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Fair Lawn's St. Anne R.C. Church Needs Help Refilling Food Pantry
FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Saint Anne, a Roman Catholic church in Fair Lawn, says it’s food pantry is bare and it desperately needs donations of staples like canned vegetables and laundry detergent.
The church’s next distribution date is coming up, it said, and it has “nothing to give to our families in need.”
The most essential items it would like to see donated are: hot and col cereals, canned fruits and vegetables, pastas and pasta sauces, macaroni and cheese, and laundry detergent. Donations are needed by Tuesday, Dec. 15, the church said.
The church is located 15-05 St. Anne St.
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Westchester Bike Shop Promotes Healthier Lifestyle With New App
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Ride of Pleasantville, a Pleasantville bike shop, has teamed up with My City Bikes, a public health campaign, to help reverse a trend of declining bicycle ownership.
The My City Bikes Westchester County app is, Ride said, is a basic utility that provides a guide to local beginner biking, as well as information about bike safety and maintenance.
In the first global study of its kind, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that bicycle ownership has declined by half, according to biking and health advocates.
According to the study, which analyzed data from …
Woman Charged With Stealing, Forging Checks From Amenia Business
AMENIA, N.Y. -- A Millerton woman faces forgery charges after an Amenia business reported the theft of several checks, state police said.
Madison L. Marshall, 25, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 8, and charged with second-degree forgery and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, both Class D felonies, police said.
State troopers had been contacted on Thursday, Dec. 3, by the Armenia resident reporting the theft.
The checks -- forged and cashed at various businesses throughout Dutchess County -- amounted to $2,700, police said.
Marshall was arraigned in the Town of Amenia …
Mahwah Library Program To Trace History of American Music
MAHWAH, N.J. -- The Mahwah Public Library will present “A History of American Music” at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 12.
The program will feature the great songs of composers who wrote for stage and screen, the library said.
Jazz musician Gordon James and singer/songwriter Matt King will perform works by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Bobby Darin, and a host of others.
They will also talk about the artists and their impact on music today.
The library is located at 100 Ridge Road, Mahwah.
For more information, call (201) 529-2183.
Holiday-Themed Pop-Up Bar Lets Norwalk Folks Get Their Jingle On
NORWALK, CONN. – Fairfield County native John McNulty says he has always loved Christmas cocktail parties (since he was old enough to drink, he hastily adds), so it was a no-brainer when he got the idea to open a holiday-themed pop-up bar in Norwalk.
“Miracle on Wall Street” – with its over-the-top tinsel, crazy cocktails with names like “The Reindeers’ Revolt” and “A Snowball’s Chance,” and Santa hat-wearing waitstaff – was inspired, McNulty said, by another pop-up in New York City, "Miracle on 9th Street," owned by Greg Boehm.
He and Boehm, of Cocktail Kingdom, a supplier of bar…
