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Yorktown's Alliance For Safe Kids Creates Holiday Giving Challenges Yorktown's Alliance For Safe Kids Creates Holiday Giving Challenges
Yorktown's Alliance For Safe Kids Creates Holiday Giving Challenges YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Alliance for Safe Kids has created a variety of challenges, for locals to help support its mission of promoting awareness and prevention of substance use and abuse, and other destructive behaviors damaging to local youth.The organization joined #GivingTuesday last week, which has become a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.  #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Blac…

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Events
Raffle, With Top Prize Of $500, Aids Englewood Animal Rescue Raffle, With Top Prize Of $500, Aids Englewood Animal Rescue
Raffle, With Top Prize Of $500, Aids Englewood Animal Rescue ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Save the Animals Rescue Team II is once again selling tickets for its yearly raffle, to help offset vet bills, food and shelter for animals in its care.START II is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, no-kill animal rescue group in Englewood. It partners with three local PetSmart stores, for animal adoption events. Tickets are $1 each, sold in books of 10 or individually. There are three winners: a $500 first-place prize, $400 for second and $300 for third, all paid with a TD Bank gift card. The drawing will be Saturday, Dec.10, at 1:30 p.m., at the Paramus PetSmart, 60 Route 17…

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Neighbors
County Exec Rob Astorino Shares Advice For Iona Prep’s 'Gael Force Live' County Exec Rob Astorino Shares Advice For Iona Prep’s 'Gael Force Live'
County Exec Rob Astorino Shares Advice For Iona Prep’s 'Gael Force Live' NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently paid a visit to Iona Preparatory School, to be interviewed for upcoming segments that will air on Iona Prep's "Gael Force Live" show. Streamed on YouTube, GFL features morning announcements delivered by student anchors, as well as news packages showcasing different aspects of the school and community. Senior Damian Garcia -- a Yonkers resident who's an anchor and producer of the show -- interviewed Astorino. Garcia's goals include both politics and broadcast journalism, similar to Astorino's own route. &quo…

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Schools
Two Croton-Harmon Alumni Join Hall Of Distinguished Graduates Two Croton-Harmon Alumni Join Hall Of Distinguished Graduates
Two Croton-Harmon Alumni Join Hall Of Distinguished Graduates CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Croton-Harmon High School welcomed alumni Jonathan Henes and Jason Newman on Nov. 21, in a special ceremony to recognize their accomplishments since graduating.The pair were inducted into the school's Hall of Distinguished Graduates. Henes is a graduate of the Class of 1987, and Newman is a graduate of the Class of 1996. They began the day by introducing themselves at a schoolwide assembly, and then visited several classes with student guides. At the end of the day, they were formally inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Graduates during a brief ceremony. &qu…

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Mercy College Names Dr. José Herrera As New Provost Mercy College Names Dr. José Herrera As New Provost
Mercy College Names Dr. José Herrera As New Provost DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Mercy College has appointed José Herrera as provost and vice president of Academic Affairs effective Jan. 17. Herrera comes to Mercy from Western New Mexico University, where he's been the associate vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "With a wide range of experience in higher education, Herrera's leadership, background and skill set will expand the potential and build upon the achievements of Mercy College," the school noted in a news release. "Dr. Herrera embraces the mission of Mercy College," said Me…

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Obituaries
Virginia 'Ginny' Sottile Staats, 88, Hyde Park Resident Virginia 'Ginny' Sottile Staats, 88, Hyde Park Resident
Virginia 'Ginny' Sottile Staats, 88, Hyde Park Resident HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Virginia "Ginny" Sottile Staats, of Hyde Park, died on Thursday, Nov. 24. She was 88.Born in Beacon, Staats earned a bachelor's in physical education from Boston College in 1950. She had seven children -- and she had a license plate that read "I HAD SEVEN." After they were grown, she became a fitness trainer, and she taught senior classes at the All Sport Health &Fitness in Poughkeepsie and Fishkill. "She was always active," information from the funeral home noted. "She was an accomplished athlete who enjoyed many sports," with …

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Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! Mahwah Display Draws Train-Loving Kids Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! Mahwah Display Draws Train-Loving Kids
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! Mahwah Display Draws Train-Loving Kids MAHWAH, N.J. -- The Mahwah Museum has one permanent collection that all parents and train aficionados of all ages should be aware of: a four-level train display called the Donald Cooper Model Railroad Exhibit. The 13-by-28 display "contains street fairs, a skateboard park, a subway system, construction sites and a replica of the Great Falls of Patterson," the museum website notes. "A special holiday treat for children, this railroad operates more than 11 trains and children delight in the realistic subway that runs at their eye level."  The exhibit got its foundation …

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New Canaan's Grace Farms Offers Holiday Fun, Opportunities To Give Back New Canaan's Grace Farms Offers Holiday Fun, Opportunities To Give Back
New Canaan's Grace Farms Offers Holiday Fun, Opportunities To Give Back NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Grace Farms is offering an array of opportunities for the public to serve the community during the holiday season, with its "Christmas Joy at the River" schedule from Dec. 10-23.The seasonal programs will offer people a contemplative space and a taste of the Christmas season through music -- both traditional holiday music and jazz -- readings and preparing holiday gifts for Neighbors Link, Malta House, local homebound seniors and the International Institute of Connecticut. The events include fireside readings, holiday piano arrangements, a "Poetry Potluck,…

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News
'Walking Dead' Star Norman Reedus Reportedly Buys Home In Dutchess 'Walking Dead' Star Norman Reedus Reportedly Buys Home In Dutchess
'Walking Dead' Star Norman Reedus Reportedly Buys Home In Dutchess DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Norman Reedus -- better known to many as Daryl Dixon on "The Walking Dead" -- will apparently be calling Dutchess County his home, WNYT has reported. On Nov. 28, he told a waitress in the Millbrook Diner that he'd bought a place in the Hudson Valley, according to WNYT. "He was so nice," Danielle Rutigliano said in a Facebook post Monday, Nov. 28. "I waited on him and talked to him for awhile, and he even waited for me to go outside to get a picture." The region also houses one of Reedus' co-stars, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays the an…

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Study: Connecticut Gets Dubious Distinction Of Most Identity Theft Study: Connecticut Gets Dubious Distinction Of Most Identity Theft
Study: Connecticut Gets Dubious Distinction Of Most Identity Theft FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — December is National Identity Theft Prevention and Awareness Month, and Connecticut residents should consider really taking the theme to heart. On Wednesday, the free credit-monitoring website WalletHub released its "2016's States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud" -- and Connecticut has more identity-theft complaints per person than any other state. Over 900 data breaches have been reported thus far in 2016. In just the last 30 days, Fairfield County has been in the news twice for incidents potentially tied to identity theft: Primark found cre…

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