate Cannarozziat at (201)- 343-4169, ext. 36,…

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Do Touch: New Milford Sculpture Sets Show For Blind Do Touch: New Milford Sculpture Sets Show For Blind
Do Touch: New Milford Sculpture Sets Show For Blind NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- Journey through Touch: a sculpture exhibit for art lovers who are visually impaired will open on Monday, Sept. 12, at Art Center of Northern New Jersey in New Milford.Visitors will be encouraged to touch the works on display. The Art Center will arrange for guides to assist. Both Braille and large print placards will accompany each piece on display. Admission is free. Groups are asked to make appointments. The exhibit will run through Friday, Sept. 23. The gallery is wheelchair accessible. For additional information, call (201) 970-1224. Art Center of NNJ is at 2…

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Rhinebeck Aerodome Commemorates World War I Rhinebeck Aerodome Commemorates World War I
Rhinebeck Aerodome Commemorates World War I RED HOOK, N.Y. -- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook will host its annual World War I Military Mobilization living history event on Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug. 21).The event will present Aerodrome's world-famous air shows featuring aircraft from the World War I period. It will also include military historians, re-enactors, collectors and restorers who will provide visitors with an intimate glimpse into what was called The Great War at the time that took place from 1914-18. Among the displays and demonstrations by authentically uniformed and equipped living-history re-enactors from as…

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Calling All Vehicles For Nighttime Car Show In Ridgewood Calling All Vehicles For Nighttime Car Show In Ridgewood
Calling All Vehicles For Nighttime Car Show In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The 2016 Ridgewood Car Show will be held on Friday, Sept. 9, in downtown Ridgewood.Everyone is invited to check out the oldies, big trucks, and new, expensive, sleek cars. Last year, the event featured more than 400 cars and trucks, with lots of other surprises. Attendees can stay for music and dine at one of Ridgewood's 94 great restaurants and see who wins the trophies at 8:30 p.m. The event will take place 6 - 9 p.m. There is no entrance fee. To enter the car show, email info@ridgewoodchamber.com or call (201) 445-2600. Look for the car show on East Ridgewood Av…

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Residents Of Ossining's Cedar Manor Hold Their Own Olympic Ceremony Residents Of Ossining's Cedar Manor Hold Their Own Olympic Ceremony
Residents Of Ossining's Cedar Manor Hold Their Own Olympic Ceremony OSSINING, N.Y. -- Cedar Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center residents and staff recently celebrated the 2016 Olympics with an opening ceremony of their own in Ossining.A festive indoor Olympic parade, complete with a patriotic torch, was held in the Therapeutic Recreation Department. The healthc are facility's hallways boomed with Olympic anthem "Bugler's Dream" as employees and residents joined in the celebration by dressing in their favorite Olympic attire.

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Kent Library Plans Ice Cream Bash Kent Library Plans Ice Cream Bash
Kent Library Plans Ice Cream Bash KENT LAKES, N.Y. -- The Kent Public Library will hold its End of Summer Reading Ice Cream Bash on Friday in the program room. Guest are invited to make their own sundaes and select a free book. No registration is required for this event, which will be from 3 - 4 p.m. For additional information, call the library at (845) 225-8585. The library is at 7 Sybil's Crossing, Kent Lakes.

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Vital Opera Hosts Opera Workshop in Millbrook Vital Opera Hosts Opera Workshop in Millbrook
Vital Opera Hosts Opera Workshop in Millbrook MILLBROOK, N.Y. -- Vital Opera will host a workshop presentation of scenes from "Unfinished: An Opera," on Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church in Millbrook."Unfinished" is a new opera in development from composer Joshua Groffman and librettist Sarah Heady; it's based on the story of the now­ shuttered Bennett College in Millbrook. Using a mix of archival materials and contemporary testimony from Bennett alumnae and the Millbrook community, "Unfinished" explores how Bennett is remembered, and forgotten, today. "Unfinished" features sopranos Danielle Me…

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Fishkill Farms in Hopewell Junction Hosts Tomato Palooza Fishkill Farms in Hopewell Junction Hosts Tomato Palooza
Fishkill Farms in Hopewell Junction Hosts Tomato Palooza HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. -- Fishkill Farms in Hopewell Junction will celebrate the full swing of summer harvest on Saturday with Tomato Palooza on August 20.The event will include different varieties of pick-your-own tomatoes out in the field, so guests can be sure to pick what they like and discover some new favorites. Eleanor's Best, a Hudson Valley Jam and Marmalade Company, will be at the farm store doing a tomato demonstration. Hayrides will be up and running, and the Fishkill Farms Grill will be cooking up some great barbecue and tomato-themed dishes. Additionally, a kids' workshop…

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