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Ossining Girls Basketball Team Celebrate Students With Disabilities Ossining Girls Basketball Team Celebrate Students With Disabilities
Ossining Girls Basketball Team Celebrate Students With Disabilities OSSINING, N.Y. -- The Ossining Pride girls basketball team helped celebrate the achievements of more than 30 student athletes with disabilities at the New York Institute for Special Education’s annual Sports Awards ceremony on May 26. The event recognized students’ excellence in such sports as swimming, track and field, cheerleading, bowling, basketball, wrestling and goalball.  Prior to the awards ceremony, Pride coach Dan Ricci and players led a basketball clinic that left the institute’s children impressed with the team’s skills and eager to participate.  The members of the team later he…
Rockland Youth Bureau Accepting Applications For Summer Service Corps Rockland Youth Bureau Accepting Applications For Summer Service Corps
Rockland Youth Bureau Accepting Applications For Summer Service Corps NEW CITY, N.Y. -- County Executive Ed Day announced Wednesday that the Rockland County Youth Bureau is accepting applications for 2016 Rockland Conservation and Service Corps. "This is a great opportunity for students who are 17 and older to gain work experience, earn money and making a lasting contribution to their community," said Day. "This is an experience that goes beyond the classroom." Conservation Corps members are paid a $2,100 stipend to perform a variety of outdoor, environmental community service projects throughout the county. Members typically educate the …
Carmel Woman Gives Birth In Car On Way To Putnam Hospital Center Carmel Woman Gives Birth In Car On Way To Putnam Hospital Center
Carmel Woman Gives Birth In Car On Way To Putnam Hospital Center CARMEL, N.Y. -- A pregnant Carmel woman had quite the birthing experience when she was on her way to Putnam Hospital Center and wound up having her baby in the car.“I started having contractions around 5 a.m. and then all of a sudden at about 7 a.m. they got really bad and really fast,” said Candice Belardi, from her hospital room. “We got everyone in the car and their dad is telling me ‘don’t push’ but I had one contraction and the head was out and the next contraction the body was out.”  Joshua Lewis Haviland was born at 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, while driving along Hughson Road, a mil…
Stamford's Hope In Motion Raises Funds For Bennett Cancer Center Stamford's Hope In Motion Raises Funds For Bennett Cancer Center
Stamford's Hope In Motion Raises Funds For Bennett Cancer Center STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford Health’s annual Hope in Motion Walk and Run to benefit the Carl & Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center will take place on Sunday, June 5 – which is National Cancer Survivors Day.  The event is in its 21st year and includes a 5K and 10K run along with a 5K walk, all of which begin and end in Stamford’s Columbus Park. More than 5,000 people are expected to participate this year, with all funds raised directly supporting the programs and services provided to patients and their families at the Bennett Cancer Center throughout the year.  Last year, $917,000 was raised du…
Stratford Main Street Festival Kicks Off Saturday Stratford Main Street Festival Kicks Off Saturday
Stratford Main Street Festival Kicks Off Saturday STRATFORD, Conn. -- It's time for Stratford residents to get ready for some dancing in the streets along with lots of fun during the Stratford Rotary and Chamber of Commerce fifth annual “Milford's Bank Main Street Festival," on Saturday, June 4. A town-wide event to celebrate the many organizations, programs and services Stratford has to offer, the event, which runs from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. rain or shine, will include events for people of all ages including a car show, entertainment of all kinds, arts and crafts, falconry demonstrations, food vendors and children's events. The event will…
Riverarts Announces Second Annual Music Tour Riverarts Announces Second Annual Music Tour
Riverarts Announces Second Annual Music Tour HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Residents across the Rivertowns area will be treated to music of all kinds when RiverArts holds its second annual RiverArts Music Tour on Saturday, June 4, throughout the Villages of Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown. During the multi-village event, which runs from noon to midnight, more than 150 musicians will participate in 90 performances at 30 different venues throughout the day. Many musical genres will be represented including folk, rock, classical, blues, jazz, bluegrass, and world.  "We are thrilled with the range of genres and…
Dutchess Letter: Why Did Senators Vote Against Sex Abuse Bill? Dutchess Letter: Why Did Senators Vote Against Sex Abuse Bill?
Dutchess Letter: Why Did Senators Vote Against Sex Abuse Bill? DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed and original letters to the editors up to 350 words. To submit your letter, email eastdutchess@dailyvoice.com.  To the editor: I juts read a news story that deeply upset me. An amendment, just voted down in Albany, would have helped victims of sexual abuse take action against their abusers I learned that both our Mid-Hudson Valley Area State Sens. George Amedore (R-46), and Sue Serino (R-41), voted against this amendment.  I want to know why? I am confused and upset by what is so obviously an important bill, being rejected by them bot…
Tompkins Mahopac Bank In LaGrange Supports Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Tompkins Mahopac Bank In LaGrange Supports Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Tompkins Mahopac Bank In LaGrange Supports Cystic Fibrosis Foundation LAGRANGE, N.Y. -- Julie Stellini, vice president and branch manager of Tompkins Mahopac Bank in LaGrange, and her daughter-in- law, Lauren Stellini, were guest bartenders at Carlo’s Trattoria in LaGrange during the recent second annual “Drink for a Cure."During the event, the restaurant donated a portion of the proceeds earned from a specialty cocktail to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and both Stellinis' donated all of their tips to the organization, raising more than $1,000 and counting.
National Science Foundation Awards Grant To Iona's Chemistry Department National Science Foundation Awards Grant To Iona's Chemistry Department
National Science Foundation Awards Grant To Iona's Chemistry Department NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Iona College in New Rochelle was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $324, 999 for continued support of research activities in soft materials chemistry.The funded project, entitled "RUI: Structural Determinants of Permeation and Nucleation at a Self-Assembled Interface," will support the investigations of Sunghee Lee, board of trustees endowed professor and chair of chemistry, and her active undergraduate research program. During the research program, Lee will work to secure greater fundamental understanding of how living cells mainta…
New Board Members Named For Westchester Children's Association New Board Members Named For Westchester Children's Association
New Board Members Named For Westchester Children's Association WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The Westchester Children’s Association in White Plains recently named three new members to their Board of Directors.Tenley Hawkins of White Plains, is a veteran public relations professional known for creating and coordinating successful programs targeting ethnic communities, youth, families, women, and small businesses.  Currently, she is a PR consultant to Bright Smiles, Bright Futures, Colgate-Palmolive Company’s global oral health education program, and The Black Women’s Agenda. She serves as an adult mentor for Let’s Get Ready, a national program that provides low-i…
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